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FreeStateDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 07:44 AM
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Liberty University to host presidential hopeful Perry today
Source: AP

By: ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: September 14, 2011

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is addressing students at the nation's largest evangelical university just as he's fending off criticism from his Republican presidential rivals over cultural issues.

It's not clear whether Perry will use the speech Wednesday at Liberty University to defend - or even address - his effort to require girls to be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted disease or a law allowing children of illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition. Neither issue sits well with social conservatives, who hold great sway in the GOP nomination race.

The GOP race has been dominated by economic concerns and criticism of President Barack Obama's stewardship, pushing such cultural issues to the back burner. In recent days, during a debate and on the campaign trail, Perry's rivals have started trying to exploit Perry's perceived weaknesses on such issues to deflate his front-runner in national polls and boost their own prospects.



Read more: http://www2.newsadvance.com/news/2011/sep/14/liberty-university-host-presidential-hopeful-perry-ar-1308540/



Thanks to Obama there will be a puke in the WH after the 2012 puke election sweep. I wonder if we will be able to hold 40 seats in the US Senate but then it doesn't matter since most of them will be DINO's.
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COLGATE4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 10:32 AM
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1. They truly deserve each other. Phony Xian politician meets
phony Xian 'academics'.
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