| Lifelong Christian GOP Columnist Quits GOP Because of Sen. Allen's |
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"I'm one Christian, one writer, one military parent and one registered Republican. On all those counts, I was disgusted by an e-mail I just received that's being circulated by campaign supporters of Republican George Allen, who's trying to retain his Senate seat in Virginia. The message goes like this: "First, it was the Catholic priests, then it was Mark Foley, and now Jim Webb, whose sleazy novels discuss sex between very young teenagers. ... Hmmm, sounds like one perverted pedophile to me! Pass the word that we do not need any more pedophiles in office." Democrat James Webb is one war hero and former Marine, wounded in Vietnam and winner of the Navy Cross. He was writing about class and military issues long before me and has articulated the issue of how the elites have dropped the ball on military service in his classic novel Fields of Fire. By the way, that's one book Tom Wolfe calls "the greatest of the Vietnam novels."... ... |
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| Laughing and Cringing at Uncomfortable Satire |
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| November 3, 2006 Sasha Baron Cohen in 'Borat' You will laugh at "Borat," you really will, but the laughter will sometimes stick in your throat. This is partially intentional -- "Borat's" fiendish brand of subversive social commentary comes with an ironclad shock-and-offend guarantee -- but partially not. ... |
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