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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You post this and miss what's been said recently
about Repulicans?? You think this is what we need to see here??</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I ask WHY??</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PK</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=deco@moscow.com href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">Art Deco</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 21, 2005 12:18
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] 06-21-05 Washington
Post: GOP Congressman CallsDemocrats Anti-Christian</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt">GOP Congressman Calls
Democrats Anti-Christian</SPAN></B><BR><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Remarks in
Floor Debate Stir Protest</SPAN></B><o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">By Mike Allen<BR>Washington Post
Staff Writer<BR>Tuesday, June 21, 2005; A04<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><NITF><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Business on the floor of
the House was halted for 45 minutes yesterday after Rep. John N. Hostettler
(R-Ind.) accused Democrats of "denigrating and demonizing Christians,"
prompting a furious protest from across the
aisle.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The House was debating a
Democratic amendment to the annual defense appropriations bill that would have
required the Air Force Academy to develop a plan for preventing "coercive and
abusive religious proselytizing."<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Hostettler, speaking against the
amendment, asserted that "the long war on Christianity in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>
continues today on the floor of the House of Representatives" and "continues
unabated with aid and comfort to those who would eradicate any vestige of our
Christian heritage being supplied by the usual suspects, the
Democrats."<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">"Like a moth to a flame,
Democrats can't help themselves when it comes to denigrating and demonizing
Christians," he said.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Rep. David R. Obey (<st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Wis.</st1:place></st1:State>), ranking Democrat
on the Appropriations Committee, protested the statement, saying: "I move that
the gentleman's words be taken down."<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The incident followed dust-ups
between the two parties over the conduct of the war on terrorism. Over the
weekend, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) called on Sen. Richard J.
Durbin (D-Ill.) to apologize and withdraw his comments made on the Senate
floor comparing <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region>
soldiers' handling of prisoners at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Guantanamo Bay</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Cuba</st1:country-region></st1:place>, to the actions taken years
ago by "Nazis and Soviets in their gulags."<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">House Democratic leader Nancy
Pelosi (<st1:State w:st="on">Calif.</st1:State>) repeated an assertion
yesterday that had drawn heavy Republican criticism, calling the war in
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region> "a grotesque
mistake."<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Yesterday, Hostettler had a
choice: to agree to withdraw his words, or to stick by them and face a ruling
from the chair that he had violated rules against disparaging another member
on the floor. If the member's words are taken down, it is considered a serious
offense and the lawmaker would not be able to speak for the rest of the
day.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Eventually, Hostettler rose and
read a sentence that had been written out for him in large block letters by a
young Republican floor aide: "Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to
withdraw the last sentence I spoke."<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Later, the Democratic amendment
was defeated, 210 to 198, and on a voice vote the Air Force was required to
say how it is promoting religious tolerance before the overall appropriations
bill passed, 398 to 19.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Hostettler was in the news last
year when he took a registered Glock 9mm semiautomatic handgun to
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Louisville</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">International</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Airport</st1:PlaceType> as he was preparing to board a flight to
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State>.
The congressman, who said he had forgotten he had placed the gun in the
briefcase, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and received a suspended
sentence<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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