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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Kudos to Chris Norden! Says it exactly as it
is!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Debi R-S</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=thansen@moscow.com href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow Vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, November 17, 2012 4:33
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Love of freedom
propels vote</DIV>
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<DIV style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Courtesy of today's (November 17,
2012) Spokesman-Review with a note of appreciation to Moscow's Chris
Norden.</DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="">Love of freedom propels vote</SPAN></FONT></H1>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Post-election, the right wing of the
Republican Party has about as much appeal as a drunken frat bully in Halloween
blackface. The rank stain of racism persists in this country, ditto bigotries
against gays, feminists, teachers, unions, immigrants and environmentalists,
artfully provoked by hate merchants such as Rush Limbaugh and
Ann Coulter.</SPAN></P>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Despite $400 million from sinister
right-wing billionaires like the Koch brothers, a massive turnout of patriotic
American voters succeeded in defending our democracy from
their depredations.</SPAN></P>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Did we cast those winning votes because
we want handouts, or because we want to take people’s guns away, or force
anyone to have an abortion, or limit anyone’s freedom of religion? Of
course not.</SPAN></P>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">We cast those votes because we love our
United States of America fiercely, and emphatically reject the claim that we
are a nation of selfish lazy mooches who won’t stand up to defend
our democracy.</SPAN></P>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Americans are a freedom-loving people.
But that doesn’t mean the freedom to pick and choose who can vote, and whose
vote gets counted. Republican voter suppression efforts
backfired beautifully.</SPAN></P>
<P
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">You tell me I can’t vote, and guess
what it makes me want to do?</SPAN></P>
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<DIV>Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .</DIV>
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<DIV>"Moscow Cares"</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Tom Hansen</DIV>
<DIV>Moscow, Idaho</DIV>
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