<head><style>body{font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;color:black;}p{margin:0px;}</style></head><body><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif">Exactly - which is why if Romney gets the GOP nomination, I will vote for him. I know that some conservatives have heartburn with him and some evangelicals do because he is Mormon. At this point for me, anybody but the current crew in charge - and that includes all the incumbents in Congress, which are a sorry tired mess.<br><br>Bret<br></font></font></font><blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message-----
<br>From: Art Kelly <akelly@americantarget.com>
<br>Sent: Feb 10, 2012 5:05 PM
<br>To: apologistdave@gmail.com, apologetics@gathman.org
<br>Subject: [Apologetics] FW: McConnell Comments on Revised White House Mandate
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> Swann, Lanier (McConnell)
[mailto:Lanier_Swann@mcconnell.senate.gov] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 10,
2012 5:01 PM<br><b>To:</b> Swann, Lanier (McConnell)<br><b>Subject:</b>
McConnell Comments on Revised White House Mandate<br></font><br></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">For Immediate
Release, February 10, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Contacts: Don
Stewart, Michael Brumas 202-224-2979, Robert Steurer, Pam Nichols
202-224-8288<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 22pt">McConnell Comments on
Revised White House Mandate<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">‘This
whole episode demonstrates why politicians should not be the ones to make
determinations about religious beliefs and is just another reason why the deeply
flawed health law needs to be repealed. Whether it is forcing people to buy
government-chosen health insurance, or injecting Washington’s oversight into
nearly every aspect of people’s lives, the Obama administration clearly believes
that the Constitution is an inconvenience, not a guiding principle, in their
implementation of the health law.’<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">LOUISVILLE,
KY</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">.
– U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell released the following statement
today regarding the Obama administration’s attempt to retreat from its mandate
in the health care law that would violate the First Amendment rights of
religious institutions:<span style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">“While
the White House is trying to walk away from its original mandate, one thing this
debate has made perfectly clear is that the administration believes the
Constitution takes a back seat to its ideological goals. They’re not sorry
they violated the First Amendment, they’re sorry Americans didn’t agree with
them when they did. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">“The
administration promised during debate on the health care law that constitutional
rights would not be infringed and that costs would go down; we now know that’s
not true. So it’s understandable that affected institutions still have serious
questions and concerns about this latest promise from the White House. Remember,
this isn’t about accounting—it’s about the freedoms enshrined in the Bill of
Rights. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">“This
whole episode demonstrates why politicians should not be the ones to make
determinations about religious beliefs and is just another reason why the deeply
flawed health law needs to be repealed. Whether it is forcing people to buy
government-chosen health insurance, or injecting Washington’s oversight into
nearly every aspect of people’s lives, the Obama administration clearly believes
that the Constitution is an inconvenience, not a guiding principle, in their
implementation of the health law. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">“The
only good news to come out of this is that Americans have shown once again that
they are willing to fight back against a government that attempts to infringe on
their constitutional rights.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Sylfaen','serif'">_______________________</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Sylfaen','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Lanier
Swann</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Sylfaen','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Policy
Advisor</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Sylfaen','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Office of the Republican
Leader</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Sylfaen','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Senator Mitch
McConnell</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Sylfaen','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">S-230,
Capitol</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Sylfaen','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">202.224.3135</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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