<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">Romney isn't perfect for sure, and I am usually suspicious of West Coast and Northeastern politicians of both parties. But even if Romney "flip flops", he leaves the impression that he does listen to people and at least has some brains in his head (he'd be smart enough not to tick off millions of Catholics (the real ones, not the CINOs like Pelosi - or Babs Favola closer to home), Evangelicals and Orthodox Jews. Romney has a business background and in the business world, one doesn't stay in business long if they tick off/alienate a very large part of their customer base.<br><br>Bami and his minions just plain don't give a hoot about anyone except his sorry self and maybe some of his radical buddies.<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 13, 2012 11:29 AM
<br>To: apologistdave@gmail.com, apologetics@gathman.org
<br>Subject: RE: [Apologetics] FW: McConnell Comments on Revised White House Mandate
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><span class="631592216-13022012">Bret,</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><span class="631592216-13022012"></span></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><span class="631592216-13022012">Thanks for your good comments.</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><span class="631592216-13022012"></span></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><span class="631592216-13022012">You can probably count on the fingers of one hand the
number of people in this country who would be worse than Obama as
president. Or to put it another way, there is almost no one who wouldn't
be better.</span></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"><span class="631592216-13022012">Regarding Romney, I worry about some of his
changes in political positions over the years. But that may not be
bad. It could be mean he will <u>listen</u> to the people--unlike liberal
ideologue Obama, who is clearly anti-Catholic.</span></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" size="4"><span class="631592216-13022012"><em><strong>Art</strong></em></span></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> Bret Bellamy
[mailto:bbellamy@mindspring.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 13, 2012 6:54
AM<br><b>To:</b> Art Kelly; apologistdave@gmail.com;
apologetics@gathman.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Apologetics] FW: McConnell
Comments on Revised White House Mandate<br></font><br></div>
<div></div><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>
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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
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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>
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<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>
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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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