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Prometheus 6

All respect and no restraint

Just so we understand the new rules

When your political opponents are concerned about an issue, yuou may blow them off until the issue works in your own favor.

Cool. This is going to make debates REAL easy...

Role of Religion Emerges as Issue
By Peter Baker and Charles BabingtonWashington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, October 13, 2005; Page A08

President Bush said yesterday that it was appropriate for the White House to invoke Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers's religion in making the case for her to skeptical conservatives, triggering a debate over what role, if any, her evangelical faith should play in the confirmation battle.

Bush said religion is part of Miers's overall background much like her work as a corporate lawyer in Texas, and that "our outreach program has been just to explain the facts to people." At the same time, his attorney general went on television and described Miers as "pro-life." But the White House said her religious and personal views would not affect her ability to serve as a neutral justice.

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