I also believe that the whole Teri Schiavo debacle was a blow to the republican party. I think they began their downward spiral on that issue.

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What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?

Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948), "Non-Violence in Peace and War"