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sheshe2

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23. "those eyes, the window to the soul"
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 09:52 PM
Oct 2013

They are freshwest, they truly are.

On October 10, 2008, a public letter to Senator John McCain and Sarah Palin from Schaeffer was published in the Baltimore Sun newspaper. The letter contained an impassioned plea for McCain to arrest what Schaeffer perceived as a hateful, and prejudiced tone of the Republican Party's election campaign. Schaeffer was convinced that there was a pronounced danger that fringe groups in America could be goaded into pursuing violence. "If you do not stand up for all that is good in America and declare that Senator Obama is a patriot, fit for office, and denounce your hate-filled supporters ... history will hold you responsible for all that follows."


Soon after Obama's inauguration, Schaeffer criticized Republican leaders:
How can anyone who loves our country support the Republicans now?
Barry Goldwater, William F. Buckley and Ronald Reagan defined the modern conservatism that used to be what the Republican Party I belonged to was about. Today no actual conservative can be a Republican. Reagan would despise today's wholly negative Republican Party.


In February 2010, Schaeffer accused President Obama's critics of being racist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Schaeffer

Schaeffer is a good man freshwest.

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Well and truly said, Frankie. Thank you! classof56 Oct 2013 #1
Classof56... sheshe2 Oct 2013 #5
Sheshe, what an awesome way to end my day. classof56 Oct 2013 #25
You, classof56, just made my day as well. sheshe2 Oct 2013 #32
I've read a couple of his books Isoldeblue Oct 2013 #2
I just read some of his Bio at Wiki, sheshe2 Oct 2013 #4
Well said. Aristus Oct 2013 #3
I love that quote from Frank Schaeffer, she! Cha Oct 2013 #6
You're back.... sheshe2 Oct 2013 #7
For just another minute.. Cha Oct 2013 #8
Enjoy, the light of day, Cha... sheshe2 Oct 2013 #9
Always did admire and appreciate Frank Schaeffer IrishAyes Oct 2013 #10
Hi Irish~ sheshe2 Oct 2013 #11
sheshe2 Diclotican Oct 2013 #12
I say post away, Diclotican. sheshe2 Oct 2013 #16
I don't think we are lucky, we DEMOCRATS made this happen yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #13
In some of his photos he looks so much like his momma... Tikki Oct 2013 #14
He does look like his mom, Tikki. sheshe2 Oct 2013 #19
K & R Scurrilous Oct 2013 #15
So say we all sarge43 Oct 2013 #17
We will just have to keep blue14u Oct 2013 #18
"Eyes on the prize" sheshe2 Oct 2013 #24
Thank you for the welcome sheshe2 blue14u Oct 2013 #26
You've certainly come to the right place for that! sheshe2 Oct 2013 #27
I had kept up with that blue14u Oct 2013 #29
K & R Iliyah Oct 2013 #20
You won't be hearing that quote on talk radio and Fox News ... JEFF9K Oct 2013 #21
OUCH! "The Conservative Fraudcasting Network"! That's simply BRILLIANT!!!! calimary Oct 2013 #31
What a beautiful soul shines through those eyes in that picture. freshwest Oct 2013 #22
"those eyes, the window to the soul" sheshe2 Oct 2013 #23
AMEN! mwrguy Oct 2013 #28
Something that just occurred to me ... Kablooie Oct 2013 #30
'...dim witted and/or hate filled...' Whisp Oct 2013 #33
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