What does that have to do with Gretchen? I'm criticizing the policies in MY state, I'm not saying anything about Democrats in general. Why do you this with my posts? Is it because I'm Conservative? Christian? Both? You are always reading this crap into my posts that I didnt even say. Stop it.
I have to say that you, Dovey, allowed your topic to be hijacked on the first page by replying in Reply #3 to Bonesaw's Reply #2. I've started to split the thread TWICE but it keeps coming back to a two-topic thread...your original topic (abortion) and the subtopic (dems vs. reps) that you signed onto. In order to moderate the thread I'd have to shred it with splits. It would take fifteen or twenty minutes and EVERY SiNGLE POSTER in the thread (including you) would be pissed off at the results.
Don't blame Oak, or even Oak with Freud's teeth clamped onto her ankle, for jacking your thread. (Nor even Rancid, whose only two topics are Brazilian politics and Oak.) If you're trolling, it's fine to start with an open-ended OP but if you want to confine the topic to a narrow focus, you need to make that clear up front.
Good luck. You obviously have a lot to get off your chest, and I'm always willing to help if you ask.