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Looking Backward
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on May 14th, 2012
In 1980, I won the Republican primary for what was then Indiana’s Eleventh Congressional District, defeating three opponents. I was pro-choice and on record supporting equal rights for gays and lesbians (same-sex marriage was not yet an issue), positions that were consistent with the generally libertarian Republicanism of the day. Indeed, my loss to Andy [...]
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A Couple of Gloomy Observations
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on May 11th, 2012
Yesterday, I got a phone call from an old friend. Unlike most of my other Republican friends, who have been appalled by the Lugar-Mourdock results, he was euphoric. Why? Because Mourdock “is a bomb thrower! He’ll go to Washington and he won’t play the game!” Also yesterday, a commenter to one of my recent blogs [...]
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Indiana’s Hangover
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on May 9th, 2012
Well, we’ve had our “party”–yesterday was Primary Election day. Today, we have to live with the hangover. The most troubling result, of course, was the defeat of Dick Lugar by an embarrassing know-nothing unworthy to polish his shoes. I have posted several times about the pathetic campaign run by a once-towering statesman. Truth be told, [...]
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I Guess I Pissed Him Off….
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on May 8th, 2012
A couple of years ago, after receiving a particularly nasty (unsigned) letter presumably triggered by one of my columns in the Indianapolis Star, I posted a rebuttal of sorts. In it, I noted my frustration with people who respond to ideas with which they disagree by calling names rather than specifying the nature of the disagreement. Today, [...]
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Voting on the Word of God
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging, Uncategorized on May 7th, 2012
My husband and I attended a “Straight for Equality” event sponsored by PFLAG yesterday. PFLAG–for those who don’t know the acronym–stands for Parents, Friends and Families of Lesbians and Gays; the organization has 350+ chapters in the US and abroad. ”Straight for Equality” is an advocacy campaign the national organization has just launched. The President [...]
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