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Listed below are comments made by ArthurofKansas between Wednesday, 24th September 2008 and Wednesday, 29th April 2009.

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What Specter's defection means 4:40pm on 29 Apr 2009 Senator Specter has been out of step with Republicans for years but changing parties is usually political suicide. Clearly, this was done out of desperation as the Republican Party seems to go the way of the Whigs. That’s probably premature, but Republicans need to redefine themselves: just as they could not run on abolition forever, their recent ideology doesn’t resonate anymore.
Park life 1:46pm on 24 Sep 2008 I known many people who live in “trailer parks” and the one Mr Kelly visited is quite typical. The rural working poor may be one paycheck away from complete poverty but they hold traditional rural values, like personal responsibility and patriotism. If you want to see truly degrading poverty, you must go to the cities.

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