Democratic hopefuls.There's no question that Sherrod Brown Sherrod Campbell Brown (born November 9 1952) is the junior United States Senator from the state of Ohio, and a member of the Democratic Party. Before his election to the Senate in 2006, Brown served as a member of the House of Representatives from Ohio's 13th district and as was far preferable to Mike DeWine Richard Michael "Mike" DeWine (born January 5, 1947) is a former senator from Ohio. Born in Springfield, Ohio to Jean and Richard L. DeWine,[1] DeWine grew up in neighboring Yellow Springs, OH. in Ohio ("Which Democratic Party?" by Ruth Conniff Ruth Conniff is an American journalist and the political editor of The Progressive. Publications she has written for include The Progressive and The Nation. , November issue). However, while Brown may come close to walking on water, good journalism would seem to require that Conniff should have at least mentioned that he voted for the Military Commissions Act--hardly an act of courage. Dan Brown DeWitt, Michigan Ruth Conniff describes Bob Casey, Democrat of Pennsylvania, as "prolife" ("Races to Watch," November issue). I wonder if Conniff realizes that she is allowing the GOP to control the language. I always resent this phrase. It is supposed to mean "antiabortion an·ti·a·bor·tion adj. Opposed to induced abortion: the antiabortion movement. an ," but the GOP doesn't want to be "anti" anything. To use this phrase to describe a candidate should mean that the candidate is not only anti-abortion, but anti-capital punishment, anti-war (duh!), anti-poverty ... the list goes on. So let's be careful about letting the GOP control the language. Virginia Price Lincoln City, Oregon Lincoln City is a city in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. It is named after the county. The population was 7,437 at the 2000 census. History Lincoln City was incorporated on March 3, 1965, uniting the cities of Delake, Oceanlake and Taft, and the unincorporated |
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