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Daily polltacker. [urlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19415745[/url

Neck and neck.

It'll be ok, the christians will save the world...

[urlhttp://commit2vote2012.com/[/url

Now the thing is, you might expect that would mean lots of votes for Obama, and social care, and suffer the meek to come to me for healthcare and all that jazz...

But,

That link was posted on Facebook by someone I know, a Utah resident, a mormon, and as we already all know, Utah mormons tend to believe that Romney isn't quite going far enough with his plans to scrap ObamaCare, they'd prefer it if he scrapped tax full stop, "don't take the money off us to give to poor people, we'll pay for everything ourselves thank you", its yet another baffling American paradox that those who are rabidly christian (not only the mormons) are often the least socially aware or socially caring, the collection trays in their churches must be empty every week.

Deary me.

Voices Of The Committed it says at the bottom - are they allowed to have their say ?

They should all be committed - that level of indoctrination and delusion, were it not manifested in a recognised religion, would often lead to being committed.

Maybe it is because a lot of them are tantamount to being religious nutters so if a lack of money means they can't avoid the grim reaper it's God's will?

And yet when Reagan's health started to decline, the right were suddenly very interested in the positive effects of baby-murdering stem cell research to the point of trying to get more money pumped into it.

Sheer self interest rules the day.

Good to see that the US doesn't have a monopoly on christian nutjobs. This guy is Australian I believe:

[url=https://twitter.com/ww3isnearGraeme Bell[/url

The internet – bringing nutters to a screen in front of you.

Shouldn't his last name be hyphenated with End?

Don't you just love that stupid phrase: 'debate me'.

There's no debate about you, you cretin: you're a nutter,

I wouldn't be surprised to find out it's Tony Abbott.

What was the general consensus in this country pre NHS about bringing it in, and in other countries that have a National health service?

You have to remember that in 1948 there was a huge swing to a socialist government, everyone had expected Churchill to be elected as a formality but after six years of war, loss of life and demolition of huge swathes of inner cities there was a dire need for social housing - rented property was the norm for working class folk and the percentage of those who would call themselves "working class" to middle or upper class was huge, far greater than I suspect it would be today, the main aspiration to that trenche of voters was a rented house, a job and if a political party had promised all of that plus a health service for all, free at the point of delivery from cradle to grave then you can imagine that that really would be the cherry on the cake.

Churchill didn't know what hit him and neither did the Americans who immediately shat themselves at the thought of those billions of dollars of war loans being owed to them by a government that looked liek it was turning communist.

To add to what Jerry has posted, after Lloyd George's post-WWI promise of "a land fit for heroes" became a tragic farce, there was a definite mood that such a betrayal would not happen again.

IIRC, there had been soldiers' parliaments taking place during the last days of the war and the immediate aftermath, and a great deal of political education.

Most doctors weren't in favour of it simply because they couldn't see the sense in getting paid by the government to see lots of people was worth more to them than only seeing those people who could afford a doctor and even then being at the end of a long queue of people to pay.

[url=http://www.upworthy.com/mitt-romney-accidentally-confronts-a-gay-veteran-awesomeness-ensues?g=2When Mitt met a gay Viet Nam veteran[/url

At least he was honest, even if his answer did belong in Victorian times.

He certainly was honest but as the veteran said Romney wouldn't be interested in a conversation about it.

Found this funny

Richard Cheese

Did anyone hear Clinton's speech about Romney's proposed military spending?

Which religion sorry country does he want to wipe out?

All that skiing sent him over the edge.

The moron religion?

Or is that his?

Levels ya devils

[urlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19415745[/url

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Texas GOP objects to 'critical thinking'.