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[ergo sum]

Man if you think "Republican's are truthful" you really don't understand politics at all.

[sarals]

First of all, I don't want to hear about Janet Jackson... discuss that stupidity with someone else.

Second I try not to generalize about liberals and conservatives... those are lables that are just too black and white. When talking extremes it might be useful, but most of us are somewhere in between the two. There are truthful republicans and lying republicans... there are truthful democrats and lying democrats. I post moveOn.org stuff... but I also admire and respect John McCain and Teddy Roosevelt... both republicans. I'll support the best man for the job, period.

I like what Powell said about debate being a good thing and that he was willing to point out that he was making a statement without all the information.... which probably wasn't "restrained and careful"

[sarals]

Cross-Dressing Heats Up Republican Race

DALLAS (Reuters) - What started as a dull runoff race to field a Republican candidate for a seat in the Texas House of Representatives has heated up due to a controversy over cross-dressing.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported on Tuesday photographs of candidate Sam Walls dressed in women's clothes have circulated among political leaders in Johnson County, south of Fort Worth. Local Republican leaders confirmed separately that they had seen the photographs of Walls in a wig, dress and high heels.

Walls, who has the endorsement of several leading Republicans in the state and was expected to win the run-off, was not available for comment. He said in comments printed in the Star-Telegram that he will not drop out of the race due to a campaign of blackmail.

"Through intermediaries, my opponent told me to drop out of the campaign or the private information would be released," Walls told the paper. "Now my opponent is using the information in an attempt to intimate that I am a homosexual, which I am not."

Walls, 64, who describes himself as a fervent Baptist, told the paper his family had "dealt with" the issue of his cross-dressing and that he asked for forgiveness.

The opponent in question is Rob Orr and his campaign officials said they have not distributed the photos.

Jeff Judd, the county chairman of the Republican party, said it was too late for Walls to drop out of the April 13 runoff.

"It would have been much better judgment for him not to have run," he said.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&e=16&u=/nm/odd_dressing_dc