Republican Senator Demeans Obama for Inclusiveness

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            Senator Demeans Obama for Inclusiveness
       U.S. senator Kit
            Bond of Missouri derided Democratic presidential nominee
            Barack Obama for stating that he hopes to appoint
            judges who can       empathize with gay people.     
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       U.S. senator Kit
            Bond of Missouri derided Democratic presidential nominee
            Barack Obama for stating that he hopes to appoint
            judges who can       empathize with gay people.     
       Bond addressed
            the crowd before introducing Republican vice presidential
            nominee Sarah Palin onstage at the Show Me Center in Cape
            Girardeau, Mo.,       on Thursday, according to CBS News.     
       "[Obama] said,
            'I'm tired of these judges who want to follow
            what the       Founding Fathers said and the Constitution,"
            Bond said. " 'I want       judges who have a heart, have an
            empathy for the teenage mom, the       minority, the gay,
            the disabled. We want them to show empathy. We want
            them to show compassion.' " (Michelle Garcia, The
            Advocate)     

        
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Republican Senator Demeans Obama for Inclusiveness

U.S. senator Kit Bond of Missouri derided Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama for stating that he hopes to appoint judges who can empathize with gay people.

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Senator Demeans Obama for Inclusiveness