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Panich52

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Tue Jan 20, 2015, 03:44 PM Jan 2015

GOP hates facts [View all]

DailyKos list are some of the actualities RWers refuse to admit

10 facts guaranteed to short-circuit Republican brains

1. US isn't a Christian nation & Bible isn't cornerstone of our law
2. Pledge of Allegience was written by a socialist
3. 1st president to propose national health insurance was a Republican
4. Reagan once signed a bill legalizing abortion
5. Reagan raised federal taxes 11 times
6. Roe v Wade was a bipartisan ruling made by a predominantly Republican-appointed SCOTUS
7. Federal Reserve System was a Republican invention
8. Environmental Protection Agency was, too
9. Pres Obama has increased govt spending less than any POTUS in at least a generation
10. Pres Obama was not only born in the US, his roots are deeper in American history than most know (think Revolutionary War)

Link provides expanded info:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/04/1127663/-Ten-True-Facts-Guaranteed-to-Short-Circuit-Republican-Brains?detail=email

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