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De Nomolos posted:Mark Warner wants to be President, of that I'm pretty sure. I like the guy. He made a serious effort to build goodwill in every part of Virginia. I mean, even the rural coal country went for him in 2001 and 2008. He has tons of political capital and money. He has progressive values, but he comes from the business world, so ultimately he's used to negotiating a very middle-of-the-road settlement. The activist base will hate him for his work in the Senate on a "grand bargain," but my hope is that he leaves that office to come back and be Governor, since that's a better platform to run for President on. He seemed to enjoy that job more (consecutive terms aren't allowed in VA) and actually accomplished a lot on improving education with a GOP state house. A very Clinton-like character politically, without the baggage. He'd be a shoo-in for at least a very Obama-looking electoral map. However, he too would lose the charisma game. I hear his lackluster 2008 speech slowed down his political momentum a lot too. Then again, Clinton recovered from that kind of setback pretty well.
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Chantilly Say posted:Bobby Kennedy's grandson Conor made national headlines quite recently*, we'll just have to wait and see where that takes him.  Man, those are some Camelot-like looks there, but it sounds like the guy had a pretty messed-up upbringing. I wonder if any of his generation have political aspirations.
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messagemode1 posted:Isn't this a weird thing to say? Shouldn't the soundbite be "I have always been a strong believer in the will of the Lord and science only exists so that we may better understand His greatness" or something like that. Why phrase your response in a way that calls into question how sure you are of your faith? It's a non-answer, but it sounds pretty reasonable and is obviously meant to be comforting while still demonstrating faith. I think this is the approach the majority of American Christians apply to their faith regardless of whether it actually makes sense or not.
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