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...on liberalism: "Hate to tell you, folks, but taking your definition of a liberal from Rush Limbaugh is akin to taking your definition of a Jew from Hitler, either before or after he, as Marge Schott explained, 'went too far.' "
...on abortion rights: "I do not see my America in the Republican drive to declare the wombs of American women to be government property."
...on the military: "People who do not respect people of other genders or sexual orientation should not be issued weapons and taught how to kill."
also: "I contend -- and I seem to be alone in this -- that our military budget is for our national defense. It is not a jobs program...The closing of Loring Air Force Base is what a budget cut looks like."
...on career women having babies while single: "I have known such women, and I can find no fault with their decision -- or their children. ... I think it makes some men nervous when some women decide they can do without them."
...on violence: "Real men know how to control themselves."
also: "Do we really now live in a country where the neighbors can consider someone perfectly normal, except for the fact that he's killed a couple of people?"
...on the flag-burning amendment: "Better the flag than the federal building. The flag can take it."
