2003; for Many Americans, 2003 Was a Year to Take Sides.
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › February 12, 2004
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From church pews to the courts, from talk shows to the halls of Capitol Hill, debate over social issues - abortion, gay marriage, the right to die - stirred a nation that also was divided over the war in Iraq.
The sense of unity that swelled across the country in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks faded, and heated rhetoric and fingerpointing returned as America edged closer to the 2004 presidential race.See the full content of this document
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2003; for Many Americans, 2003 Was a Year to Take Sides.
"Cynicism is back in full force. Extraordinary political partisanship and acrimony are back," says David Blankenhorn, president of the Institute for American Values, a think tank focusing on family and civil society.
Politicians traded insults and clashed over tax cuts and Medicare reforms, pro- and anti-war supporters rallied in the streets, and social ...See the full content of this document
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