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1. #1
   On February 27th, 2009 at 1:11 am, emjem24 said:

   I’ll light a candle and pray for Ms. Schlafly.

   While we’re on the subject, my husband and I just got devastating news that his aunt has terminal cancer. It was diagnosed in the gall bladder and apparently has spread to the liver. Her GP missed it and a second doctor caught it but by then it had progressed.

   Any prayers would be appreciated for my auntie-in-law. She’s a wonderful woman who’s always put her family first. She’s just a couple years older than Ms. Schlafly and I’m having problems processing this news.

2. #2
   On February 27th, 2009 at 1:13 am, Joy said:

   This lady is a class act. A pioneering woman and staunch defender of Conservatism.

   I admire her. She is the epitomy of a free thinker. Standing tall while fake feminists launched attack after attack. It takes real courage to take a stand that isn’t popular.

   My prayers are with her. She deserves all the awards and then some.

3. #3
   On February 27th, 2009 at 1:55 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

   I echo everything Joy just said, and pray for a quick and full recovery for Phyllis Schlafly.

4. #4
   On February 27th, 2009 at 1:59 am, ajmontana said:

   85, Bless Her Heart.
   God Speed Mrs. Schlafly.

5. #5
   On February 27th, 2009 at 2:01 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

   I’m embarassed to admit that I didn’t know who Phyllis Schlafly was until this time last year, when Mike Huckabee spoke at CPAC and mentioned how much Phyllis Schlafly’s 1964 book, A Choice, Not An Echo, had changed his life.

   I ordered a used copy of the book from Amazon, read it, and I was amazed to see how things Phyllis had written about more than four decades ago were affecting the 2008 election. Read (or re-read, if you have a copy) that book and you’ll have a better understanding of how and why John McCain became the Republican Party’s nominee. It’s not an accident that voters were left not with a choice between a Democrat and Conservative Republican, but rather with a Democrat and an “echo” of a Democrat (McCain).

6. #6
   On February 27th, 2009 at 2:10 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

   Mike Huckabee indirectly referenced Phyllis’ book again yesterday at CPAC:

   “I tell you, that moment [TARP] was not our best moment. It would have been our best shot at winning the White House… a chance to offer a true authentic, conservative choice rather than a big government echo, rather than a meek, ‘me too’ way of doing things.”

   soapbox:
   President Bush foolishly trusted what his Trojan Horse Treasury Secretary Paulson told him. Bush supported TARP because he believed the “Chicken Little” story that Paulson told him.

   But McCain knew exactly what he was doing. McCain sunk the entire Republican Party in the November elections by supporting TARP and pressuring other Republican Senators and Representatives to support it.
   /soapbox

7. #7
   On February 27th, 2009 at 2:13 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

   Phyllis Schlafly was a vital part of the Values Voter Debate.

   I suggest that in 2012 we all pay a lot closer attention to the Values Voter Debate, and less attention to CNN debates (one of which, scheduled for February 28th, 2008, was cancelled by CNN in order to help McCain…they didn’t want McCain to have to debate Huckabee 1-on-1).

8. #8
   On February 27th, 2009 at 3:07 am, PKAmmoTroop said:

   Hang in there Ma’am! We need all the strong conservative voices we can get to pull this country through the Mess the moderates and liberals have dumped on us.

9. #9
   On February 27th, 2009 at 3:18 am, AlohaGuy said:

   Prayers all around tonight – emjem24 and family and Phyllis Schlafly. Amazing women like Schlafly (and the women in my family) always left me shaking my head at feminists. Here’s to strong gracious women.

10. #10
    On February 27th, 2009 at 5:05 am, apacherat said:

    I’m surprised that UC Berkely allowed an American to exersice his or her’s rights of the First Amendment. Maybe there is change in the air ?

    No pies in the face. No storming the stage by Marxist that is so common at Columbia University.

    SEMPER FI Phyllis

11. #11
    On February 27th, 2009 at 6:53 am, zorro said:

    Please keep Mrs. Schlafly and her family in your prayers.

    You bet. A true American Hero.

12. #12
    On February 27th, 2009 at 7:33 am, happyscrapper said:

    On February 27th, 2009 at 1:11 am, emjem24 said:

    emjem…I just prayed for your aunt-in-law and also for Phyllis Schlafly. I will continue to add them to my prayers as I also pray every day for our country! We are in this together, and I can testify first hand…God does answer prayer!

13. #13
    On February 27th, 2009 at 7:42 am, DagneyT said:

    I am at my mom’s house caring for her and her husband due to just such an injury as Mrs. Schlafly’s. I’ll add her to my prayer list.

14. #14
    On February 27th, 2009 at 7:46 am, On-my-soap-box said:

    Done.

    Maybe this is not the right time but…

    Hey, RNC, this woman is what a conservative looks like.

    GOT IT?

    .oO(why do I think that just fell on deaf ears)

15. #15
    On February 27th, 2009 at 7:53 am, ctmom said:

    Get well Mrs. Schlafly.
    Let’s throw a prayer in for Michelle Bachman too. She’s another woman the left has in their sights.

16. #16
    On February 27th, 2009 at 8:04 am, flmom said:

    Classy, smart and always a must-read whenever I see her writing. She has my heart-felt wishes on a speedy recovery. I recently fractured my hip, and can attest to the pain and frustration at the immobilization such an injury incurs.

17. #17
    On February 27th, 2009 at 8:21 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

    All the best to Mrs. Schlafly. I will add her to my prayers. Emjem and your family will be added as well.

    My husband’s boss has been out of the office for the past two days to deal with a family emergency. Her brother is losing his battle with cancer and their mother isn’t taking the news so well. She’s a nurse so she has to be there through it all.

    My aunt, who on Father’s Day learned that she had breast cancer is now in her last week of radiation therapy.

    I had a miscarriage last week on Tuesday but here we are … still. I’ll echo alohaguy’s statement: “Here’s to strong gracious women.”

18. #18
    On February 27th, 2009 at 8:35 am, Mainah said:

    30 pcs, my prayers for you, as well.

19. #19
    On February 27th, 2009 at 9:22 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

    Thanks, Mainah! Truly appreciated.

20. #20
    On February 27th, 2009 at 9:24 am, Flyoverman said:

    She is a quite a lady and pillar of intellectual consistency. Broken hip treatment has REALLY improved in the last 5 years, but it is VERY still serious.

21. #21
    On February 27th, 2009 at 9:41 am, wytammic said:

    Mrs. Schlafly is lionized in our household. God bless this precious lady and I pray for her healing in the name of Jesus.

22. #22
    On February 27th, 2009 at 10:00 am, granite said:

    On February 27th, 2009 at 8:21 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

    Prayers for Mrs. Schlafly.

    And likewise also to you, 30.

    I’m sure you have been told that they are very, very common; but, that does not make them any easier to take.

    “We” had a miscarriage before kid #1, and another one between kids #s 1&2.
    Then, kid #3 came with no problem.

    Although they were blighted ova, my wife was still quite blue for a bit.
    And although I was a guy in my mid-20s, for some still unknown reason I didn’t act or talk like an uncaring jerk, but somehow understood her.

    Not to be flippant or disresepctful, but once we had the first miscarriage, miscarriage stories seemed to come out of the woodwork.

    This doc, that nurse, the other folks told us their stories, such as:

    “We had a miscarriage between each of our five kids.”

    We had 4 miscarriages in a row, and then had five kids.”

    My in-laws had a miscarriage (which we knew) before having my wife, and then had my sister in-law with no problem.

    This was the time when I first learned that my folks had had a couple of miscarriages between me and my younger brother!

    Again, prayers for you, 30, and for Mrs. Schlafly.

    God bless.

23. #23
    On February 27th, 2009 at 10:10 am, Kevin K. said:

    emjem24 and 30 pcs of silver and DagneyT: said flippantly, but meant sincerely–prayers all around. (That goes for others on this site who need healing and comfort who haven’t said anything about it.)

24. #24
    On February 27th, 2009 at 10:15 am, granite said:

    On February 27th, 2009 at 10:10 am, Kevin K. said:

    …sincerely–prayers all around. (That goes for others on this site who need healing and comfort who haven’t said anything about it.)

    I echo that – prayers for all.

25. #25
    On February 27th, 2009 at 10:37 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

    On February 27th, 2009 at 10:00 am, granite said:

    On February 27th, 2009 at 8:21 am, 30 pcs of silver said:
    Prayers for Mrs. Schlafly.

    And likewise also to you, 30.

    Again, prayers for you, 30, and for Mrs. Schlafly.

    God bless.

    Thank you, Granite! Thanks, Kevin K!

    Granite:
    Yes, it was tough. We have been trying for so long and have had so many issues. I have fibroid tumors, one of which is about 7 cms and it causes problems for me at times. So, I was thrilled to learn after all the visits to various doctors, including a fertility specialist, that we were able to get pregnant on our own despite the huge tumor. There’s a plan for us and I know that our future includes both biological and adopted children but it’s tough to see all of that when you in a fog. Thanks for sharing your story.

    God bless you as well.

26. #26
    On February 27th, 2009 at 10:45 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Healing in the New Testament

    I pray in the name of Jesus Christ for healing for all who need it and have faith to receive it.

27. #27
    On February 27th, 2009 at 10:46 am, wighttrasch said:

    A wonderful, proud,unapologetic female is Mrs. Schlafly.

    Yes; that’s what feminists do to women: make apologies for their sex. They may call it something else but it’s rationalization.

28. #28
    On February 27th, 2009 at 10:54 am, granite said:

    On February 27th, 2009 at 10:37 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

    Fibroids (actually, smooth-muscle tumors) of the uterus are also very, very common, with the great majority behaving in a benign fashion.
    But, again, that does not make them fun to deal with, when you are the one that has them!

    …I know that our future includes both biological and adopted children….

    My first cousin is adopted.
    Decades ago, when I was 6 and she was 12, she told me she was adopted. I said, “Oh, OK,” and that was that.
    Her son, our Godson, is also adopted!

    My wife and I would have adopted in a heartbeat, without a second thought, if could not have had biological children.
    I did not say “our own” children, because we firmly believe that adopted kids are one’s own kids just as much as biological kids.
    As the parents of three adult kids, believe us: the fact of biolgical origin of one’s kids essentially pales to insignificance as one raises one’s kids and sees them grow up.

    You and your husband will be fine; the fog will clear.
    Again, God bless.

29. #29
    On February 27th, 2009 at 10:56 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

    30,

    I stand in agreement with you that there is a plan for you that includes both biological and adopted children.

    If hearing others’ stories is helpful, please know that there are many of us out here who are standing with you. Our 1st and 3rd pregnancies ended in miscarriage. As painful as that time was, we look forward to meeting those children in heaven. There are a lot of them there, and Jesus loves the little children, even the tiniest of them all.

30. #30
    On February 27th, 2009 at 10:59 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

    If Phyllis Schlafly were a liberal, she’d already have buildings and holidays named after her, MacArthur genius grants, countless women’s magazine covers, and the unending admiration of the media elite.

    President Bush should have awarded her the Medal of Freedom.

31. #31
    On February 27th, 2009 at 11:12 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

    Speaking of the Medal of Freedom…

    Four days before President Jimmy Carter left office,
    he awarded the Medal of Freedom to the founder of the ACLU,
    Roger Baldwin, who had previously said:

    “I am for socialism, disarmament and ultimately for abolishing the state itself as an instrument of violence and compulsion. I seek social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and sole control by those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal.”

    - As quoted in the book Roger Baldwin: Founder of the American Civil Liberties Union: A Portrait by Peggy Lamson [Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1976] p. 192

32. #32
    On February 27th, 2009 at 11:15 am, flmom said:

    30 pcs of silver said:

    Prayers go with you, I know how it feels. On a bright note, my sister-in-law had the same problem with fibroids 20 years ago, her son turned 20 last month. Keep the faith.

33. #33
    On February 27th, 2009 at 11:33 am, Mainah said:

    30, as much as I recognize that American kids need homes, too, I would like to tell you about a beautiful website called http://reecesrainbow.com/ they minister to orphans with Down syndrome and other disabilities in other countries. I learned of them when I saw the undercover stories about orphanages in Eastern Europe a few years ago, where disabled babies and toddlers were tied to their beds until they stopped fighting. It was heartbreaking. Reece’s Rainbow is one of those rare times where you can actually DO something about a huge problem in the world, really make a difference. Not sure if you are open to adopting a child with special needs, but if you are, there are some amazing opportunities there to truly be the world to a child. All my best to you again.

34. #34
    On February 27th, 2009 at 12:32 pm, right4life said:

    she’s a great lady!

    we know that when she dies, the liberals will be dancing in the street like the scum they are..

35. #35
    On February 27th, 2009 at 12:45 pm, greenfairie said:

    Wishing the great Mrs. Schlafly a speedy recovery.

    I had no idea of what she’d accomplished, without the help of professional feminists, until I read Ann Coulter’s “Slander” some years ago.

36. #36
    On February 27th, 2009 at 12:53 pm, usa_usa said:

    President Bush should have awarded her the Medal of Freedom.

    Getting medal from that socialist would be an insult to any conservative.

37. #37
    On February 27th, 2009 at 12:58 pm, Madmoney said:

    I got concerned when her regular friday column wasnt posted

38. #38
    On February 27th, 2009 at 1:57 pm, Juliethejarhead said:

    Mrs. Schlafly will be in my thoughts and prayers today — and always.

39. #39
    On February 27th, 2009 at 2:39 pm, kevin45 said:

    Mrs Schlafly is an old neighbor of mine and dear family friend. I can remember growing up receiving xmas cards from the schlafly family every year(somewhere in boxes in my moms house I bet some our still there). Anyway aside from her public personnel I just send my prayers to a dear friend and forever neighbor.

    PS Sorry Mrs schlafly for trampling your hedges those many years ago but hey we were just kids LOL

40. #40
    On February 27th, 2009 at 3:35 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    Thank you everyone for your kind words. We are not adverse to adopting special needs children, Mainah. It’s something I’m praying about.

41. #41
    On February 27th, 2009 at 6:45 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

    Burn Baby Burn

42. #42
    On February 27th, 2009 at 7:42 pm, travlinman said:

    Best wishes and God-speed to a real lady who has grace, beauty, charm and presence. Thank God she is ours. I think Phyliss could be considered as the ‘anti-Helen Thomas’.

43. #43
    On February 27th, 2009 at 7:54 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

    Oops – I though she was dead, I take back my original comment.

44. #44
    On February 28th, 2009 at 4:03 pm, Jet Jaguar said:

    Mrs. Schlafly is a great lady whose accomplishments, IMO, will make the Saint Hall of Fame in the next life. God please comfort and heal her.

45. #45
    On March 1st, 2009 at 3:59 pm, Cathy B said:

    Mrs Schlafly is an incredible woman and role model. God bless you my dear friend through out the years!