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	<title><![CDATA[I am Not an Issue -- I am a Human Being]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joan-garry-/i-am-not-an-issue-i-am-a-_b_59675.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>It's unusual when a line from a play or film sticks with you but I think we all carry a handful of them around with us. I've been thinking about one in particular recently -- from the Bernard Pomerance play, <em>The Elephant Man</em>. In a painful wail, John Merrick begs for those around him to see, understand and accept his humanity. <em>"I am not an animal -- I am a human being." </em></p>

<p>Throughout this presidential nominations process, I have come...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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