Posted on 11/04/2004 6:22:11 PM PST by zarf
Excerpt from a post election interview with host Tony Jones:
TONY JONES: With a huge popular mandate, and with much firmer control over both houses of congress, what more would you expect ?
Obviously we're going to see the Supreme Court revamped, there are other issues on the plate as well.
There are Republicans tonight talking about more tax cuts, talking about mining in the national park in Alaska, etc, what do you think the second term agenda is going to be like?
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS: You know the thing that most keeps the Democrats and the liberals together always been the issue of the Supreme Court, abortion roughly speaking as the main issue, the Christian right hovering always in the background.
Eight years of Reagan and four years of Bush senior, they didn't do any prayer at school, didn't make anyone reabsorb their foetus either.
I think that Bush is now untethered from those people.
I don't think you'll hear much more about the gay marriage amendment.
I do think that obviously -- impending departure of chef justice Renquist is very important -- but I have a feeling that a President who's wife and mother are both very strongly pro choice, is not going to do anything precipitate, in other words, the nightmare scenario people have of a sort of evangelised crusader in America is an improbable one.
First things first. Let's get that ANWR pipeline going and tell OPEC to sell dirt.
Bush says X (strict constructionist nominees).
Political punditry says he means Y (abortion on demand).
Amazing.
Mrs. Bush is pro-abortioon? Anyone?
Wife and mother pro-choice????
I think not.
Christopher Hitchins endorsed Kerry. I have no respect for that Jerk!
He actually endorsed Bush. The Kerry "endorsment" was bogus.
Sadly, I agree. I don't see him appointing judges to overturn Roe V. Wade. I think he'll do 'like his daddy done.'
Making abortion illegal right off the bat will never, ever, ever happen. Support for abortion is dropping because of various reasons, but mostly because we're just getting the info out there. The number of Americans who see abortion for what it is is INCREASING.
If we just suddenly made it illegal, we could very easily fall into a huge, huge mess, the dems could take over EVERYTHING, and abortion would be locked in forever.
Patience and drawing people to our position through the facts will change everything.
Hitchens endorsed Kerry? Big surprise to me! Where did you hear that?
Laura is pro-choice.
If Bush betrays the social conservatives by nominating a pro-abortion judge to the supreme court....
The Republicans will be thrown out of power in 2 years in a Liberal Landslide because the social conservatives will just stay home.
Luckily I dont think that's going to happen. Bush is a very simple man who always does exactly what he says he's going to do... and he has said time and time again he will only appoint people to the bench you will strickly interpret the law....
I'm pretty sure that Laura is pro-life.
His column in Slate! I will try to find a link.
I don't think that's relevent. Bush essentially wants to nominate judges that would leave the abortion issue up to the states.
Really? That is news to me. Maybe you are right. I am looking for a link.
Laura is pro-choice. So is Grandma Bush.
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