Ultimately, it’s not a matter of how you say it. You either want to allow abortions, or not. Truth be told there are a whole lot of people that would have voted Republican if it wasn’t for abortion. Millions. It would have made the difference for Romney. I know a lot of people say that abortion is central to the leftist agenda. But there are a lot of women who think that they want to have the abortion option, so they vote Democrat. For pro-life Dems, I think it’s a side issue. They’ll not vote Repub because of their pro-life view because their main issue is redistributive socialism & minority empowerment. We need to put everything we have into fighting what they are in the process of doing to this country, as far as ultimately true socialism (govt owned business as in communism) and full redistribution of wealth (via wealth taxes [a percent a net worth due each year]). We will never get to the point where we can outlaw abortion. But are we going to let that issue sink us anyway?
What you said.
The broader battle against socialism and government control of individual life is being sunk because of this.
Hey troll, take your pro-abortion concern trolling somewhere else.
You sound just like the Whigs who wanted to ignore slavery.
The problem in the past election was that conservatives have never actually believed Romney when he said he was pro-life, EVERYTHING Romney says is for the sake of convenience. Abortion SHOULD be an issue, but it certainly wasn't in this election.
An innocent American in murdered in an abortuary EVERY 24 SECONDS and I refuse to support any party that wants to pretend that's not an issue.
Obviously not a FReeper. Goodbye.
My standard IB4TZ post:
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Sung to the tune of “Oh! Susanna, don’t you cry for me.” “
.... “Oh, no Bama, please don’t lie to me... for I’m off to Free Republic with a laptop on my knee.”
I come from Minnesota with my laptop on my knee; | I’m goin’ to Free Republic my true love for to see. | It rained all night the day you left, | the weather it was dry; | The sun so hot you froze to death, | Obama don’t you lie. | | Oh! No Bama, don’t you lie to me; | I come from Minnesota, with my laptop on my knee.
I had a dream the other night, | When everything was still; | I thought I saw Obama dear, | A-coming for The Hill. | The smearing lie was in Duluth, | The croc tear in his eye, | Said I, I’m coming for the truth | Obama don’t you lie. | | Oh! No Bama, don’t you lie to me; | I’m off to Free Republic, | with my laptop on my knee.
I fight in my pajamas, | It’s plain for all to see. | I aim to be the next Buckhead; | The media all hate me. | I fell in love with Sarah | When my sister bit a moose. | The Guvnor’s family ate it up | And then they set it loose. | | Oh! No Bama, don’t you lie to me; | I’m off to Free Republic, | with my laptop on my knee.
She loves her sons, she likes her guns, | and Triggernometry. | The media will jump the shark | When she makes history. | Well, JimRob knows she’ll pave the trolls | So controversially, | And Berg will knock Obama down | With friends of Hillary. | | Oh! No Bama, don’t you lie to me; | I’m off to Free Republic with a laptop on my knee.
I soon will be in Hawaii, | And then I’ll look all ‘round, | And when I find his birth record, | I’ll fall upon the ground. | But if I do not find it, | This Freeper’ll surely die, | And when I’m dead and buried, | Obama don’t you lie. | | Oh! No Bama, don’t you cry for me; | I’m off to Free Republic with a laptop on my knee.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2073903/posts?page=30#30
Now to respond to their arguments:
21 posted on Sun Nov 11 2012 23:31:20 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) by Hokestuk: “Ultimately, it’s not a matter of how you say it. You either want to allow abortions, or not. Truth be told there are a whole lot of people that would have voted Republican if it wasn’t for abortion. Millions. It would have made the difference for Romney.”
Great. So we get a Republican elected who acts like a Democrat and thinks the government ought not to be protecting people's lives.
How does that help us?
Maybe the economy will do better. The economy in Sodom and Gomorrah was doing well too — after all, they were well-watered cities on the plain which Lot chose because they looked like a good place to live.
In the long run, that won't help us one bit.
38 posted on Mon Nov 12 2012 00:22:11 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) by chris37 (Heartless.): “I can’t think of many visible pro-life women politicans. I’m not even certain that there are any.”
I can't believe I'm seeing this on Free Republic.
married21 has already pointed out two: Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann.
Want a longer list? It would quickly grow to dozens of nationally known names, plus hundreds if not thousands on the state level of politics.
Liberal women usually favor abortion. Conservative women generally don't, unless they're libertarians. Sounds about like liberal, conservative and libertarian men.
Gender isn't the issue. The issue is whether or not we want to protect babies from mass murder.
It really is that simple.
And millions of people would not vote for pro-abortion Republican politicians. My mom, girlfriend, and myself for starters. Joe Schwarz never got my vote.