Posted on 07/06/2004 10:57:18 AM PDT by KMC1
The July 4th weekend was a disaster for Kerry. Pushed on the issue of abortion in heavily Catholic midwest towns - Kerry was coming up with quotes like: "I don't like abortion, I believe life does begin at conception. But I can't take my Catholic belief, my article of faith, and legislate it on a Protestant or a Jew or an athiest...who does not share it. We have seperation of Church and State in the United States of America."
Kerry spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter says, "John Kerry says he believes abortion should be legal..."
If Kerry squares his voting record with what he said over the weekend then he in essence is arguing the equivalent legal right for a parent to go to a play ground, assert that their 3 yr old was creating too much inconvenience and should be allowed to pull a knife out of the bag and stab the child - all with the protection of the law.
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Most voters aren't going to remember the "gaffe" come November.
Apparently Planned Parenthood wasn't listening to what Kerry said. We should make sure they get that info.
so he cannot eenforce his views upon others who might disagree? why does he beleive that the war is wrong then? will he enforce THOSE views upon those who disagree? OR his stance about taxing the "rich"?
I heard Rush say this earlier today but it's bogus. Fox was reporting all last week that we'd probably hear who his VP pick was on Tuesday morning. Th abortion "gaffe" doesn't matter. The people to whom that would matter are already decided one way or the other.
Kerry could've performed abortions with a gaff over the weekend and the media would still be fawning over him. It didn't affect the timing of his announcement.
"The July 4th weekend was a disaster for Kerry. Pushed on the issue of abortion in heavily Catholic midwest towns - Kerry was coming up with quotes like: "I don't like abortion, I believe life does begin at conception. But I can't take my Catholic belief, my article of faith, and legislate it on a Protestant or a Jew or an athiest...who does not share it. We have seperation of Church and State in the United States of America."
You can condemn me for this. My personal beliefs should not be lumped together with my politics. If my constituency was pro-life but as an individual I was pro-choice, I would represent my constituency based on what they wanted me to do in Washington. If they didn't want me in office, they could vote me out.
Problem here is Kerry castigated the church on these issues as well as ran on a pro-choice platform and now is trying to flip flop(gee who would have thought?)
Abortion is murder, we already have laws for that. Abortion shouldn't even be a political issue.
Unfortunately for our cause, abortion legalized murder, i.e. Roe v. Wade. I agree, it shouldn't have been a political issue then, and it shouldn't even be in the political lexicon now.
But he was FOR having the baby, before he killed it.
bttt
There will be at least a couple of presidental debates and this will certainally come up. It better.
And if your constituency was pro lynching but you weren't would you still feel the same compunction to go along with the majority? Sorry but that's not what leadership is all about. You take a stand and then suffer the consequences.
an out-and-out admission that you favor state-sponsored
murder is no small deal.
My point exactly. The gaffe itself didn't change the minds of very many voters.
It doesn't matter what he said. Everyone knows that if elected he will be pro-abortion to the limit. That's his record. At most this was a face-saving statement, preserving the fiction that he is a Catholic and letting bad Catholics feel better about voting for him.
Same reason for saying pro-choice instead of pro-abortion. Everyone knows what it means, but they can pretend they don't. Plus it sounds better.
True, especially if Kerry has the pro-abort crowd in his back pocket.
With the addition of Edwards the Democratic ticket includes two senators who voted in favor of partial birth abortion. Don't think that doesn't matter. While the country debates abortion in general there is strong agreement (over 70%) that partial birth abortion should be illegal. This is one of several "wedge" (ever notice that so called wedge issues are all those which the vast majority of the country disagree with liberal elites) issues in which Bush can make hay with this election. I know several people who normally vote Democrat who are going to vote for Bush because of partial birth abortion and gay marriage.
Unfortunately...most of the John / John vote...aren't going to care, let alone remember.
FRegards,
the only possible defense of abortion is that it is NOT the
taking of a life, especially an innocent life. the only
possible logical pathway to that ground is "life begins
at birth". No birth, thus no life, thus no murder.
but there is no way to defend yourself if you believe that
life begins at conception, AND you are in favor of abortion.
this is flatly murder, and even the most hardcore abortion
advocates typically shy away from this morass.
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