[BigSkyFreeper]

Most voters aren't going to remember the "gaffe" come November.

[areafiftyone]

Planned Parenthood were just gushing about his VP Pick. Check this out. Planned Parenthood Applauds Sen. Kerry for Choosing Women's Rights Advocate Edwards as Running Mate; Edwards' Pro-choice Credentials Strengthen Democratic Ticket

Apparently Planned Parenthood wasn't listening to what Kerry said. We should make sure they get that info.

[camle]

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"?

[PBRSTREETGANG]

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.

[Dr Snide]

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.

[A CA Guy]

I think today was picked to take away from the press coverage of the President's birthday.

[Reactionary]

"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."

Ah. The genius liberal obviously can't quite get the distinction between the Church as an institution and his own "deeply personal" religious beliefs.

And if Kerry is against legislating his personal beliefs, why does the moron insist on voting *for* abortion?

But the more salient point is: Why do we tolerate such tripe from these fools?

[familyofman]

"...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."

Hyperbole at best - one act is illegal now and the other is legal - no equivalence at all. Kerry's position is not going to sway any conservatives to vote for him. But, he might win some points with the overall female vote.

I don't think he's really going for the conservative vote to begin with. It will be interesting to see how his comments influence polls in the near future.

[Brilliant]

I think you're right, and not only that, but he's compounded his problem by picking Edwards instead of Hillary. After POing the abortionists, Hillary was the only candidate he could have selected who would restore his credibility with that core constituency.

[sr4402]

David Letterman on Saddam Hussien:

4. I'll be released as soon as Kerry takes over

[Southack]

It wasn't a "gaffe."

Senator Kerry has to distance himself from his radical pro-abortion stance because abortion has declined in popularity over the years.

New voters have seen 3D sonograms that clearly show that the child is alive as early as 7 weeks.

Older voters, such as Baby Boomers, are likewise less in favor of abortion now that they are becoming first time grandparents.

That convergence has put quite a squeeze onto the pro-abortion zealots, and it has certainly made it more difficult for a liberal to carry the 38 states that GWB won in 2000 (which are all that he needs to re-win his election this year, too).

[Aquinasfan]

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.

Of course. Fortunately for abortion advocates, logic isn't taught in government schools where children supposedly learn "critical thinking," unlike in those horrible medieval schools where logic, grammar and rhetoric comprised the heart of education.

We've come a long way. Down.

[L.N. Smithee]

I don't think the selection of Edwards was due to a gaffe, but I contend that Al Gore's selection of Joe Lieberman in 2000 was due to former DNC chairman and current Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell making this statement days before the announcement:

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``I don't think anyone can calculate the effect of having a Jew on the ticket,'' Rendell told reporters as Gore attended a fund-raiser in East Hampton, New York. ``If Joe Lieberman was Episcopalian, I think he'd almost be a slam dunk,'' Rendell added.

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For more, see my August 8, 2000 thread Lieberman Selection: Not a Scheme, a Screw-up.

[HenryLeeII]

"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."

This would be one thing if you were discussing something like a tariff issue, but when you're discussing the life and death of a child can you get any more cowardly and weasley than this?