I have posed that argument Sink, and I have done it in every way I could think of, but they ignore it.
Meanwhile, the plug was pulled on a baby in Texas, and nobody batted an eye.
This leads me to believe that this entire episode is a political ploy by a group seeking to consolidate their power within the party. It is a political coup of a sort, and has more to do with abortion politics and judicial law making.
The problem is, they picked the wrong case, and have based all their arguments on straw men.
Knock one down, they put two more up. Eventually, you end up repeating the process as if you never had addressed the issue.
I knew a confrontation was going to occur, and it might be a fortunate thing to have it occur early on in the election cycle.
Like what happens on FR from time to time, we are past due for a purge in the RNC.
At this point, I am not sure what my party affiliation will be in 2006. I really don't care, but I would like to stay with the party I helped to build in the 70s and 80s.
I find many of my era have either voiced complaints or are now considering the situation. I think we have picked up elements since 2000 that have the "my way or the highway" mentality.
We have two choices. We can purge them or they can purge us. It is that simple.
You cannot compromise or come to consensus with pig headed, blind advocacy.
I will be sending mail to Congress today on this situation, and withdrawing my support for the RNC.
I look forward to seeing what shakes out! Gonna be fun.
If this were a genuine effort by the GOP to do something, this law would have been passed months ago.
The fact that DeLay orchestrated this drama at zero hour indicates that this is pandering to the religious right and nothing more.