Posted on 09/30/2005 6:24:29 PM PDT by veronica
Bennett said nothing that you could compare to Margaret Sanger's views.
This is very well written. I can't believe how the left is using it. Okay, I can believe it, but I find it despicable.
I would have. Williams be absolutely wrong. It's ridiculous to say abortion is wrong then continue on and say well if we did then crime would drop and if only done for those reasons, morality aside.
Yes he was being clumsy. Sounded to me like he was tired and wanted the show to end to me.
"Sadly the white house has validated the attacks on Bennett."
I am so mad at McLellan I could shit nails. Can someone with credentials contact that frigginidiot and set him straight. It is obvious he doesn't do a lick of research/prep for his daily whitewash!
Honest to God, if I were to confront McL right now, I would slap his face. (Or is it McClellan?) who cares, he is an idiot.
>Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, thought much the same thing as Bennett.<
Not very educated are you? Bennett was making his point to show how wrong Sanger was.
"Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, thought much the same thing as Bennett."
Just what did Bennett think? If you are saying that he believed that the crime rate would diminish were all black babies to be aborted, you are a PIG and do not understand (purposely, I suspect) what he said. He specifically denounced the remark. He did NOT agree with it.
Bill Bennett is no racist, but the statement was dumb. I watched Hannity and Colmes last night, and my impression was Dr. Bennett is tired, very tired.
Considering the amount of money he makes in his talk radio show, it's hard to feel sorry for him making a dumb statement. I for one, however, am disgusted by the pile on attitude of the shameful liberal democrats.
I'm also disappointed in the White House's comments, but I'm not surprised. They, the White House, Colin Powell, and Condelezza Rice did the same thing to Trent Lott when he made the praising and joking comments about the 100 year old retiring Strom Thurmond.
Bill Bennett ain't no racist.
Trust me.
Somehow, I think that if Bennett had said you could abort every white male in this country and your serial killer rate would go down....or if he had said you could abort every white male in this country and your white collar crime would go down, the silence from those who are bitching now would be deafening.
"Bill Bennett is no racist, but the statement was dumb. I watched Hannity and Colmes last night, and my impression was Dr. Bennett is tired, very tired."
When you are having an intellectual discussion on a subject, you are bound to argue for or against the issues raised in the subject! Bennett did NOT raise the race issue, it was the theme of the argument presented in the book.
You see, the whole problem is the term 'intellectual discussion'. Most libs can't thing in those terms and, based on some of the comments on this thread, it seems many Freepers can't either.
Let me guess..you're mostly white and/or asian.
I don't believe he is. I just think he was tired or something. It's weird to say something is wrong but then say but yes if you abort crime rates will go down. I abhor abortion and no matter who it is or whatever they're doing, I just don't even go there. It was a weird statement.
That's actually funny.
Bennett was saying the discussion (from the book Freakonomics) that abortion is bad because, saying so many working bodies were not born that we can't support Social Securtity, is not a good way to promote Pro-Life.
He stated that using this could cause people to take the opposite stance.
If all black babies were aborted, it would lower the crime rate. (Notice how wacky it sounds? He has explained that he took the most ridiculous example he could think of). He then stated the reprehensable, etc.
His crime was using the word, "Black".
I get the same thing when I talk like my sister. When I go with her to get a good deep conditioning at her favorite shop, I forget I'm not black.
Then I get around other people who don't know what my family ties are. I find myself sounding like those old liberal whites in the 60's. You know, "Some of my best friends are black." types.
I'm saying, "You know, my sister, my nieces, my husband's nieces, my Great-Niece and........all black!" (it sounds stupid doesn't it?)
The only thing with me is that I'm actually related to my family. I'm not parading them out to prove I'm not a racist.
I do understand the racism in the country. But it's hard sometimes to be forced to think about color so as not to offend someone.
I don't see black. I see the color I have to pay a tanning bed shop for.
It would not surprise me a bit to see a column from Walter Williams in the next few weeks defending Bennett. This is PC BS from the poverty industry, IMO. If he had said "you could abort ALL babies and the crime rate would drop", no one would have given it a second thought.
I agree with you, too. I don't think Bill Bennett is a racist. But there's no getting around that he made an unfortunate comment.
I heard his statement on the radio and I just have to respectfully disagree with you. I don't think he's a racist but I do think the comment was a little 'off'.
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