Posted on 04/28/2007 5:13:16 PM PDT by wagglebee
To hear the mainstream news media tell it, the only issue really in play in the 2008 Presidential election is the war in Iraq.
And, lest the voting public forget, the media are quick to report each casualty, mishap, and difficulty in Baghdad as mounting evidence for an immediate and unqualified U.S. troop withdrawal.
What you're not hearing about is an issue that is likely to have a decisive impact on the Presidential race: abortion.
That's right -- the issue the media hate to talk about is still important to a vast number of voters. And, for a majority of those for whom abortion is the top issue, a pro-life candidate is the only acceptable choice.
By and large, the Republican candidates for President -- with the notable exception of former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani -- oppose legal abortion. In sharp contrast, the Democratic Party's crop of candidates trumpet a radical pro-abortion viewpoint which is opposed by a majority of the American public.
The major media would like you to believe that abortion does not matter in this Presidential election cycle -- but the fact is, it may matter more today than ever before. That's because the next President could appoint the U.S. Supreme Court justice who could tip the balance against Roe v. Wade, the tragic High Court decision which has killed more than 47 million young Americans and left a number of mothers physically and emotionally scarred.
I often find it curious that the nightly news reports a day-by-day count of fatalities in Iraq, yet completely ignores the millions of children killed by abortion. Say what you will about the Iraq war -- in terms of a death count, when compared to America's war against the unborn, it doesn't even come close.
And yet, curiously enough, though publicity about abortion is sparse, it continues to be a key political issue for a number of Americans. I would argue that that is, in fact, good news. It means that many Americans are not satisfied to think about what the media tells them to think about. Rather, they're independent-minded enough to see through the media bias and recognize the fact that abortion represents a devastating American tragedy that has sapped our strength and undermined our greatness.
Pundits may claim that the unborn child is simply a clump of cells, but many Americans have seen the evidence with their own eyes of the humanity of the unborn child, thanks to the development of Ultrasound. They know it's a baby in the sonogram -- even if a news anchor making a multi-million-dollar salary cannot recognize that fact.
My prediction for '08 is that, as it has in other Presidential campaign years, abortion will continue to be a significant election issue.
And the candidate who espouses the pro-life side will win the White House, no matter how hard some members of the media work to push the vote count in favor of the pro-abortion candidate. Pro-lifers are simply more committed to an electoral victory than those who support the destruction of the most vulnerable members of our society. Virtue is, in the end, more likely to achieve victory than vice is.
The Republican debates are coming up, and you can submit suggested pro-life questions here, if you register:
http://www.politico.com/debate/ and you can also look for pro-life questions and vote for them.
The antilifers are submitting their questions, and voting, and this Catch 22 antilife question is on Page 2 of the popular questions, so has a good chance of being asked:
“by argo on 04.14.2007 at 11:12 PM
Topic Is: Social Issues
At what point, if any, in the course of gestation and/or fetal development do you believe the rights of a pregnant woman are superseded by the fetus inside her?”
There is a pro-life question for my favorite candidate, Duncan Hunter, among these:
http://dyn.politico.com/debate/showquestions.cfm?page=1&sb=mp&cd=15&tp=0&submit=Search
You can vote for as many questions as you like - just click “I like that question.”
If anyone finds any more pro-life questions, please post the link so that we pro-lifers can vote for them.
From your mouth to God’s ears but I wouldn’t put any money on that.
I expect us to be based in Iraq for a very long time.
We still have to “take out the trash” in Syria & Iran.
And what better place to be to make sure the muzzies don’t play any games with oil than Iraq.
As far as pro-life goes, I’m all for it. But until another Supreme is replaced, not much can be done.
Thompson is too slow out of the blocks. No money no organization. He will get rolled unless he has some magic.
I searched social issues, and there are pro-life questions (as well as Catch 22 antilife questions) to ask the presidential candidates at the GOP debate on May 3 here:
http://dyn.politico.com/debate/showquestions.cfm?CurrentPage=1&sb=mp&cd=0&tp=10
As of now, they are on page 3, if you wish to vote for the the pro-life ones.
She is doing a bad impression with her comments on the PBA ruling from SCOTUS.
Fred Thompson is the uniter and also prolife.
If Rudy gets the repub nomination and he’s facing Hillary or Obama or Edwards or Gore or any RAT, please don’t tell me that you wouldn’t vote for Rudy.
I wouldn’t vote for Rudy. There are some lines I WILL not cross.
I would....
With Rudy’s views on things like the private ownership of weapons and his view of the Patriot Act as an *offensive tool* for the WOT (it is NOT), Rudy is a VERY poor choice if your biggest issue is the “war on terror”.
Sounds like Rudy.
That’s YOUR opinion. Others see it differently.
Abortion is technically still illegal in most places. And yes, there are many current presidential contenders who oppose abortion being legal or being a judicially protected act.
Insightful, yet not. It takes Guiliani down, but says nothing of McCain or Romney's views... They gave only a slice of the information.
You might very well be right. Technically, it’s his turn. Sort of like 1968 and Nixon. Difference of course, Nixon was a man in 1960. The Republicans are all compromised, supposedly (not sure why people think something’s wrong with Fred Thompson though).
He could really shake things up. If he sudenly appears thinner, he’s running (not a joke).
I don't want it over until we nail every damn terrorist they send to Iraq to fight us. If we lose this, they will follow us home, and trust me...abortion will be the least of our worries.
They’re already here. They have been for years. Consequences of poor border control and an Administration that works overtime to bring in more “students” from ME countries. What they haven’t done much of is the “attack” thing yet.
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