Fenris6: In other words, Bush's position on abortion has had ZERO effect on the number of abortions performed. Thanks.
OO sez: Sigh...there are none so blind as those who refuse to see.
It stuns me to see so many on this thread who still believe the liberal lie that the pro-abortion position is a winning one politically. It is precisely the opposite.
The difference between the parties on abortion for the part quarter century has been this:
1) The GOP is pro-life, but welcomes pro-choicers into the big tent.
2) The 'Rats are pro-abortion, and pro-lifers are welcome to go to hell (see Bob Casey Sr., 1992; Zell Miller, 2004)
3) Pro-lifers steadily emigrate to the GOP from the 'Rats beginning in '80 (the Reagan Democrats, remember?), resulting in the GOP winning 5 of the next 7 presidential elections and turn solid House, Senate and Gubernatorial minorities into solid majorities across the board.
4) As a result of all this, people like Fenris6 (and, to be fair, several others on this thread) feel the right move for the GOP in 2008 is to kick the pro-lifers to the curb with a pro-abortion candidate.
Absolutely stunning...
I won't feel kicked to the curb. I'll walk.
No. Whats stunning is that some pro-lifers (not me) do not understand whats at stake. Abortion is NOT an issue the President can effect. The issues he CAN affect are the GWOT, Nuclear Proliferation, and Immigration. Those are the issues that will affect our very survival in the next decade. Abandon a candidate because she doesn't tow the pro-choice line, and you abandon any hope of affecting real change re abortion in the future. That is short-sighted.