It’s not a surprise in the slightest.
The only SLIGHTLY good news about this is that this move serves as greater proof that Obama is NOT bipartisan when we make our case to people considering our views. A “bi-partisan” president would realize that his move towards universal health care in and of itself is a hard pill for many in this country to swallow. That he and the Democrats in Congress insist not only pushing this controversial legislation, but do so with abortion tacked on like a slap in the face, dispels any illusions that this administration might still be trying to maintain.
A bipartisan president would have realized that the health care plan itself was divisive enough. A bipartisan president would have said, “You know, we’re pushing our agenda pretty hard by adding a public option... perhaps we ought to throw the other side a bone and not trample on one of their biggest issues.”
We need to pounce on this, and hard.
I think that what we need to do, now that the abortion issue has become a part of this bill, is make this a referendum on abortion.
Debate-wise, the only strong card in the pro-abortionists’ hands when it comes to public opinion is the “Freedom of Choice” card. They argue that a woman should be free to do with her own body whatever she wants. As flawed as that argument is, let’s just say “fine” to that for a moment.
Abortion as a part of publicly-offered insurance is not a matter of choice. In fact, it strips away the choice of us who vehemently oppose abortion by making us pay for what we consider inherently and utterly immoral. A strong number of Americans oppose abortion. They might have been sweet-talked into accepting the public option but now this has become a moral issue. Even the Catholic Church now has a moral obligation to put pressure on both the public and upon senators to see that this doesn’t pass. We just have to act fast and focus on spotlighting the moral issues here.
Their insistence on the inclusion of abortion within this bill might very well be the entire bill’s undoing if we play our cards right.
We are way past talking about partisanship/bi-partisanship and all that feeble political crap. Reality has caught up with us and we have a filthy Chicago-style Marxist gang in the Whitehouse that can buy-off or persuade anybody and any industry group with our money. Even so, the sheeple are too stupid to see this, let alone care about 0 not being bi-partisan. Don’t waste your energy pouncing.