[nunya bidness]

I knew she was obnoxious, but I never realized just what a dumbass she was.

Your attempt to engage Merc in debate by flaming her is notable. You're smart and well read, therefore there's no reason for gutter tactics. Yet you do anyway. Which makes me think that you're more of a schoolyard bully and less of a thinker. Am I wrong?

And no, I'm not a Bengals fan. Just someone that can read a loophole that is a mile wide and clearly pandering to a gossamer electorate that, as of yet, hasn't proven to be the base of the party that is seeking reelection.

You may not like it (in the Horowitz school of Trotskyite "winning is everything" seminar politics V 2.0) but principles mean something. With a slim margin of a lead in Congress the left has proven that they can push their legislation through despite a Republican President. While on the other hand, a slim majority of Republicans have proven to push leftist legislation despite themselves.

I ask you: where's the beef? If not now, when? Think about it.

Parsing obviously tampered legislation is not leadership. Leadership is bold steps with the concern of the unborn foremost in concern.

I haven't seen it yet and I'm not confident that it will appear. And having talked to many conservatives in the flesh they are considering a candidate that will address this issue based on leadership.

Ignore them at the peril of the ever shifting mushy middle.

[nunya bidness]

Ignore them at the peril of the ever shifting mushy middle

Should read:

Ignore them at the cost of gaining the ever shifting mushy middle.

I'm going to bed.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I haven't seen it yet and I'm not confident that it will appear.

Didn't you click on the link I posted to you? How can you not, in good conscience, acknowledge the things President Bush has done? That's what I don't understand. What president has done more than he has, and why do some people think the glass is always not just half-empty, but bone dry?

[Luis Gonzalez]

"Your attempt to engage Merc in debate by flaming her is notable. You're smart and well read, therefore there's no reason for gutter tactics. Yet you do anyway. Which makes me think that you're more of a schoolyard bully and less of a thinker. Am I wrong?"

Did you bother reading what she's been saying about me over at LP?

Of course not.

I am not "engaging" Merc...I am responding to her in kind.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"Just someone that can read a loophole that is a mile wide"

Well...when I make the point that there should be wiggle room in the legislation to allow for PBA's in case of a medical emergency threatening the mother's life, the argument is that such cases are few, and very far between, or even non-existent.

When I point out that the ONLY PBA permitted by this bill is when the mother's life is in danger, you call it a mile wide loophole...which is it then?

How can you call it a mile wide loophole when the ONLY circumstance under which the procedure is allowed is statistically non-existent?

[honeygrl]

" Just someone that can read a loophole that is a mile wide "

Just the fact that you consider it a loophole a mile wide even though it's been explained on this thread a dozen times makes me think you have a reading comprehension problem or just WANT to find something to complain about. Or maybe you just have a personal grudge with Luis? Either way, it's not a mile wide loophole.