So it was today on The Jerry Doyle show that I heard of the Obama campaign's latest attempts to mainstream and move to the center...,
by issuing some statements including this gem:
"(the campaign) strongly supports a woman's decision to bring her pregnancy to full-term."
"(the campaign) strongly supports a woman's decision to bring her pregnancy to full-term."
Now, is this a simple matter of political ineptitude and thoughtless campaigning? Or is it something much more sinister? Maybe a bit of both? Any way you look at it, it smells...
Admittedly, it is unfortunate that statements such as this come about due to platform issues and the divide of ideology among the two camps - left/right Democrat/Republican....
Nevertheless, I find it astonishing that this kind of statement could ever be uttered without at least having been immediately clarified or retracted.
Seriously, does the Obama campaign actually think that by claiming to support something that should not require or ever even be addressed by Government, or those seeking office, that it will soften its image among centrist and right-wing voters?
It sounds like they're trying to make people feel bad about not agreeing with the "right to choose" platform, via the back door of claiming that as far as the Government is concerned, your decision to not end a pregnancy by killing a fetus and instead bringing a child into the family is "supported". As if this kind of life-choice were something quaint, and traditional. Something to inspire an "awwww..." and "how cute, the little people deciding to take the more difficult path and raise a child.."
Jesus, I want to vomit.
It's true that people who either agree or disagree with abortion in general vote, sometimes even early, and often! (in Illinois)
But no matter what our views on the sticky legality-mixed-with-morality abortion debate, We The People, and prospective parents, specifically, neither ask for nor should we ever need to ask for Government's "support" based on one or any ideological position. period.
And once we do need to ask, then all will have been lost.... How nice of the Obama campaign to re-assure us that abortion is not yet a requirement or even an expectation!
-YARK- ... erp.
Now you'll have to excuse me. I need to brush my teeth.
Admittedly, it is unfortunate that statements such as this come about due to platform issues and the divide of ideology among the two camps - left/right Democrat/Republican....
Nevertheless, I find it astonishing that this kind of statement could ever be uttered without at least having been immediately clarified or retracted.
Seriously, does the Obama campaign actually think that by claiming to support something that should not require or ever even be addressed by Government, or those seeking office, that it will soften its image among centrist and right-wing voters?
It sounds like they're trying to make people feel bad about not agreeing with the "right to choose" platform, via the back door of claiming that as far as the Government is concerned, your decision to not end a pregnancy by killing a fetus and instead bringing a child into the family is "supported". As if this kind of life-choice were something quaint, and traditional. Something to inspire an "awwww..." and "how cute, the little people deciding to take the more difficult path and raise a child.."
Jesus, I want to vomit.
It's true that people who either agree or disagree with abortion in general vote, sometimes even early, and often! (in Illinois)
But no matter what our views on the sticky legality-mixed-with-morality abortion debate, We The People, and prospective parents, specifically, neither ask for nor should we ever need to ask for Government's "support" based on one or any ideological position. period.
And once we do need to ask, then all will have been lost.... How nice of the Obama campaign to re-assure us that abortion is not yet a requirement or even an expectation!
-YARK- ... erp.
Now you'll have to excuse me. I need to brush my teeth.
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