On 5/16/05, JDG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Gary Denton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Why are the Republican who think we are going to far not heard from when > >>there are debates about abortion in just about every Democratic meeting > I > >>attended? > > I'm going to take a wild guess and somehow connect it to the fact that the > Democrats lost the last Presidential election and exit polls attributed it > in large part to the issue of "moral values."
This was a poorly worded question as shown by both candidates splitting the vote of the "moral values" voters. I also cast a moral vote against Bush. Despite the poor wording the moral values question had been used before and it was down from previous elections. Losing always provokes more soul-searching than winning. > > >>I suspect is because it was part of that media drumbeat that pro-life > >>people > >>can't be heard in the Democratic party. > > I would hope that even you would agree that the failure to let PA Governor > Bob Casey speak at the Democratic National Convention played some role in > the Democratic Party deserving that storyline. You snipped out the real reason he wasn't allowed to speak which had nothing to do with abortion. On TV and national media he had waged a campaign to stop Clinton from getting the nomination saying he wasn't fit to be president. Unless their is a public repudiation of those interviews no party is going to allow that kind of speaker on the platform. And the fact that: > a) Harry Reid is somehow considered to be a "pro-life" Senator in the > Democratic Party (compare his deviation from the Democratic mean vs. > "pro-choice" Republican Senators' deviation from the mean.) > b) Harry Reid is about the only "pro-life" speaker at a Democratic > Convention in a long, long time > > At 03:26 PM 5/16/2005 -0500, Gary Denton wrote: > >>The procedure that was banned was used in only 0.004% of > >>abortions is the United States. Yes my 0's are in the right place > >according > >>to the AMA. > > Haven't you just made Dan's point? Liberal Democrats wouldn't even > restrict 0.004% of abortions???!!!!???!!!!??? > That this procedure was only necessary and often used to save lives was also snipped. Why do you want to get involved in medical decisions that endanger pregnant women? -- Gary Denton Easter Lemming Blogs http://elemming.blogspot.com http://elemming2.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
