Daily Kos on Pro-Life Democrats
Written by Mark Harris on May 26th, 2005These folks may have a point, just consider “Pro-Life” Bob Casey Jr…
Jerome on the pro-life Democrat.
It reminds me of the quandry that Republicans were in over environmental issues in the early 90’s. As the pro-business party, Republicans are against regulation of business as a rule. Standing against the enviromental laws being put forward by the Democrats, Republicans were losing the debate because caring about the environment, being a steward of the earth, is a winner. So, Frank Luntz told the Republicans to say that they too were for the environment, that they too were environmentalists. The Democrats snickered, but it worked, and has served to nuetralized that issue ever since. The Democrats said, no you are not. And the Republicans replied, yes I am, I just don’t want the government to stifle economic growth through regulation.
Boom. The debate was immediately re-framed over the issue of government intrusion, and Democrats were left holding the bag– arguing that governmental regulation of the environment doesn’t deter capitalism [...]
So if a politician says I am pro-life and Democrat, lets hear them out. The Republicans will snicker and respond, no you aren’t. And if the politician responds by saying yes I am, I do not like to see abortions, but will not legislate or have the government intruding into this private decision between a woman, her family, and her doctor. That’s a politician that belongs in the Democratic Party. And boom, this is a politician that’s going to put the Republicans on the defensive.
I agree 100 percent.
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“Personally opposed, but….”
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But my point is the pro-life sheeple just might buy it
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Heh, “Sheeple”.
Well, do they buy the pony show from the Republicans?
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That’s exactly what Senator Biden from Delaware, who we all hate, does every election cycle. Along with how many others? What happens is they just don’t “buy it” the “sheeples” actually believe that he’s prolife and will vote prolife and yet he’s very strongly in favor of abortion. The way to beat that is tell it straight like it is… they vote for abortion 10 times out of 10… they’re pro-abortion. Cut the pro-choice crap… they’re not pro school choice or social security choice.
JM
(at least i learned something from Rush
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I’m inclined to think the pro-life sheeples will largely find the wolf in sheeps clothing. Far too many of the sheeples remember being burned by Bill Clinton’s “safe, legal, and rare” talk in the 1990s that actually resulted in 2 (or was it 3) vetos of partial birth abortion bans.
And of course, the most intense believers would never fall for it. And since intensity trumps preference, this is what really matters.
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