apparently, she walks the walk

Submitted by Timmy the Wonder Dog on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 10:43pm. Tags:


Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin knows what it is like to be a woman, a mother, a daughter, a sister - things the two men on the Democratic ticket can never fully understand. She knows what it is like to grow up invisible in an incredibly sexist society, to be stared at, groped and sexually harassed. She knows what it's like to worry that you are pregnant when you don't want to be or that you are not pregnant when you want to be.

Sarah Palin knows what it is to experience the joys and sorrows of motherhood, to nurse a baby while holding down a job, to leave for work in the morning with a toddler tugging at your pant leg, and to have your children calling you at work to defuse squabbles or ask for help with homework. She knows that once you get to work, you have to speak twice as loud and twice as often to be heard, and work twice a hard to go half as far.

a powerful message delivered by a Democrat. the aforementioned comment affirms Sarah's unigue niche in the political theater which we currently find outselves in.

Long notes that "Hillary Clinton was eviscerated by the mainstream media" as her party stood by and talks about how important it is for the children to have a woman as Vice President. it is very difficult to acquire this type of "emotional energy".

over the last two weeks, Palin has energized the GOP base and expanded the McCain campaign to a segment of the population (women) which Republicans have usually experienced some problems with.

the last time, the country experienced this type of energy is when the "Reagan Democrats" (the ethnic Catholics) delivered the White House. and the last time a V.P. candidate delivered the White House was LBJ way back in 60.

it is fair to say that Reagan and Johnson share a common denominator with Palin, the general disdain of the east and west coast elite. advantage McCain-Palin with their "reform message".

with Obama on the attack, will McCain-Palin & Co. pivot to the positive? i expect they will. so far, they have been one step ahead in every shift in this campaign.
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"Making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much." Ob

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Oh Gosh! (#120771)
by athenas owl on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 10:41am

I never knew women went through this!

Or that I could look to the GOP to make it right. Actually, I knew I couldn't.

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Countering the PUMA appeal is trivial (#120767)
by stillnotking on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 10:34am

1. Palin is pro-life.
2. She's second banana and was clearly a gimmick choice.

I have no doubt that socially conservative women are energized by Palin, but Hillary supporters aren't going to vote for McCain in significant numbers. The PUMAs will be a footnote to history on Nov. 5.

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The other day I heard that ignorance and apathy are sweeping the country. I didn't know that, but I don't really care.

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The PUMAs will be a footnote to history on Nov. 5. (#120888)
by Timmy the Wonder Dog on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 5:09pm

you don't know how right you are.

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"Making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much." Ob

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Yeah (#121075)
by stillnotking on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 7:38am

True either way, huh? Guess I could have put it better.

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The other day I heard that ignorance and apathy are sweeping the country. I didn't know that, but I don't really care.

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Timmy helps erect strawman (straw-woman) then burns it (#120749)
by Bill White on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 9:59am

Film at 11!

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i'm much better with snowballs (#120893)
by Timmy the Wonder Dog on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 5:12pm

but i understand you had nothing to say and you didn't.

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"Making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much." Ob

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Great! (#120743)
by Harley on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 9:47am

Man bites dog.
Fish rides bicycle.
Bear sh*ts on main street.
Timmy writes diary.

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PRV (#120906)
by Timmy the Wonder Dog on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 5:32pm

goose/gander, and the new sensitivities of the site.

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"Making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much." Ob

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I looked at it already (#120934)
by tomsyl on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 6:15pm

and like others here (me, maybe), Harley has developed the art of the bloodless bite. There's no rule against artful dodging w/r/t comments that would be a PR violation if phrased differently.

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I love you, Man. nt (#121148)
by Harley on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 3:26pm

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no problem (#120944)
by Timmy the Wonder Dog on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 6:52pm

so long as it is artful (imaginary third person), the inbetween the lines can be rough and tumble. well ok.

notwithstanding, where i previously glossed over, I'll be calling far more often.

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"Making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much." Ob

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bta, i don't repeat myself over and over (#120895)
by Timmy the Wonder Dog on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 5:14pm

a Harley specialty.

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"Making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much." Ob

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The bias here (#120736)
by Jay C on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 7:51am

Lynette Long's, anyway - is pretty blatant: and, IMHO, not particularly noteworthy; except as an example of misguided Identity Politics. The bit about Hillary Clinton being "eviscerated by the mainstream media while the Party stood by" is the giveaway: this is plain PUMA nonsense by a blinkered partisan. Sen. Clinton made a pretty good showing in the primaries despite this "evisceration" - which was nothing compared to the savaging she got from the right-wing media in years past (remember Vince Foster?). The "media was mean to Poor Hillary" whine has always rang tinny - and a couple of months of irrelevancy hasn't rendered it any sounder.

It's an odd diary to see: I can't remember Timmy previously posting any such an encomium to the notion of voting for a candidate based solely on Identity (gender, in this case) before - but then, I guess, when the favored candidate is a right-wing Republican, a certain, umm - flexibility in one's principles can creep in....

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bias is usually blatant. (#120900)
by Timmy the Wonder Dog on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 5:21pm

the diary is about emotion and history.

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"Making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much." Ob

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do you get Camel Cash per post? (#120926)
by heet on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 6:04pm

Those koozies and duffel bags must be filling up the closets by now.

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Apparently this is all post-rationalization (#120701)
by Username on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:40pm

Lynette Long made up her mind to vote for McCain regardless of -- and in spite of -- his VP pick. She's voting for Obama's opponent because she's angry that Hillary didn't get the nod.

http://www.lynettelong.com/my_weblog/2008/09/why-im-finally.html

Please do your research, Timmy..

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i didn't know that Long was dba Paulie Abeles, oh my! (#120707)
by Timmy the Wonder Dog on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:43pm

nt

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"Making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much." Ob

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er, oops (#120710)
by Username on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:45pm

Thanks for pointing it out. Back to finding out what made up her mind..

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Looks like she's like-minded (#120717)
by Username on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:57pm

Her blog is sort of hard to follow. Most of the posts are copy/paste jobs, or guest posts, or just blockquotes. It looks like this is the first thing that she wrote herself after the conventions and after McCain's VP pick:

"Many of you have been asking how you can help keep Obama - Biden out of the White House by helping put McCain - Palin in."

http://www.lynettelong.com/my_weblog/2008/08/how-to-help-pal.html

Looks like she's anti-Obama, with pro-Palin being a rationalization that came later.

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oh this is so exciting, when did she post? (#120724)
by Timmy the Wonder Dog on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 12:01am

nt

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"Making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much." Ob

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the date is on it (#120726)
by Username on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 12:04am

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She Apparently Lives In Maryland (#120723)
by M Scott Eiland on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 12:00am

Obama's going to win that state handily unless McCain wins in a landslide.

I'll give Obama's people credit for telling her to take her gender quota demand for the cabinet and shove it.

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McKinney/Clemente (#120671)
by Punditus Maximus on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 10:56pm

Vote Green.

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It's impossible to debate if people simply hold beliefs that have no grounding in reality.

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Given A Choice. . . (#120683)
by M Scott Eiland on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:05pm

. . .between female candidates, Ms. Long might prefer one who isn't a racist lunatic or an advocate for Puerto Rican "political prisoners."*

*--I thought HRC had gotten all the Puerto Rican "political prisoners" released in time to get her extra votes for the 2000 election. You live, you learn.

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I don't see where there's a choice. (#120691)
by Punditus Maximus on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:18pm

The Greens have a woman at the top of the ticket. Even if I agreed with your assessment, competence, positions, or connection to reality are irrelevant -- or Governor Palin would not have been considered in the first place.

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It's impossible to debate if people simply hold beliefs that have no grounding in reality.

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Even Granting Your Argument. . . (#120695)
by M Scott Eiland on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:24pm

. . ."chance to win" would remain relevant, and Crazy Cindy has about as much chance of being elected President as she does of being voted "Woman of the Year" by the Jewish Anti-Defamation League. Whatever her unfortunate attachment to chromosome based identity politics--which would have been just fine with Democrats if it was leading to a vote for a Democratic presidential candidate--Ms. Long is capable of understanding this and--assuming she gave even a fleeting thought to the crazy racist/terrorist apologist ticket that the Greens are putting up--chose accordingly.

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maybe if you focused on a choice and not the echo (#120693)
by Timmy the Wonder Dog on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:19pm

you would understand

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"Making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much." Ob

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this is a bit weird. (#120684)
by Username on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:10pm

Making your weird attacks on the left in someone else's name without any evidence.

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If She Has Different Reasons. . . (#120685)
by M Scott Eiland on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:12pm

. . .she can say so. Your opinion on the matter is irrelevant.

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Your opinion is equally irrelevant (#120687)
by Username on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:14pm

since you're just making up reasons for her instead of, oh I dunno, reading her website.

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She Offered A Reason. . . (#120690)
by M Scott Eiland on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:16pm

. . .for preferring Palin to the Green ticket? Got a link?

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Yes, she did (#120697)
by Username on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:34pm

http://www.lynettelong.com/my_weblog/2008/09/why-im-finally.html

So, this fall I will vote for John McCain and, yes, Sarah Palin. I will vote as a protest, and as a promise. A protest at what took place; a promise that it will never happen again. I will vote as a democrat.

She's not choosing Palin, she's choosing against Obama. She is voting out of spite.

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That Doesn't Address The Green Ticket (#120702)
by M Scott Eiland on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:40pm

If she just wanted to vote out of spite, uncaring of other concerns, the Green ticket would do just as well (better perhaps--it's TWO women).

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It does address the green ticket (#120706)
by Username on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:43pm

As you can see from what she wrote, she's trying to make sure Obama loses.

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nevermind all this (#120711)
by Username on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:46pm

As Timmy noted, I didn't notice that the link was of a guest post. Back to finding out her reasons..

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*nods* (#120713)
by M Scott Eiland on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:52pm

I missed that too, first time I read it.

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progress (#120718)
by Username on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:57pm

http://theforvm.org/diary/timmy-wonder-dog/apparently-she-walks-walk#comment-120717

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learn to work tags (#120666)
by heet on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 10:50pm

and embracing Palin makes you look pretty pathetic.

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Posting Rules, Heet (#120670)
by M Scott Eiland on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 10:55pm

Particularly for the latter comment, but the former comment is also a tad impolite.

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a well thought out and reasonable response (#120668)
by Timmy the Wonder Dog on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 10:51pm

thank you!

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"Making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much." Ob

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thought and reason? (#120669)
by heet on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 10:55pm

hmmm....

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again, thank you (#120674)
by Timmy the Wonder Dog on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 10:59pm

i'm not sure where i would be without your help.

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"Making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much." Ob

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Oh, you already there (#120709)
by heet on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:44pm

if I'm helping, I apologize.

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oh no, an apology isn't necessary. oh my, such nice manners (#120715)
by Timmy the Wonder Dog on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:53pm

nt

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"Making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much." Ob

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oh great, Macallan stole Timmy's password (#120676)
by Username on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:01pm

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oh, no! MaCallan is far more wittier than the TtWD. (#120688)
by Timmy the Wonder Dog on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:14pm

nt

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"Making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much." Ob

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Lynette Long is an idiot (#120665)
by Username on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 10:49pm

Did she support Hillary because of Clinton's policies or because of her gender? I guess we have our answer.

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a well thought out and reasonable response (#120667)
by Timmy the Wonder Dog on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 10:52pm

i'm sure Long is familar with the sentiment.

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"Making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much." Ob

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Long deserves nothing. (#120672)
by Username on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 10:57pm

She advocates for Hillary the lifelong feminist, then turns around and follows Bush in a skirt. As Newsweek notes,

While she is strongly pro-choice—her mother almost died of an illegal abortion—she said she does not believe that Roe v. Wade would really be threatened by a McCain win. She believes it is more important to take a stand for her gender than to vote on one issue. "The first issue for me is the blatant sexism and treatment of Hillary Clinton," she said.

So she's voting on emotion, rather than the safety of her mother, herself, her sisters, her daughters.

Lynette Long has betrayed her mother.

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she has to come to the same conclusion that most of us have (#120675)
by Timmy the Wonder Dog on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:00pm

that abortion isn't really on the table.

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"Making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much." Ob

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It sure is (#120681)
by Username on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:03pm

one of Palin/McCain's top issues:

John McCain believes Roe v. Wade is a flawed decision that must be overturned, and as president he will nominate judges who understand that courts should not be in the business of legislating from the bench.

Constitutional balance would be restored by the reversal of Roe v. Wade, returning the abortion question to the individual states. The difficult issue of abortion should not be decided by judicial fiat.

However, the reversal of Roe v. Wade represents only one step in the long path toward ending abortion. Once the question is returned to the states, the fight for life will be one of courage and compassion - the courage of a pregnant mother to bring her child into the world and the compassion of civil society to meet her needs and those of her newborn baby. The pro-life movement has done tremendous work in building and reinforcing the infrastructure of civil society by strengthening faith-based, community, and neighborhood organizations that provide critical services to pregnant mothers in need. This work must continue and government must find new ways to empower and strengthen these armies of compassion. These important groups can help build the consensus necessary to end abortion at the state level. As John McCain has publicly noted, "At its core, abortion is a human tragedy. To effect meaningful change, we must engage the debate at a human level."

http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/95b18512-d5b6-456e-90a2-12028d71df58.htm

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John McCain believes Roe v. Wade is a flawed decision (#120686)
by Timmy the Wonder Dog on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:13pm

yes, it is. it is a decision that should have been decided by the individual states.

please note, the executive branch doesn't get to make the decision.

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"Making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much." Ob

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You forgot to read the rest. (#120692)
by Username on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:18pm

I'll quote it again, just for you:

the reversal of Roe v. Wade represents only one step in the long path toward ending abortion. Once the question is returned to the states, the fight for life will be one of courage and compassion - the courage of a pregnant mother to bring her child into the world and the compassion of civil society to meet her needs and those of her newborn baby. The pro-life movement has done tremendous work in building and reinforcing the infrastructure of civil society by strengthening faith-based, community, and neighborhood organizations that provide critical services to pregnant mothers in need. This work must continue and government must find new ways to empower and strengthen these armies of compassion. These important groups can help build the consensus necessary to end abortion at the state level. As John McCain has publicly noted, "At its core, abortion is a human tragedy. To effect meaningful change, we must engage the debate at a human level."

In summary: reversing Roe allows for abortion bans, which McCain is suddenly ecstatic about. And no, John McCain (or Palin if he croaks) won't overturn the ruling himself -- he'll appoint judges to do that for him, and there are a few seats probably coming up.

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oh no i read the whole thing. (#120694)
by Timmy the Wonder Dog on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:20pm

are you against compassion?

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"Making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much." Ob

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everybody should be against compassion (#120735)
by boneless on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 2:39am

The pro-life movement has done tremendous work in building and reinforcing the infrastructure of civil society by strengthening faith-based, community, and neighborhood organizations that provide critical services to pregnant mothers in need.

He refers to this sort of compassionate, federally-funded neighborhood organization. Did you know that birth control pills work by giving you an abortion every month? Or that abortions cause breast cancer, alcoholism, and going to Hell? Or that condoms provide "no" protection against herpes and only "some" against HIV? Well, don't worry, John McCain will make sure you have access to this important misinformation.

John McCain will seek ways to promote adoption as a first option for women struggling with a crisis pregnancy.

Now, if you're curious about this phrase: "crisis pregnancy center" or why John McCain never uses the phrase "unplanned pregnancy" anywhere on his site, just look at the words. If there's an un-planned pregnancy, that means there's also a planned pregnancy, and that's an endorsement of birth control. Anti-contraception activists came up with "crisis pregnancy" a few years ago to be compatible with the assumption that ALL pregnancies should be unplanned. The only distinction necessary is between married and unmarried, the latter being the crisis.

Not that McCain himself buys any of this, but these are the freaks he's sold his soul (and VP slot) to.

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Are you? (#120698)
by Username on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:36pm

This isn't about compassion for an unborn baby or compassion for a woman killed by a coat hanger. You're changing the subject, admitting that McCain-Palin are pushing for a ban on abortion.

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absolutely, positively (#120700)
by Timmy the Wonder Dog on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:37pm

nt

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"Making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much." Ob

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aboslutely changing the subject (#120704)
by Username on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:41pm

Positively admitting that McCain-Palin will work to ban abortions.

Lynette Long has betrayed her mother.

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actually, it isn't part of their tool box (#120716)
by Timmy the Wonder Dog on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:54pm

if you know what i mean.

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"Making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much." Ob

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I already explained this to you (#120721)
by Username on Sun, 09/14/2008 - 11:59pm

McCain => SCOTUS justices => no RvW => abortion bans.

Lynette Long has betrayed her mother.

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oh my, when did they change the Constitution (#120725)
by Timmy the Wonder Dog on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 12:04am

i betcha those really nice senators are so happy they no longer have to play a role in the process. they use to get so angry.

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"Making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much." Ob

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Bush got Roberts & Alito in (#120727)
by Username on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 12:07am

McCain would get his way as well.

Lynette Long has betrayed her mother.

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yes, he did (#120902)
by Timmy the Wonder Dog on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 5:24pm

maybe

have you asked the mom?

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"Making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tune-ups. You could actually save just as much." Ob

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