[Vision2020] Palin Heightens Rhetoric on Abortion

Sun Oct 12 09:58:49 PDT 2008

That's a clever, but heartless, reply.  

To the woman raped, the rapist's child within her is not a witness so much as a constant reminder of the horror of her attack.  To suggest that she bear and birth the "witness" to the crime against her -- a crime no man will ever fully understand -- is heartless rhetoric, designed to look like justice without any of the compassion true justice involves.  Unless No W is truly inclined to DNA-test the fetus in the prosecution of a rape case, and I suspect we know he's not, what he's suggesting by his clever words here is nothing more than a call for someone to endure a horror a person of  his gender perpetrated, but, like No W, will never experience.

That's not justice.  That's just wordplay.

Keely
http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/

> Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:48:48 -0800
> From: no.weatherman at gmail.com
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Palin Heightens Rhetoric on Abortion
> 
> So if I understand you correctly, Mr. Hansen, you would rather kill
> the witness to a crime than protect it.
> 
> Is this correct?
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 6:33 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
> > Sarah Palin, who would make it illegal for your raped 13 year old daughter
> > to terminate her pregnancy, is calling out Obama for his "extreme views on
> > abortion".
> >
> > >From CNN at:
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/3jj3h8
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Palin Heightens Rhetoric on Abortion
> > Story Highlights
> > Sarah Palin, Barack Obama both campaign Saturday in Pennsylvania
> >
> > Palin hammers Obama on the abortion issue in Johnstown
> >
> > Obama acknowledges McCain's efforts to "tone down the rhetoric"
> >
> > JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin charged into the
> > culture wars Saturday in Pennsylvania, painting Sen. Barack Obama as a
> > radical on abortion rights.
> >
> > The stop comes amid news that Palin violated Alaska ethics law by trying
> > to get her former brother-in-law fired from the state police, a state
> > investigator's report for the bipartisan Legislative Council concluded
> > Friday.
> >
> > Ethics woes aside, Palin focused her attention on abortion -- an issue
> > that rallies the conservative base but some say alienates independent and
> > women voters.
> >
> > "In times like these with wars and financial crisis, I know that it may be
> > easy to forget even as deep and abiding a concern as the right to life,
> > and it seems that our opponent kind of hopes you will forget that," Palin
> > told a crowd in Johnstown. "He hopes that you won't notice how radical,
> > absolutely radical his idea is on this, and his record is, until it's too
> > late."
> >
> > Palin has mostly avoided raising her opposition to abortion rights on the
> > campaign trail since she was tapped as Sen. John McCain's running mate, a
> > fact she readily acknowledged in her remarks. Watch more of Palin's views
> > on abortion »
> >
> > But Palin said Obama's record on the matter is too extreme to be ignored,
> > and she spent 10 minutes of her 30-minute speech discussing abortion.
> >
> > "A vote for Barack Obama is a vote for activist courts that will continue
> > to smother the open and democratic debate that we deserve and that we need
> > on this issue of life," she said. "Obama is a politician who has long
> > since left behind even the middle ground on the issue of life."
> >
> > Obama opposes any constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court's
> > decision in Roe v. Wade and disagreed with Supreme Court ruling to uphold
> > the "Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act." He did not cast a vote on
> > Prohibiting Funds for Groups that Perform Abortions amendment in 2007.
> >
> > Palin opposes abortion in all cases, including rape and incest, except
> > when a mother's life is in danger, and said she believes Roe v. Wade
> > should be overturned and the decision given to the states.
> >
> > McCain voted for the Prohibit Partial Birth Abortion bill in 2003
> > and "yes" for Prohibiting Funds for Groups that Perform Abortions
> > amendment in 2007. He believes Roe v. Wade is a flawed decision that must
> > be overturned, and also supports the Supreme Court ruling upholding the
> > Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act.
> >
> > Palin also talked about a remark Obama made about sex education while
> > campaigning in Johnstown in March, when he told a voter he didn't want his
> > daughters "punished with a baby" or "punished with an STD" if they were
> > not educated about sex and made a mistake.
> >
> > "So I listened when our opponent defended his unconditional support for
> > unlimited abortions and he said he said that a woman shouldn't have to
> > be 'Punished with a baby,' " Palin said as the audience jeered at
> > Obama. "Ladies and gentlemen, he said that right here in
> > Johnstown. 'Punished with a baby.' It's about time we called him on it."
> >
> > Obama is also in Pennsylvania Saturday -- campaigning in the heavily
> > Democratic city of Philadelphia.
> >
> > During his four-stop swing around the city, Obama acknowledged McCain's
> > efforts to "tone down the rhetoric" on the campaign trail.
> >
> > "I appreciated his reminder that we can disagree while still being
> > respectful of each other. I've said it before, and I'll say it again --
> > Sen. McCain has served this country with honor, and he deserves our thanks
> > for that," Obama told an early morning crowd assembled in the northern
> > part of the city. Watch more of Obama's comments »
> >
> > Ever since last weekend, when Palin first accused Obama of "palling around
> > with a terrorist," referring to 1960s radical William Ayers, rowdy crowds
> > have called Obama a liar, terrorist and worse.
> >
> > At an event Friday in Lakeville, Minnesota, McCain referred to Obama as
> > a "decent person" and praised him as a "family man" after two voters
> > expressed fear over Obama being elected. Watch McCain tell voters not to
> > be afraid of Obama »
> >
> > But the Arizona senator was met by a sea of boos when asking the crowd to
> > be more respectful toward Obama.
> >
> > When the crowd began to boo, McCain told them "No, no. I want everyone to
> > be respectful."
> >
> > Obama later dispensed with polite talk and pivoted to his main campaign
> > trail argument that McCain is out of touch on the economy.
> >
> > "Sen. McCain's campaign manager actually said that Sen. McCain wasn't
> > talking about the market because there's just not much a candidate for
> > president can say -- and they aren't sure what he'd say each day even if
> > he did talk about it," Obama said.
> >
> > "But here's the thing Philadelphia. They can run misleading ads, and
> > pursue the politics of anything goes, they can try to change the subject.
> > They can do that what they want to do because the American people
> > understand what's going on -- but it's not going to work. Not this time."
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Seeya round town, Moscow.
> >
> > Tom Hansen
> > Moscow, Idaho
> >
> > "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college
> > students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
> >
> > - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
> >
> >
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