Comments on: “Mental Distress” Redux

By: The WORM (What obama really meant) for today. « 4 Hillary

The WORM (What obama really meant) for today. « 4 Hillary — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:34:22 +0000

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By: tarma

tarma — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:45:12 +0000

I’ve posted this before; it bears repeating:
As many Hillary Clinton supporters continue to be vocal about their determination to not support Barack Obama and the DNC, the Party is increasingly resorting to Rovian fear tactics to undermine our resolve. Evoking the specter of back-room abortions is one such example.
Roe v. Wade is a Supreme Court decision that has withstood the administrations of Richard M. Nixon, Gerald H. Ford, Ronald W. Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush. Pro-choice has remained the dominant position among American voters, regardless of Party affiliation.
A report published by The Center for American Progress in June of 2007 indicated that the majority of Americans continue to support abortion rights:
• 55% said that the choice of abortion should be left up to the woman and her physician;
• 60% stated the belief that the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision was a good thing;
• 62% stated that they opposed overturning Roe v. Wade.

The Center for American Progress concludes: “A solid wall of public opposition currently stands in the way of abortion rights opponents’ plans to turn back the clock and criminalize abortion as it was before 1973—a wall that is unlikely to come down anytime soon.”
I will continue to apply intellectual rigor and critical thinking to the range of important issues that our nation faces. I will not, however, choose ideology over integrity or place partisanship before principle. Furthermore, I will not succumb to fear-mongering strategies from any Party or candidate.

By: DancingOpossum

DancingOpossum — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:48:21 +0000

Obama’s followers have ZERO leg to stand on wrt abortion, now that Obama has endorsed positions on abortion adopted only by the most extreme anti-choice members of SCOTUS. This mirrors what he would do as President–select someone with those same anti-choice views, and then you really MIGHT see Roe overturned. Look at his cozy-cuddling with Doug Kmiec, a guy who makes Alito look like a pot-smoking hippie. THAT is who Obama would choose. Oh and btw he wanted to vote for Roberts and supported the nomination of Alito.

He’s anti-choice and has bamboozled his followers on this as on so many issues. Like being “antiwar” on the basis of one speech that nobody has ever seen.

By: Brack the Chameleon

Brack the Chameleon — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:18:41 +0000

Is it possible the drugs Obama used in his youth is affecting his memory. I honestly believe he is not aware of his changing positions because he can forget he said something in less than 48 hours. I think all Presidential nominees should undergo rigourous psychological examiniations.

By: Fred C. Dobbs

Fred C. Dobbs — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:48:40 +0000

Dumb fucks. The FAA, NTSB and FBI together couldn’t find a bleeding polar bear in the snow.

If you want the job done RIGHT, put the Candidate in a KingAir and get the boys who croaked Wellstone on the case…

By: Fred C. Dobbs

Fred C. Dobbs — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:38:50 +0000

Good comment. I can’t divine why the government has ANY business in ANYONE’S uterus – and I don’t have one.

If the government can tell you what you CAN’T do with your uterus, what prevents the government from telling you what you MUST do with your uterus?

Roe v. Wade is the Golem that is trotted out for a big, “BOOGA! BOOGA!” every election to keep the sheep scared.

Whether or not the government has the right to confiscate part of MY income to fund YOUR abortion is a separate issue, worthy of debate.

By: JozefAL

JozefAL — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:23:47 +0000

Well, “believe” this. At Project VoteSmart (www.votesmart.org), there are a grand total of FOUR significant votes dealing with ABORTION matters that came up during Obama’s Senate term.
On Senate Con Res 18 (from 2005, the “Uninteded Pregnancy Amendment”, SPONSORED BY HILLARY CLINTON), Obama voted Yes (the “good” way–the amendment was rejected).
On Sen Amdt 2707 and Sen Amdt 3330, both from 2007, Obama did NOT VOTE. And, this year, on Sen Amdt 3896, Obama did NOT VOTE again. Now, in fairness, all three of these votes came during the election campaigning period and Sen Clinton didn’t vote on these either. BUT, Sen Clinton took very strong stances on 3 previous abortion-related votes before Obama’s entry to the Senate–she voted to continue allowing women in the military to have access to legal abortions and she voted (twice) on measures which would continue allowing intact dilation and extraction. So, compared to Sen Clinton, Barack Obama hasn’t really shown himself to be a STRONG supporter of legal abortions.

By: moxymama

moxymama — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:41:02 +0000

And those like me, without health insurance.

By: Marigat

Marigat — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:59:52 +0000

Exactly. What’s this nonsense about a woman’s right to choose with her doctor, her pastor, and her family? In that order? It’s a woman’s right to choose—period. He repeats this way too often for my comfort. Does he intend this to be a new standard for deciding whether to have an abortion or not?

My abortion was my decision. It didn’t screw me up or throw me into a depression, and I certainly didn’t consult with a pastor. (The doctor was helpful, though!) One of the pro-life movement’s goals has always been to make women feel guilty for having an abortion and to convince them that it will screw them up psychologically for the rest of their lives. Obama is adding to the guilt trip by suggesting that a woman cannot decide alone.

By: msindy

msindy — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:15:38 +0000

Mike, at what point will it get through to you and the other Obama trolls that McCain is the first choice of very few if any people who comment here – nor second nor third nor fourth. We were backing the best choice, Hillary. That people are considering voting for McCain should tell you just how despicable they find Obama. You need to address that problem, not tell us things we already know about McCain.

By: Linda C.

Linda C. — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:53:02 +0000

Whoever the next president is..it is going to to be the economy stupid.

Obama’s plan for health are is to ask pretty please to insurance companies to hold down premiums.
Obama ahs not run any of his tax plan through any models to even know if they will work.

The man just BS’s everything.

By: Linda C.

Linda C. — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:50:15 +0000

I am a 50 year old Lesbian. Please tell me why I should give a rat’s ass?

I grow tired of “the sky is falling” regarding Roe V Wade, when the dems vote for loser justices and then try to blame us for it. I did my part for the party for 30 years and still we don’t have ERA or anything else. The dems have cried wolf for far too long.

By: Clinton Fan

Clinton Fan — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:49:45 +0000

Roberts was confirmed in 2005. “They” didn’t vote for those guys–because “they” weren’t a Democratic majority back then. There were no “Fighting Dems” warming the seats in the Senate.

The CHAIR of the Judiciary Committee was Specter, a Republican. That’s because the GOP were in CONTROL of the Senate. All those GOP Senators who have QUIT in the past few years were still on the job, back then. And voting to confirm, too.

Feingold, Leahy and Kohl voted on the Judiciary Committee with the GOP FOR Roberts. Last time I checked, they were so-called “liberal” Democrats.

If you can’t count on “liberal” Democrats to respect women, we’re screwed anyway. So playing the “dire result” card won’t cut it–we’ve survived eight years of Nutso Bush and his GOP Congress, we may as well make a Republican clean up his mess, goaded by a Democratic Congress.

Everyone knows McCain will do a good job as President. WHY? Because he hasn’t forgotten how Bush fucked him in Carolina, and he’ll take his revenge by showing the guy up. If that means he has to work with a Democratic Congress, he’ll do it. He’s not stupid.

With age and EXPERIENCE comes wisdom.

By: elizinsandi

elizinsandi — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:49:26 +0000

Roe v. Wade is a done deal PERIOD. If you don’t believe it, read the document for yourself. For one thing, there is no taboo against abortion in western religion as far back as the Greeks. Read the document or I’ll just say, sure waste your time talking about it so that the rest of us have time to convince more people not to vote for Oblahblah which is at least something DO-ABLE. I tell people everyday he’s a basketcase. They usually agree or at least listen politely.

By: Clinton Fan

Clinton Fan — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:30:22 +0000

And a majority Democratic Senate will roll over and wait for their tummy scratch if that is the case?

How stupid are you, really? Did you sleep through ADVISE and CONSENT in your history class?

When McCain’s candidates keep getting smacked back, he’ll COMPROMISE….”as they do.”

Good grief. The stupidity here with the paid trolls is nothing short of astounding. I see that Team Obama is getting what it paid for….