Reply #19: And what does that have to do with what she said? [View All]

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This is half the problem. Clinton, and any other democratic leader, can't do anything except declare absolutes on the "real issues". Clinton wasn't and probably wouldn't disagree with anything you said. All she did was recognize that it's a difficult and tragic choice for many women--not deny that it was her choice.

It's a humane statement with the policy implication that Democrats embraced under Bill Clinton--that the government should expand women's choices by education and contraception and material support of children.

I think that the only way a democrat will really be accepted here is if she shows an intent to lose every election ever. That way, we don't have to worry that she will water down a single issue for the sake of losing votes. Nader, anyone? After all, he's the perfect candidate--no chance he will ever see the value of winning votes.