WOW! Amazing letters to the Post Gazette (from a Repub, from a nun)

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

Had to share these from the online LTTE section of the Post Gazette.:wow:

Drastic action at the polls
I normally do not bother listening to those annoying political recorded messages that we all receive, but I did hear one today that fascinated me.

It was from the Republicans and the message basically said: Do not vote for the Democratic candidate for the House because, if you do, the Democrats may gain control of the House and then -- a liberal from San Francisco might be elected as speaker. There was none of the usual "don't vote for them because of their stance on any issue," just . . . horrors . . . a liberal from that place might be speaker.

I am a registered Republican. On Election Day I will do something that I once thought impossible. I am going to vote a straight Democratic ticket. Why? To drive out of power those stupid, incompetent, corrupt bigots who have seized control of my Republican Party.

The Republican powers-that-be are apparently aware that a lot of Republicans may do the same, and they are now running for their political lives. It's their fault that I have to take such a drastic action.

XXXXX

Stop politicizing abortion; be pro-life in the fullest sense
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At this time before an election, we hear a great deal of rhetoric and misuse of words. Perhaps we would all be well-served if we did a review of basic terms that have become politicized, such as "pro-life," "pro-abortion" and "pro-choice."

Pro-life -- not a synonym for anti-abortion. To be pro-life means: to stand for life, rather than death, life from womb to tomb, both before birth and after birth. Pro-choice -- position of people who believe that abortion should not be criminalized; not a synonym for "pro-abortion"; people who are pro-choice abhor abortion, which has consequences for the mother, as well as for the child.

If abortion were made a crime, what should the punishment be? The death penalty? A prison term? A fine? Who should be punished? The mother? The father? The doctor? The nurse? Why? Deterrence? Does anyone really believe that abortion will end if it is illegal? (It was illegal before 1973.) What is the status of the late-term abortion law (politically known as the partial-birth abortion law)? How many abortions has that law prevented?

What is the ultimate goal here, to end abortion or to punish? If the goal is to end abortion, then let's stop politicizing it and start doing something about it. Let's start being pro-life. We will be a better nation for it.


SISTER XXXX

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06307/735248-110.stm

[classof56]

1. Wow--excellent!

Thanks for posting. People like this give me hope!

[KKKarl is an idiot]

2. This has always been my ?

There are around 4000 abortions in the US everyday. What happens when we have 4000 more un-wanted babies being born each day? Who is going to take care of those mothers who cannot afford to support a baby? We are limiting welfare more & more. What about the economic implications? Who is going to do those jobs women will have to leave to nurse & take care of their baby after it is born?

[MadAsHell]

4. A question that I always ask the anti-choice types is ...

What does the enforcement look like? Are we going to have monthly pregnancy checks for all appropriately aged women? Maybe, weekly raids on Planned Parenthood clinics? Who is going to pay for the extended coroner's inquests when a woman miscarries if she is not in a hospital or even if she is?

[OKthatsIT]

3. Need those links..if you want this story to reach other blogs

[Kerrytravelers]

5. What a wonderful way to being my day! Thanks!