At least the Republican Party is pro-life.

[Bjorn Against]

As we have all heard the Republican Party is pro-life. Just ignore the hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis, ignore the thousands of Americans who die every year because they can’t afford health care, ignore all the people who will get cancer because of all the toxic chemicals that they have allowed corporations to release into our air, ignore the people who were left to drown in New Orleans. Ignore all the facts and just focus on the talking point, the Republican Party is pro-life.

Just look at all the innocent stem cells which are now able to lead a productive life in that dumpster behind the clinic, and think about just how sad those stem cells would be if a doctor would actually be able to research them. I can guarantee those stem cells feel they are much better off living in the dumpster, and they are much more grateful than those damn sick people would be if they were able to benefit from stem cell research. The Republican Party has saved who knows how many stem cells, and those cells are certainly more important than the people they could save. And you never know, some day the religious right might just decide that rather than making all those stem cells live in the dumpster they will adopt tens of thousands of snowflake babies. Don’t count on it though, because as long as they can save the life of the cell they have no reason to worry about actually adopting and taking care of a baby that could potentially be produced from that cell.

Republicans have also worked hard to save the unborn child from an abortion in all those evil clinics. It would just be so much better if we could free up the resources of the doctors and go back to the coat hanger. Sure it may result in thousands of women being killed from botched abortions, but at least it will make the religious right feel good that they were able to punish a woman in a desperate situation even further. No need to worry about the health of the women, no need to worry about what happens to the child after it is born, all there is to worry about is making sure that the Republicans can make people believe that they value the sanctity of life. Or at least that they value the sanctity of life right up until they allow corporations to expose pregnant women to increased levels of mercury and send our jobs to sweatshops in Saipan where they force women to have abortions. You can be pro-life and still support forced abortions because at least you aren’t giving women the right to choose, and forced abortions still leave patriarchy firmly in tact.

So yes, despite the fact that they start illegal wars which kill hundreds of thousands, despite the fact that they torture, despite the fact that they destroy our environment, despite the fact that leave tens of millions without health care, and despite the fact that they leave people who have been hit by disaster to drown the Republicans really are pro-life. It is those evil liberals who want to end the war, stop torture, and protect the planet that are not pro-life. We know they aren't pro-life because the media tells us they aren't pro-life, and as we all know our corporate owned media is very liberal.

So stand up to those evil liberals, and embrace the pro-life agenda of the Republican Party. Because just as long as you are a clump of cells and not a living breathing human being you can be assured that the Republican Party will stand up to defend you with every ounce of their strength. Once you are born you are on your own though of course, so just remain in the womb forever and make your mother go many years past her due date and you can be assured that the Republican Party will stand up for your life. God Bless America .

[terisan]

1. Right on!

[Konza]

7. Why is it that

the most "pro-life" people I know can't wait to kill a guy on death row.

Hell, he might even be guilty this time!

I could understand a person being "pro-life" if they were morally consistent.
Anti-war, anti-abortion, anti-death penalty, etc.
There are some churches like that, and while I disagree with them on a woman's right to her own body, I can at least say they aren't talking out of their ass.

Unlike some people we all know.

[Hydra]

2. You forgot the people they are starving or making homeless

The repubs and their "religious" base are the party of death and tyranny. The fact that our party reps don't say that out loud is disgusting.

[Uncle Sinister]

3. Finally, a thread bashing the real enemy!

Thank you!

[theredpen]

4. Recently I found a Freeper admitting that "conservative" is incompatible with REAL pro-life

In a discussion about Tancredo bashing Huckabee, a Huckabee supporter defended Huckabee's "socialist" leanings as part of his dedication to a life ethic: "Gov. Huckabee's support of in-state tuition for children of illegals is compatible with his Pro-Life position - you don't throw away kids because of the sins of their parents."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1948252/posts?page=32#32">This response stunned me:

It's compatible with a pro-life position. So is welfare, socialized medicine, death penalty moratoria, and handgun bans. None of them are compatible with conservatism, though.

Whether or not he created the problem, he shouldn't be exacerbating it by rewarding crime by putting the criminals' children through college at the taxpayers' expense.

Huckabee has every right to ignore conservative principles. He just shouldn't expect his pro-life position to be an excuse if he wants me to vote for him.
32 posted on 01/04/2008 7:54:39 AM PST by The Pack Knight (Duty, Honor, Country.)

There you go: you can talk "pro-life" all you want, but if you actually support the health and well being of actual living people, then you're not a conservative. If you are truly pro-life, you have to be liberal.

On the one aspect of "pro-life" that conservatives harp on — abortion — liberal policies have a better track record as well. Yes, the liberal stance is (general) to keep abortion safe and legal, but by reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies, and giving people the resources they need to take care of the children they have (we're talking jobs and education), you reduce the number of abortions. Bill Clinton proved it. They're campaign to criminalize women's reproductive rights has created nothing but misery.


Pro-life my ASS.

[Bjorn Against]

5. Wow, can't believe that post wasn't jumped on by the Freepers

I have written other posts about the term "pro-life" before and found my writing get posted on a right-wing site that shall not be named. Let's just say they didn't like it too much. Challenge their talking points and they flip.

[IronLionZion]

6. strong support for forced abortions = anti-choice and pro-death

not pro-life. But look at those Wal-Mart prices!

Abercrombie and Fitch and many other "buy blue" clothing companies will donate to Democrats while making those clothes in the Northern Mariana Islands where they force abortions on those women. Ralph Reed of the Christian Coalition is invested heavily in those "made in America" sweatshops. But he says those people convert to being good Christians and return to China with bibles in hand. "Made in USA" might not be.

Sorry, I'm tired and angry.

[mathewsleep]

8. i am not pro-choice

i am however, pro-abortion. i don't think there should be a choice.
just kidding

[NanceGreggs]

9. You didn't knock one out of the ballpark here ...

... you knocked one out of the galaxy!

:applause: :patriot: :applause: