Palin and Christian Right on Abortion Warpath

[nosmokes]

Palin is simply a nasty piece of work, and deserves a place w/ her nasty arsed sisters Michele Malkin and Ann Coulter and the like. Never let the facts stand in the way of making your point when you can slander your enemy with lies.
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POLITICS-US: Palin and Christian Right on Abortion Warpath

By Bill Berkowitz*

OAKLAND, California, Oct 14 (IPS) - Although the issue of abortion has not come up in either of the U.S. presidential or vice presidential debates, it is very much in play on the campaign trail, especially in a number of battleground states.

Often, while the term itself isn't used, it is clearly the subtext when the question of appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court is discussed or the phrase "judicial activism" -- meaning politicised legal decisions -- is used.

South Dakota, Colorado and California all have abortion-related initiatives on their November ballots, initiatives that are aimed at ending or limiting abortion rights.

Not being quizzed on reproductive rights during the debates failed to prevent Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Sen. John's McCain Republican Party running mate, from raising the issue herself. At a recent rally and during a radio interview, Palin accused Obama of supporting infanticide.

"As a state senator, Barack Obama wouldn't even stand up for the rights of infants born alive during an abortion," Palin said during a Johnstown, Pennsylvania., rally. "These infants, often babies with special needs, are simply left to die."

"Without any clear context," Time magazine reported, "Palin's statements seemed to suggest that Obama supported a form of infanticide."

Palin, who opposes abortion in all cases, including rape and incest, said that "A vote for Barack Obama is a vote for activist courts that will continue to smother the open and democratic debate we need on this issue, at both the state and federal level. A vote for Barack Obama would give the ultimate power over the issue of life to a politician who has never once done anything to protect the unborn."

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[no_hypocrisy]

1. Frankly, that's self gratification. They already have the base. Independents won't vote to

curtail abortion rights.

[bluestateguy]

2. I will never recognize any law banning abortion as legitimate or worthy of obedience

I am not a woman or a doctor, so the point is academic for me, but if I am ever empaneled to be on a jury adjudicating the "crime" of abortion, I will be a nullifier.

[stopbush]

3. Whipping up hatred while preaching to the choir.

It will be great to see these types marginalized for the next 8 years...and beyond.