Reply #23: bullshit: "Would not use abortion litmus test for judicial nominees" [View All]

[welshTerrier2]

let's not tap dance around what this means ...

litmus tests have gotten a bad rap ... what the statement in the base post really means is that this candidate, this "otherwise liberal pro-life Democratic 2008 candidate" could turn his back on the rights of women and potentially not stand up and vote against a judicial nominee who could tip the balance on the Supreme Court resulting in the overturning of Roe v. Wade ...

pro choice should absolutely be a litmus test ... what other rights are you willing to just toss aside ???? how about slavery? should that be a litmus test? or maybe women shouldn't have the right to vote ... maybe we could make that a litmus test you would agree with ...

but so many who answered the poll are just going to get sucked in by this bullshit "big tent" argument ... you're talking about endorsing a candidate who refuses to guarantee women their rights ... "well, if he's really liberal on other stuff i guess it's OK" ...

and one more thing to add a little reality to this ... much of this "abortion" business came up again not just based on Dean's unfortunate remarks but also because party leaders in Pennsylvania are trying to "annoint" Casey who is not just pro choice but also anti-abortion ... the BP did not acknowledge, though in all fairness Casey wasn't mentioned, that Casey's position is that he would support legislation that only allowed the "life of the mother" as a justification for an abortion ... this means, he would vote for legislation that did NOT include language about rape or incest ... got that ??? his position is barbaric ... Casey would support legislation that would force a woman to bear a child even if she had been raped ... that's the reality ...

so the poll question was based on the Democratic Party's sales pitch to get progressives to go along with a weakening of support for choice ... i am truly sorry that so many of you are willing to just throw away the freedoms that were fought for for so long by so many ... and all this just to "win" ...