Posted on 01/23/2011 11:30:36 AM PST by jhigh
By now you've all heard of the butcher from Philadelphia, Dr. Gosnell, who was mudering babies and mutilating women at a "clinic" in Philadelphia that the government had stopped inspecting over a decade ago. This allowed this "doctor" to continue his butchering of human life unabated.
And who was Governor when this policy of not inspecting clinics was implemented? That's right...Tom Ridge. The PA GOP, who consistently forces milquetoast conservatives down the throats of the party faithful, insisted that only pro-abort Ridge could be elected, that it was "his turn." And now we have countless dead babies...and they're all on the heads of the state party leadership.
But they're not the only political entity that I blame this horror on. I also blame the pro life movement in Pennsylvania. The movement that "holds it's nose" and votes Republican every time the state party tells you it's in your interest. The movement that votes for "the lesser of two evils," even when both of those evils result in the taking of human life.
The Republican Party has learned that the pro life community as a whole cares more about "winning" than it does about babies, and they exploit this every chance they get. They know that you'll vote for a pro-abortion Republican as long as he's a little less pro-abortion than the Democrat, and so they continue to use the pro life community to advance their own interests. These dead babies lie at the feet of very "pro life" person in Pennsylvania that votes for Republicans that support abortion. These dead babies lie at the feet of every "pro life" Pennsylvanian who votes for the candidate that can win, even if they may not be reliably pro life.
Some criticize me for being a single issue candidate because the abortion issue is a litmus test. But we're not talkin about tax cuts. Or government spending. Or debt. When the pro life community votes for the lesser of two evils, babies die.
Hopefully, this is a wakeup call for everyone that claims to support the right to life. Compromise is not an option. As I'm fond of saying, when there's a compromise, both sides lose. When we lose, we find lots of murdered babies in the wake of that loss.
The bleep?
A) Ridge was fiercely pro-choice. This column is exactly why it’s not worth it for Republicans to adopt liberal positions.
B) It’s the fanatical pro-abortion forces who demanded that inspections of abortion clinics be as lax as possible. Otherwise the “civil right” to “choose” might be infringed.
The truth is that anyone who would do an abortion would do that. Why not? It's just tissue.
Ed Rendell, who claims he is “flabbergasted” about what was going on in the abortuary should not get off the hook either. I think it is fair to say that Ridge’s career as a politico is officially finished now. And people must get on Rendell’s case also about this.
Nazis did the same thing - they toyed with their victims before killing them.
I wonder what supposedly pro life Senator Casey Jr. has to say about this. He has done very little for the pro life movement and is a fraud.
Ridge is finished - however, don’t lose sight of the fact that the PERPS are the blame. Yes, they could have stopped years ago and people should be fired in the Health Department over this - and maybe prosecuted. I wonder if any bribes were offered. I wonder how much official corruption was involved in addition to neglect.
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