I had always heard Ridge was pro-abortion. That was the thing that made him unacceptable for VP with McCain.
Jason,
Well said. This was a much-needed wakeup call for people. Keep up your excellent work.
Erica
Uh, Tom Ridge has not been governor of Pennsylvania since 2001.
What makes me nauseated is one line in a story. It said the workers played with the babies before killing them. What kind of monster would do that and then murder the tiniest victims?
We just went through a week of being amazed that the Dems blamed Sarah Palin and the Tea Party for the Arizona shootings. We all pointed out how crude and immoral it was to use an event like that to score political points, and that the only person to blame was the killer himself. We saw the danger of claiming that the Right “set the tone” that made the murders possible.
And now we have this. The Pennsylvania Republican Party and Tom Ridge are not responsible for this monster Gosnell, nor are pro-abortion Democrats. And to pull Tom Ridge of all people into this is unthinking vitrol—a bad event happens and I hate Tom Ridge so I’ll link him to the event. Grow up.
You’ll never get a Conservative Republican anywhere near the PA Governor’s Mansion. Between Philadelphia and Pittsburg (bastions of big city Liberal Think) you’re lucky when a RINO can make it. PA like all its Rust Belt neighbors are failed states. They just haven’t reached the bottom yet but it’s not for lack of trying.
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.