John Kerry Runs New Pro-Abortion TV Ad Blasting President Bush

http://www.lifenews.com ^ | April 19, 2004 | by Steven Ertelt

[miltonim]

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Likely Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry has started running television ads blasting President Bush for his pro-life position -- specifically his nomination of pro-life judges to various federal courts. The ads are timed to coincide with the national pro-abortion march on Saturday.

"The Supreme Court is just one vote away from outlawing a woman's right to choose. George Bush will appoint anti-choice, anti-privacy justices. But you can stop him. Help elect John Kerry and join the fight to protect our right to choose," the ad says.

"I promise to take the fight to George Bush every single day," Kerry says, closing the ad.

Pro-life advocates say the ad doesn't get past the first sentence before it gives viewers wrong information.

Kerry's ad mimics the claims of doomsayers at national abortion advocacy groups, namely that the Supreme Court is one vote away from overturning abortion.

However, the current Supreme Court favors the central tenants of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision by a 6-3 margin, with a change of two members needed to give it a pro-life majority.

Douglas Johnson, legislative director for National Right to Life, says his group, "believes that Roe v. Wade was an act of judicial legislation and should be overturned. Therefore, it would be welcome news if in fact 'only' five justices supported Roe."

"Regrettably, however, it is not true," Johnson explains. "Six current justices have voted to affirm Roe v. Wade: Justices Breyer, Ginsburg, Kennedy, O'Connor, Souter, and Stevens. Only three of the current justices have ever voted to overturn or substantially scale back Roe: Justices Rehnquist, Scalia, and Thomas."

Calls to the Kerry campaign from LifeNews.com were not returned by press time.

Kerry has twice voted in favor of an amendment to the ban on partial-birth abortions urging the Supreme Court not to overturn the Roe decision.

The Kerry campaign is targeting the ads at strong Kerry supporters in an attempt to bring in donations.

According to an Associated Press report, the 30-second ad will run for two weeks on cable channels such as CNN, MSNBC, Lifetime and Bravo in heavily Democratic states such as New York, California, New Jersey, Washington state, and Wisconsin.

[Badeye]

I see this as a tacit admission Kerry has a big problem within his own "base". At this time, he should be trying to gain the support of the "center", without which he hasn't a prayer of even make it a reasonably close race.

The fact Kerry and his campaign advisors are spending money today fighting for registered Democrats is bad news for liberals everywhere.

Good news for me, however!.....LOL!

[wingster]

Likely Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry ...

Uh oh...! :D

[firebrand]

He'll not only have his own murderous beliefs to answer to, but also the preaching of them to millions.

[wingster]

The Supreme Court is just one vote away from outlawing a woman's right to choose.

That just isn't right. Women ought to be able to choose not to have unprotected sex, or abstain outright, or otherwise do what it takes to avoid getting pregnant.

Shame on the Supreme Court for taking those things away!

And naturally, the moral onus on the men for pregnancies is defunct!

[andy58-in-nh]

Has anyone out there ever seen a "pro-choice" advertisement that actually spelled out the subject of the "choice"? I keep hearing the phrase - "A woman's right to choose!" - repeated endlessly, and innocuously, as though some evil force were scheming to snatch away a womans right to select whichever shampoo or leather handbag pleased them. If the "pro-choice" people are so proud of their stance, let them pronounce it without euphemism or artifice. Let's see how that goes over with the voters.

[wingster]

The idea here is to play on Democrat strengths. Abortion is viewed as a plus for the Democrats.

I guess they're trying to rally that 19%. LOL Who'd have thunk that F'n's campaign would be so desparate!

[ken5050]

NY Times also reported today that the Kerry campaign is going to start stressing emvironmental issues. So, can't you just wait for the ad protesting the killig of baby seals in canada?....Words fail..

[chimera]

Kerry's ad mimics the claims of doomsayers at national abortion advocacy groups, namely that the Supreme Court is one vote away from overturning abortion.

They are liars. If the Roe v. Wade decision were to be overturned it would simply revert matters to where they stood before that, i.e., a matter for state legislatures to address.

But it would sweep away (with good reason) the tortured legal "reasoning" that substituted for clear-thinking and straightforward interpretation of Constitutional intent. That specifically being the shadow-of-a-ghost-of-a-penumbra-of-a-right grasping at straws to justify a murderous and barbaric process.

[Neville72]

All you need to know about the empty suit named John Kerry is this:he supports the right for inconvenienced women to execute their innocent unborn children but vehemently opposes the statutorial right to execute convicted 1st degree murderers. It's a no-brainer choice for those of us who have a brain.

[cicero's_son]

Here we go again. Every year, the Democrats line up to display their pro-infanticide credentials.

I wonder if John "Bring it On" Kerry is "man" enough to perform a live abortion on television. I wouldn't put it past this scumbag p.o.s. God knows, it would really get his base energized.

[whereasandsoforth]

Kerry & Co. never stop to explain about all the aborted potential-democrats that would be at or above voting age now. All those little minds they never got to bend in their direction, tsk-tsk. They would have been a massive voting block.

[Preachin']

Any voter who is pro-death decided four years ago not to vote for President Bush this November.

[AngieGOP]

Someone ought to ask John Kerry why is a woman's right to "choose" mean? Does it mean advocating genocide? There are other choices out there and abortion is on the bottom of the list.

[gemoftheocean]

it's obvious Monsieur Kerry's REAL sacrament is abortion.

[Preachin']

All those little minds they never got to bend in their direction, tsk-tsk. They would have been a massive voting block.

I think of that regularly. They've destroyed many brainwashing opportunities. What an irony.

[RogerWilko]

If the "pro-choice" people are so proud of their stance, let them pronounce it without euphemism or artifice. Let's see how that goes over with the voters.

That's what I've always thought... Why can't they do their commercial like this:

"Help elect John Kerry and join the fight to protect our right to kill our unborn children"

Hey, that's what's going on, isn't it? Oh, I forgot, it's not a child unless the woman decides it is! Isn't it funny how some women think they are carrying a child, while others think it's not a child until it actually POPS out!

[johnb838]

I know, I'm with you. Every time I hear someone say "right-to-choose" I wanna say "choose what?"

[andy58-in-nh]

Every time I hear someone say "right-to-choose" I wanna say "choose what?"

That's what I always find myself saying, right out loud, but my TV never answers back.

[TomasUSMC]

This ad comes out as Kerry is falling behind the President 48 to 43, I bet that at the end of the week it will be an even bigger margin for the President, because of this ad.

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

"The Supreme Court is just one vote away from outlawing a woman's right to choose. George Bush will appoint anti-choice, anti-privacy justices. But you can stop him. Help elect John Kerry and join the fight to protect our right to choose," the ad says.

The right to choose what, Sen. Kerry? Tell us! For some reason, you folks never complete that sentence. I suspect that you do not want your listeners to complete the sentence in their own minds, either.

We're not talking about a generic "right to choose", as if the eeeevil Republicans were threatening to take away our right to select between cherry vanilla and mint chocolate chip ice cream. We're talking about the right to choose to kill one's unborn child.

Do you have the courage to come right out and say that? Coward.