Posted on 04/29/2004 6:09:09 AM PDT by crushkerry
John Kerry and his buddies like Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, and Ted Kennedy have often justified their unprecedented filibusters of President Bush's judicial nominees because their "out of the mainstream" views and beliefs. The main crime of these judges? They happen to be pro-life.
Kerry brags that he will filibuster any judicial nominee who would not uphold Roe v. Wade. In fact, he has vowed that if elected he will appoint only pro-abortion judges to the Supreme Court.
However, what these smug, self-important elitists like Kerry and his ilk fail to realize in their arrogance is that it is they who are in fact "out of the mainstream" on many issues, most notably, the abortion question.
The proof? An eye-popping new poll and appalling scenes from the "March for Death" held in Washington this past weekend.
If one were to listen only to John Kerry you would get the idea that everyone other than "religious weirdos" favored abortion. Even those in the media who may grudgingly admit that there are more pro-lifers out there than the Upper East Side set would like to think, tend to downplay it as an anomaly inherent in "flyover country".
Thus we were not surprised to see the major media totally ignoring a new Zogby poll indicating that 56% of Americans oppose abortion except in the instance of rape, incest or life of the mother. Politically speaking, this is the "Pro-Life" position.
To his credit Zogby, who is often labled the country's most accurate pollster (MSNBC uses him) went beyond the standard question of "Are you Pro-Life or Pro-Choice?" (people identify themselves as "Pro-Life" by a 49-45%) and discovered that, politically, many people wrongly label themselves "pro-choice". We think it is because the media portrays anyone "pro-life" as a bit alien.
Even more encouraging for unborn children (and President Bush) is the fact that Hispanics (78%), African-Americans (62%), and most shockingly, 18-29 year olds (60%) are far more pro-life than the overall public.
Kerry has said his first remark to George Bush in a debate will be that abortion "is the defining issue" between them. In Mr. Kerry's own words - "bring it on". His arrogance won't allow him to believe that 61% of people wouldn't allow abortion after the baby's heartbeat has been detected, which takes place about 18 days after conception.
So the next time John Kerry rambles about appointing judges who are "in the mainstream" somebody should ask him how he defines "mainstream". He'll deny it, but what should we expect from a man who spends more on a haircut than the $0 he gave to charity in 1991 and 1995 combined?
And we couldn't bring up this topic without commenting on the human freak show that was the March for Death on Washington D.C. this weekend. Or as Senator Kerry would call them - "mainstream" voices.
Our good friends over at FreeRepublic.com were kind enough to post some of the more revolting pictures from this abomination. Since a picture is worth 1,000 words we'll let you see the pictures without commenting on them. They must be seen to be believed.
But some of the quotes can't go unnoticed. First, Camryn Manheim the "plus-size" actress from "The Practice" (hey, we're not attacking - most of our staff has the need for elastic waistbands) wants to ensure that her uterus is "hands off". We must ask - What masochist would want their hands on it?
Logic was also in short supply. Maxine Waters said she marched because her mother couldn't have an abortion" , and she also found time to tell President Bush to "Go To Hell".
There you have it ladies and gentlemen - John Kerry's "mainstream" base. But all is not rosy for Sen. Kerry. He needs to tell the sugar mommy, er, wife to keep her trap shut. It's bad enough he has no idea that she destroys the environment. Now, she's came out and said that abortion "stops the process of life".
We wonder how that's going to play among the angry, bitter, and "attractively-challenged" marchers at last weekends celebration of death. No matter, Te-re-zzz-a has more money than all of them combined, so we know Kerry will get the last 2 words in during that argument - "Yes Dear".
But the Death March is reported as if it were ML King's peaceful march in the early 60s.
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Why the drop after 1960? (in deaths of women from illegal abortions)The reasons were new and better antibiotics, better surgery and the establishment of intensive care units in hospitals. This was in the face of a rising population. Between 1967 and 1970 sixteen states legalized abortion. In most it was limited, only for rape, incest and severe fetal handicap (life of mother was legal in all states). There were two big exceptions California in 1967, and New York in 1970 allowed abortion on demand. Now look at the chart carefully.
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Abortion Statistics - Decision to Have an Abortion (U.S.)
· 25.5% of women deciding to have an abortion want to postpone childbearing
· 21.3% of women cannot afford a baby
· 14.1% of women have a relationship issue or their partner does not want a child
· 12.2% of women are too young (their parents or others object to the pregnancy)
· 10.8% of women feel a child will disrupt their education or career
· 7.9% of women want no (more) children
· 3.3% of women have an abortion due to a risk to fetal health
2.8% of women have an abortion due to a risk to maternal health
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So how many womens lives have been saved by abortion?
Only about 3% of abortions since 1972 were reported to be due to a risk to maternal health. A reasonable person would recognize that not all of those cases represent a lethal risk. But lets say they did. That means that nearly 45 million fetuses were butchered to save the lives of about 1.3 million women.
Abortion was legal in all 50 states prior to Roe v. Wade in cases of danger to the life of the woman.
Cheap shot - not all men are attracted to emaciated, self-loathing women, conditioned to hate their bodies from a very early age.
Her Politics: Yuck. Her figure: Yummy.
Does that make me a masochist? If so, then tie me up and smother me with a pillow (or two).
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