[mabelkitty]

De-emphasizing the issue doesn't mean disbelieving in its importance - it just means not mentioning it.

[goldstategop]

They may not mention they're for abortion on demand but silence can be a pretty powerful message as well. What we have here is a failure to communicate. See, the other side believes we're too stupid to understand their sophisticated message. So they presume if they talk down to the bien piesants that'll help them at election time. Liberals will never change.