Posted on 02/18/2008 7:31:41 AM PST by greyfoxx39
ABC News' Sarah Amos reports: Bill Clinton spoke today in Steubenville, Ohio, a primarily working community.
About 15 minutes into his talk, a group of people holding up signs in the audience began harassing him about the issue of abortion. Although the clearly devoutly pro-life group of people were here to cause trouble, Clinton didn't take the bait, responding with a long policy-type answer about Hillary Clinton's views on abortion.
"And guess what? Even though she, as a woman, did not believe we should overturn Roe v. Wade, she said, and she said again, at the outset of this election, that every abortion is a tragedy, and they should be more rare, but safe and legal," Clinton said.
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Eventually though one man had enough and shouted out, "what about pro-life, though?"
It appeared that Clinton had had his fill and erupted on the man as the rest of the audience applauded the former president. He was so angry, we, in the press, couldn't keep up with what he was saying.
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"Now, you can't name me anybody presently in politics that did more to introduce policies that reduce the number of real abortions, instead of the hot air putting out to tear people up and make votes by dividing America."
An unrelenting Clinton continued, "This is not your rally. I heard you. That's another thing you need is a president, somebody who will stick up for individual rights, and not be pushed around, and [Hillary] won't.
"The policies she spearheaded saved a heck of a lot more lives than all the TV ads that were bought and all the hot air that was spread. And we ought to talk about that."
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If abortion isn't wrong on it face, why is it necessary for abortions to be rare? We don't require rarity of other "necessary", "medical" procedures? Why is abortion different if there really is no life lost?
I wonder how they report code pink harrassing our Marine recruiters in Berkley???
Clinton is clearly determined to travel the country now painting a giant mosaic of himself as an ass. Too, bad he chose to desecrate Dean Martin’s hometown with this tacky, tasteless diatribe.
Oh, yes the man was of African ancestry.
He and the Hildabeast will say the same thing:
"Guns should be safe, rare, and registered".
IMO an unfortuantely worded headline
This man has no principles. EVERYTHING is couched in terms of politics. What a despicable man.
he should have told his mother to abort him. would have saved this country a lot of grief.
bump for later
It’s the height of hypocrisy for these people to say that they want abortion to be “rare.” Abortion is a lucrative , multi-million dollar industry and the lobbyists for that industry contribute millions to democratic campaigns: abortionists are a loyal component of the democrat constituency.
He is such a tub o’ lard and lewd.
No future POTUS is ever likely to destroy the US presidency as he has done.
Q. How do you know Bill Clinton is lying?
A. He is moving his lips.
It wasn’t posted under the title above...I searched.
Women being the creatures they are more often than not simply rationalize it away.
Plain and simple.
A crappy day at the doctors office, some guilt....maybe even shame if they were raised right.
A lifetime of responsibility avoided.
To understand the mindset, just watch the last scene of Gone With the Wind. That captures feline rationalization perfectly.
Yes, it goes without saying men have responsibilities for impregnation but unless the law and science has changed, men cannot force or stop abortions legally and nor can they have them.
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