Posted on 06/11/2003 8:27:17 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback
The leading pro-abortion group in the country is spending millions of dollars in a new ad campaign they hope will derail President Bush from serving a second term.
With the presidential election just a little more than a year away, NARAL Pro-Choice America, the country's leading pro-abortion group, is gearing up. They're concerned about the future of the Supreme Court, which the president may play a crucial role in shaping. If George W. Bush is elected president again, and with the rumors of two Supreme Court Justices retiring, they believe Bush will nominate pro-life judges and that will pave the way for Roe v. Wade to be overturned, ending legalized abortion.
"NARAL is acting like a wild animal caught in a corner," said Wendy Wright, senior policy director with Concerned Women for America.
NARAL Pro-Choice America is spending $3 million for TV commercials trying to convince voters that the future of legal abortion is in jeopardy.
Wright continued: "This campaign is not likely to sway a key demographic, and that's young people. Young people under the age of 30 are trending pro-life."
The ad campaign is hitting three key states: Iowa, Oregon and Wisconsin, all of which were closely contested races in 2000.
Kim Gordon, president of Iowa Right to Life, is fully aware that voters in her state hold the key.
"They're going to have to recognize that what they do at the ballot box or not do at the ballot box is going to be the difference between how our country is controlled — whether it's going to be pro-life or pro-abortion," Gordon said.
NARAL did not respond to requests for an interview.
The first wave of commercials started last weekend on cable. In about two weeks, they'll begin on broadcast stations in Iowa, Wisconsin and Oregon. With the president set to sign a ban on partial-birth abortion into law, pro-abortion groups are even more concerned that the tide may be turning.
With all due respect to Ms. Gordon, I am hoping that Iowa Dems pick the single most rabid abortion supporter they can find at the caucus. The Dem 2004 presidential campaign is going to be a one-man Gallipoli charge, and I can envision the nominee really foaming at the mouth to try to get his base energized, driving the swing voters to Dubya in droves and making them more likely to associate abortion with extremists.
"NARAL is acting like a wild animal caught in a corner," said Wendy Wright, senior policy director with Concerned Women for America.
Hee-hee-hee! Folks, when these puke-inducing-Leni-Riefenstahl-homage NARAL ads run, remember this line. We are winning in the streets, and Kate Michelman is scared spitless.
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