To some extent I agree with you. The Problem trump has is that he at the age of 70 hasn't learned to put his brain in gear before his mouth. Shoot from the hip, but put some thought into it before you blast it out there.
He gets clobbered for his answers to Chris Matthews on Abortion then steps right back onto another huge pile of political crap with his Nuclear Proliferation comments. You don't consult your Foreign policy team on Policy after you blow off at the cuff on it in Public, you do it before.
Now you can say he speaks his mind but as I heard him say as he called into the O'really/Ted Baxter show last night he "Mis-spoke" was excuse number #4. Then he claimed his position has "Always" been the Same as Reagan....LOL Which position of the 4 he and his team trotted out in the last 36 hours would that be?
No denying he’s on a sharp learning curve. I liken him to LeBron James, if he were to switch to pro football. He’d have to learn a lot, but he’s got all the tools, and would excel in time.
I think you parse this in an excellent fashion. How many of us are put in a situation where an inflammatory subject is broached and we are harangued into an immediate answer which has so many connotations that invariably, no matter what your answer, it will be wrong, or perceived as wrong, and determinations on your character, your views on women, or men, and on business, are colored by many people, which are invariably incorrect, but difficult to change.
This of course is a trap, set by people who know what they are doing, and for predefined reasons.
However, as most people do, with a reflection period of about 24 hours, reveal facts that cannot be disputed, and they are simply...facts.
1. On the outset, all sexual activity, is the responsibility of the man and woman.
2. Contraception is the responsibility of BOTH the man and the woman.
3. Failure of either person CAN cause, death of the fetus, disease, injury, physical and psychological damage to one or both partners. Financial hardship.
Most importantly to others, is that when one or both partners are not responsible, the result changes the responsibility from the two partners, to the public.
For it is at this point, that parents first become involved, or spouses, in the cases of infidelity, police if a matter of rape, social services in the case of minors, and the state, in cases of abortion, or adoptive services. Hospitals for birth or abortion, really the list is endless.
Then comes those with opinions that affect these two people. There are those who like to place blame, either on the man or the woman.
Often IMO these people who are pro-life, are as extreme as the pro-abortion people, in that they intend to impose their beliefs onto other people, well meaning or not, and invariably do so to the point that they actually take responsibility for their words or actions.
What I mean, is the pro-lifers are adamant to the point of actually taking the unwanted child and raising it themselves.
The pro-abortion advocates do so, to the point of taking the woman to the clinic, sit with her during the procedure, stay with her thru recovery, help her psychologically deal with the death of the life inside her, and all the struggles so many women deal with from that point on in their lives. I know so many women who celebrate woefully the birthday (or death day) of that aborted child.
In all of this, MOST of us do NOT want to make a decision on something that is not our business, really. It stems from irresponsibility of the original partners. We have been taught, well, many of us have, that life begins at conception. That the victim here is really the unborn child.
Reality is that this pregnancy is INCONVIENIENT, expensive, life altering, precious, infuriating, and socially exposing. Lives change as the result of an unexpected pregnancy. Some change for the better, some for the worse, but they all change.
This issue becomes a pawn in politics, because it is incendiary. Depending on how your affected by it, you draw lines in the sand, and fight to the death for your opinion.
Rarely tho, does the unborn child have a voice. We have literally lost generations to abortion, and as a result our numbers have grown substantially smaller. I doubt that the most staunch pro-abortion advocate could stand before God, and successfully defend his/her position, as all life is sacred to him. So, many simply deny the existence, or deity of God.
IMO, the issue is not about Abortion. For a man to argue this issue, is nonsense. Far too often, we are removed from the beginning from saving a life if the mother wants an abortion. If the mother wants to keep the child, his participation in the childs upbringing is determined by courts and families, and often child protective services, and child support courts.
Politicans will use this issue to disparage, in this instance Political candidates. Rudimentary knowledge of state and federal law knows that one person rarely makes a law, but rather it is a large group of people making this decision, but they will condemn a single person for not being sharp on an issue, as if it implies that they cannot become versed, or have experts available to help to form a rational and cohesive platform.
Even given that, others with differing viewpoints and a platform to expound, will dither away at the object of their disdain.
Regardless of the reason, the public, in a very public forum will have to determine individually those people who align with their beliefs, and determine if, or how that will affect their vote. That is the American way.
I would say, that at this point, each person has to muddle through what is sensationalism, and what is truth, what is hype, and what is spin, and most importantly why.
For many, they don’t have the time, and live by the MSM reporting, which by the way has its own agenda, discussions with friends and family, and if they can stay connected, and don’t just give up in exasperation, will go to the polls and vote.
In the end, Pundits and the Media, and the other candidates either want you to agree with them, and vote with them, or stay away. The tough minded, will vote.
To those, is my applause. Vote with your head, but vote.