Other Things

"The reason I am here today," the man said, (and I am paraphrasing), "is because when we were engaged to be married, my wife-to-be was raped and became pregnant as a result of that rape. This was before Roe vs. Wade, in upstate New York, and in order for her to be allowed to have an abortion she had to go to court to prove that in fact the pregnancy was the result of a violent act. We are one supreme court judge away from forcing women in similar circumstances to go through the same ordeal my wife went through over 30 years ago."

Strong and real words born from real experience. Everyone in the room took a breath.

It is hard to understand why women, (and in truth, the men who love them), would support any other candidate. Barack Obama does not promote abortion. He promotes abstinence, birth control, education and prevention. He however supports the right to choose. He does not see abortion as a form of birth control. He sees it as a last resort. If you -- the women of America who right this moment are leaning towards the McCain/Palin ticket because of their stance on this issue -- could find some ability to recognize that very few people who support a woman's right to choose support abortion as birth control, we could talk about other things. Like Healthcare. Pay Equity. Childcare. Taxes.

We could allow families across America the right to make their own decisions. We could honor that privacy. We could talk about other things. Like the Environment, the Iraq War. The Economy.

But see that's where we have a problem. The McCain/Palin ticket doesn't want you to look too closely at those issues because they know that if you look too closely at those issues -- the ones that directly affect your life -- you will realize that, actually, you would be better off with Obama/Biden. Deflect. And blame. Classic.

The McCain/Palin ticket (and the Republican Party), doesn't want you to talk about other things.

Comments

[LWkcma]

Making the women pay for the kits vicitimized them twice. After being raped, Palin and her police dept. screwed them. I don't understand why any woman or any caring husband, brother, father ,nephew, uncle or son could support her either

[TCHa]

Can we beg Katie Couric (or anyone "lucky" enough to ask her anything) to ask Palin about her stance on this issue? And Palin's policy, when she was mayor, to require women who had been raped to pay for the kit used to collect evidence in order to prosecute the rapist? When Palin admits this is her position, women will drop her like a hot iron.