Comments on: Spineless Democrats http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2006/01/26/spineless-democrats/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:46:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: A Guy In New York http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2006/01/26/spineless-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-20591 A Guy In New York Mon, 06 Feb 2006 05:20:45 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=1822#comment-20591 <strong>Big Apple Blog Festival - February 6, 2006</strong> Welcome to the Big Apple Blog Festival (BABF), a representative roundup of this week's posts by NYC bloggers. The Big Apple Blog Festival likes to go on tour ... if you don't like what we covered here, and if... Big Apple Blog Festival – February 6, 2006

Welcome to the Big Apple Blog Festival (BABF), a representative roundup of this week’s posts by NYC bloggers. The Big Apple Blog Festival likes to go on tour … if you don’t like what we covered here, and if…

]]> By: Andy http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2006/01/26/spineless-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-19403 Andy Sun, 29 Jan 2006 16:36:25 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=1822#comment-19403 <i>and a wife who used to head an anti-choice organization</i> Wow, there's an offensive comment, for a variety of reasons. Mrs. Roberts didn't "head" Feminists for Life, she was one of their attorneys. Second, Feminists for Life is not accurately called "anti-choice," because their motto is "better choices." If you agree with William Saletan's recent monumental op-ed in the NY Times, then you pretty much agree with Feminists for Life. This is an organization that, yes, thinks abortion is bad. (Gasp! oh no!) But they aren't trying to reduce abortions by banning it outright. They are calling attention to one of the least-talked about aspects of the abortion tragedy, and that is for many women, it comes down to whether or not they can afford to have a child. It's not just adding another mouth to feed to the budget for the next 18 years; 45 million Americans are uninsured, and FMLA allows parents to take unpaid leave, only. Millions of women find they simply can't afford to have a child. Furthermore, many women have abortions because of the social stigma attached to being a single mother. Our own prejudice turns what should be a celebration of new life into something shameful. We still talk about "illegitimate" children, as if a human being could <i>ever</i> be "illegitimate." Feminists for Life is trying to reduce abortions -- and apparently that makes them suspect in the eyes of the morally untethered Left -- by addressing the root problem, not by trying to criminalize desperate women and the doctors who help them. Furthermore, what business does anyone have these days assuming that a woman's views on any given issue necessarily reflect that of her husband? I find that patently sexist. and a wife who used to head an anti-choice organization Wow, there’s an offensive comment, for a variety of reasons. Mrs. Roberts didn’t “head” Feminists for Life, she was one of their attorneys. Second, Feminists for Life is not accurately called “anti-choice,” because their motto is “better choices.” If you agree with William Saletan’s recent monumental op-ed in the NY Times, then you pretty much agree with Feminists for Life. This is an organization that, yes, thinks abortion is bad. (Gasp! oh no!) But they aren’t trying to reduce abortions by banning it outright. They are calling attention to one of the least-talked about aspects of the abortion tragedy, and that is for many women, it comes down to whether or not they can afford to have a child. It’s not just adding another mouth to feed to the budget for the next 18 years; 45 million Americans are uninsured, and FMLA allows parents to take unpaid leave, only. Millions of women find they simply can’t afford to have a child. Furthermore, many women have abortions because of the social stigma attached to being a single mother. Our own prejudice turns what should be a celebration of new life into something shameful. We still talk about “illegitimate” children, as if a human being could ever be “illegitimate.” Feminists for Life is trying to reduce abortions — and apparently that makes them suspect in the eyes of the morally untethered Left — by addressing the root problem, not by trying to criminalize desperate women and the doctors who help them.

Furthermore, what business does anyone have these days assuming that a woman’s views on any given issue necessarily reflect that of her husband? I find that patently sexist.

]]> By: Helga Fremlin http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2006/01/26/spineless-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-19077 Helga Fremlin Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:48:17 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=1822#comment-19077 Thank God for Dems like Kerry and Kennedy re the Alito filibuster. And my jaw dropped when I read what Byrd had to say about Alito. Thank God for Dems like Kerry and Kennedy re the Alito filibuster.

And my jaw dropped when I read what Byrd had to say about Alito.

]]> By: kobenhavn http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2006/01/26/spineless-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-19040 kobenhavn Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:47:32 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=1822#comment-19040 Oh oops. The link should have been <a href="http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/01/dean_on_today_s.html" rel="nofollow">this one</a>. Oh oops. The link should have been this one.

]]> By: kobenhavn http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2006/01/26/spineless-democrats/comment-page-1/#comment-19039 kobenhavn Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:46:53 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=1822#comment-19039 Well, <a href="http://kobenhavn.livejournal.com" rel="nofollow">Dean did well today</a>. He didn't sound crazy and his positions actually sounded coherent and appealing. Well, Dean did well today. He didn’t sound crazy and his positions actually sounded coherent and appealing.

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