They must be good, they didn’t even have to pay the protesters to show up!
.-= Matt´s last blog ..Stupid Is As Stupid Does =-.

The RNC and Senate didn’t “recognize” the issue just yesterday. Their current policy has been in place since 1991 and they were presented with the option to opt out of abortion coverage in the years since. Plain and simple, they were “busted” by the media outlet. But yes, they did respond swiftly.

Why aren’t the abortion rights activists out in the streets? Maybe they will be, who knows? Perhaps it’s because they are very savvy political organizations who know hoe to effectively get things done throught the system. Maybe you’re right and they’re sure Pelosi will protect them.

Or maybe-just maybe- it’s because they aren’t led by the greatest community organizers of our time-Beck, Hannity and Michele Bachman.

I am aware that there has been a lot of noise from the pro abortion crowd. But this amendment threatens to end abortion. I’d think there’s be people taking to the streets for this, or is talking to the media all that they will do? Or, as I have suggested, will they just make some statements to the press, as they know that Pelosi is going to take care of them when the time comes?

Please do not assume that I only use FOX as a source of news. I frequent many mainstream websites, CNN, MSNBC, USA Today, ABC, and sometimes even the Huffington Post or the Daily KOS. It is helpful to see all the sides of an issue, as well as what the official statements of the administration are.
.-= Matt´s last blog ..Fort Hood Retroactive Redux =-.

If you go to the original link I provided, you will see that the RNC has opted out of the abortion coverage.

I still ask the question: Why did it take 19 years and outside media pressure for the GOP to come to this conclusion?

Just curious: Are you concerned at all that the GOP Senate is supporting an amendment that clearly does not reflect their chosen options?

The pro-choice and feminist groups were all over the media yesterday swinging against Stupak, just not convered in the conservative media, as Mikke points out. Right or wrong, we expect them to do this as preserving abortion rights sits atop of their platform. For some of them, abortion rights is the whole ball of wax. They have been entirely consistent.

I will turn your quesiton around. If this were the DNC displaying blatant hipocrisy, would not FOX news, Glenn Beck et al be all over it? And shouldn’t the pro-lifers be out in force on this one? Where is the conservative outrage over the apparent chasm of difference between the GOP Senate’s own government-provided health options- which they have chosen to preserve even when offered the opportunity to opt out- and those that they loudly seek to deny the public? Could it be that the conservative media and the politicians themselves have chosen to look away from this issue because it doesn’t support their agenda of bashing the Democrats?

The conservative media-and their politicians-will tell you everything they want you to hear. But is it all you need to know? In this case, I don’t think so.

The abortion issue is indeed, a very slippery slope, with neither side willing to compromise much at all. I tend to agree with Matt however, when he says the bill will be altered to the liking of the pro-choice crowd. They are entirely too well funded and vocal for the Democrats to be able to ignore, if they were even inclined to do that in the first place.

I think the issue here, and I wrote about it at my place, is this:

1. The left will never leave the pro-abortion crowd & the feminists under the bus. They are simply too large, well funded, and vocal to be dis-empowered.
2. Since the public option is designed to lead to a single payer system, and will eventually manage ALL health care, the Stupak Amendment would basically mean an abortion ban. Again, the left isn’t going to bury the pro-abortion crowd forever.
3. Pelosi and her cabal were going to offer the blue dogs the sun, the moon, and the stars to get this passed. They needed a win, and temporarily enraging the pro-abortion crowd was a small price to pay. If they have to ignore this compromise in the future to satisfy one of their major constituent groups…well, you know. Now that they have the bill passed, they’ll likely not honor all of the compromises.
4. Considering the reach and importance of this bill, where are the protests from the feminists and other pro-abortion groups? If this were a Republican sponsored bill, there would be mass protests! Or, do they already know that they’re going to be cared for in the near future?

If the Senate manages to pass something, it will go to committee to consolidate the two bills into something that both houses can vote on. Guess who gets to pick who is on that committee? It will be at that phase that the Democrats will alter the bill to their liking.

I guess, after all, the GOP (at least the Senate) is pro-choice after all, as long as the choice is theirs.

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