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Without Stupak, Anti-Abortion Group's Dinner Goes On
The Susan B. Anthony candidate fund will instead dedicate the award to Democratic grassroots efforts on behalf of anti-abortion candidates.
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I invite every progressive reading or posting comments here to help defeat these anti-freedom reactionaries at the polls in November. It's time to go on the offensive and send people like Michelle Bachmann packing. The Republicans Party has miscalculated on the enthusiasm of the Democratic base, the strength of the Teabaggers, and their own vulnerabilities.
I've criticized the Democrats time and again and I still want them to stop pandering to their corporate masters but when I compare them to the absolutely bizarre, ultra right wing, off-the-chain Republicans, I'm reminded of the decision I'm forced to make.
Burr in N. Carolina -- he's vulnerable.
The Voinivich seat in Ohio -- it's up for grabs.
The Cao House seat in New Orleans -- let's take it back.
It's time to play offense. There are more seats to go for and Conservadems to primary. If Jim DeMint wants a pure, ultra-conservative 30 seats in the Senate, I say we grant his wish. Donate, volunteer, and network your people. People like Bachmann are spreading lies and fear, inciting their followers to violence, and hellbent on making Americans less free. They need to find employment elsewhere.
The dispicable slime are the ReTHUGlicans who speak in tongues promoting racism, hate, and contempt.
Bad move for two reasons (at least): 1. By rejecting anyone who is unwilling to take their views as the only ones that ever matter in any debate they simply obscure themselves. 2. Pushing away Pro-Life Democrats simply makes them a wing of the Republican party, which will make them less powerful in the long run...Republicans can simply take their votes for granted and it becomes in no one's interest to change the law.
I can't imagine what it would be like to be at a dinner filled with such hating people.
In passing this bill, Congressman Stupak and President Obama have done more for unborn children than anyone else.
Stupak seems to think he's untouchable - there are many others, however, who think otherwise. Michigan's 1st Congressional District is suffering from massive unemployment and poverty - this is simply about raising the level of awareness and educating voters as to Stupak's priorities, or lack thereof.
And, Obama may try to hide the fact that he sacrificed millions of middle class and indigent women today, but his actions have not gone unnoticed. Protecting a woman's right to choose was one of the only reasons I continued to support Democrats. The fact that a Democratic president did more to set women's rights back than Bush could have ever dreamed of is simply astounding.
But consider joining the Democrats again -- and that isn't an easy sell to true progressives -- if only to battle the right wing freak parade.
I wrote a check to Connie Saltonstall, everyone should consider doing so, but help keep that seat blue, Isobel -- the Republicans Party has gone off the rails.
I think that anyone getting an award from an organization that declares Bachman to be their "Distinguished Leader" would be justified in worrying that their award could be used down the road as evidence against them--in a sanity hearing.
I understand your concerns and, without a doubt, current events are going to make it even harder for Progressives to finally break from the Democratic Party, but injecting his personal views on abortion into the healthcare debate was deplorable - he does not get a pass.
The battle is for life. The bill is status quo on abortion. Abortions are actually considered low cost and most women pay for them if they want them, few use health care insurance. If they do, they aren't coded as abortions.
Don't buy into distractions and single issue politics. The law is pretty settled on abortion. Women have the right and have to pay for it. Stupak got confirmation from the President that the status quo is still in place.
At least Stupak stood for his issue and his position shouldn't be a surprise.
I'm sending him a copy of dollars just because he is the target of hate and misguided anger.
She knows how to get a man to go her way. She has her own special way.
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