Strawberry

This just in from www.cnn.com:

Bush Declares National Sanctity of Human Life Day

Grr...

If every child is such a priority, how come Bush sought office when his daughters asked him not to, for their sake?

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Toto

This is a very political statement, which should not be read at just face value. Bush is trying to hold together a coalition of Religious Conservatives who think abortion should be outlawed now, and country club Republicans who would vote Democratic if there were a chance of that happening. So he is touting everything he has done short of outlawing abortion (although someone please explain how abstinence education which teaches nothing about birth control is anti-abortion).

But he is telling the anti-abortion forces to stay home and have private ceremonies - as opposed to the more radical agenda of murdering abortion doctors, making a nuisance of themselves picketing abortion clinics, storming the Supreme Court, or otherwise pointing out that abortion is still legal after all these years of Republican presidents who have used the abortion issue to get votes from the Religious Right and not delivered.

Krieger

I agree with Toto.

Bush is just tossing a bone to the religious zealots that always vote Republican.

Toto

Well, not so fast there. He's trying to hold his coalition together so he can keep dismantling the federal government and giving tax breaks to his friends, but has has to convince the religious right that he is working on outlawing abortion, at the same time convincing the country club Republicans that <wink wink> he's not going to actually outlaw their liberties and he is just using the right to get votes.

So is this statement a bone for the religious right, or is it a signal to the suburban Republican women that he's not really trying to outlaw abortion? And if so, does it indicate anything about what he's really thinking?

The religious is showing a lot of muscle over judicial appointments. You have to wonder who is using whom.

Dingus

That's nice he said "of every human being" for I immediately thought of the doctors who are being harrassed because they perform abortions;

and I'm hoping the anti-abortionists who have rallied to kill abortion doctors and nurses and/or anyone who supports abortion (even for the sake of saving the mother's life) will get the hint that they are not to be out there pounding the streets and stirring up bloody fights.

We'll see how well they listen.

livius drusus

There's a tiny PD thread on the topic as well.

nogods4me

What about the sanctity of the lives of all the folks that were executed when GW was the Governor of Texas?

Nira

They were evil. Evil people have no human value. That’s how much sanctity of life means.

Stephen Maturin

Can't help but wonder how Wubba's stated belief that "[e]very child is a priority and a blessing" would stand up under fire, say, for instance, one of his daughters strolling into the oval office and announcing that she's pregnant by Old Dirty Bastard.

Shake

"...respecting the life and dignity of every human being."
"Well ... except for the bad people. We're gonna fry them suckers! Or bomb 'em! Depends on who they are."