Lord Saletan's latest (and even less plausibly "pro-choice" in any meaningful sense than usual) attack on pro-choicers was so bad I wasn't sure where to even begin. Fortunately, Garance Franke-Ruta for the most part does an terrific job. One part of the critique, I think,...
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Ah, an article in Newsweek which inadvertently hits the themes of my last two posts. Fineman and Thomas are inexplicably shocked, shocked to see Republicans fudge the abortion issue:Why such.
Shorter Steve Waldman and Amy Sullivan: Most Democrats (or, at least, "elite" Democrats) have a knee-jerk hostility to religious people, which is why they despised churchgoing Southern Baptists like Jimmy.
As an addendum to my previous post, here's George Allen--the empty suit many people think the GOP will prop up in 2008--doing the abortion kabuki:MR. RUSSERT: Something else happened this week, Senator Allen, in South Dakota. And this is how The New York Times reported...
So 10 minutes ago my plan was to post about how it's great to have it back, but the climax was maybe a touch too predictable , plus this is.
For the classic example of what Matt and I are talking about, note George Allen's performance on Press the Meat this morning. I'll put the relevant parts up as soon.
[Bumping this because voting closes today at midnight.]Voting for the Koufax awards, hosted by the fine and pledge-worthy people and Wampum, is now open. Browsing the nominees will introduce you to lots of great stuff. Lawyers, Guns & Money has been nominated in several categories:...
The New State Logo.Molly Saves the Day has 20 questions for those who allege that abortion is "baby killing." Ask them to most "pro-lifers," of course, and I'm sure you'll.
Yikes. Granting that I generally avoid using that particular word (at least without an academic justification--when I teach Cohen next week I think it's fair game to tell the story.
As most of you know, pro-life rhetoric in the U.S. is, more than anything, focused on diversion, using the language of states' rights or "reasonable regulations" to advance their agenda of banning abortion entirely. Perhaps the most common strategy is to argue that "everyone knows"...
Stunningly, It Could Have Been WorseMichael Berube reminds us, in the wake of South Dakota's brand spanking new abortion ban, about how the reactionary vanity candidate who handed the 2000.
A tale of two headlines:Suddenly, a Rebellion in the G.O.P. on a Signature IssueG.O.P. Plan Would Allow Spying Without WarrantsI see. So the spine being showed by the GOP is.