Topinka Slides Further Right on Abortion
The Windy City Times piece provides greater insight into Topinka's abortion views, and further undermines her position that she is "pro-choice".
According to PersonalPAC president Terry Cosgrove, Topinka refused to meet with the group or fill-out her questionaire in 2002.
Cosgrove points to further evidence that Topinka isn't pro-choice:
- Topinka voted to ban public employees' insurance from covering abortions;
- Topinka voted to allow a husband to seek a court-order to block an abortion;
Here's what Cosgrove had to say in response:
voting for measures “that can [ allow ] husbands of domestic violence victims to have a say is out of step with the mainstream. She allows legislation that puts women at risk. Judy Baar Topinka is trying to have it both ways.”If Topinka cannot count on the help of pro-choice groups in the primary, she may be a captain without a ship.
12 comments:
Terry Cosgrove is out of the mainstream. Most people are pro-choice but they want restrictions on abortion. Judy Bar Topinka is in the sensible middle or even to the left of the middle. Only activists and extremists on both sides don't appreciate her consensus, reasonable, an nuanced position. Her position is a winner with the people just not the extremists. Look at the poll numbers and talk to people.
I've slide to the right myself. I think many have.
I really feel burned having voted for George Ryan instead of my normally Democratic vote for Glen Poshard because I thought Poshard too conservative on the "social issues".
I have a whole new outlook on abortion now since then. The Schiavo case was a turning point for me. A lot of people awfully quick to terminate life.
From the Sun-Times:
The statewide survey of 400 voters taken Tuesday and Wednesday also found Topinka to be the only Republican in the field ahead of Gov. Blagojevich in a face-to-face matchup, leading by a 39- to 35-percent margin.
So much for running on the defensive.
BS!
Just another subterfuge to make JBT appear to be far more "conservative" than she really is.
What a joke! Don't be bamboozled again by the same people who brought us "BIG JIM," Slim Jim, Lyin' Ryan, JIM Ryan, Pa-tay Philip, Lee Daniels, Tom Cross, Saviano, The Don of Rosemont, and current occupant... Baloneyvich.
"The MILKMAN is coming!"
2:00pm, what about Brady's poll?
In a poll of 600 registered voters statewide, interviewed Nov. 15-16 by McKeon & Associates of Joliet, Gov. ROD BLAGOJEVICH defeats each of four GOP candidates placed in head-to-head competition with him. And the numbers are similar. They show Democrat Blagojevich over Brady 40-29; over Topinka 40-31; over businessman JIM OBERWEIS 40-30; and over state Sen. STEVE RAUSCHENBERGER of Elgin 41-28.
The milk man my be coming....but he'll find the voters are lactose intolerant.
Everyone needs to wake up to reality....even if JBT were a strong pro-life candidate, Roeser and his hate mongers would be going after her anyway.
I agree with Anon 12:06 on one point - Topinka's position on abortion is nuanced -- but it's difficult to discern exactly what her position is. How do you sum it up?
"I fully support a woman's right to have an abortion, as long as she's over 18, it's in the first trimester, her husband doesn't object, and it isn't paid for with public money."
The problem is that subtlely nuanced positions don't lend thmselves well to public debate, especially without a bona fide group to give you political cover.
And I'd disagree with those who think this is an effort by Cosgrove to help Topinka. If you want to help Topinka, you attack her in the Southern Illinoisan, not the Windy City Times.
I would offer only one suggestion....I think that JBT is in more trouble if the pro-choice vote doesn't come to her camp in the general election, not the primary.
Anon, Brady's poll is suspicious considering the source.
This attack by Cosgrove will help her in the Republican primary.
Garcia and Cosgrove, also gave us the corrupt George Ryan.
Most people don't care about these social issues but you can't go to far either way or must be popular like Reagan or Obama so people don't care.
Topinka takes a better middle ground that 70% agree with, generally pro-choice with restrictions like the last trimester, partial birth, taxpayer funding and parental consent.
But not to overturn Roe v. Wade and not to outlaw abortion but to truly make it rare, safe and legal.
Look at the poll numbers.
Topinkas so called swing to the right is a winner.
Who cares about the so called bona fide extremist groups on both sides. Go to the public through mailing, radio, TV and debates.
The one side wants to ban abortions even for rape and incest victims.
The other sides wants to kill infants born alive and to eliminate any parental involvement and have taxpayers fund this necessarily legal but controversial procedure.
Topinka makes sense and does not go to the extremes of the religious right nor the abortion industry lobby.
Anon 8:37 - The only people who will hear the attack from Cosgrove are PersonalPAC members and the tens of thousands of pro-choice GOP women they've identified around the state.
I don't see how that helps Topinka in the primary, unless you think she's going to send direct mail to pro-life voters convincing them she's their candidate. Should be fun when that mail piece ends up on the 6 pm news.
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