Quit De Wining about the Santorum Spectercle
My WND column today does not mention Illinois, but as a discussion of the U.S. Senate balance of power, it should be of interest to Illinois pro-lifers and pro-choicers: If Republicans lose the U.S. Senate, the pro-life issue will lose and vice versa.
Any discussion of balancing purism with strategy is complicated, and that's what this is....
A few weeks ago, I sent an e-mail to my list, encouraging Pennsylvania pro-lifers to support Republican Rick Santorum in his rebid for the U.S. Senate against Democrat Bob Casey.
Both are pro-life, but because Santorum and the White House supported pro-abortion incumbent Arlen Specter in the 2004 Republican primary against pro-lifer Pat Toomey, pro-lifers consider him a traitor. Specter won 51-49 percent. Pro-lifers blame Santorum and Bush for the edge.
This was typical of negative responses I received regarding my e-mail:
Let Rick Santorum be the example to all the other Republican politicians that we will not allow them to play games with the lives of our unborn children, and if they do, they will be gone.
I wish Santorum had not supported Specter. But would turning from Santorum help or hurt the pro-life cause?
I submit it would hurt, badly. Here's why....
Read my column today, "Quit De Wining about the Santorum Spectercle," on WorldNetDaily.com.
6 comments:
Didn't Republicans in the Senate vote for the Iraq Invasion?
Starting a war is hardly a "pro-life" position. (Same goes for all the Dems who voted for it.)
It's always odd when conservatives use the term "pro-life" when they really mean "pro-dictating to women".
That said, ditto Larry Horse.
"ILLINOIZE: Featured Illinois bloggers and commenters talk about state and local politics"
Feel free to jabber about Pennsylvania on the other side of Indiana and Ohio. Casey, Toomey and Santorum have nothing to do with Illinois politics (unless Santorum is supporting the far-right ultra-conservative Roskam... and even that's a stretch for your column's non-Illinois related content).
Using this blog to promote your own column in a radical right-wing publication is unethical (especially in light of Rich Miller's stated intent for this blog and recent admonishment to contributors).
Rich, when are you going to enforce your guidelines that featured bloggers focus on local or state politics? This one is way over the top. How about taking away Jill's blogging rights for month or two?
Santorum is a leading contender for the Presidency in 2008, that being said... it has to do with Local, State, and National Politics!
Anonymous said...
Santorum is a leading contender for the Presidency in 2008, that being said... it has to do with Local, State, and National Politics!
12:34 AM
Get real. He has no chance at all of even saving his own Senate seat. Casey will whip him in November.
NOBODY is talking about him for 2008.
So what exactly has 4 years of GOP control of Congress and the White House accomplished for the Pro-Life cause?
Roberts and Alito perhaps, but it remains to be seen how they'll rule on abortion.
Why is this post here?
Does "Illinoize" have an Illinois focus or not?
Who is going to be the next person to simply use this space to advertise for their own publication?
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