Little Red Blog

32 years and 2 days ago it was Roe vs. Wade. Roe won.

The New York Times has coverage of Senator Clinton’s duplicitous words from an anti-life pro-choice rally yesterday. And on page A17, coverage of President Bush’s address via telephone to a anti-abortion pro-life rally in Washington.

For those who have doubts about Senator Clinton’s future aspirations for the White House, take a few minutes to consider the double speak and have it your way views expressed in her comments yesterday. She is preparing the way, and just as the road is forked, so is her tongue. The Senator is as politically calculated as any potential Presidential candidate could be. Her words tuned to be accepted by the pro-choice hegemony in the Democratic Party, and yet to seem acceptable, rational, even compassionate to the pro-life voters that would be required in a bid for the highest office in the land.

From the Times coverage of Senator Clinton’s call for working to find the common ground between pro-choice and pro-life advocates:

"There is an opportunity for people of good faith to find common ground in this debate - we should be able to agree that we want every child born in this country to be wanted, cherished and loved."

"We can all recognize that abortion in many ways represents a sad, even tragic choice to many, many women."

"The fact is that the best way to reduce the number of abortions is to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies in the first place."

"Yes, we do have deeply held differences of opinion about the issue of abortion and I, for one, respect those who believe with all their hearts and conscience that there are no circumstances under which any abortion should ever be available."

"Research shows that the primary reason teenage girls abstain from early sexual activity is because of their religious and moral values."

"We should also recognize what works and what doesn't work and to be fair, the jury is still out on the effectiveness of abstinence-only programs, I don't think this debate should be about ideology - it should be about facts, and evidence. We have to deal with the choices that young people make, not just the choices we wish they would make."