Contrary to what God Alston states, the ’80′s were not some Victorian Age when evangelicals and social conservatives were everywhere to be seen, as compared to 2009 when in God Alston’s mind, we’re talking about 20 old church ladies in Backwater, Alabama. The libertarians have been giving the GOP the same tired advice since 1976 – dump the socons and you’ll score big at the polls. The GOP has been called the “stupid party” but since it’s not quite “the completely stupid and totally insane party” it wisely ignored libertarian calls to dump the party base in favor of the libertarians. A socially liberal Republican ran in 1980, if anyone remembers, and yet somehow John Anderson never got to move into the White House. Aping the Dems on social issues at the risk of alienating the socons is like going into work and telling your boss to take a hike because you just know you’re gonna win Powerball on Saturday. It’s a profoundly unconservative idea. .
I personally would not vote for a pro-abort candidate. However, I recognize that most people in this country do not see eye to eye with me on this matter. They do not want Roe v. Wade overturned (which incidentally, is the only thing that would make abortion a “states rights” matter. It would not end legalized abortion in America, which most people do not know – hence their opposition to overturning it.) But a majority of Americans are also uneasy about things like late term abortions and the “Born Alive Act.” And well they should be, since not even the secular Europeans permit such things. Most Americans support some restrictions on abortion.
But abortion is not a make- or -break issue for most people. If the economy worsens,and I don’t see how the Dems meddling will improve matters in the slightest, today’s young Obama fans will have a lot more to worry about than “a woman’s right to choose” and gay marriage. Smoking spiffs in the dorm room and damning evangelicals will give way to more immediate concerns – like “Dude, where’s my job?”
All the GOP needs to do is return to first principles – lower spending, lower taxes, and limited government. If you run RINOs, people will figure they might as well vote for the Dems. The Republicans lost in 2006 before they lost sight of those principles and took a bath again in 2008 because they didn’t learn the lessons of ’06. They don’t need to toss socons under the bus – in fact it would be suicidal for them to do so.
God Alston, you’re a treat! Once again you provide us with a priceless display of assbackwards morality. The greatest beneficaries of abortion, in this country, at least, are men. When I was in college in the ’70′s and early ’80′s, women who were impregnated were relentlessly pressured by their boyfriends to get an abortion. I have friends who did, and they still suffer intense remorse. They didn’t seem to find it very “empowering.” Players need only toss a few hundred bucks at the women they’ve knocked up and voila! there are no child support payments and no paternity suits. Whew! Took care of that! Now I can move on to the next chick! I wasn’t yet out of my 20′s when I realized the people who really benefited the most from the sexual revolution were the ones with penises. (Please note: I also realize that there are men who suffer when their wives or girlfriends abort a child they wanted. It’s not you guys I’m talking about, it’s the feckless Don Juans. Abortion is a boon for them.)
As a conservative, I believe freedom comes with responsibility. Why do lefties love abortion rights so much? Well, it’s one more way of opting out of responsibility (since the vast majority of unwanted pregnancies in the US are not due to rape or incest or the health of the mother). Let’s take the easy way out and toss that blob of tissue in the trash.
