Cindy Sue #39:
Thanks for refreshing my memory. I recall that those two unhappy families already had been pushed through 50 kinds of hell by the court system. The local and state courts had (by dint of access to information to which we on the outside were not privy) decided the matter as they had – much to the evident displeasure of the social conservative lobby.
What was the Republican Party’s response to all this? “Separation of powers be damned! Constitutional jurisdiction be hanged! Let’s get the Federal government involved!”
To paraphrase P. J. O’Rourke, this was roughly akin to saying, “Dad burned dinner again, so let’s have the dog do the cooking.”
This whole sad affair (1) inspired me to write a living will and (2) drove me out of the Republican Party. “Party of Limited Government” my… big toe.
If the Republican Party of 2001-2005 had pursued term limits, balanced budgets, and de-evolution of Federal powers with the same vigor they exhibited in the Terri Schiavo case, I’d still be a Republican.
I have no problem working alongside people whose opinions on this, or that, or the other issue, happen to differ from my own. I realize that many people have studied these issues and come to conclusions which differ from my own. However, there is no good reason that I should be likened to a slave owner or a eugenicist simply because I have concluded that abortion should not be a political football.
With all best regards –
T
