Some Parts of Candidates’ Lives Are None of Our Business
For years now, Republicans have been afraid to touch the “third rail” of abortion politics. The left has spent years saying that for Republican, “life begins with conception and ends at birth.” They know the media will crucify them as soon as the subject comes up. All they have to do is accuse Republicans of “hypocrisy” on abortion and they have them on the run–and for good reason. It’s a dirty little secret of the abortion wars that a huge percentage of abortions are performed on good little Republican girls.
Now McCain picks an “abstinence only” Mom with a pregnant daughter for VP. Is he crazy or just too stupid to run for office? He’s not ignorant–he knew about this. Perhaps he’s willing to take a BIG risk for a big reward. It looks like McCain is willing to bring the whole nasty ugly unresolved abortion issue into this campaign.
Obama isn’t welcoming this discussion of Palin’s daughter–nor should he. The political just got awfully personal! Putting Palin’s choice into the spotlight makes his own choices–and his mother’s–relvant. Obama’s mother was single and 17 when he was conceived. He has said that he would not “punish” his own daughters with a baby if they should wind up pregnant.
Obama’s over-the-top defenders have revealed their own form of hypocrisy. For Democrats, it seems, “privacy begins with conception and ends with abortion.”
Is McCain crazy for daring the Democrats to cross this line in the sand? I don’t think so. The media elites are blind to the possibility that Palin’s position is closer to the center than Obama’s. Obama’s stance on abortion is as far left as you can get. Pro-lifers call him “Senator Infanticide” because he voted against the “Born Alive Infant Protection Act.” Obama lost Pennsylvania, even with the help of pro-life Democrat Bob Casey, Jr. If Republicans are willing to take on the partisan media and DNC, the abortion wars could play out to their benefit in blue-collar Catholic enclaves in Pennsylvania.
I’m a pro-lifer who has long wished the Republicans had the guts to double down and make abortion the issue in a presidential campaign. We’re here now–and I, for one, think it’s to McCain’s advantage.
