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What is the Point of a Republican Majority When They Pull Stuff Like This?
My faith in the Republican Party has already been pretty low, but now it’s almost non-existent. This is the party that is supposed to be the anti- abortion party but yesterday the Republican leadership decided to pull the “Pain-Capable Unborn Protection Act,” which would ban abortion after 20 weeks. This bill has the approval of most Americans (about 60%). Most Americans, Republican and Democrat, support a ban on late-term abortions. Why are they scrapping this?
Apparently the effort to drop the bill was lead by Renee Ellmers of North Carolina, Jackie Walorski of Indiana, and Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania, who has the most ridiculous reason quoted that I have ever seen:
“I prefer that we avoid these very contentious social issues,” Dent told National Journal. “Week one, we had a speaker election that did not go as well as a lot of us would have liked. Week two, we got into a big fight over deporting children, something that a lot of us didn’t want to have a discussion about. Week three, we are now talking about rape and incest and reportable rapes and incest for minors. … I just can’t wait for week four.”
He would “prefer” to avoid this kind of contention social issue, WHAT?!! Why did you run for Congress then? That is your job; to represent the people of your district (and most people in Dent’s district support this bill). Also,why does he think these things aren’t going well? Maybe it’s because they are not representing the people who elected them and not keeping the promises that many of them made to get elected. If the leadership of the Republican party keeps this up, they will end up going the way of the Whigs.
Published in General
David Knights: #113 “Surely you know that the people you’ve been voting for agree with your position on the issue before you’ve voted for them, right?”
There is what they say when they are looking for votes and funds, and there is what they do once they get elected. Right?
Yes and no. Did anybody around here believe BHO’s “United States of America” rhetoric in 2008? Pas moi. I looked at his background and his personal associations. (This would have been a good idea with the Clintons as well.)
When I read that William Ayers hosted one of Obama’s first fundraisers, I never listened to a single word he uttered ever again.
This came up earlier -at this stage in my life I’m basically in favor of “I didn’t make the rules, but I will use them” as the justification for federal abortion restrictions, but here’s Ramesh Ponnuru with a less nihilistic argument:
“Yes, It’s Constitutional for Congress to Pass Abortion Laws.“