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Old 05-09-08, 11:37 AM   #31 (permalink)
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Re: Do you wish the abortion argument would go away?

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Originally Posted by 1069 View Post
McCain isn't going to get elected, but even if he were to get elected, he's no threat to Roe.
After reviewing his history, I not only believe he's prochoice and socially liberal/ libertarian, but also that he would not appoint conservative judges to the SC. And even if he did, the democratic house and senate would reject it.
I think he's just pandering it the fundy Right to get elected.
I doubt it's going to work, though.
Democrats like him better than his own party does.
If McCain really wants to get elected, he ought to present himself as a fiscal and military conservative and a social liberal/ libertarian, which his entire history in politics shows him to be, and pander to the democrats instead. He could probably get a lot of them- the older, more moderate and traditional ones- to cross over and vote Red, especially considering that their only other options are a possibly radical black man and a woman that everyone hates.
I think the assumption that McCain would change back to his pro-choice stance is naive, 1069, and dangerous to presume if you believe in the right to an abortion.

See this thread where I've started a topic on the issue if you want to discuss it further:

http://www.debatepolitics.com/us-ele...on-rights.html
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