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Posted at 6:13pm on Aug. 14, 2006 Democrats go bezerk over George Allen's "racism"
By SDGOP
Here's the video if you guys want to watch it:
Here's an excerpt of a washington post article that references this:
Democrat James Webb's Senate campaign accused Sen. George Allen (R) of making demeaning comments Friday to a 20-year-old Webb volunteer of Indian descent.
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Posted at 10:24pm on Jul. 18, 2006 Will overturning Roe v Wade hurt conservatives?
By SDGOP
Since there's all this hubbub about abortion and 2008, i thought i'd pose the question : If we overturn roe v wade will it hurt us in the long term?
No i don't mean in the respect that, we'll have legions of female voters throwing us out, or there'll be some 'pro-choice' backlash. I mean in the sense that once abortion is no longer an issue, will pro lifers go back to staying home and will pro life dems return to the democratic party?
For the longest time there have been ardent pro lifers who vote solely on the issue of abortion. Granted they are a small % of the electorate but they are enough to cost the republicans an election if they choose to sit it out. Ever since roe versus wade was passed back in 1973, pro lifers have been clinging to hope it might one day be overturned. After ronald reagan secured them into the republican party, they often vote for us under the promise that "were almost there". Question is, once were there do they just stay home? After all, for the most part some of them don't care much for politics and abortion is their big issue.
I might get a little flak for saying this, but i think that abortion is in a way our equivilent of the democrats issue of poverty. Not in the sense you think of, but in the sense that democrats keep promising to fix it, but problem is once they do a lot of their voters are likely to bolt. Of course democrats continually keep their voters dependent on them so this problem never arises. Conservatives on the other hand do want to over turn roe, but do you ever wonder if some of the higher ups made this calculation. The calculation that it is better to keep pro lifers hanging on and promising just one more election than to loose their support.
There is also the issue of democrats who vote just for pro lifers. Once this issue is off the table, they become largely uncomfortable with a lot of republican views and go back home.
So if roe versus wade is over turned, republicans loose some of their ardent pro lifers, and dem pro lifers go back home.
No i am not pro abort, i do want it overturned, but i thought i'd pose this question. What are your guys thoughts?