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You're right.  The vast majority won't read the emails, and will just assume that Booker was making some bold, necessary stand.
 
Unfortunately.

Way too melodramatic, but I thought he actually came off better than Harris, who just struck me as a mean, angry, petty person in the hearings.

I didn't see any of them, but she didn't used to strike me as that kind of person, generally.  She may be trying to position herself for the Bernie wing of the party.   

I don't think it is a certainty that Roe vs. Wade gets overturned, and I think if most national Republicans were honest, they would rather it not be touched.
 
I agree with both, but the more I read about it, the more I'm wondering if the evangelical wacko's will get their way.

That would allow them to continue to rail against the evils of abortion to satisfy their supporters, without actually being on the hook for doing something about to all of those in favor of abortion.
 
They're not going to have any more excuses not to take action.  Contrary to Roady's bizarre denials, they could have legislated against it while Bush was in office but apparently didn't get around to it.  I think what they'll actually do is change it in such a way that the states can effectively make it impossible and maybe have a few states left over still performing them.  That way rich girls can still get them.  I also wonder if all this back-alley coat-hanger scare mongering is valid, and if it comes to pass how that will affect the issue.  

Dan posted a cartoon about the Democrats being out of the mainstream on abortion rights, but that just isn't the case.
 
Don't you hate it when you catch yourself reading anything he posted?

Being pro-life in Tennessee is a big winner, but 60% nationally favor allowing abortion in most cases, and it is clearly supported by a majority of voters in 30 states comprising 332 electoral votes.  I think abortion is the one red line issue in politics, that can drive people's choice of candidate on both sides.
 
It's not a big issue for me either way, but I like debating it because I've got such an iron-clad argument.  

I think it is a loser for Republicans nationally if it is overturned, and they know it.  If Roe vs. Wade is overturned before the 2020 election, I predict a Republican loss, and the prospects for national victory will be dim for the foreseeable future.

I think they will figure out a way to "overturn" it without overturning it.  They'll turn it over to the states who will make it impossible and then arm all their propagandists like Roady and Texie with enough BS so they can claim it wasn't overturned.  I'll point out that it might as well have been overturned and post what they actually did, and it will fall on deaf ears.  They're not exactly known for their objectivity or intellectual honesty.  

Fuzz, I'm probably your biggest fan on this board...

Only because you are a man of humor and heart.

Of all the awful transgressions man can do to each other, nothing is more repulsive than to slaughter the innocent baby while it sleeps...

One insurmountable problem I have with the "pro-life" position is that it insists on protecting the "unborn" from the moment of conception, when it is literally still microscopic.  It can't be asleep, as it doesn't yet even have a brain.  

Christians wrongly believe the fertilized embryo/zygote is immediately "en-souled" upon fertilization.  Thanks to this insanity, they were able to block precious years of embryonic stem cell research, impeding scientific research and untold breakthroughs in healthcare.  

but this wanting to kill babies is beyond my comprehension...

If I wanted to be unfair, I guess I could ask why conservatives love cancer.  

The GOP never had a filibuster proof Senate during Bush's presidency so it would have been impossible to pass any anti abortion legislation during his presidency.