Reply #14: Anti-choice advantage [View All]

These religious anti-abortion people are one-issue voters. Most of them are working stiffs who would support us except for the fact that we "murder babies." If a voter believes that to be true, it is hard to get past it. For relatively unsophisticated people, it is difficult to accept the Kerry argument that while abortion is wrong, it still ought be be allowed. (I do not think it is wrong, but that is a minority view.)

This whole anti-abortion thing is drilled into people's heads by the churches that most of them go to. YOU WILL NOT CHANGE THEIR MINDS. Further, it is elitist for us to suppose we ought to try. Even though most Americans support legal abortion, they do not support it completely. Most oppose so-called partial birth abortion and most support parental notification requirements. Further, outside of middle-class whites in big cities, those opposed to abortion increase dramatically. Even among strong supporters of reproductive rights, most are not single-issue voters.

It is not that only an anti-choice candidate can be elected. The issue is who among possible candidates will have the best chance of beating that reptile Santorum.

Please don't lecture me about the sacred right of reproductive autonomy as I am already completely sold on the idea. It is the rest of the country you need to worry about.