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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:48 AM Original message |
This is unsettling |
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mrJJ (657 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. "religious freedom" in the workplace |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. o good god, no! She was part of that??? |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #31 |
67. Because they were both DLC |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. Obama said he wasn't sure. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Most people aren't sure. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Frankly I thought Obama's answer was thoughtful and intelligent |
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thoughtcrime1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Honesty vs. Pandering |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. No, he simply ducked the question. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. No, the question of whether a human zygote is human life isn't an easy answer |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Personal belief doesn't factor into biological fact. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. And that's why it appears to me that Hillary was courting the anti-choice vote |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. They were both courting that vote. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. And yet it was Obama who gave a thoughtful, honest answer, |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. It wasn't an honest answer, it was an expedient one. |
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CK dexter (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. It was an honest answer, not an expedient one: he admitted fallibility |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. I didn't realize his fallibility was ever in doubt. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #53 |
71. And you have just exposed yourself |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. How many answers do you have? |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Apparently more than you. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. So is evasion. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Your credibility with me |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. Tata. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #38 |
77. I believe the 'only' reason.. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Roe v. Wade itself made a determination of when life begins, for legal purposes. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. Then why the 'debate'? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Because the issue being framed is not when human life begins, but when it merits legal protection. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. so when does legal life begin? |
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CK dexter (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
49. No, it's not an easy answer--but it doesn't depend on religious belief |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
70. B fuckin S |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
34. Obama said there was a debate and didnt define how he felt at all. It was a sidestep. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
83. How could anyone be sure? No one knows. nt |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
3. BUT LOOK OVER THERE! OBAMA SAID BABIES WERE "PUNISHMENT"! |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
4. I don't have an ssue with what she said |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Two things |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Perhaps a Democrat with a Dem congress would have a better chance. |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
41. Seriously? |
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shaniqua6392 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
5. Clinton scores a 100% approval rating from NARAL. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I'd be very curious if they considered that comment of hers. |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
42. Again, as opposed to the comment that women |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Do you consider abortion to be an everyday, inconsequential decision? |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. My post spoke to the pandering involved by Obama |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. I knew exactly the nature of your post, and I strongly disagree. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #52 |
78. I don't suppose that speaking to students.. |
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JasonHill (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Doesnt matter |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. Well first of all, I don't let organizations do my thinking for me |
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Kber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
7. Hillary is reliably pro-choice. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. "She was weaseling for the anti-choice vote here." One of the reasons she lost me. |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
45. no, she was saying that it is not the place of the Govt to make those decisions, even though she |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. If you are correcting Kber's analysis of Hillary's comments, please respond to Kber. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. And the question becomes, how much is she willing to weasel away in exchange |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
11. abortion is a deeply moral issue, and we must remain open to the possibility... |
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TexasBushwhacker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Stated by a MAN, color me not surprised N/T |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. a man running for President no less. nt. |
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Kber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
57. I think men can have informed and valid views on abortion |
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Kber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. I agree with the first part of your post |
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2rth2pwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
12. How would you have responded? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
15. she did not say that. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Yes, she did |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. fine. I read your qualification. it's still codswallop |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. It isn't a matter of just experts cali |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
17. How silly |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
18. Life DOES "begin at conception"; this is, in fact, what "conception" means. |
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JasonHill (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. explain that parsing |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. For you perhaps, but not for many, many people in this world, perhaps even the majority |
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CK dexter (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
56. Facts don't depend on belief or differ according to the believer |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. I was thinking the same thing when I heard the question |
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CK dexter (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Thanks for the welcome, although I'm not technically new |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. Dexter is a show on CBS/showtime |
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smiley_glad_hands (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
65. No it doesnt. Sorry. |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
28. Let me shed some light on this for you: Hillary Will Say ANYTHING to Get Elected. |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
30. Hillary is pro-choice......your trying to spin anything else is BS |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. So was her husband Bill |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. And Bill Clinton was called the Abortion President |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Yes, by the same voters that Hillary now appears to be courting with this weasely rhetoric |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
35. I actually, believe life began hundreds of millions of years ago |
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invictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
44. Hillary was the President of the Wellesley College Republicans. However, this is likely another ... |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
46. Considering their audience, it was not really unexpected. |
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Cameron27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
54. I don't know what your problem is, |
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RememberWellstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
55. Obama believes it too. |
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Cheap_Trick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
62. this is unsettling too |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
63. It's a very difficult area -- and it asks the wrong question |
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smiley_glad_hands (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
64. She can only win by triangulating and hedging on the issues. |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
69. I always thought pro-choice meant exactly what it says |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
73. I believe life begins at conception and I am pro-choice |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
81. Can we agree that our candidates are not liberals? |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-14-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. Very true. |
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