11:15 am - GOP convention = angry, immature attacks
Which, by a check of the facts seem to make claims that are not even close to the truth...why am I not surprised?
Attacks, praise stretch truth at GOP convention
After hearing the dems praise McCain for his character and service, while respectfully stating that they disagreed with his politics and plans for our country, I couldn't help but laugh at how pathetic the GOP looked when they spent their soap box time, making fun of Obama for his work as a community organizer and his message of hope and Biden for being an underdog in the primary.
I would also like to take a moment and reflect on a ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) gazellesoncrack post from yesterday re: abortion rights.
I also don't understand why the Christian right is characterizing Sarah Palin as pro-life because she had a baby she knew was going to be disabled. Deciding to keep a baby, whether a baby with Downs Syndrome or an unplanned pregnancy at age 17, makes one pro-life? I am decidedly pro-choice, but I don't think I would make the choice to have an abortion in either of those circumstances, although, I can't say for sure because I haven't been there. I think the main issue is that many anti-choice folks consider pro-choice folks to be pro-abortion, when NO ONE is pro-abortion. I, for one, support access to health care, birth control and COMPREHENSIVE sex education, because I would like to see a reduction in the number of women who face unplanned pregnancies (about 60% of pregnancies to women in their 20s are unplanned) and are consequently faced with the difficult decision about what to do. I am ALL about reducing the number of abortions in this country. But you don't do that with hate rhetoric, shame tactics, abstinence only education and reduced access to birth control!
Off of my soap box...
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t103/whitetigermoon/anxious.gif) anxious
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