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January 23, 2015 06:36 AM UTC

Friday Open Thread

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  • by: Colorado Pols

"Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society."

–Ralph Waldo Emerson

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19 thoughts on “Friday Open Thread

  1. Our Republican Friends are sure to become less radical and more willing to compromise on common sense solutions for both Colorado and the nation any minute now…..right?

    Let there be Bipartisanship!

  2. What is the GOP thinking?

    There they go again. Given control of Congress and the chance to frame an economic agenda for the middle class, the first thing Republicans do is tie themselves in knots over . . . abortion and rape.

    I’m not kidding. In a week when President Obama used his State of the Union address to issue a progressive manifesto of bread-and-butter policy proposals, GOP leaders responded by taking up the “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” — a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. But a vote on the legislation had to be canceled after female GOP House members reportedly balked over the way an exception for pregnancies resulting from rape was limited…

    I should note that there is no generally accepted scientific basis for the premise of the “Pain-Capable” bill. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has said there is no legitimate research supporting the idea that fetuses feel pain at 20 weeks.

     

    I understand that, for those who believe in their hearts that abortion is murder, there is an imperative to do something, anything, to stop it. Some people have similar moral passion about capital punishment or the thousands of lives lost each year to gun violence.

    Given that the Supreme Court has decided abortion is a legally protected right, the antiabortion movement has done what it could — made abortions very difficult to obtain in some states where the pro-life position has sufficient support. Hooting and hollering on Capitol Hill do nothing for abortion opponents except fleece them of campaign contributions.

    1. These people are pro-birth, not pro-life – there is a profound difference.  There are a thousand striking at the branches, few are striking at the root.  I wish we could have a completely different national conversation about 'life', but that appears destined for yet another day.  Until then…

    2. It's pretty much tradition. In D.C., on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, it's traditional to make some kind of gesture toward your position on the issue. When the President's office switches parties, it's a reversal of the position on Federal funding of organizations overseas that also provide abortions. This time it was the House.

      The sad thing (in a way) is how much trouble they had passing their token bill (which will never be signed in to law).

      1. Yes but Republicans keep saying it's Dems who want to make a big issue of this at election time while they know that what people really care about is jobs. Then the first thing elected Republican majority legislatures do is forget about jobs and go after abortion. Jobs, jobs, jobs is just for election season.

    1. That's okay, Frank. The felony conviction, even though deferred, will pop right to the top of any future Google search of his name, and the misdemeanor official misconduct stays forever and means he'll never work as a cop again. Stick a fork in him.

  3. Dems need to recruit top tier candidate for US Senate in Florida (ie., someone other than charlie crist) now that Rubio is getting ready to run for president. That seat is in play!

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