NARAL Isn't Doing Democrats Any Favors
I know I'm not talking to the masses, with most disagreeing with
me, but let me say it again anyway. The reason Judge Samuel Alito should not
be confirmed is his view on the “unitary executive,” that the presidency
is actually a king. The NSA illegal spying issue is case in point. I've thought
this from the beginning.
Jane
and Georgia10
are going after NARAL for being bamboozled over Chafee's no vote on Alito, since
he'll be voting yes for cloture.
I don't want to take people's efforts away from calling
their Senators and keeping the pressure on as we come down to the wire, but
watching groups like NARAL sit this one out is unacceptable. They should be
calling Chafee right now and letting him know that they will cut him off if
he throws his vote with the Gang of 14. Anything less is unacceptable, and
a mockery of everything they purport to stand for. – Jane HamsherWhen is NARAL going to realize that there are no pro-choice
Republicans? Snowe, Collins, Chafee (who all, by the way, sit on the Republican
Majority for Choice board) cloak themselves in neutral views, but when a woman's
right to privacy is immediately threatened by a judge who has spent his life
exhibiting an open hostility to Roe and its progeny, they cast that cloak
off and show themselves for what they truly are– Republicans, loyal to their
party, squirming under the thumbs of their Party leader. – Georgia10
I support their efforts, but frankly, I have never had any use for NARAL.
After all, could any lobbying group have been more dense than to make the Democratic
Party nominees parade on stage at a 2004 pre-election party, making sure all
the Dems stepped in line with the pro-choice powerful? That sight on C-SPAN during
the 2004 primaries had me screaming at my TV. Who doesn't know the Democratic
Party stands for a woman's right to choose?
Would John F. Kennedy have marched in that NARAL parade? Rose Kennedy, who was a
papal countess, would have had a cow. The answer is no. But today, all Democrats
must walk in lock step to this group.
NARAL has been doing the Democratic Party significant harm for many years now,
ever since contraception took a leap into the modern era and medical science created
Plan B and other alternatives. But since Democrats seem to be willing to kowtow
to this self-promoting special interest group, why should anyone be surprised
that they'll stand by Senator Chafee?
We need their money and their grass roots campaigning, which is formidable,
it is said. Well, last time I looked it wasn't getting us elected.
NARAL cares about one thing, NARAL. They don't care about electing Democrats
or supporting our passions. All they care about is keeping their own interests
alive, and since the Democratic Party has afforded them so much power, if they
don't feel like mounting a campaign they won't, especially when it's a dicey
campaign, started late, that isn't assured of winning.
When is the Democratic Party going to understand that NARAL also needs us?
So far, they haven't been sent that message and our candidates' dependence on
this militant special interest group is putting us in a position where we have
no leverage. Jane and Georgia10 make this point plainly today.
That's why I never understood why the Democratic Party panders to these people,
especially as we walk into the 21st century. We're seeing today why it's not
paying off, yet again.
Bluntly stated, the American people do not believe Judge Alito will scuttle choice. Even in
the most extreme case, the worst that will happen is abortion and choice will
be reverted back to the state where the American people will battle it out.
You'd think that prospect alone, of mounting a multitude of state campaigns
against anti-choice forces, would bring NARAL to the side of the “Filibuster
Alito” crowd, but it hasn't.
The unwillingness of politicians to understand that voting no on Alito should also mean voting no on
cloture sends a message to America that NARAL cannot afford: there is no need to be worried
about choice. It will be protected… state by state by state. Maybe they
want this new battle set among the people. After all, what a fundraising campaign
it would be.
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