HRC Equates Support for War with Freedom of Choice

[Leopolds Ghost]

According to pro-HRC Democratic strategist commentator on MSNBC "obviously, the one issue is nowhere near as important as the other at the present time, but I think it plays to Hillary's strength that she managed to link the two."

(She didn't specify which one was nowhere near as important, as that would be a no-win argument.)

A more divisive comparison I cannot imagine.

Especially for populist Dems who support the right to privacy, but believe strongly in a consistent ethic of Life. Which is the standpoint of many liberal Catholics.

Hillary's statement makes it sound like she doesn't support reducing the number of abortions OR the number of troops, regardless of the merits of either. Human lives are not important, they are not a moral issue to be weighed against, they are merely grist for getting elected, running down a "checklist" as Hardball put it.

Oh yeah, and the Republican AND Democratic commentator on Hardball agreed on something that demonstrate why Hillary is a tar-baby for the Democratic Party:

"People keep saying that she's a liberal New Yorker, but she's NOT! She's NOT liberal! Many liberal women in New York realize that she's not a liberal like they are and that is precisely why they support her, because she is more mainstream than they are, and thus electable."

Oh yeah, and the ugly phrase "many Democrat women" was used.

[ikojo]

1. She's barely a New Yorker...

She grew up in Park Ridge IL, a suburb of Chicago, and lived much of her adult life in Arkansas while her hubby was governor.

[Crowdance]

2. Have a link? n/t

[Leopolds Ghost]

3. This was on Hardball. They talked at length about her drawing on the comparison

in her announcement speech.

She's angling to resurrect the whole Security Moms thing.

Fearless soldiers who are unafraid to have freedom of choice after a hard day of oppressing other people.

After all, it is all about our own genetic survival. That's what this whole Soccer Mom/Security Mom idea boils down to. Play on fear, play on people's desire for their children to dominate other children in every field of competition. Social darwinism.

Neither abortion nor the war is a moral issue for these postmodern ex-liberals like Hillary to hash out. It is an abstract issue. She is a utilitarian who cares about the health of society, not of the individual.

I am positive that many DLC dems would side with the population of that nation in Ursula LeGuin's story about the child that was tortured in order to guarantee a blissful existence for the other 99% of the population.

That's the sort of mentality that leads to comparing freedom of choice with success on the battlefield.