This isn't the way to win

Those of you who have known me a long time know I liked Howard Dean when he ran for president and would have voted for him in the Ohio Primary had he stayed in the race and probably would have voted for him as president. I ended up voting third party, but with that written, this bothers me:

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, speaking on South Dakota approval of a ban on abortion:

"Once again, Republican politicians, this time in South Dakota, are injecting themselves into deeply personal and private health care decisions that Americans believe women and families have the right to make for themselves. We can all agree that abortion should be rare, but it should also be safe and legal. This difficult personal health care decision should be made by a woman, in consultation with her physician, and not by politicians."

It's not true...the leading politician on this South Dakota ban is a Democrat. Nor is this the first time Democrats from South Dakota have been supportive of legistlation that would limit or ban abortion. It is intellectually dishonest to continue to assume that we are all one issue voters that agree on the party majority line when it comes to abortion. There are pro-choice Republicans and there are pro-life Democrats. The solution isn't as I've read on some of the blogs to demand the DNC do something about these Democrat's who are pro-life. The solution is to once and for all realize that abortion shouldn't be made a political football for both parties to play with at our expense and that both sides should focus more on preventing unwanted pregnancies in the first place and in making sure the children that are born have access to health care, proper nutrition and a good education. Both parties should focus on what they can to do make our economy better, our government more efficient and cost effective. People with good stable jobs are going to be people who are not going to be forced with the decision of can they afford birth control, can they afford to have this child. Twenty-one percent of women said inadequate finances were the chief reason for their abortion, if this one issue alone could be addressed, that could create a huge reduction in the number of abortions performed each year. Isn't it time for some real answers to these issues that will create a real benefit rather than this continual finger pointing game?

trackbacked at:

Committees of Correspondence who's link for today is here and Pirates! Man your Woman! who's link for today is here