Tuesday, January 25, 2005

OK, so she’s trying to moderate her stance to appeal to pro-lifers in preparation for her ‘08 Presidential campaign. But she better be aware that true pro-lifers and the Right will be watching her inconsistencies very carefully.

What Robert the Llama Butcher said goes for me too.

… Clinton’s use of this language here is flawed. I think it’s a trap. Mrs. Clinton knows perfectly well that there is no “common ground” agreement of this sort between pro-life and pro-choice partisans with respect to abortion itself. By tossing out such a sugar-coated rhetorical plea in a manner that blurs the philosophical distinction between pregnancy prevention and termination, I believe she is trying to bait pro-lifers into overreacting and painting themselves as cold, harsh and unreasonable, all the while pumping up her own seeming moderation and protecting her pro-choice creds.

Like Robert, I’m wary of Senator Clinton - she’s crafty.