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Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing


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Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing


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January 22nd, 2008 marks the 25th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. I'll be Joining NARAL and others across the blogosphere in Blog for Choice Day.

I like Marshall. He's a likeable person in every way. However . . .

Cross-posted at The Stinging Nettle.

Dear Mr. Nader:

I remember you told us there was no difference between Gore and Bush, between Republicrats and Democans. Remember that? You fooled 97,000 Floridians into voting for you because you convinced them their vote would have no effect anyway. Remember that? And then Gore won Florida, but not convincingly enough to avoid having it taken away?

Remember that? And then you still said it wouldn't make any difference.

Guess what?

You're wrong.

Our friends in conservo-land celebrate this ruling as some kind of victory.

Crossposted from Town Called Dobson & My Left Wing


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I've been reading *Crashing the Gate*, and it really drives home the point that because of divisiveness over every splinter group's special interests, the Democratic Party hasn't accomplished a whole lot since the 70s, the Republican right has torn down much of what we did accomplish, and we have the worst president ever. They give an example of one good progressive Democrat who was defeated because he happened to be anti-abortion, while his far right Republican opponent was pro-choice. If NARAL had put its special interest aside to get this seat, they would have been in no danger of an anti-abortion vote, but the party would have been stronger for it.

That's the trouble we're in because of our narrow special interests, and we only have to look to the Republicans to see how we should be shelving those interests and focusing on gaining effective political power. Power first; special interests will have something done about their specific issues later.

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