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4/8/2015
When quizzed on his about his views on abortion, Republican Kentucky Senator Rand Paul avoided the gotcha game and told NH1 reporter Paul Steinhauser to ask DNC head Debbie Wasserman Schultz if it was okay to “kill a 7-pound baby in the uterus.””Why don’t we ask the DNC: Is it okay to kill a 7 pound baby in the uterus?” Paul reportedly said. “You go back and you ask Debbie Wasserman Schultz if she’s okay with killing a seven pound baby that is not born yet. Ask her when life begins, and you ask Debbie when it’s okay to protect life. When you get an answer from Debbie, get back to me.”
I was just writing about the need to do this, after the press could not stop talking about Scott Walker’s non-answer on evolution.
Both parties, I noted, have unpopular, niche, even weird stuff in their agendas, because they both seek the support of fringe groups. And when I say “fringe,” I do not mean it, as it is typically meant, in a derogatory way; I mean simply that these are groups whose preferred politics are not reflected in the existing politics.
They are Out Groups. They have failed to convince the Insiders to make their preferences policies (so far).
They have political agendas that do not match up with the mainstream; that is, in fact, why their political agendas are political agendas and not political facts — why they have to ask for a policy, rather than already having their preferred policy in place…
The article continues at Ace of Spades HQ.
Related: DNC Head: Abortion Should Have ZERO Restrictions. ‘Period.’
In a press release, Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said that she did not support any government restrictions on abortion: “period.”…
