If you thought the nation's 8.3 percent
unemployment rate and $1.3 trillion budget deficit were the top two
issues of the 2012 election, then congratulations, you share the same
priorities as the vast majority of Americans. Also, that means you are
probably not one of the Democrats in Charlotte, N.C., who have been
drafting the Democratic Party's 2012 national platform.
The platform mentions abortion more times (four) than unemployment (three). It mentions "gay"/"LGBT" more times (six) than debt (five). It also mentions four times that President Obama killed Osama bin Laden.
For all the attention the Republican Party platform's abortion plank received last week (the GOP is against it), the liberal mainstream media has completely ignored what the Democratic platform says on the matter. MSNBC even claimed the platform "simply voices support for the legal protections established by Roe v. Wade."
This is not true at all. The Democratic platform endorses "a woman's right to make decisions regarding her pregnancy, including a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to pay." That last phrase, "regardless of ability to pay," was not inserted by accident. This platform calls for taxpayer-funded abortions, a policy that almost three-fourths of Americans oppose. It is a fringe position. So where are all those "mainstream" reporters who made such noise last week?
Read more: http://washingtonexaminer.com/democratic-platform-puts-culture-wars-ahead-of-fixing-the-economy/article/2506947#.UEdzc1TjYy4
The platform mentions abortion more times (four) than unemployment (three). It mentions "gay"/"LGBT" more times (six) than debt (five). It also mentions four times that President Obama killed Osama bin Laden.
For all the attention the Republican Party platform's abortion plank received last week (the GOP is against it), the liberal mainstream media has completely ignored what the Democratic platform says on the matter. MSNBC even claimed the platform "simply voices support for the legal protections established by Roe v. Wade."
This is not true at all. The Democratic platform endorses "a woman's right to make decisions regarding her pregnancy, including a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to pay." That last phrase, "regardless of ability to pay," was not inserted by accident. This platform calls for taxpayer-funded abortions, a policy that almost three-fourths of Americans oppose. It is a fringe position. So where are all those "mainstream" reporters who made such noise last week?
Read more: http://washingtonexaminer.com/democratic-platform-puts-culture-wars-ahead-of-fixing-the-economy/article/2506947#.UEdzc1TjYy4
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