She Has GOT to be Kidding!!!

I saw Joy Behar, the extremely liberal co-host of "The View", on Larry King the other night. Here's the comment she made about Sarah Palin:

"She's very mean to animals, this woman." (Click sentence for link).

Cough, cough, choke, gag. WHAT?

Well, by all means, we certainly cannot elect a VP who is "mean to animals"! That's the first qualifier of a national leader: "Must treat all animals kindly . . . unless they are homo sapiens of course."

I certainly don't condone harming animals (beyond God's original intentions to supply food and resources), but I just don't get it: How can a liberal be so blind as to not see the hypocrisy in that statement???

"Don't be mean to animals, now Sarah. Don't kill moose so your family can eat, and don't kill polar bears so that the American people can have oil. We must protect and love and cherish the animals. But by all means, Sarah, don't make the fool decision to have a special needs child. It isn't cruel to inflict pain and suffering on your own flesh and blood by burning and butchering him. After all, sometimes these things are necessary. "

IT'S RIDICULOUS!

Furthermore, the way those ladies treated Senator John McCain with extreme contempt and disrespect was atrocious. Whether you agree with a candidate or not, they deserve better than that. I am cancelling my subscription :) I don't know how Elizabeth takes it every day. She has my admiration and my sympathy (and she's going to start getting some of my prayers, too!)

Back to the Alley?

For those of you who are worried that a McCain presidency (and possible subsequent overturning of Roe v. Wade) would result in a return to "back alley" and "clothes hanger" abortions, let me give you some facts:

In 1960, Planned Parenthood stated, "90% of all abortions are presently done by physicians." The majority of abortions were done by physicians in their offices, not in back alleys. If licensed physicians were willing to do abortions before, it stands to reason some doctors will continue to do them, whether abortion is "legal" or not.

Furthermore, a turning over of Roe v. Wade would mean that abortion legislation would fall to the states. One would assume that the more conservative states may outlaw it, while the more liberal ones would not.

By making these statements, I am NOT advocating abortion. (On the contrary, I am very pro-life, and will address this topic fully later on.) What I am pointing out, however, is that if the issue of abortion is a major hurdle for you in the upcoming election, it probably doesn't need to be. And if you are truly concerned about women, then I know you are also concerned about the potential physical and psychological effects of abortion, legal or illegal. I think one thing we can all agree on is that fewer abortions would be a good thing. I don't think anyone is jumping up and down to get one. Empowering a woman to feel she truly has other options would be positive for women and for America. But the bottom line: for women who still choose abortion, few will be resorting to a clothes hanger!