Apparently, there’s no love between bruthah’s as Alan Keyes pulls a Junior Godwin, trying to thrash Barack Obama’s stance on a recent late-term abortion bill.
Now, I can appreciate the power of a good emotional appeal, but this is just silly. Aside from a most excellent Toby Maguire, I’m just not seeing a direct connection between abortion and slaves. Maybe… maybe the souls of those poor fetuses get enslaved in hell?!? Sent to the Eternal Torture Racks?
Or maybe Alan Keyes ain’t got a leg to stand on? C’mon, dude, I know you’re deucing for Jack Ryan, but that doesn’t mean you can just turd this campaign out. Put some effort into it. None of this “Preaching to the Choir” stuff… the only people that’re gonna pay a-fuckin’-tention are the people that woulda voted party-line, anyway!
Ironically, slavery was an act of depriving folks of an ability to choose. Obama, who did, indeed, oppose the late-term abortion bill, said his reasoning was because it provided no provisions in the event of the mother’s life being at risk. Reasonable enough to me, bucko… certainly a far cry from chains 'n shackles.
Keyes, for sullying both the name of the Master Chief’s captain as well as pulling stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid shit, I grant you the “Dumbfuck Weak-ass Senate Campaigner o’ de Year” award, ya jingo-shakin’ loudmouth prunejizz.
… Most excellent Toby Maguire movie, of course, that dealt with both abortion and… oh, nevermind, I’m just gonna go back to the whole not-typing thing…
I think the analogy he’s trying to draw is that, just like slave holders argued that their slaves didn’t have any rights and that the slave owners should have power over the lives and deaths of their slaves, the people who were opposed to the partial birth bill argued that fetuses didn’t have any rights and that the fetus’s mothers should have power over the lives and deaths of the fetus.
Whether that’s a good analogy or not is up for debate.
I believe Keyes is referring to the phrase “all men are created equal.” The implication is that we do not grant embryos equal rights, just as the Negro slaves were not granted equal rights, lo, these many years ago. Hence, Obama is a fetus-hatin’ Uncle Tom who is morally equivalent to slaveholders in his refusal to link arms with his unborn brothers and sing “We Shall Overcome.”
Quite true – we don’t grant embryos equal rights. Nor should we, in my opinion. Just call me Smon Legree.
If that is the case, I hope the fees for an abortion are paid up front, after all, you don’t want no woman killing her fetus until after it is paid for. Talk about a non sequitur
Actually, Keyes is going to give Obama a run for his money. He’s as right wing as they come, but make no mistake, he’s not stupid. He won’t win, but it’s gonna be fun to watch.
The comment was goffball, meant, i think, to reach out to the pubbie base. I think you’ll see the tone change once he’s gone full media press. Or not, but like i said, fun to watch.
Apropos of exactly nothing, my browser renders this thread, when it’s the top one in the Pit and I’m on the main page, as “Tell me, tell me, Alan…” and I thought it was going to be a Greenspan thing.
I saw that on the local news. I liked Obama’s response, which was slow and measured. You could see the wheels turning in how best to respond. He’s going to make a GREAT, very diplomatic Senator. I don’t know what else he might have said. This is just the sound bite that appeared on the news.
Yes, he did say “look even to members…” I played it back several times on my Tivo. Must be a lawyer-speak thing.
I can’t wait to proudly cast my vote for Mr. Obama.
