michellemalkin.com - 8/14/2008
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... . McCain's statement in an interview that he'd consider a pro-choice running mate such as former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge (R) prompts Michelle Malkin to urge her pro-life readers to let McCain know what they think. And though ...
A pro-choice running mate for McCain?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... is pro-gay rights, pro, you know, a number of other issues.” McCain has this exactly backwards. Abortion is the sine qua non of the social conservative agenda, not gay rights, for a simple reason: abortion kills human life. In comparison, gay-rights issues stirs passions, but not the kind of line in the sand abortion represents. Being tough on gays hardly represents a consolation prize to pro-life Republicans, many of whom think the gay issue is already overblown as it is. Michelle notes the essential problem McCain creates with this odd formula: Pro-open borders. ...
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