Reply #225: And during the 2008 Democrat primary debates

[plasticsundance]

Someone from the MSM will pose the question to Hillary Clinton along the lines:

Senator Clinton, you're on record stating the following:

"The fact is, the best way to reduce the number of abortions is to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies in the first place."

If that is your position Senator Clinton, you do realize that some in your party believe that minors should not have to ask for parental consent to have an abortion? Where do you stand on this issue? Since you're on record as saying education is the best way to prevent unwanted pregnancies, shouldn't the parents play a role in the education of their children, including counseling a child that might want to have an abortion?

The way she answers a question like this will be crucial for me in determining whether Hillary Clinton is a viable candidate. The problem as I see it, when one begins to reframe the issues in seeking a common ground, sooner or later, one trips themselves up with their own language. If she sounds the least bit evasive, she'll get clobbered in the MSM.

Incidentally, I'm a man and I'm very pro-choice. A woman's choice means a woman's choice. Period.

Abortion is not a simple issue, and couching the language as Clinton did in this particular article only further takes away from the complexity of the issues.

Consider that the Bush Administration is taking funding away from organizations working abroad that teach birth control to women in the developing world. Clinton should clobber the Republicans on this issue. Instead, she's preaching about "teen celibacy". Instead, she gives more fodder for those on the right.