How quickly they're ready to sell our rights up the river [View All]

[Heddi]

It seems like things around here are always cyclical, eh?

So now Sandra Day O'Connor is retiring. And prominent DU'ers (majority, far majority, male) have gleeful twinkles in their eyes at the mere idea that abortion rights will be overturned or strictly curtailed.

But, see, it'll be a WIN in the END because we'll get more MODERATES to our side, possibly, maybe, and even possibly perhaps a few REPUBLICANS, see, so really, girls, no need for you to worry your pretty little heads about not having access to such trivial things like appropriate health care, safe and regulated abortion services, unfettered access to contraceptives of your choice....by giving up just a few rights...and really they're quite insignificant...can't you see that you are HELPING the MAJORITY of PEOPLE in this COUNTRY by giving us something that we can supposedly FIGHT for, you know, because we sit behind our computers and type messages into a white box...we're activists, by god, even if only on a computer screen.

So see, gals, there's a silver lining to this O'Connor retiring thing. The silver lining is that FINALLY...FINALLY you will have little to no rights at all...and for the BETTERMENT of the COuntry! Doesn't that make you feel GOOD? You should be PROUD that white, heterosexual males are more than willing to sell YOUR rights up the river so that we can be faux activists and pretend to be all aghast and such.

You should feel PROUD that you, my dears, are the sacrifical lambs in this debate. I mean, *I* am a man, and *I* would never have an abortion....and if the Republicans say you shouldn't well...they're probably right. And, as we all know, We're a STRONGER Democratic party when we agree line by line with everything the Republicans say. Because, in the end, we may JUST gain one or two moderates and in the end, isn't that what it's all about---getting votes?

Who wants to be a party who actually *gasp* stands up for civil liberties? Who wants to be THAT party? Not me, for sure!