Wm Bennett: you could abort every black baby in this country

[bluedawg12]

Was this covered last week on DU? I was away.

But if not, it is of interest and reprehensible.

William J. Bennett, author of the Book of Virtues, self confessed gambling addict. Ring familiar? Goes together like Limpbags and oxy?

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=William_J._Bennett

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His moral positioning became even more questionable when he discussed abortion and crimes rates on his syndicated radio program "Morning in America," on September 28, 2005: <4>
(http://mediamatters.org/items/200509280006)


BENNETT: All right, well, I mean, I just don't know. I would not argue for the pro-life position based on this, because you don't know. I mean, it cuts both -- you know, one of the arguments in this book Freakonomics that they make is that the declining crime rate, you know, they deal with this hypothesis, that one of the reasons crime is down is that abortion is up. Well --

CALLER: Well, I don't think that statistic is accurate.

BENNETT: Well, I don't think it is either, I don't think it is either, because first of all, there is just too much that you don't know. But I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could -- if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down. That would be an impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rate would go down. So these far-out, these far-reaching, extensive extrapolations are, I think, tricky< snip

[DemBones DemBones]

1. Yes, it's been covered. What I don't know

is whether anyone has pointed out that aborting all MALE babies would be an even more effective way of reducing crime.

Lest I seem like a female chauvinist, let me add that I like men -- in general, I like them better than women -- but it's a fact that having a Y chromosome is highly correlated with criminal behavior. However, eliminating boys and men is a lousy way to reduce crime.

[bluedawg12]

2. He meant reducing black babies- but it's "tricky"

after all.

Did you see this with Bennett's paw prints on it?

Amazing what you can infd on the net. and this was written in 1998!

http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqclintonletter.htm

snip >>January 26, 1998



The Honorable William J. Clinton
President of the United States
Washington, DC


Dear Mr. President:

We are writing you because we are convinced that current American policy toward Iraq is not succeeding, and that we may soon face a threat in the Middle East more serious than any we have known since the end of the Cold War. In your upcoming State of the Union Address, you have an opportunity to chart a clear and determined course for meeting this threat. We urge you to seize that opportunity, and to enunciate a new strategy that would secure the interests of the U.S. and our friends and allies around the world. That strategy should aim, above all, at the removal of Saddam Hussein’s regime from power. We stand ready to offer our full support in this difficult but necessary endeavor...

Such uncertainty will, by itself, have a seriously destabilizing effect on the entire Middle East. It hardly needs to be added that if Saddam does acquire the capability to deliver weapons of mass destruction, as he is almost certain to do if we continue along the present course, the safety of American troops in the region, of our friends and allies like Israel and the moderate Arab states, and a significant portion of the world’s supply of oil will all be put at hazard. As you have rightly declared, Mr. President, the security of the world in the first part of the 21st century will be determined largely by how we handle this threat.

Abrams Richard L. Armitage William J. Bennett

Jeffrey Bergner John Bolton Paula Dobriansky

Francis Fukuyama Robert Kagan Zalmay Khalilzad

William Kristol Richard Perle Peter W. Rodman

Donald Rumsfeld William Schneider, Jr. Vin Weber

Paul Wolfowitz R. James Woolsey Robert B. Zoellick << snip

[DemBones DemBones]

5. Yes, I've seen it. Early period PNAC. nt

[MercutioATC]

3. How about aborting ALL babies to ELIMINATE crime?

Sounds like a plan to me...

[bluedawg12]

4. How does this puke get away with this?

how can anyone even speak such trash?

even speculatively, on the air?

I wonder if Clintons failure to respond to the PNAC was their reason for the Ken Starrfarce?

[really annoyed]

6. Yes

This topic was gone over several times... And even more shocking, some people here at DU agreed with the idea he was spouting. :-(