Comments on: Pro-Choice Organizations Endorse Lieberman

By: kate

kate — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 03:55:58 +0000

By the way, I went to NARAL’s site and they do have a ‘contact us’ form to fill out and send, for what its worth.

Planned Parenthood has no such immediate contact page on its website, but administrative numbers for many of their main offices nationwide. I guess you’ll have to pen a letter or call to make your opinions heard, which I think is important.

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:55:51 +0000

They’re thinkin, how’m I gonna get in good with establishment democrats?

By: kate

kate — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:00:41 +0000

This reminds me of the same blind party politics I used to see go on on the local level when I was an activist on women’s issues. This blindness to their root constituency’s interests in the name of political survival is disgusting.

I’ve seen it often, hitching a ride on the back of the rhino with no plan to ditch when said beast decides to take a roll on its back.

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:20:08 +0000

Kos must have scared the shit out of these guys, is all I can figure.

By: raging red

raging red — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:34:51 +0000

If organizations like this are going to put their support behind a candidate just because he’s an incumbent who might have the best chance of winning or because they want to avoid a three-way race, then what is the point of making an endorsement really? Does anyone believe in having principles anymore? It’s not a football match. I think Katha Pollitt is correct: “I was thinking about how timid and deferential and also Beltway-oriented so much of organized feminism is now. It seems to revolve around electoral politics…”

By: Armagh444

Armagh444 — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:35:05 +0000

If I had to throw a guess out there, it would be that the whole point of support is to try to avoid a three-way race with Lieberman running as an independent. The worry is probably that, if it does come down to a three-way race, the GOP candidate’s chances of winning incease substantially. And, I imagine that’s the result PP and NARAL most want to avoid.

Not a rationale I agree with, but I can see the logic driving it.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:58:35 +0000

I wonder if they will continue to support him if he loses the primary and runs as an independent. It’s a bad move to support him now, but it will be an even worse one to support him then. It worries me to be living in Connecticut right now, but it does makes me feel like my vote is ever more relevant.

By: Matt Browner-Hamlin

Matt Browner-Hamlin — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:45:30 +0000

I swear, this race is making the whole political establishment stupid. Pro-choice groups backing a pro-life candidate in a primary. Elected Democrats saying they will support a candidate who loses a primary and runs on his own ticket in November.

What the hell happened to just supporting people who will work for what you believe in a proactive way or honoring the voters’ decision in elections?

By: R. Mildred

R. Mildred — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:58:54 +0000

What’s PP and NARAL’s nubmers and addresses, for the complaints?