April 27, 2006
Tony Snow : All about Democracy as long as the people agree with him
The worst thing about Roe v. Wade? According to Tony Snow, the new White House Spokespuppy, it's the denial of democracy by the courts
Most importantly, Americans understand that the Supreme Court denied this country the benefit of democratic resolution of the issue. This explains why South Dakota is not alone. A similar measure has cropped up in the Mississippi Legislature, and a host of other states are contemplating doing the same.
Why bring this up now? Tonight I read a great piece up on The Rude Pundit (courtesy of a link sent by Mayor McSleaze) that pretty nicely summed up all of Snow's thoughts and ideas over a significant period of time. In it was a section specifically about an article Snow wrote after South Dakota (coming soon to Texas, no doubt) criminalized abortion.
And, Tony, you know that if those girls aren't virgins just what to do should they get pregnant. Writing about how cool it was that South Dakota completely outlawed abortion, you said it was awesome that the state had rejected "the popular rape-and-incest exception." Explaining this seemingly cruel, vicious, and punitive action, you justified, "If one argues that a woman would suffer trauma by bringing such babies to term, what would prevent other women from citing trauma as an equally cogent reason for their abortions? Trauma introduces an obligation to pay special heed to the victims of rape or incest." And we wouldn't wanna do that. Bitch gets raped by Daddy, bitch is becomin' mom and grandma at once, right, Tony? (Yes, you do offer the humane hand-out of "counseling," which is not unlike offering a mint to someone who got run over by a car.)
The majority of this country supports a woman's right to choose. As we saw with the Terri Schiavo fiasco , they also support a right to die (even if the SC hasn't backed them up). Of course, Tony Snow won't acknowledge this... he'd rather deny reality and blame abortion on those 'horrible courts' and talk about how they have denied the voice of people. It's clear to everyone that the only people who'd like to deny the voice of the people are Tony Snow and his ilk.
Of course, all of this is largely moot since the courts and (ideally) the legislature have an obligation to protect the rights of the minority (women) against the tyranny of the majority (men). I read that somewhere... I bet you did as well. Of course, you could use that as argument to ban abortion (you're protecting the minority, the unborn, against the majority, the moms). The problem with that is, until that fetus can survive on it's own outside of the mother, the mom is in the drivers seat and it's a medical decision exclusively decided by the mother. While Tony may not like that, again... it's REALITY.
Posted by mcblogger at April 27, 2006 06:22 AM
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As a defender of the laetrile of the 21st Century "Intelligent Design" (see http://tinyurl.com/s2ln8) Tony Snow has a lot of experience in denying reality. Which I guess makes him an excellent sock puppet for Busholini.
Posted by: Dave In A Cave at April 27, 2006 12:27 PM
I'm with Dave... I think he'll be an excellent spokepuppy. And he has great hair!
Posted by: The Trey at April 27, 2006 05:06 PM
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