The Abortion Trap

In Opinion Journal, James Taranto comments on a "private" meeting that several democratic 527s and party loyalist had at AFL-CIO headquarters with John Kerry. James Taranto from Opinion Journal got the scoop on a "private" meeting of democratic loyalists, here is what he said:

The week after Thanksgiving, dozens of Democratic Party loyalists gathered at AFL-CIO headquarters for a closed-door confab on the election. John Kerry dropped by to thank members of the liberal 527 coalition America Votes. When Ellen Malcolm, president of the pro-choice political network EMILY's List, asked about the future direction of the party, Kerry tackled one of the Democrats' core tenets: abortion rights. He told the group they needed new ways to make people understand they didn't like abortion. Democrats also needed to welcome more pro-life candidates into the party, he said. "There was a gasp in the room," says Nancy Keenan, the new president of NARAL Pro-Choice America.

A gasp in the room! I wonder if there was a gasp to John Kerry saying that we must make it clear that dems don't like abortion, or if it was due to the welcoming of pro-life candidates? "Should we have a show of hands, who here likes abortion?" I bet Malcolm and Keenan were thinking, "What the heck. I didn't just give you millions of dollars for this. Where's Margaret Cho?" Taranto comments that the democrats are in a position of having no control over the political nature of life issues. They will continue to be on the losing side until Roe v. Wade is overturned. NARAL and Planned Parenthood have echoed this also, noting that they must continue to find new language to support abortion, instead of the usual women will die without abortion argument. Whoopi Goldberg carrying around a hanger just isn't cutting it anymore. It is also quite interesting to hear this from John Kerry. I wonder deep inside if he is thinking he should have gone with his heart. Remember he is "personally opposed to abortion." Although he knows he would have never been nominated if he wasn't pro-choice, and would have been out of millions of dollars towards his campaign. I would be willing to bet Republicans will nominate an African-American for president, before the democrats nominate a pro-life president or VP.