Jimmy Carter who has been lionized in the Democrat Party – strangely, in light of his disastrous presidency – will now be dispatched to the slag heap of Democrat Party history.
First, he displayed temerity and politely engaged Laura Ingraham on her conservative radio show. (Jimmy Carter visits with Laura) Second, and very serious, he endorsed the Republican Party platform on abortion “rights.”
Democrats from Bill Clinton, who opines that “Abortion should not only be safe and legal, it should be rare,” to Harry Reid and Bart Stupak who oppose all abortions before they vote to fund them, will be outraged. Polling consistently shows that a majority of Americans believe in some restrictions on abortion and 70%, including nearly that many women, oppose late-term or “partial birth” abortions.
But, when the issue must be confronted with actual votes in Congress or solicitations for campaign funds, Democrats choose abortion first, last and under all circumstances. With their acolytes in the mainstream media unwilling to expose their hypocrisy, all they have to fear is the alternative media, and Jimmy Carter . . .