Discussion: Trump To Appoint Anti-Abortion Leader Charmaine Yoest To Post At HHS

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#126

THANK YOU!

Every time one of Clinton’s intolerant and obsessive acolytes inserts one of these off-topic rants into a discussion, I feel despair for the Democratic party and progressive politics. Besides being clueless, such interjections are politically idiotic.

The amount of vitriol still being vented by some commenters on this site six months after the election towards anyone who doesn’t share their exact political orientation is frankly bizarre.

They are every bit as bad as the few Bernie dead-enders I’m acquainted with.

PS - I was a Bernie supporter who, like you, voted Clinton in November (most of us did!)

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#127

Not possible.
Ivanka has told us that her daddy respects and cares about women, and he is receptive to her input on women’s issues.

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#128

Trump continues to appoint the best and brightest…
Geesh!

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#129

Agreed. You know how you can tell FOR SURE that it’s more about punishing women, than reducing abortion?

  1. Because they focus their efforts on forcing women to carry unwanted pregnancies to term…

  2. And they actively de-fund programs (Planned Parenthood & Affordable Care Act) which offer contraception to prevent unwanted pregnancies in the first place. And, you know, this would be COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE if your goal was really to prevent abortions…

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#130

Trump is a raging narcissist and obviously very insecure. Look at his incessant relitigation of the election. He doesn’t care about people other than what they can do for him. His wives were & are “arm candy”. He said at one point in an article I read that he likes to have beautiful women around him because it gives him a one-up on other men who do not have beautiful wives or girlfriends. He is an immature jerk.

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#131

I just don’t like the sanctimonious “pro-life” label as if those of us who think women should have a choice without a ton of condemnation being heaped on them if they make the “wrong” choice are anti-life. As someone pointed out in the thread above,sexually active women “abort” fertilized eggs – “people” according to extremists, probably a number of times over the years that they menstruate. They certainly shed eggs (potential life) a number of times. I’ve always been bemused over the fixation the Christian right has on eggs, blastocysts and embryos but seem to lose interest when it is a fully developed baby or child that needs food, clothing and nurturing in a healthy family.

I also have a big problem with insisting a woman go through a pregnancy (not a picnic) so someone else can adopt the baby. That should only happen via mutual agreement.

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#132

I hope your good luck continues, Becca.

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#133

Kudos to your wife. She was a very brave lady and did great service for women who needed help.

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#134

“If men could get pregnant abortion would be a sacrament.” Florynce Kennedy.
'Nuff said.

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#135

Last year we were in a state of high anxiety about getting exactly what we are enjoying now. I liked many of Bernie’s ideas but the fact is he ran too long insisting he had a chance to win when he didn’t. That damaged Hillary.

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#136

Right, Putin voters?

#137

Blindingly obvious, actually.

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#138

I’ve said and written this many times. If you’re looking for the motivation that drives the pro-life movement, look no further than an abject fear that white America will be overtaken by black and brown America. It is racial tribalism that drives these people to demand an end to abortion and contraception. If the motivation were human life in general, they would not be opposing contraception, nor would they be championing American wars that kill tens of thousands of non-Caucasians.

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#139

@boisdevache Or…How many unwanted, unattractive children has she adopted?

#140

They all have a certain je ne sais quoit about their eyes…

#141

Trump: the years of ignorance.

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#142

Won’t it be funny if she gets aborted’ from this seat late in her term.

#143

Yes. I liked them both and would have voted for either although Hillary had my support. It’s the ‘purity’ test that is bothering me…not the ‘identlty politics’ that the media wants us to focus on.

#144

Yeaaaaah. Ok.

Well, I guess we all have our prejudices to bear.

#145

Bernie needs to score a win to show he’s still got game (he does not), so he’s going ever farther out of the realm of the left to achieve that. He doesn’t care about policy positions. He cares about personal power.

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