If the war is over, they don’t want it
by digby
I’m awfully glad that the culture war is over, aren’t you? Unfortunately, somebody seems to have forgotten to tell the social conservatives.
We had the first clue when polls showed that the Tea party was far more socially conservative than the rest of the country. And then, as soon as the election was over, the Tea Party sent a list of demands. The first was the defunding of Obamacare (they acknowledged that repeal is impossible under Obama.) The second was “spending reductions” and a demand that “if the debt ceiling must be lifted, this must be the last time.”
Those two are fairly vague requests. The third one is explicit:
Third, we must dismantle the liberal-political complex. Liberal groups such as Acorn and Planned Parenthood receive millions of dollars in federal monies every year. This must stop. Most of the members of this movement would probably describe themselves as pro-life. Regardless, abortion is a multibillion-dollar business. Why is the government paying Planned Parenthood anything, much less almost $1 billion from 2002-2009?
(They just throw ACORN in there to signal some lizard brain reaction, I guess.)The tea partiers made themselves very clear and the Republicans are listening. This attack on the “liberal-industrial complex” is happening as we speak:
On the eve of the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the anti-choice crowd in the House of Representatives has introduced H.R. 3, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, a monstrosity that would set back women’s reproductive rights further than any single act since the Supreme Court made its famous ruling. Already beset by a series of legislatively imposed retreats over the past few decades, women’s right to obtain an abortion would be further curtailed by this latest proposal, introduced by the most anti-choice member of Congress, Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), and co-sponsored by 161 House members. Speaker John Boehner is making it a priority. One progressive activist lamented that the GOP leadership would not only “Blitzkrieg” the proposal through the House, but also use it to divide the Democratic coalition. The composition of the House membership means the bill will most certainly pass. And unlike the repeal of the health insurance reform package passed by the House this week, H.R.3 could very well pass the Senate, too, short of a filibuster. That means the only thing between it and enactment is President Obama’s veto pen.
And then there’s the new Sodomized Virgin Exception.
But I think this proves that if there’s one tie that binds the right, it’s abortion. Even the opportunistic hedonist Andrew Breitbart’s minions are devoting their dubious talents to the cause:
Today, anti-abortion rights propagandist Lila Rose released her latest in a series of heavily edited videos seeking to demonstrate that Planned Parenthood engages in criminal activities. Rose’s organization, Live Action, claims their video exposes what they call “Planned Parenthood’s cover-up of child sex trafficking.” Except that isn’t what the video shows at all. Rather, the Live Action video shows edited comments made by a single Planned Parenthood employee. Live Action has so far refused to publicly release the full video of the incident, instead posting what the organization itself admits is an “abridged 11-minute video.” (Live Action claims they are “sending full footage” to law enforcement officials.) Is Live Action accurately portraying the Planned Parenthood employee’s statements and actions? It’s impossible to say for sure without the full video, but there is good reason for media to be skeptical. Lila Rose, after all, began infiltrating abortion clinics in collaboration with James O’Keefe — a convicted criminal who repeatedly lied about his heavily edited ACORN videos. Rose herself has a history of smearing the subjects of her videos. But even if Live Action’s video doesn’t take the employee out of context, the incident obviously doesn’t show Planned Parenthood covering up child sex trafficking. That’s because Planned Parenthood has already reported the “potential sex trafficking” to law enforcement officials.
I wrote about that here. In that same post, I noted this:
Here at RedState, we too have drawn a line. We will not endorse any candidate who will not reject the judicial usurpation of Roe v. Wade and affirm that the unborn are no less entitled to a right to live simply because of their size or their physical location. Those who wish to write on the front page of RedState must make the same pledge. The reason for this is simple: once before, our nation was forced to repudiate the Supreme Court with mass bloodshed. We remain steadfast in our belief that this will not be necessary again, but only if those committed to justice do not waiver or compromise, and send a clear and unmistakable signal to their elected officials of what must be necessary to earn our support.
This has all happened just since the election.
Indeed, I think you can expect more of this:
Here’s self proclaimed Tea Party candidate Missy Smith’s ad from last cycle:
She has a nice little primer on how to exploit the law in order to show these odious ads on TV (which even You Tube wouldn’t allow.)
How to Run for Office – And Run TV Ads Showing Murdered Babies
You must run for Federal Office to be able to run unedited, uncensored ads showing
babies murdered by abortion at the Lowest Unit Rate. PLEASE NOTE: You cannot enjoy these rules and laws if you run for a state or county or city office in your area. These rules ONLY apply to FEDERAL candidates. I.e., U.S. Senate, U.S. House, or U.S. President.
If this is what a cease fire looks like I’d hate to think what comes next.
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