Friday, January 23, 2015

Weasels in Washington

Republicans in Congress are either incompetent or liars. The Republican House passed a bill in 2013 banning abortions after the 5th month of pregnancy because after that time babies in utero can feel pain. The only other nations that currently allow abortions after this time are North Korea and China - lovely company. The bill was killed in the Senate by Harry Reid. 

 Enter 2015 and the Republican House once again tees up the bill. But wait - Rep. Renee Elmers (NC - Rep.) works behind the scenes to get it killed and succeeds. She had run as a pro-life candidate but claimed the bill was unpopular with Millennials. When polling data showed this wasn't true she began tap dancing and mumbling, as did Boehner and other Republican leaders. 

 The more things change, the more they stay the same. Would Obama have vetoed the bill? Of course - North Korea and China are paragons of civil rights virtue for him. Erick Erickson writing in Townhall if anything understates the prospects for this Congress:

 "Mollie Hemingway, a writer at The Federalist, noted everyone should be worried by the House Republicans' action. The measure has overwhelming popular support; the GOP campaigned on the issue; Renee Ellmers herself voted for the identical legislation in 2013; but the GOP could not pull it off. That level of incompetence bodes poorly for legislation that does not have popular support."

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