Pro-Life and Family Values

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/02/palin_slashed_funding_to_help.html

As governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin used her veto power to slash funding for teenage moms, women and children living in poverty, and families in need of assistance. I respect her pro-life position, to a great extent, I share it (though I'd make wider exceptions for the well-being of the woman involved) -- but I cannot conscience calling these types of programmatic cuts "pro-life" or "family values."

Howard Wolfson brings me to tears

Can't sit down long enough to construct an elegant post on this, or even type it into html text! But this op-ed by Howard Wolfson in the Washington Post explains so much to me about the Clinton campaign - all during the campaign I thought, "gosh are they deaf to Obama's message?" turns out they were, for understandable and interesting reasons. Anyway, can't post now (its a holiday, and we're hanging out family style....) but read this op-ed:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/31/AR2008083101620.html


PS Thanks for the comments everyone!!! Its nice to not write in a vacuum.