I have two words for Democrats hoping to capture moral ground by lading soulfull helpings of religious rhetoric into their speeches.
Why bother?
Marie Cocco is correct that in her speech given on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Hillary Clinton didn’t really stray from a position that abortions should be “safe, legal and rare,” and Cocco did a fine job reviewing the assault on programmes that prevent unwanted pregnancies and have proven successfull in reducing incidents of abortions.
But as they adopt and defend this obvious, contrived attempt to deliver fence-sitting conservative votes for Democrats, they are running from the concessions they would have to make if they expect this strategy to be a campaign winner.
Unless Democrats are willing to make a pivotal sacrifice, such as opposing abortions done for the convenience of the mother, they will only be ridiculed as crass exploiters of Biblical reference by those who have much more experience doing the same.
And whose brilliant idea was it to reference the poor? Suburbanites placed the blame for their plight on Democrats long ago and there are yards of material in the queue readied to reinforce the belief.