Bill Clinton's Straw Man Argument on Abortion

via Pewsitter.com (via Mom)...

Some Pro-life protesters apparently annoyed Bill Clinton at a Billary rally. I don't know what they did to get his attention (something tells me that it wasn't exactly civil discourse), but his response to them exposed how absolutely relentless the Clintons are in demonizing the pro-life movement.

To paraphrase, Clinton argues that if pro-lifers were really pro-life, they'd be seeking to put every mother and doctor who participated in an abortion in jail. He then says the only reason they don't seek this publicly is because it would alienate anyone who would support them. He follows up by saying that the Clintons have done more to save babies lives than anyone in the so-called pro-life movement.

I've heard this line of argument before from NARAL representatives, and it either displays a tremendous ignorance on the part of the pro-choice movement or a willingness to completely and flagrantly misrepresent an opposing view in order to pander to a political base. I can't think of a single conversation with anyone in the pro-life movement that advocated prosecuting people who were involved in abortions. We aren't seeking punitive justice; we're seeking the preservation of future lives.

Apparently, Bill Clinton can't imagine a world where criminals are granted mercy...or in which grandfather clauses grant clemency to those who were involved in abortion at a time when they were legal. Does anyone really think that pro-lifers would protest an abortion ban that included a grandfather clause?

What is most perplexing from a logical standpoint is that he argues: "You do not say X, but I think you should say X; therefore, I will treat you as if you say X while at the same time claiming you are a hypocrite for not saying it. I will tell everyone why you are wrong for saying the things that I say you are not saying even though I think it would be wrong for you to say them"

It requires quite a bit of double-think (if not triple think) to get one's head around that one.

I also find it absolutely hilarious (Hillarious?) that pro-choicers always take credit for the reduction in abortions without sharing any of it with the pro-life movement. It seems to me that the Clintons would do better to say, "I see your point of view, and we'd like to find a mutual common ground from which to work." Instead, Bill draws lines in the sand and denies his opposition any political will or effect.

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