Claire McCaskill is a disgrace to the citizens of Missouri.

Her recent performance on ABC’s This Week is one from which she’ll never recover.

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Congressional Quarterly takes issue with the counter-message chosen by Senator McCaskill, but the bottom line is that McCain/Palin are committed to taking away the rights of women to safely choose when and with whom to have children by undoing the fundamental protections to do so guaranteed by Roe v. Wade. We are dangerously close to an anti-choice majority on the Supreme Court, and you will quickly see it come to pass under a McCain/Palin administration. In the last three years, we have seen at least two efforts in the Missouri General Assembly to criminalize abortion in Missouri. If Roe v. Wade is overturned, it would clear the way for women in Missouri to be stripped of the right to choose in all cases.

“…but the bottom line is…” Penelope waves a white handkerchief, clueless & unable/unwilling to respond to the issue.

Again, let’s read what CQPolitics quotes Claire as saying:

“…McCaskill said, “they’re going to find out that this is a ticket that wants to put women in prison for having an abortion after they have been raped.”

Claire McCaskill — a disgrace to the citizenry of Missouri.

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Penelope:

“…taking away the rights of women…” you don’t have the right to an abortion. You have a court order.

A court order is as easily taken away as it is granted. In the 35 years since Roe no one has tried to codify this so called ‘right’ into law.

Should Roe be overturned, and it should as it is bad law, then do we all know what would happen? The states laws… those overturned by Roe would be back in force. bobody goes to jail especially nobody at the federal level which to this day has not law banning abortion.

McCain/Palin knows this, I know this, now you know it too. Claire, as an attorney should have known it before shooting her mouth off.

So which is she (Claire) folks: horrible lawyer or worthless political hack?

tsquare, I don’t think that I’ve ever seen somebody contradict themselves so quickly while trying to make an argument.

So which are you? Terrible at arguing or a worthless political hack?

The Supreme Court is to court orders what the Department of Justice is the parking tickets. Roe v. Wade has been keeping the anti-choice contingent at bay in Missouri and elsewhere for years. It has guaranteed women that no individual state could outlaw early (first trimester, pre-viability) abortion. That is why there has been no federal law banning the procedure. The Supreme Court ruled it was a state issue but that states could only go so far in limiting access, especially in the early term. Repealing Roe v. Wade is exactly what the extremists in Missouri are hoping for because it would clear the way for them to close the only two or three remaining clinics in the state. At least twice during the Blunt administration there have been bills introduced that would have made both the act of having and the act of causing abortion a class B felony. Make no mistake. We do know what would happen here.

So which is she (Claire) folks: horrible lawyer or worthless political hack?
~tsquare

Claire is capable of being both, yes?

Sorry BobZ, Claire was a terrific prosecutor in Jackson County.

I’m lukewarm with her on politics, side with her on some issues, don’t side with her on others. Super nice person I’ve always enjoyed being around. Can’t say the same about other politicians, in either party.

So McCaskill lied in her role as an Obama supporter. She’s just emulating her leader. No big surprise there.

McCaskill - “You can put lipstick on a pig, but….”
To quote Senator Obama