RE: Ron Paul ignored.
December 2, 2011 at 11:24 am
(This post was last modified: December 2, 2011 at 11:37 am by The Grand Nudger.)
I suppose all of this is what makes it a hot button in political campaigns (and a big red line for deciding who one might vote for). I'm vehemently against abortions personally, but I don't think I have a strong enough argument to extend it to law. Based more off a decision to side with human life, potential or realized in every case. An emotional decision, not really a reasoned one. So I guess I'd end up discounting a candidate for office who agreed with my position on the grounds that I don't think we have any business forcing the female to carry the child to term (and my insistence on practical, consistent and equal application of law), regardless of how the candidate and I feel about it. If we criminalized abortion in every case except rape, wouldn't people just put a checkmark in the "rape" box and get an abortion anyway, or go back to the good ole coat-hangar? It would seem that this sort of position not only erodes the right of the woman to choose what happens with her own body, but it fails to address any issue. It creates an even nastier issue in the process. Guess that means that Ron Paul is out of the running for me, personally.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
