question, please. did cnn cover ANY pro-choice events yesterday? I was

niyad

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Wed Jan-23-08 01:55 PM
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question, please. did cnn cover ANY pro-choice events yesterday? I was

only able to check sporadically, but when I did, all I saw was the nutso anti-choice types.

just wondering, since some report I caught the day before referred to an "unborn child" rather than a fetus.

thanks in advance.

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Wed Jan-23-08 01:58 PM
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1. No, because pro-choicers usually play by the 'let them have their day' rules, unlike...

Edited on Wed Jan-23-08 01:58 PM by MookieWilson

the pro-lifers that reserve a chunk of Penn. Ave. on our day.

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southernleftylady

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:01 PM
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2. oh all those murderers together praising satan? nope I missed that lol

Edited on Wed Jan-23-08 02:02 PM by southernleftylady

Can you imagine what the "pro life" people would say if they saw a big demostration on tv?I did see the CSPAN with a women from right to life and a woman from now i think.. but they let the lady from right to life talk alot more imo than the pro choice woman

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:03 PM
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4. I saw that. She was full of it, spouting disinfo the whole time.

The callers were even worse, though. A bunch of misinformed control freaks. And they were overwhelmingly against Roe.

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southernleftylady

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:04 PM
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5. Oh I couldn't stand it! and those callers AUGH... I had to change the channel finally nt

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EFerrari

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:21 PM
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8. I couldn't believe it. It was like I was in a different country.

:mad:

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southernleftylady

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:23 PM
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9. Welcome to my world! This is the people I deal with daily! nt

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EFerrari

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:25 PM
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10. I don't know how you do it.

They would have lynched me by now.

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southernleftylady

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:35 PM
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Well I was a lesbian in high school since i had my pro choice pins on my purse

and my hubby warns me about my anti bush stickers on my car.. shoot i was 7 months preggo the last election and I was out in bush country holding my kerry sign and big ol' tough guys driving in trucks came by and was threating me...
now what is that about?
that is the only time my hubby got upset with me and my political stuff... and i said isn't it a shame that I have to be scared to voice my thoughts ???
oh well...

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EFerrari

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:39 PM
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15. I think liberal women all over need to start wearing pins every single

day in support of Roe.

I mean it. After listening to those callers, we need some major push back. Already they've restricted access to abortion -- particularly in rural areas. Those women are screwn.

The only thing I've ever done on this issue is donate and once, I debated in college in a public forum but that was years ago.

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southernleftylady

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:43 PM
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17. I did a speech in school at it was about child abuse with a pro choice spin to it..

people walked out on it... and my teacher gave me a C.. i was so mad it was PERFECT every thing was perfect so I confronted the teacher to show me her notes to show me how I got a C and not an A... she said that it was the topic that she didn't like and i just tore into her lol... needless to say I received a 100 after our talk :)

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EFerrari

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:48 PM
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19. Wait till someone in HER family needs access.

Good for you!

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southernleftylady

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:53 PM
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20. I was 17 then... and I have always been outspoken and my best friend ..

jokes with me because I am my sons class room mommy and a member of the PTA and my best friend thinks this is funny because I always question authority and always ask "why is that" lol she said "oh the pta will LOVE you" lol...

but you are right... that is what is wrong with this country... until it affects YOUR FAMILY most people don't care... and thats a big horrible problem

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EFerrari

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:59 PM
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22. I agree. There's a dissertation on how "family" is construed

in American culture. And "community", too.

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niyad

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:21 PM
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26. I used to have the "never again/coathanger" pin that I wore every day.

time to get a new one (and I used to carry several in my purse at all times to give to people who would nearly grab me and say, "I want one, too")

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:07 PM
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6. Those crazy callers really got to me, too

I was listening on the radio while exercising (the madder I got, the faster I walked!).

I swear I heard a male caller say that a woman who sought an abortion should be forced to carry the baby to term and then tried for attempted murder!

Did anyone else hear this?!

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EFerrari

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:20 PM
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7. Yep. And I thought of that Whoopi Goldberg line, "Motherfucker

when was the last time you were pregnant?"

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Neurotica

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:42 PM
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16. Another favorite - blaming abortion for the supposed culture decline

I just cannot stand to hear people say that. They point to something problematic (e.g., a pregnant Jamie Lynn Spears) and blame the availability of abortion. Huh?!

Oh -- and this one, too: the reason we have so many illegal immigrants now is because we've aborted a whole generation of workers.

(I'm getting energized for pro-choice lobby day in VA next week, as you might be able to tell!)

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EFerrari

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:47 PM
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18. The frame that really gets me is "Liberals are pro abortion".

NOBODY is "pro abortion". I've never met a single woman who was **happy** to have an abortion. Grateful it was available but, that's different. I've never met anyone who got up one morning and said, "Cool! I'm going to kill a baby today. What shall I wear to the murder?"

We let these psychos frame this issue and although some effort has been put in to reframing it, they have a big head start.

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Neurotica

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:59 PM
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23. You are so right - we've let them have the pr edge

They are for the children and we are not -- that is the way that they have framed it and they have been very successful in publicizing their POV.

I think we have to get back to the issues of privacy and women's healthcare and emphasize those points.

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EFerrari

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Wed Jan-23-08 03:17 PM
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24. The House Democrats are part of the problem.

Pelosi wanted Roemer for DNC Chair, remember? He's anti abortion. I remember because I called her office and told the staffer that if she backed him with his horrible position on women's health, I could no longer back her.

But, wtf?! NANCY PELOSI wanted an anti-choice guy for DNC chair.

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Neurotica

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:02 PM
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3. Just a mention, as opposed to video

I think this was CNN, but it could have been the local DC area news.

Brief video was played showing the pro-life march and there was some discussion of this.

The anchors then just mentioned that NOW had a counter rally as kind of an afterthought.

I kept watching throughout the day, but it was the same thing each time.

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EFerrari

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:26 PM
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11. If we don't start raising hell, our daughters and nieces are going to be back

at square one.

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EFerrari

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:28 PM
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12. One of those WJ callers really pissed me off.

She said that husbands killing their wives because they were pregnant showed what kind of a society we've become.

All I could think was, if abortion was available to those women, they might still be alive. :grr:

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:29 PM
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13. Are you kidding. The day we marched 1,000,000 strong in DC there was barely any coverage of the

Edited on Wed Jan-23-08 02:32 PM by BrklynLiberal

event at all.
People I knew were actively searching for it on the news, and found virtually nothing.....

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EFerrari

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:35 PM
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14. Wow! What great pictures! Who did you march with? n/t

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BrklynLiberal

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Wed Jan-23-08 04:41 PM
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25. Brooklyn Parents for Peace.

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Arugula Latte

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Wed Jan-23-08 02:53 PM
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21. I marched in a huge pro-choice demonstration in DC in '92 ...

The next day, the Washington Post ran a front-page article basically dismissing the bazillions of us who turned out because we were younger and more liberal than the population at large and so therefore our voices didn't really count. :eyes:

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