Roe v. Wade

This post is in response to the Liberty Eagle's post in response to Roe v. Wade. I strongly disagree with this stance on abortion and I strongly advocate the right to choice. A woman should be able to do with her own body as she pleases and no woman should be deprived of the choice to have an abortion.

Now, I do disagree with women having multiple abortions and being careless and ignorant about birth control, but accidents do happen and not every women who gets an abortion was being irresponsible. It is possible to get pregnant on the pill or even when using a condom. No method of birth control is 100% effective.

As for adoption, the physical and mental turmoil from 9 months of pregnancy and giving birth is no piece of cake to deal with and is something a man will never experience, therefore does not and will not ever completely understand the importance of having the right to abortion. Not every woman wants, or is even able to go through this long, difficult process.

This brings me to the statement "human life is precious from conception until natural death." If this were true, abortions could be comparable to soldiers being sent off to war. Inevitably, there will be many who die, yet our government sends them anyway with little regard to their lives. Why is this life not considered precious but an undeveloped bundle of cells is?

Mrs. Obama

In this article from www.michellemalkin.com, Malkin criticizes Obama's wife, Michelle Obama, for complaining too much, being overly negative, and being narcissistic. She goes on to call her "Mrs. Oh Woe Is Me" for speaking about the many struggling Americans in the country and of her own struggles, which Malkin greatly exaggerated. She attacks Mrs. Obama for stating that people are struggling like never before and then makes a condescending remark about her knowledge, or lack of, of the depression and stagflation.

I found this article petty and lacking of any real importance what so ever, written by a woman who thinks there is no problem with poverty in this country today, simply because we're not as bad off as we were during the depression. Michelle Malkin obviously doesn't have much to write about, at least of any significance. With all that is going on in the world right now, you would think it would be easy to write meaningful articles instead of attacking a presidential candidate's wife for making comments about the poor and frowning often.

Renewing the 'presidential temperament' question

Yes, a presidential candidate's stance on the economy, the war, healthcare, and immigration are all important issues in this election, but should a candidate's temperament be taken into consideration as well?

In this article, published by thecarpetbaggerreport.com, this question is brought to the light in reference to McCain after Senator Cochran of Mississippi, one of McCain's colleagues, stated that the presidential candidate is erratic and hot headed with a worrisome temper. Despite McCain's support for diplomacy and a "new compact" of international cooperation, he lost his temper, or as some call it, had a "McCain moment", when speaking with the foreign minister of Germany at the 2006 Munich Security Conference after a small disagreement. This incident was just one of many blow ups. The senator is known for yelling and cussing at other fellow senators when in dispute, hence the phrase, "McCain moment".

Now, nobody is perfect, and each of the candidates have their own personality flaws, but are these the type of qualities we want in a president, especially at a time of war? This is why I thought this article was worthwhile. People need to consider these things along with a candidate's political policy.

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/15067.html#more-15067