Dr. Dean Has Issues

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean speaks to students at the annual convention of the College Democrats of America, gathered at the Washington Court Hotel on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 22, 2005.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats need to reach out to voters who oppose abortion rights and promote candidates who share that view, the head of the party said Friday.

Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, told a group of college Democrats that their party has to change its approach in the debate over abortion.

"I think we need to talk about this issue differently," said Dean. "The Republicans have painted us as a pro-abortion party. I don't know anybody in America who is pro-abortion."

Dean's approach echoed similar arguments advanced in recent months by former President Clinton and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.

"We do have to have a big tent. I do think we need to welcome pro-life Democrats into this party," said Dean.

The effort to attract such voters comes as Senate Democrats are preparing for confirmation hearings on Supreme Court nominee John Roberts. Roberts' views on abortion are already being intensely scrutinized.

Dr. Dean really is nuts, isn't he?

How could any sane person think it's possible for the Dems to court pro-life voters at the same time they are waging a "war" against John Roberts based purely on concerns about his views on Roe v. Wade?

Does he really believe that the MoveOn, NARAL, NOW, PFAW, George Soros types of the Dem party, the ones that are sliming John Roberts because his wife is a member of Feminists for Life, have the same agenda as pro-life voters? There is NO common ground.

Dean has been delivering that same stale schtick for months now. Changing the approach Dems use in the abortion debate means nothing.

In the end, his party caters to groups that shuddered at the thought of Laci Peterson's unborn child being called a baby. The Dems have to bow down to people who believe that partial-birth abortion is an acceptable procedure.

The Dems have a litmus test for Supreme Court nominees. If there is any indication that the nominee might believe that abortion is wrong, or if a family member of the nominee might hold that view, then the nominee is considered unfit to serve on the Court.

We are about to see the Dems trash John Roberts because they fear he's not a pro-abortion Sandra Day O'Connor clone; yet Dr. Dean wants pro-lifers to think that they have a place in the Democratic Party.

It's insane. Seriously.


Partial-Birth Abortion

Abortionists sometimes refer to these or similar types of abortions using obscure, clinical-sounding euphemisms such as "Dilation and Extraction" (D&X), or "intact D&E" (IDE) which mask the realities of how the abortions are actually performed.

This procedure is used to abort women who are 20 to 32 weeks pregnant -- or even later into pregnancy. Guided by ultrasound, the abortionist reaches into the uterus, grabs the unborn baby’s leg with forceps, and pulls the baby into the birth canal, except for the head, which is deliberately kept just inside the womb. (At this point in a partial-birth abortion, the baby is alive.) Then the abortionist jams scissors into the back of the baby’s skull and spreads the tips of the scissors apart to enlarge the wound. After removing the scissors, a suction catheter is inserted into the skull and the baby’s brains are sucked out. The collapsed head is then removed from the uterus.

Dr. Dean has some serious issues if he is under the impression that pro-life voters and radical pro-abortion voters can coexist in the same party.

In issues of life and death, passions run high.

Contrary to what the demented Dr. Dean thinks, there is no tent on earth that is big enough to accommodate pro-life voters while simultaneously sheltering the pro-death crowd.

Give it up, Dr. Dean!