Anyone start a DNC discussion thread yet?

[Rogar]

Kaine is an interesting choice. He has sort of meek mild mannered demeanor just by initial impressions. In the Sunday TV interviews with the two of them he spoke well, but seemed to look at Hillary for approval after many of his points. Trump or maybe a guy like Putin might make verbal mince meat of him...or not. It will be interesting to see how Trump chooses to demonize him.

[iris lilies]

Kaine is an interesting choice. He has sort of meek mild mannered demeanor just by initial impressions. In the Sunday TV interviews with the two of them he spoke well, but seemed to look at Hillary for approval after many of his points. Trump or maybe a guy like Putin might make verbal mince meat of him...or not. It will be interesting to see how Trump chooses to demonize him.

Kaine went to college is my state but yet, does not root for U of MO. Not ok. Traitor.

[Ultralight]

The DNC seems like it will be boring.

[catherine]

Blaming the victim is not smiled upon for already born humans. Abortion to prevent the abuse of a child conceived via rape is blaming the unborn victim. Sad.

I'm pro choice politically speaking. But I agree with Bae that ethically speaking, the method of conception should not be the deciding factor on whether it's ok to abort the fetus. The fetus has nothing to do with the circumstances of its creation.

I agree. Maybe as a vestige of my Catholic roots, from an ethical standpoint I actually think that the life of a child should come before the life of the mother. But from a political standpoint I am pro-choice. Like bae, I was also faced with an untimely pregnancy and could not would not have used abortion as a way to serve my own agenda or my own fears.


TooMuchStuff, I'm so sorry for the pain inflicted on you and your family, but I'm happy you're here.

[LDAHL]

The DNC seems like it will be boring.

I may watch parts of it. It will be a lot less painful to me watching the Democrats caper about in "a smorgasborg of sleaze, a saturnalia of socialism and a gala of grievance", as I've heard it described.

The RNC was too much like watching your favorite uncle lose his mind for my taste. The DNC should be much more fun. I hear the Sandernistas have been rehearsing for weeks.

[CathyA]

TooMuchStuff........I'm glad you're here too!

[Ultralight]

I may watch parts of it. It will be a lot less painful to me watching the Democrats caper about in "a smorgasborg of sleaze, a saturnalia of socialism and a gala of grievance", as I've heard it described.

The RNC was too much like watching your favorite uncle lose his mind for my taste. The DNC should be much more fun. I hear the Sandernistas have been rehearsing for weeks.

I see your point. I watched about one night's worth of the RNC, maybe a little more.

To me I just thought: "Wow...They are really going dark -- like apocalyptic!"

But I think the DNC is going to be mostly about trying to make the last 8 years look pretty darn good.

[Teacher Terry]

I doubt anyone wants to have an abortion. It is a hard choice I am sure. There are many kids that were unplanned but very welcomed into loving families. NOt a choice I would ever make but I am also pro-choice. TMS: sorry for how your family reacted and the situation with your Grandfather is one of the reasons I am pro-choice.

[Rogar]

I heard an interview with a pro-lifer discussing Kaine's stance on abortion. Kaine agrees that it is a personal choice and politically is a pro-choice, but he personally is pro-life. The pro-life person being interviewed said she would ask Sen. Kaine why he is personally pro-life, and if the answer is because he believes life begins at conception and abortion is the taking of a human life, then it should fall in the category of other crimes where a human life is taken. I am pro-choice, but take the point as a good one. I see a strong conflict in being personally pro-life but politically pro-choice. It does not seem ethically correct.

[creaker]

Why is the child produced of rape or incest deserving of less ethical consideration than any other conception?

I've never quite understood the "except for rape and incest" line of thinking.

Not from a pro-life standpoint - but from a "it's not the woman's choice" standpoint, it's still the government choosing when and why.