THE PARTY OF DEATH:

Unnecessarily Evil (Linda Hirshman, Aug. 12, 2008, Slate)

The Democratic Party platform of 2008 finally dropped its old abortion language ("safe, legal and rare"), which had asked that women not have abortions unless they absolutely must. The 2008 platform, just announced, says instead, "The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade and a woman's right to choose a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to pay, and we oppose any and all efforts to weaken or undermine that right."

Bill Clinton wasn't exactly a moralist, but at least he felt queasy enough about abortion or understood the puritanism of the country well enough to pretend to some moderation. Senator Obama seems never to have met the baby he wouldn't kill...on principle, of course.

Posted by Orrin Judd at August 28, 2008 1:07 PM