Remember NARAL?

lambert's picture

I certainly do. Here's Villager Nancy Keegan happily selling her constituency down the river:

When Barack Obama was campaigning for president, he promised to enact legislation to prohibit the states from limiting the right to abortion. Now that Obama is in the White House and solid Democratic majorities are ensconced in Congress, opponents of abortion rights have been bracing for that and other major changes to abortion laws.

But there are indications that what those groups dread most and some liberal voters eagerly anticipate as the rewards of victory might not come to pass - at least not yet. Democrats on Capitol Hill say that while they are committed to reversing several Bush administration policies with regard to abortion rights and family planning, they might hold off on pursuing the kind of expansive agenda feared by social conservatives.

Despite gains in the House and Senate in last year's elections, there are still significant numbers of moderate Democrats, particularly in the House, who either oppose abortion altogether or are not in favor of sweeping changes, instead preferring a more incremental approach. And any large-scale effort involving something as polarizing as abortion necessitates spending political capital, something the Obama White House needs in abundance at the moment to ensure the survival of its economic policies.

"We [what do you mean, "we"?] deal in reality," said Nancy Keenan, the president of NARAL Pro-Choice America. "You [But not you?] have to be pragmatic, realistic and, in the end, strategic."

[Reach me that bucket, wouldja, hon?]

Don't give these people a dime.

UPDATE The excellent BTD says it way better than I did:

When the issue activist announces publically they are ready to sell out on the issue they are supposed to be agitating for, what can you expect from the pols they are agitating? Nothing, of course. Some activism.

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gqmartinez's picture

The Obama Biden police at work

Using their influence to convince us this is the right thing to do even when we think it is the wrong thing.

I'm waiting for someone to use 10,000 words to say how brilliant this strategy is.

Only tyrants rig elections.

DCblogger's picture

Keenan = trojan horse

I am too lazy to look it up, but FDL discovered that Keenan is a Catholic who is personally opposed to abortion. How NARAL ever permitted her to take power is a good question. National NARAL endorsed Lieberman, even though CT NARAL endorsed Lamont.

I think Keenan knows exactly what she is doing.

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