Abortion.  Apparently that is the defining issue of our culture.

Sure, there are many things that drive the liberals wacky about Palin, but her determined pro life stance has to be the one I read about the most.  The constant accusations that she will repeal Roe Wade are generally the loudest.

No matter that the ability to make Roe Wade go away is hardly easy and not in the list of executive powers.

Perhaps these panic stricken fear mongers should consider that you have had 3 conservative presidents, all who were pro choice, and gee, none of them managed that trick.

We have a stumbling economy, a war, the constant threat of terrorism and all manner of other important issues, but for some reason, the defining issue keeps becoming Abortion.

Why is abortion such a polarizing issue?  Why does it promote such a visceral reaction?

The reality may be in what the two sides see it as.

Conservatives see the issue as a moral one, that of protecting innocent life. 

Liberals see it as a matter of choice, the choice to terminate a life.

The issue is a serious divide ideologically and morally, and as such, perhaps I should not be too surprised to see it such a defining issue.

But at the same time, as i noted, there are far too many real issues, issues that affect all the American’s who are alive, than to spend a lot of time whining about the ability to kill some of the unborn ones.

Yes, I admit, her solid stance on Abortion impresses me, even as Obama’s cruel stance disgusts me.

But neither of their views is enough to sway me definitively, I have many more fish to fry in my political needs.

If the only reason you can find to dislike Sarah Palin is her stance on Abortion, than perhaps the problem is that you have skewed priorities.

I look at her overall stance.  She is pro independence of foreign oil.  She is pro gun.  She is pro life.  She is anti corruption.  She is pro troop and sensible about the war.  She has made herself what she is by hard work, values and effort.

She, to me, represents what I think of in America.

The conservatives can love her for being pro life, and the liberals hate her similarly, but if they don’t look any deeper that, they may be missing the reason why she is a good pick.

PDS has become such a driving force, I think most liberals who hate don’t even know why.

They blame her religion, yet millions in America share her faith, or one similar to hers.  The same with Abortion, Gay Marriage, and any other talking point they bring out.

The fact is that somewhere along the way we have lost the ability to respect each others differences, and our two primary political parties have become the equivalent of matter and anti matter in a win or lose game

I don’t have an answer for what we should do to make it better.  All I know is tactics like the liberal’s PDS media bombardment, where you through as much shit at your opponent and hope some of it sticks, are the symptoms of a deeper problem.

Don’t worry about facts.  Don’t worry about being fair and just.   Never mind if you cause a person damage to their family, career or reputation.

Do you want truth and ethics and integrity, or do you want to be elected?

Hmmm…Maybe that right there is the real question we should be asking…Maybe our priorities are not all that is skewed.

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