Poll for the day question.....Abortion and the 2008 General Election

Interesting question. It would depend on whether or not their views were personal or they intended on changing the current laws. I think the next president will have a tremendous impact on the future make-up of the Supreme Court, which are life appointments.

The problem is that were they will have an impact most that could be replaced have liberal views. Unless one of the younger members dies unexpectedly

True, Carol. Personally, I would hope that no matter how a person feels as an individual, they would choose to uphold the laws currently on the books in relation to abortion. It would take women back into the back alleys if they decided to repeal the right to an abortion.

This is wierd. Is this our private article, Carol? I noticed another one out there exactly the same and my comments weren't on it. STrange.

I can see this, if that answers the privacy question.

My response to the question is the same as Sheryl's. It would not change my mind if it was the candidate's personal belief and not one s/he planned to impose on the rest of us.

i tried to post this Sheryl 3 times yesterday and it didnt post. I think it was out there unknown to gather or me somewhere in cyberspace and when gather fixed the upgrade glitches today they all showed up at one time lol

It would depend on more than just this one issue for me to decide to vote or not

well, more points for you, Carol! : - ) This duplicate posting of comments and such is a pain and I hope they fix it soon. I'm starting to look like I stutter.

I type one comment and couldnt figure out why when I went to type another it wasnt there lol. Think the have it straightened out now. I know it was a big problem through noon today then I took a nap and when I got up it was solved so they worked real hard.

Considering our choices this year, its a very easy vote.
I consider my right of choice to be very important and it seems most people who are anti-abortion are also anti-public education, anti-liberties, etc. They are just very narrow minded.

Now, Kim. Just because some of us don't believe that taking the life of an unborn child is right and that someone needs to defend them, doesn't make us narrow minded.

And as far as the conservative right being anti-liberties, I would have to vehemently disagree. It isn't the Right that is trying to restrict second amendment rights, economic rights by attacking corporations and taxing all of us, and rights of the unborn. It is funny, being a conservative Libertarian, I have considered Liberals and the Left in general, to be quite anti-liberty with they ultimate expansion of their "Nanny" mentality into our lives. I would definitely consider the GOP to be more of an ally of individual liberties than people like Diane Feinstein, Ted Kennedy, and Barack Obama. These folks are all much closer to the social democratic (aka Socialist) way of thinking.

An interesting, well written post! Keep 'em coming.

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