Suddenly, Minnesota Republicans Can't Remember They Once Opposed Abortion


"Did my website talk about abortion as murder? I don't remember that at all. " Websites of Republican politicians across the state have removed all their form dramatic verbiage that abortion is murder and "I believe in life" and blah blah blah. A directive came from headquarters the new Republican position is "Abortion is not an issue in Minnesota. Abortion is available in Minnesota due to our State's Constitution." This directive was issued after abortion rights buried anti-abortion in Kansas. The National Party Platform still tells us it is the anti-abortion party. Minnesota Republicans have not read their Platform apparently and don't remember what was on their websites.

And where is Minnesota's Presidential candidate, Michele Backmann? She is the anti-abortion, Trump supporting, anti-gay, anti-trans and election denier the Party needs for a clear voice.

A political site says anti-abortion has been scrubbed from Republican political websites. The irony is Democrats formerly were reluctant to even say the word "abortion." Now they are using abortion rights as the centerpiece of their campaign. 

Anti-abortion voters have always been naive about politics and politicians. They send tons of money to both with the mistaken belief their favorite politicians are really dedicated to eliminating abortion. A fun example of that reality is Alaska. To me, what is happening in Alaska is the script for the next Presidential campaign. 

Alaska is using the preference system of voting, a favorite choice is voted for, then the next favorite choice. Alaska has not elected a Democrat to the U.S. house for decades. Now a Democrat holds that office. This is to finish the term of a long-standing Republican who died in office. Another election will take place soon when that term ends.

The problem is an in-your-face Christian Republican man and the famous but forceful Republican Sarah Palin are both running. The Democrat who beat them both is a likeable native woman who campaigned on salmon fishing policy. She is also open in her support of abortion rights. 

If either Palin of the Christian man dropped out, Republicans would likely win the upcoming election. Both want to other to drop out. Their own political success is more important to them than anti-abortion politics. So much for Republican politicians who pledged to stop all abortions. I don't suppose anti-abortion voters will even understand they have been had.

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