Once
again the established world is coming down hard on Trump because of the latest
utterances being emitted from his unhinged jaw.
This time, however, the shrill tones being wailed come from opposite
ends of the socio-political spectrum in, of all things, harmony.
Okay,
everyone is aware that in a Chris Mathews interview the Donald said some kind
of punishment should be meted out to pregnant woman who go through with an
abortion.
Any
reasonable observer would also know that his response was 98% kneejerk. Asked the question he paused and paused
again, his cerebral search function downloading anything which would tell him
the most evasive answer with the least consequence.
It
settled on abortion bad, so the
answer had to be punishment good.
As
what has happened before with the Donald, and in all fairness to almost
countless others running for public office, he quickly fired off a correction
after being dummy slapped by his “team” leaders. They poured a bucket of it was taken out of context, I
didn’t really say it, I obviously
meant doctors, I cherish all women on
the fire. Then he retired to the shadows
to see if the whole adventure actually worked to his benefit. Modus operandi.
The
Pro-Choice folks of course stepped in immediately with their outrage.
Considering it was Donald Trump they were attacking, their righteous anger sounded
more like platitudes than the continuance of a serious debate.
But
what was up with these Pro-Life, Right to Life, love of life anti-abortion
action groups, including the remaining two Republican Presidential
candidates? They all hurled every nasty epithet
they could at the Donald saying he doesn’t represent their position. “This
is not who we are” the groups tweeted, “…of
course the mother should not be punished” said both Ted C and John K.
Now,
wait a minute. Just how wrong was the
Trumpster?
Since
1973 and the rise of the Conservative American Theocracy, the Pro-Life crowd
has called abortion murder. The lunatic fringe of that movement has gone
so far as to try, convict, and carry out the executions of doctors who aggressively
support Pro-Choice positions. The
movement makes no bones about restricting health services to women in pursuing
their agenda (a punishment in itself), nor will it address the fact that their
ultimate success only affects poor women or women of limited means, essentially
a discriminatory penalty.
All
criminal law is society’s attempt to externalize ethics for the greater good. What is good and what isn’t is the constant
struggle of our domestic politics and courts.
The
entire Pro-Life effort is based on a moral imperative which ranks any successful
abortion as a crime. The hypocrisy of
saying that, under a state law outlawing abortion, only the doctor would be violating
the ethic and thus the law is painfully clear.
You can’t have it both ways.
The
reality is that poor ol’ Donald unwittingly gave the Pro-Life position out loud.
I’m guessing he probably doesn’t give a flying fig one way or the other.
The
irony is that the Pro-Life enthusiasts have no problem penalizing women before
and during an abortion. They’re doing it in Conservative run states all over
the Country today. Why should anyone
think that, given the power, they would have any problem penalizing a woman
after an abortion? If you do, Cruz is
your man.
I’m
beginning to think it’s no accident that Ted Cruz is the personification of
Snydley Whiplash minus the mustache. I
just can’t get that image out of my head.
