Interlude on choice

[wrog]

Yeah okay, so I'm a day late on this. And anyway I've already written enough on the subject this month; you can just go here and here.

... just in case anybody wants to know why I'm not a big Dennis Kucinich fan -- and how it particularly disturbs me that I could get all the way through the 2004 election cycle without hearing about his history on this even once. Folks who call themselves "progressives" really need to be clear on what they're fighting for, preferably before they choose a standard bearer.

in other news, the national NARAL organization (to which I am no longer a contributor, though I still give to state orgs) needs to pull its head out of its ass. Convincing Nancy Keenan to resign might be a good first step.

Comments

[chaosdancer.livejournal.com]

I liked that Kucinich changed his mind, though. How many politicians would say that they didn't have enough data initially, then they heard from people with experience and changed their minds? Most politicians are stuck in the "I'm always right and if I change my mind 180 degrees, then you were mistaken - I never said that, I never felt that way" mold.

Of course, there may be more to the story than what I heard. What I heard was he was initially anti-choice, then heard women talk about their experiences and changed his mind. If that wasn't really the story, I'd love to know more. I was a big Kucinich supporter back when he was running.