February 17, 2008
B. Clinton Quarrels With Anti-Abortion Protestors At Ohio Rally
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio – A frustrated Bill Clinton angrily raised his voice in response to heckling from pro-life protestors at a rally here tonight.
When protestors first held up signs reading "Abortion Kills Children," the former president responded calmly, outlining his wife's past policies to help children and mothers. But when interrupted a second time by a more vocal heckler, Clinton shouted in response and stabbed his finger at the protestor.
"I gave you the answer. We disagree with you," he said impatiently. "You wanna criminalize women and their doctors, and we disagree."
"If you were really pro-life, you would want to put every doctor and every mother as an accessory to murder in prison," he continued, as the crowd applauded its support. "And you won't say you wanna do that because you know that you wouldn't have a lick of political support."
"This is not your rally," he concluded, still agitated. "I heard you. That's another thing you need is a president, somebody who will stick up for individual rights and not be pushed around, and she won't."
The outburst came after Clinton earlier responded to protestors who held up anti-abortion signs at the front of the rally. He boasted then of the steps he and his wife took to reduce abortions. "Without overturning Roe v. Wade, or trying to keep people all torn up and upset or calling them killers," he said, "the abortion rate went down almost 20 percent on our watch."
In addition to the sign-holders, and the man who interrupted the former president (who left the rally of his own accord), three young people spent the rally praying the rosary quietly -- with their backs to Clinton.
"It's easy for a politician to run and say, 'I'm pro-life, you vote for me and we'll get rid of Roe v. Wade,'" Clinton told the crowd. "Nobody can tell you how they're gonna do that. … It's not gone yet."
(NBC/NJ's CARRIE DANN)
Posted at 11:17 PM
Comments
During the past two months, Bill has been on the edge of raising his voice and losing control.
Bill has lost his mojo and the magic he once had.
As a result, the best thing Bill can do is go home.
BILL5321 | 02.19.08 04:23 PM
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William the Slick, who repeatedly vetoed the partial birth abortion ban, and funneled taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood and other abortion mills, forcing abortions around the world, claiming credit for reducing abortions???
parkay | 02.19.08 11:27 PM
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but you know...he's absolutely right. Pro-Lifers are so focused on criminalizing abortions, that they don't realize the consequences of such action...you mean to tell me that you are going to put all of these women and doctors in PRISON for performing a medical procedure? Good luck getting any support for that!
Matt | 02.24.08 12:45 AM
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Matt's argument and Bills Logic are false, Bill was actually pushing a lie, or he is entirely ignorant of the US Constitution which prevents ex post facto laws. This means that if a law is passed today that makes something illegal which was not illegal yesterday, the law cannot punish those who did the act in the past. It would only have effect on crimes committed from when the law was passed and moving forward.
Pro-Lifers are not interested in jailing women and doctors, they are interested in stopping the murder of children.
Al | 05.14.08 10:44 PM
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