Monthly Archives: June 2010

oh nevada… you’re not doing yourself any favors

i am biased. entirely biased. and that bias is not going to change.

i am passionate. very passionate. and i highly doubt that will change either.

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yesterday, i came across this piece of information via huffingtonpost.com with regards to a potential nevada senator… a potential female senator for the state of nevada… a woman.

Since winning the Republican nomination in the Nevada Senate race Sharron Angle has drawn attention and controversy for a host of conservative policy prescriptions that seem well outside the political mainstream. Now, a Democratic source has passed along a radio interview she did back in January 2010 that could end up topping the list.

In an segment that has gone unnoticed since it first aired, the Tea Party-backed candidate told the Bill Manders show — a favorable platform for Republican candidates — that she opposed abortion even in cases of rape and incest. A pregnancy under those circumstances, she said, was “God’s plan.”

it should be noted that i’m not making this about the republican party v. the democratic party. my personal disgust with this woman and her public stance with regards to abortion has nothing to do with her political party. to be fair to each party however, i did visit both the nevada state democratic and republican party websites. the “top story” on the nevada republican party website does involve sharron angle, however, it does not address her opposition to abortion, so i chose not to quote it.

my issue has to do with the subject matter that is being addressed. rape. incest. abortion. god.

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upon visiting the nevada state democratic party website, i came across this piece of information with regards to the same potential nevada senator and the same radio interview mentioned above…

When asked by conservative radio talk host Bill Manders whether she would support banning abortion even in cases of rape or incest Angle said there was no acceptable reason for an abortion because “God has a plan.”

Manders: Is there any reason at all for an abortion?

Angle: Not in my book.

Manders: So, in other words, rape and incest would not be something?

Angle: You know, I’m a Christian and I believe that God has a plan and a purpose for each one of our lives and that he can intercede in all kinds of situations and we need to have a little faith in many things.”

suffice to say, this makes me ill. absolutely ill.

so, for those of you who stuck around and did not click on the “x” and close your browser… thoughts?