I don't understand single issue voters.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

Especially on issues like abortion. How dramatically have abortion laws at the federal level changed since Roe? If you are voting to put a president into office who will "pack the Court" with pro-life justices, how has that vote turned out for you over the past 30 years? Do you think the Court has dramatically shifted on abortion rights in that time period?

In the meantime, how much change has there been on other issues you do care about (albeit less than abortion)?

It seems to me that abortion (on the Court and through federal law) isn't likely to change a whole lot no matter who the president is. Other aspects of the life of Americans are much more likely to change (taxes, health care, foreign policy, etc), so those should be the issues people vote on (with abortion being a factor, just a lesser one).

This is your most condescending post ever. It matters not what you think about abortion or whether is makes a difference or not. Citizens should vote their conscience. And if their conscience is the single issue of abortion, then they should vote for the candidate that is on the same side of that issue.

[SeattleUte]

Single issue voters are usually parochial kooks. Cali, you should be well familiar with such people.

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

Hey- don't look at me. I am not the one who loves the candidate who doesn't believe in evolution, thinks the Earth is 6,000 years old, and thinks dinosaurs lived here 8,000 years ago too. When are you heading out on your witch hunting expedition? Happy hunting!

For someone like me, who has broken out of the Mormon pod, life isn't defined by reaction to the Death Star. I can take a detached and ironic perspective and view the world in all its beautiful and enigmatic complexity.

[exUte]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

This is your most condescending post ever. It matters not what you think about abortion or whether is makes a difference or not. Citizens should vote their conscience. And if their conscience is the single issue of abortion, then they should vote for the candidate that is on the same side of that issue.

of an innocent life is paramount to any other single issue....at least in some people's minds.

It IS huge.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

Now that's just plain silly. I have been way more condescending than this before.

That's funny stuff, Cali. LOL!