This in from Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) - "In a representative democracy, a lot is going to figure on how the American people weigh in. Every video has been worse than the previous, and I think some minds can be changed. At some point a moral conscience can be pricked, and even issues thought to be settled can be revisited."
My thanks to the freshman senator for underscoring that video has been worse than the previous - worse, not damning. Sen. Cassidy doesn't talk about minds changing to newly revealed facts. He expects them to change due to what the videos show, which is absolutely heart-breaking & upsetting beyond imagination. He expects the moral conscience of the nation will be pricked & multitudes will rise up to demand Congress defund Planned Parenthood.
While Sen. Cassidy neatly sums up the GOP proclivity for connecting how they feel about something with actual facts, he forgets that a) to date, none of the videos show anyone doing anything illegal, b) unlike ACORN - the first take-down that the far right maneuvered through deceptively edited videos - Planned Parenthood can survive without federal/state funding, and c) not an anti-abortion foe in any corner of these United States ever considered the issue of legalized abortion to be a settled issue.
William Morgan Cassidy, M.D. would be my first choice for co-chairing a discussion on women's health & reproductive issues, including the ethics & morality of abortion & fetal tissue donation. He helped found the Greater Baton Rouge Community Clinic, providing free health care to uninsured residents. Helped set up the nonprofit Health Centers in Schools, which vaccinates children in the East Baton Rouge Parish School System against Hepatitis B and flu. After Katrina, he helped convert an abandoned K-Mart into an emergency health care facility.
But Sen. Cassidy has been serving in the Senate for eight months. He apparently has a lot to learn about Washington's wiley ways. I recommend he do an online search pairing "videos" with ACORN & Shirley Sherrod. After that, learn this Tennessee - maybe Texas? - saying that President George W. Bush so famously mangled — "Fool me once - shame on you. Fool me twice - shame on me."
We were fooled once, we were fooled again (ouch) - this is the 3rd time & we've learned.
(And a tip that will help out in your future as an effective servant of the people - when you see a video or read a quote, always always always consider the source!)
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