It's taken me awhile to get around to this, I wanted to hold out a bit and see what came about. Without surprise, Dr. Bennett is still be slandered by the left.
I have heard the conversation Dr. Bennett was having with a caller; the call in its entirety is non-controversial. The caller threw out a hypothesis stating that the reasoning behind Social Security going bankrupt has to do with the massive amount of abortions that have occurred in this nation. Dr. Bennett used an argument, claimed by the authors of Freakonomics, that was to show the absurdity of claims such as these. He is a pro-lifer, everyone knows that. And for him to be abused by the left in this way simply shows the pure hatred they have.
‘Immoral policies are wrong because they are wrong, not because of an economic calculation. One could just as easily have said you could abort all children and prevent all crime, to show the absurdity of the proposition.’
Dr. Bill Bennett
Listening to pro-abortion guy Ed Schultz birth a cow over Dr. Bennett's incomplete statement was almost comedic. The left puts much effort in making sure abortion will remain legal and to hear them say what they've been saying is more entertaining than any evening at the Improv.
Dr. Bennett has posted on his website his responses. I also found an interesting piece over at CNS News that shows the racist beginnings of Planned Parenthood.
Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood (then called the American Birth Control League), which is now the nation's largest abortion provider. Sanger was a racist and eugenicist, and an early admirer of Adolf Hitler. Sanger infamously advocated birth control for blacks and other ‘inferior’ people, ‘to create a race of thoroughbreds.’ (ref: The Birth Control Review, Nov. 1921) She located her birth control clinics in minority neighborhoods to reduce the birth rates in those communities.
Of these two, who is the real racist?
YOU'RE the real racist. It's always facts, facts, facts with you. What about our feelings?
Posted by: Admin Worm at October 11, 2005 02:21 PMBennett has been on the libs hit-list for a long time, and we can expect his every comment to be examined studiously for any smallest opportunity it presents the left to discredit him.
As to PP, and their racist beginnings, well, why should that provoke shock? Between the eco-freaks wanting us all to suicide to protect the cute lil animals, and PP promoting abortion on demand, and the folks at La Raza looking to prodigious procreation as the foundation of a takeover, it doesn't bode well for the America we know and love, does it?
Posted by: Bill at October 11, 2005 02:23 PMWho's the real racist is right...Bennet is a great man. And we all know how he feels about abortion. As someone else said, Bennet has been on the Left's hit list for years. Remember when they when after him for gambling???
And the PP thing you put up is great.I've know about that for years. That woman was a true blue whack-a-do.
PS..I put a picture of myself up on my blog. Proclaiming myself...The Real King of Cottillion
RR
Posted by: RegularRon at October 11, 2005 02:30 PMHey Stacy,
I saw a live feed on C-Span last night with Mr. Bennett. It was great. He was graciously asked by the Bakersfield Business Council Forum to speak and he gave about a twenty minute refutation of all the kerfuffle that is going on right now. HE DID NOT APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT HE SAID!!! He just went up a thousand times in my estimation. If you have the time, I recommend that you try to see if it will reair and watch it. You will be most impressed with this fine man.
Posted by: Bohemian at October 11, 2005 06:30 PMHi Stacy:
I was hoping you'd post about this - thank you.
I wrote another post tonight about my daughter - please check it out.
Take care.
Posted by: Valerie at October 11, 2005 10:53 PM