Re: Bill Bennett : "Vote Against" Obama "This Time to Prove You're Not an Idiot"
Lord, that's gonna get him in some hot water.
Maybe..
By the way, wasn't Bennett a draft dodger?
Not that it has anything to do with anything..
PG It wont be the first time he has been in "hot water", but I think he handled this previous statement he had made before very good and it is also true IMHO .
I cant say about the draft dodging.
From Wiki. Radio show abortion comment
On September 28, 2005, in a discussion on Bennett's
Morning in America radio show, a caller to the show proposed the idea that the
Social Security system might be solvent today if abortion hadn't been permitted following the
Roe v. Wade decision. Bennett responded that aborting all African-American babies "would be an impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible thing to do, but the crime rate would go down."
[11] Subsequently,
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, as well as civil rights groups, condemned Bennett's statements and demanded an apology. President
George W. Bush said Bennett's statements were "not appropriate."
[12]
Bennett responded to the criticism saying, in part:
A thought experiment about public policy, on national radio, should not have received the condemnations it has. Anyone paying attention to this debate should be offended by those who have selectively quoted me, distorted my meaning, and taken out of context the dialog I engaged in this week. Such distortions from 'leaders' of organizations and parties is a disgrace not only to the organizations and institutions they serve, but to the
First Amendment.