Bernie, There Will Be No Revolution Without Reproductive Rights

[Tom Rinaldo]

76. Disregarding?

Yeah, I know the talking point. Kaine and Casey and other prolifers who have been closely linked to our party leaders have all evolved, the positions they took when they were still in local regional and state politics don't count because they moved on, and up. Of course the man nominated by the Democratic Party in Nebraska is still at the local level and so he is only evolving now while running to become a Mayor:

“While my faith guides my personal views, as mayor I would never do anything to restrict access to reproductive health care,” said Mello on Thursday. Take that as you will. Skepticism is appropriate.

Of course if Tim Kaine had gotten politically disowned by Democrats when he backed Virginia’s "informed consent” law, which required women seeking the procedure to undergo medically unnecessary ultrasounds, .he wouldn't have had a chance to evolve politically upon moving up in the party to the point where he was deemed suitable by the Democratic Party to become Vice President of the United States.

Meanwhile, although the DNC Chair endorsed Mello (and no that endorsement has not been formally withdrawn) and the Sierra Club endorsed Mello, and the League of Conservation Voters endorsed Mello, and the Omaha Teacher's Union endorsed Melo, Bernie Sanders is a villain; a man with a decades long record in congress featuring an impeccable voting record on women's issues. Check it out for yourself, it goes way beyond him having a 100% rating from NARAL and a 0% rating from the National Right to Life Committee - the research here goes on for pages with meticulous references on both his stances and votes on dozens of related measures bills and issues:
http://www.ontheissues.org/Social/Bernie_Sanders_Abortion.htm

Fine, maybe Senator Sanders could do some additional soul searching on these issues, and maybe a whole lot of other leading Democrats can also, but to single Sanders out for repeated attacks far more viscous than any directed toward actual prolife politicians in our Party, is no better than a smear.