What the fuck is going on with this anti-choice shit? What bizarro world have I stepped in to?

[Willie Pep]

96. So are we better off with the Republicans dominating every level of government?

I am surprised at the reactions to the news about the DCCC chairman saying there won't be a litmus test on abortion. Pro-life Democrats are nothing new. We had plenty of them in Congress in 2006 and 2008 and I don't recall there being this level of anger about it. You could also argue that reproductive rights were safer even with these pro-life Democrats than they are now with the Republicans in control of every level of government.

How many people here complaining about the DCCC were complaining about left-wing "purity pony" types refusing to vote for Clinton because they thought she was too hawkish or too right-wing on economics? To some people those are human rights issues just like abortion. But they were told (rightly, in my opinion) that on balance Clinton would better serve their interests than Trump so it made strategic sense to vote for Clinton even if you disliked some of her stances on some issues. I think this is a comparable situation.