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God has given the Democrat Party, or this apparent Christmas present that God has given the Democrat Party. Now, I happened to mention that to some people this morning, “Ah, that\u2019s old news. I saw it last night.” Some Democrats this morning, some liberals, “Ah, that\u2019s old news. I saw that last week and I had my heart attack then.” And so you\u2019re probably saying, “Heart attack? God gives the Democrats a Christmas present, they have a heart attack?” Pretty much sums it up. Here\u2019s the headline, it\u2019s in the Los Angeles Times today. Did you see this story last week, did you hear about it at all? Did you, Mr. Snerdley? I didn\u2019t, either. This is news to me today, but apparently it came up down in Florida, the Democrats were down there vying for whoever was going to be the next party chairman. Can you believe that they actually think it matters who the party chairman is? I mean, they raised more money than Republicans this time and they didn\u2019t win. I mean, the candidate of the party determines the identity of the party, not the party chairman. If they think the party chairman is going to shape the view of the Democratic Party, they\u2019ve got another thing coming. It can\u2019t help much, it can hurt. I think McAuliffe ended up hurting them not just because he was chairman, but because of the way he looks on TV and the way he sounds on TV. They need to get somebody, you know, telegenic and pleasant and nice, which is why we\u2019re hoping for Howard Dean. (Laughing.) <\/line>Anyway, here\u2019s the headline in the LA Times today: Democratic Leadership Rethinking Abortion. (Gasping.) Folks, do you know if this were true, what a Christmas gift God would be giving the Democrat Party? Well, let\u2019s read the story, shall we? Let\u2019s see what this is really all about. “After long defining itself as an undisputed defender of abortion rights, the Democratic Party is suddenly locked in an internal struggle over whether to redefine its position to appeal to a broader array of voters.” A-ha. A-ha. Not change, “redefine.” “The fight is a central theme of the contest to head the Democratic National Committee, particularly between two leading candidates: former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, who supports abortion rights, and former Indiana Rep. Tim Roemer, an abortion foe who argues that the party cannot rebound from its losses in the November election unless it shows more tolerance on one of society\u2019s most emotional conflicts.” Now, you know what\u2019s interesting about this? Let\u2019s just stop right here and let\u2019s do some on the spot analysis as we go. <\/line>For how many years, ladies and gentlemen, have we been hearing that if the Republican Party doesn\u2019t change its position on this, that it is doomed? And how many years have we been hearing liberal Republicans say this, ladies and gentlemen? I can go back to Houston — (singing) “Going back to Houston, Houston” — 1992, went down there to the convention and this Ann Stone, Republicans for abortion, she was then-wife of Roger Stone, big Republican operative, and she was leading the charge back then, probably precedes 1992 anyway but I remember becoming, you know, inflamed and impassioned back in 1992, and it stayed that way. All these years, 12 years, “Republican Party better moderate its position on this or it\u2019s not going to be able to win elections.” I\u2019ve been to so many Republican functions, cocktail parties, dinners, and the blue-blood Republicans in the group would come up to me and say, “You\u2019re gonna have to talk to those Christians.” What do you mean? “This abortion stuff is going to kill us, I mean it\u2019s going to kill us, it\u2019s going to kill us. The women are not going to change, they\u2019re gonna kill us, they\u2019re going to have \u2019em anyway, it doesn\u2019t matter, you\u2019ve got to talk to them, Rush.” Why me? Why is it up to them — this is a fundamental belief. “Ah, we can\u2019t win.” I\u2019ve heard this for as long as I have been a prominent media figure, ladies and gentlemen. And now all of a sudden guess who it is talking about how they may have to redefine their position on this issue if they are to rebound? <\/line><\/p>\n

“Tim Roemer is running with the encouragement of the party\u2019s two highest-ranking members of Congress, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco and incoming Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid.” That would be Dusty Harry Reid of Nevada, the new Senate majority leader. Now, if Roemer, Tim Roemer from Indiana also on the 9\/11 Commission, if Roemer were to succeed Terry McAuliffe, The Punk, as the Democrat chairman in the February 10th vote, “the party long viewed as the guardian of abortion rights would suddenly have two antiabortion advocates at its helm. Reid, too, opposes abortion and once voted for a nonbinding resolution opposing Roe vs. Wade. Party leaders say their support–” This is the interesting paragraph so stick with me on this, folks. “Party leaders say their support for preserving the landmark ruling will not change.” Well, what\u2019s the rest of the story about? What is the rest of this story about? “Party leaders say their support for preserving the landmark ruling will not change. But they are looking at ways to soften the hard line, such as promoting adoption and embracing parental notification requirements for minors and bans on late-term abortions. Their thinking reflects a sense among strategists that Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry and the party\u2019s congressional candidates lost votes because the GOP conveyed a more compelling message on social issues.” <\/line>All right, that\u2019s true, there\u2019s no question that\u2019s true, but if these people don\u2019t wake up and realize that it was also the war on terror that cost \u2019em big, they\u2019re gonna still be swimming in the swamps trying to find their way out of the tall grass and getting lost in there doing circles. If they keep ignoring that — you\u2019ve got to give them credit here, they are looking at what they can say about abortion, while not changing their position. Which is typical, which is just typical of where they are. They\u2019ve glommed onto this guy Lackoff at Berkeley who\u2019s written this book on linguistics about how to fool people with language, a-ha, there\u2019s our answer, there\u2019s our guru. So now they\u2019re trying to take what they\u2019ve learned from Lackoff and apply it to the abortion — I know, it rhymes with — (laughing) — and trying to apply it to the abortion debate. So they want to soften the hard-line position but they\u2019re not gonna change the position. But, I\u2019m gonna tell you right now the reason I said this is a Christmas present from God to the Democrats, because even if they ever decide that they\u2019re gonna come out and embrace adoption and parental notification, do you realize they\u2019re the ones that lead the pack against all those things? Well, maybe not adoption, but when it comes to parental notification requirements, bans on late term abortion, I mean these people are in there, there\u2019s nothing that\u2019s going to affect any abortion if they can have anything to do with it.<\/line> <\/line>“Their thinking reflects a sense among strategists that Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry and the party\u2019s congressional candidates lost votes because the GOP conveyed a more compelling message on social issues… A senior official of one of the nation\u2019s largest abortion rights groups said she would be concerned if the party were to choose Roemer to head the Democratic National Committee.” Well, duh. See, this is the interesting thing. What\u2019s the base going to do when they learn about this? This is what I\u2019m — and I know there are a lot of liberal Democrats in this audience. You know you\u2019re out there. And I just love passing this news on to you, that they\u2019re thinking about actually coming out saying they\u2019re going to to be in favor of parental notification and a ban on late-term abortions and so forth. This is going to rock the base, folks. I mean, the Democratic Party is made up of a bunch of different little constituency groups and one of the them is the pro-abort group, and in that pro-abort group you\u2019ve got some of the civil rights coalitions and you\u2019ve got the NAGs, the National Association of Gals, and their related subgroups, if you will, and this is their single issue, this is what keeps them aligned to the Democratic Party. And if this stuff — if the Democrats go soft on this they\u2019re going to blow themselves up even more. You\u2019re probably saying, “They\u2019re not going to be this stupid, they wouldn\u2019t do this.” Folks, they quest power so much they will say anything to get it back. Whether they\u2019re gonna substantively change their position on this, I wouldn\u2019t give you two bucks for that.<\/line><\/p>\n

The official from the largest abortion rights group said, “‘We want people who are pro-choice. Of course I would be disappointed,\u2019 said the official, who asked that her name be withheld because of her close alliance with party officials.” See, not even willing — now that\u2019s interesting, too. You have a leader of a major pro-abort group, normally any other day of the year she\u2019d be quotable and let her name be used. Now she wants anonymity because she needs her seat at the table of power of the Democratic Party. If she comes out and starts dissing these guys right now, it may not serve her well personally so she\u2019s gotta stay in the background while offering up all of these threats. “Gloria Feldt, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said Democratic strategists who were pushing for the abortion discussion had misconstrued the results of the November election by overstating the strength of ‘values\u2019 voters.” <\/line>Tim Roemer said, “We should be talking more about adoption as an alternative, and working with our churches–” (laughing) What is he talking about? Does he actually think that he is going to get the chairmanship of the DNC by talking about the need to talk to churches during Christmastime? Doesn\u2019t he realize the problem with Christians and Christmas is that Christians are trying to intrude on Christmas, and Christians go to what? They go to church. And here he is talking about reaching out to churches as a candidate for the chairmanship of the Democrat National Committee. Now, I\u2019m being facetious about a lot of this, but the truth of the matter is, folks, if they\u2019re talking this way, if they\u2019re even talking about this, even if it\u2019s just games, I tried to tell you they\u2019re spiraling downward out of control, and I have told you at some point there\u2019s going to be a Democrat somewhere that gets it and is going to figure out what — I didn\u2019t tell you he\u2019d survive once he started speaking this way, but I knew there was going to be a Democrat that gets it somewhere. What if it\u2019s not just games? Then it\u2019s God\u2019s Christmas present to America. It\u2019s God\u2019s Christmas present to the Democrat Party. If they get this right, if they have a fundamental change on this, that\u2019s why I\u2019m calling it God\u2019s gift to the Democrat Party.<\/line> <\/line>The politics of whether or not it will succeed for them and help them out in various regions of the country in red states, who knows, it might. Just have to wait and see. But they\u2019re not going to be able to move in with just a stated change. They\u2019re going to have to have a sustained period of time where actions back up their words, because if people don\u2019t see the actions backing up their intent — they\u2019re not going to get away with good intentions alone on this issue. They may get away with good intentions alone on poverty and welfare and all that, but they\u2019re not going to get away with just good intentions on abortion. That\u2019s not an ephemeral issue with the people who are heavily attached to it, tightly attached to it, strongly attached to it.<\/line>END TRANSCRIPT<\/line><\/p>\n

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