Over at Stones Cry O…

Over at Stones Cry Out, I’m having a discussion with a commenter “s9” who tried to come to the defense of the NARAL ad against John Roberts. He’s doing this by making assertions about (alleged) mistakes by FactCheck.org on their smack-down of this ad. Much of what this commenter said was false on its face or condemns all defense attorneys as supporters of those they defend.

It’s amazing how contorted the left will twist itself to try and defend the indefensible. Even Kevin Drum, whom “s9” links to, while being slightly more reasonable, still can’t face the truth. Given the timeline falsehood in the ad, Drum, unable or unwilling to admit it’s false, says it should have just been framed differently. And while he admits “defending the principle doesn’t mean you’re defending a particular person or group”, he still paints Roberts as one who excuses (and thus supports or defends) abortion clinic bombers.

Can’t face the facts. Can’t be intellectually honest. How do you debate or discuss with these guys?

UPDATE: NARAL is pulling the ad, saying, “unfortunately, the debate over that advertisement has become a distraction from the serious discussion we hoped to have with the American public”. But Mike Young, vice president and general manager of WABI-TV in Bangor, Maine said it best; “After careful thoughtful analysis, we determined the ad was at worst false, and at best misleading.” You can’t possibly start a serious discussion from a false premise. NARAL has only itself to blame for this “distraction”.

This also gets CNN off the hook for an extremely poor judgement call.

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