Why Right to Life would Endorse a School Board Candidate
Over at FWOb there has been considerable discussion in the Graham Richard Tribute post here. In that post Nancy Nall made the following comment:
"RTL has in the past canvassed candidates for elective office that do not touch on the abortion issue in any way -- city council, various county offices -- and presented voting recommendations based on the responses. RTL doesn't care that a Fort Wayne City Council member's job has nothing to do with whether abortion remains legal in the United States; if they're not on the team, they're not getting the RTL seal of approval."
She seems to miss the intent of groups like RTL when they make these kinds of endorsements. It is a matter of long-term strategic planning concerning their issue.
Elected officials who have any type of bearing on issues such as abortion, gun control, and such don't get to that position out of the blue. They start out as city councilmen, mayors, and even school board members.
RTL is financing multitudes of campaigns that don't currently affect the abortion issue in hopes that some of those candidates will eventually progress in their political careers to such a point that they can affect the issue at hand. The more candidates they fund the greater their chances are of having a majority at some point on their issue.
"RTL has in the past canvassed candidates for elective office that do not touch on the abortion issue in any way -- city council, various county offices -- and presented voting recommendations based on the responses. RTL doesn't care that a Fort Wayne City Council member's job has nothing to do with whether abortion remains legal in the United States; if they're not on the team, they're not getting the RTL seal of approval."
She seems to miss the intent of groups like RTL when they make these kinds of endorsements. It is a matter of long-term strategic planning concerning their issue.
Elected officials who have any type of bearing on issues such as abortion, gun control, and such don't get to that position out of the blue. They start out as city councilmen, mayors, and even school board members.
RTL is financing multitudes of campaigns that don't currently affect the abortion issue in hopes that some of those candidates will eventually progress in their political careers to such a point that they can affect the issue at hand. The more candidates they fund the greater their chances are of having a majority at some point on their issue.
posted by Indiana Pundit at 10:14 PM
3 Comments:
City Councils can have some say in the abortion issue... at least when they give corproate welfare to abortion clinics.
And when has that happened, Scott?
Planned Parenthood has gotten a handout from the City Council for eight consecutive years in Bloomington.
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