But there's a giant flaw in their stated positions, and not that politicians on both sides of the aisle aren't prone to a little vote pandering and being a bit disingenuous, but I think some voters siding with Joe Biden at least on the issue of abortion should have more questions than answers.
Because at least if abortion happens to be a key issue swaying a decision to vote one way or the other, trying to understand the root position, or what it probably is, is a pretty important thing to add to the equation, if you ask me.
President Joe Biden never supported Roe v. Wade and was always against abortion, even in the case of rape or incest.
That's important to point out, I think, regardless of where he says he stands on the issue now. Or where he said he stood on the issue from day one of his presidency. Because it's more important to understand how much "fight" will be in defending the issue if a voter gives him another four years in office to do it.
The issue of abortion for Joe Biden is effectively a pander. It's a way to solicit a vote. Because if there's one thing he knows, it's that most people won't bother to check his record and the media isn't going to report on it.
If they do, they will do it very quietly on page 952 of course.
When it comes to Roe v. Wade itself, it wasn't long after the Supreme Court issued its decision in 1973 that Joe Biden stated he disagreed with it, going on to say, "Abortion is always a tragedy." He generally stayed with that position all the way until a few months before he ran for president in 2020.
Some have chosen to suggest that Biden has simply "reckoned with his Catholic faith," and is now acting on the "greater good," but that does not at all comport with what his stance has been all along. And is this generally a position that you suddenly change your mind about? Especially when your position is deeply rooted in your faith?
In 2006, even before he became the vice president, he said in a televised interview, "I do not view abortion as a choice or a right." That's a stark contrast to what he says his position is now, even taking an opportunity during his final State of the Union speech to scold the Justices, and told them directly, "Women are not without electoral or political power."
His stance now wants to be seen as direct and firm, and both he and Kamala Harris have been pounding the podium at speech after speech saying they will stand strongly for "women's reproductive health," a term they like to use instead of abortion, by the way.
Joe Biden has also always been against any federal funding for abortion, specifically having been a longtime supporter of the Hyde Amendment which banned federal funding for abortions even in the cases of rape or incest. That was his position entirely until he hit the campaign trail in 2019.
It is important to know these things if this is an issue topmost on anyone's radar when it comes to their choice in 2024. Because you have to examine why the position changed only prior to an election campaign in 2020?
Any issue that is important to a voter is a reason to cast a vote for a candidate if you think that candidate is going to fight hard for your cause. But you have to reason that the personal conviction of the candidate is as strong as his word.
Will he be strongly and firmly engaged in fighting for your cause if he gets a second term, or is he just saying that to get a second term now that the decision on Roe v. Wade is set in stone? Just like he said he was for your cause to get his first term?
In other words, his position on abortion was very clear. He was against it. And the only reason he ever said he was okay with it and would fight for it was because that's what he knew voters wanted to hear. It gave him a marked contrast with Trump's position and his message, at least in appearance.
He wanted to win over a faction of voters and so he decided to say one thing other than what he probably would have said if he had stated his position from the heart rather than to appease a base.
The question is not about what Joe Biden's position appears to be now. The question is whether or not you believe him. Because if abortion is a key issue for anyone undecided, and you think Biden's got your back, you might want to reassess that. He doesn't want to have your back. He wants to have your backing.
If he wins in 2024, you can bet the abortion issue will become ancient history, and he'll just forge ahead with the real agenda to push progressive, liberal ideology on things like climate change and DEI.
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