At least he can't run again.

From now on, I'm voting for the most radical pro-lifer only. It's a good indication of all other issues.

Man, I hate voting for the evil of two lessers.

Do you really expect Bush to come out in opposition to a drug that a large percentage of American women are on (albeit at lower dosages)? Politicians are politicians: except for those who have no chance of winning office, they will invariably only take principle so far. Political suicide is past that line.

un-stinking-believable. Is he an idiot, or is he just trying to break the record of an approval rating of ZERO. I can't believe this, some kids will just use these things as birth control. I hope he is willing to accept all the carnage these pills will have on young kids.

I'm extremely disappointed in President Bush.
He's absolutely contradicting himself.
God help him.
We must continue to keep him in our prayers.

I have one word to say:

Sh*t.

This ticks me off so much. WHY SHOULD HE EVEN CARE IF ALL AMERICAN WOMEN USE IT. He doesn't need to get re-elected. There shouldn't be ANY politics involved but him following the moral conscience he has. He's missing a great opportunity to help inform the public, in the same way he has been doing with ESCR. It's plain stupidity - not politics.

If anything, he's in dept to the pharmaceutical company who makes the morning after pill and they're lobbying him because they supported him in the last election.

It's all about the Party, gang, it's to keep the GOP from losing any more of the feminist vote than they already have. It'll keep Arnold and Rudy happy and in the GOP. Remember, the Republican Party is not a Catholic party, and they are under no extraordinary obedience to the Catechism. Heck, we can't even get 'Catholics' in the Democratic party to uphold Catholic teaching, and neither will their bishops call them to task for it.

Government is a game in which the Devil owns the entire deck.

Government is a game in which the Devil owns the entire deck.

Jimbob - that is the best line I have read in a loooooong time!

This is just another example of the GOP becoming the me too party... the party of big government (as opposed to the party of really big government). Mark Shea is correct in calling the GOP the Stupid Party. They have forsaken their conservative principles in a poor attempt to get more votes.

This reminds me of the Spirit of Vatican II types that keep dumbing down the faith in another poor attempt to appeal to more and more people.

While in college, we had 7 Masses on the weekend, the only one not packed was the Korean Mass. (More people in Texas speak English, Spanish, and Spanglish.) RCIA routinely had 75 or more people enter the Church each year. Daily Mass had at least 200 people. All this at a public school. The reason? TRUTH. We had two faithful, orthodox priests at the campus ministry. Truth was always preached from the pulpit. The people wanted the Truth. We desire Truth.

Now, if the Stupid Party could smarten up, and stop being afraid of proclaiming the truth... people might actually listen. It would be nice, but I don't think that will happen for a long time.

It's not even good politics. As is witnessed by the reaction on St. Blog's, the number of conservative voters Bush has angered over this decision will outweigh the left-wingers he's appeased. In fact, dollars to donuts he gets NO credit from this from the secularists. Thus, the political calculation itself is quite off.

I bought his pro-life spheel for 6 years! What a rube I have been. I had been saying, this guy is different, he truly respects life (at least life that is pre-born.

I AM A CHUMP! There is a gallon of water behind my ears.

Most people are unaware of the fact that estrogen is a carcinogen--even in mild doses and that hormonal contraceptives increase the risk of developing breast cancer, as does abortion, not to mention the other myriad known side effects.

The greatest concern about Plan B pills of those who actually work with young women in crisis pregnancies is the potential for young pregnant women in the earliest stage of pregnancy to be given the pill without their consent. The fact that many forced abortions occur is a dirty secret already. Parents, the fathers of unwanted babies, and sexual predators are all known to sometimes put tremendous pressure on young women to abort, and the potential for misuse of the drug is inherent in the ease of buying it over the counter and of administering it.

Having young women rely on an OTC pill that is more dangerous than birth control pills which require a prescription is frightening for all of these reasons.

I, for one, was extremely disappointed with President Bush. The long-term harm, physical, emotional, and spiritual, accrued by our young women who are told that contraception, abortion, and now Plan B is as safe as taking an aspirin, will have too many consequences that will come home to roost in the near future.

They already are if you talk with these young girls who don't even know that real love, as opposed to exploitative love can and does exist.

This is just another example as to why we should pray godly men like Mike Pence into the White House!

I believe that abortion was given to us by God because, for whatever reason, Christians thought they were "above" being involved in the filth and degredation of politics...thus allowing the ungodly to take over and run our nation.

Since R v Wade, Christians have mobilized and become politically involved.

This current setback is another clear message to us all that we can't give up the fight. We need to expunge the wicked from our midst.

Remember...General Patton's speech when he said to his men, "many years from now, you'll be sitting with your grandson on your knee and he'll ask you, "What did you do in the Big War granpa? Do you want to be able to say that I fought with that S.O.B. Patton or that 'I shovelled horse $hit in Louisiana?"

Well, let's quit shovelling horse $hit and be about winning this war!

"Government is a game in which the Devil owns the entire deck."

Great line!

Calm down, please.

There has not yet been any decision by the FDA guy actually to make Plan B available OTC. There has been a decision to consider this.

We know already that Bush is against given the pro-Pill crowd all they want - since he says he's against OTC sales to minors - and they want OTC sales to everyone, minors as well as adults.

In fact, part of the FDA's reason for not approving OTC Plan B so far is that there's doubt that, in practice, OTC sales could be restricted to adults. (You'll note that lots of kids manage to get alcohol, despite drinking-age laws.)

When the FDA actually says it's gonna permit OTC sales (to adults or to everyone), and Bush approves, then it'll be time to get mad at him.

But let's not jump the gun.

By all means - pressure him to prevent such a decision.

But please don't criticize him on the basis of a misunderstanding of the decision that has been made to this point.

I've been saying this for a while, but most "conservative" politicians are actually moderate versions of the progressive secularists, who use conservative and religious rhetoric to get support from people who should know better. It is absolutely true that the devil holds the whole deck- the current political system is DESIGNED to reward progressive secularists and big government advocates in a way disproportionate to their numbers and acutal power. Is it any wonder that the best we can get are the less progressive, less secular leaders, rather than genuinely religious and conservative ones?

This is one of the reasons I'm uncomfortable with the "War on Terror" and the "Clash of Civilizations". I won't deny that we are having some problems with Islam, but let's face the truth: The vast majority of problems in our society are due to progressive secularists, not Muslim radicals (who certainly don't permit abortion). I suspect that our "conservative" leaders keep feeding us the "Clash of Civilizations" stuff because they are AFRAID to take on the REAL problems of society, and they know that that sort of rhetoric brings in conservatives.

Oh please, stop the
I didn't see where he supported the drug being over the counter. What I did see was him saying it ought to be a perscription for miners. That is a practical step to reduce abortion in the reality of abortion on demand.

President Bush also supports parental consent for minors to have an abortion. It is a practical step in the reality of abortion on demand. By the logic used by the alarmist here you have to assume he implies approval of abortion and he clearly does not except in the case of rape. Now if you want to complain about the rape exception then you have something to fret about.

Dated today, Aug. 24, 2006

Reuters: "U.S. OKs wider access for Barr "morning-after" pill "

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060824/hl_nm/contraceptive_dc_1

I volunteer at Birthright and have more of an impetus to stay up-to-date on these issues. Now is the time to storm our representatives!

I was never hysterical, but I was and am concerned, Matt.

In Christ's peace and joy,

Robin