Associated Press:
Anti-abortion leaders voiced concern Sunday that the Obama administration and other Democrats may try to capitalize on the murder of Dr. George Tiller to defuse the abortion issue in upcoming Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
Many anti-abortion groups condemned the killing of Tiller, a prominent abortion provider who was shot dead at his church in Wichita, Kan. But they expressed concern that abortion-rights activists would use the occasion to brand the entire anti-abortion movement as extremist.
They also worried that there would now be an effort to stifle anti-abortion viewpoints during questioning of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Her exact views on abortion aren't known, but conservatives fear she supports abortion rights.
Said the Rev. Patrick Mahoney, an anti-abortion activist: "No one should use this tragedy for political gain."
Here's an important point to remember -- there isn't going to be any fight over Sotomayor. Republicans are going to make a lot of noise, then confirm her. Unless she has some weird tax issue, she's in easily.
But how hypocritical is it for people who throw around the words "baby killer" to worry that someone might politicize a murder of an actual, non-hypothetical human being?
Top anti-abortion wingnut Randall Terry wasted no time in being crazy. "George Tiller was a mass murderer and we cannot stop saying that," Terry said. "He was an evil man -- his hands were covered with blood." According to AP, Terry worries that the Obama administration "will use Tiller's killing to intimidate pro-lifers into surrendering our most effective rhetoric and actions."
You mean like all that "mass murderer/blood on his hands" shit? Yeah, that was real effective, you son of a bitch. It sure put one abortion provider out of business, didn't it?
