In a May online poll done by CNN, abortion and women’s issues are nowhere to be found in the ten listed categories of 2012′s important election issues. Economy, healthcare, national debt, education, taxes, help the middle class, reform, environment, state of politics, and social security are the top issues according to that poll. Similar polls late last year and into this year show much of the same. Going into the 2012 Republican National Convention, the two words on the lips of politicos are abortion and hurricane. This is all because of Todd Akin, the Missouri Congressman running for Senate, who said that it was difficult for women to get pregnant from “legitimate rape.” The news organizations are talking about it, celebrities are talking about it, and everyday women on the left are talking about it. Those on the right are talking about it on social media too. One has to wonder if Republicans can avoid this topic at the convention this week by focusing on the economy, jobs, national debt, and healthcare. The left certainly continues to try to link VP candidate Paul Ryan to Akin. Where do you think the focus should be for both Republicans and Democrats going into their conventions?
Paul Ryan: Please don’t refer to rape as a “method of conception.” It’s insensitive and creepy.2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/paul-r…
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) August 24, 2012
If we are going to talk about abortion, let’s also include O’s & McCaskill’s extreme records on the matter.
— Janie Johnson (@jjauthor) August 24, 2012
Anderson Cooper confronts DWS on lying re: Romney’s abortion position. Very revealing that she won’t admit lying
#tcot bit.ly/StSTxy”— Ron Christie (@Ron_Christie) August 24, 2012
Wrong to say “The election will be about economic issues, not abortion or birth control.” Those *are* economic issues. My body goes to work.
— Mikki Halpin (@mikkipedia) August 24, 2012
Before granting interviews, Romney demands reporters agree not to ask “about abortion or Todd Akin” thkpr.gs/R4yF7U
#icymi— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) August 24, 2012
Kathleen Parker in WaPo: “Does a raped woman need bruises to qualify for an abortion?” wapo.st/OvvM1V
— Alex Wagner (@alexwagner) August 23, 2012
Paul Ryan’s record on abortion opposition is consistent with Todd Akin’s | bloom.bg/NHjr9r
— Bloomberg News (@BloombergNews) August 22, 2012
Dear MoveOn.org: Why Go After Rape Exceptions, When Abortion Shouldn’t Be Banned for Anyone? | Alt.. bit.ly/NnSs1k
— Henrietta (top that) (@nonnydee) August 24, 2012
Kimberly Hahn: Obama says there is a
#waronwomen and he is right, but he doesn’t know what the real war is! Sex-selection#abortion— Susan B Anthony List (@SBAList) August 24, 2012
GOP New Hampshire candidate says he would use deadly force to stop an abortion fb.me/10Uwf5rAP
— David Higgins (@stillgettindwn) August 24, 2012