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Twelve years and nine months ago, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, a devout Catholic and one of the most successful liberal governors of the twentieth century, was refused a speaking slot at the 1992 Democratic convention because of his anti-choice views—or so the story goes. Ergo: national Democrats, rather than Giuliani and Schwarzenegger-embracing Republicans, are the real exclusionists on abortion. Ergo: that’s why Democrats can?...
...talker to cry crocodile tears over the Democrats’ alleged intolerance. On June 22 of last year, he condemned the “hypocrites of 1992” for preaching diversity while “at a recent convention…denying the right of…Bob Casey to speak because of his pro-life position.” As the watchdog group Media Matters points out, Hardball’s Chris Matthews has repeated that same story at least five times since 2000. CNN’s Bob Novak and NBC’s Howard Fineman?...
...Casey were denied a speaking slot because he was anti-choice, why weren’t the equally anti-abortion John Breaux, David Boren, Rich Daley, and five other anti-choice governors also prevented from speaking? As Mandy Grunwald, who produced Bill Clinton’s 1992 commercials, told me: “We said all you have to do is endorse our party’s candidate for president, and [Bob Casey] refused, and that was it….There was no abortion litmus-test...
Today, an anti-choice Bob Casey is again making news. But rather than ask what his party can do for him, Bob Casey Jr. asks what he can do for his party. The former governor’s son is now Pennsylvania’s treasurer, and probably the state’s most popular politician...
Democrats were right to stand up to Bob Casey Sr. 12 years ago because refusing to support the presidential nominee hurts the party. But all Bob Casey Jr. wants to do is help...