Comments on: Friday Talking Points -- Hannibal Lecter Makes A Campaign Appearance http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/17/friday-talking-points-hannibal-lecter-makes-a-campaign-appearance/ Reality-based political commentary Sat, 02 May 2026 07:43:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/17/friday-talking-points-hannibal-lecter-makes-a-campaign-appearance/#comment-209499 Kick Tue, 21 May 2024 01:33:57 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25055#comment-209499 <i>So Hogan came out this week and proclaimed he is now pro-choice and will stand strong for abortion rights -- even though he vetoed an abortion-rights bill when he served as governor. </i> How convenient. (¬_¬) So Hogan came out this week and proclaimed he is now pro-choice and will stand strong for abortion rights -- even though he vetoed an abortion-rights bill when he served as governor.

How convenient. (¬_¬)

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/17/friday-talking-points-hannibal-lecter-makes-a-campaign-appearance/#comment-209492 Elizabeth Miller Sun, 19 May 2024 18:39:09 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25055#comment-209492 If one believes in the freedoms guaranteed in the constitution of the United States, as I still do, then one can believe there will come a day when the abortion debate will end with the resolution that the decision to abort a pregnancy will be decided by a woman and her doctor. If one believes in the freedoms guaranteed in the constitution of the United States, as I still do, then one can believe there will come a day when the abortion debate will end with the resolution that the decision to abort a pregnancy will be decided by a woman and her doctor.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/17/friday-talking-points-hannibal-lecter-makes-a-campaign-appearance/#comment-209491 Elizabeth Miller Sun, 19 May 2024 14:42:00 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25055#comment-209491 Russ, Yeah, it's hard to glean anything from poll questions like this. But, I'm guessing Trump doesn't care one way or the other about abortion rights except in how the issue can help his campaign, as with any other issue. And, he's doing a pretty good job of making the issue a 'winning' one from his point of view. It's a very complicated issue in that unless you know how a person being polled on this question thinks about sex and sexual well-being, in the overall, you can't know why they feel the way they do about abortion or reproductive rights, let alone who they hold responsible for overturning Roe v. Wade. I wish the discussion - and poll questions - would take this turn toward a more expansive view of all that a woman's reproductive rights entail! Russ,

Yeah, it's hard to glean anything from poll questions like this.

But, I'm guessing Trump doesn't care one way or the other about abortion rights except in how the issue can help his campaign, as with any other issue. And, he's doing a pretty good job of making the issue a 'winning' one from his point of view.

It's a very complicated issue in that unless you know how a person being polled on this question thinks about sex and sexual well-being, in the overall, you can't know why they feel the way they do about abortion or reproductive rights, let alone who they hold responsible for overturning Roe v. Wade. I wish the discussion - and poll questions - would take this turn toward a more expansive view of all that a woman's reproductive rights entail!

]]> By: ListenWhenYouHear http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/17/friday-talking-points-hannibal-lecter-makes-a-campaign-appearance/#comment-209489 ListenWhenYouHear Sun, 19 May 2024 03:04:33 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25055#comment-209489 <i> Fully 17 percent of the respondents answered "Biden" rather than "Donald Trump" when asked who was more responsible for the overturning of Roe v. Wade.</i> Since Trump wants the credit for Roe being overturned, wouldn't this be seen as a loss by Trump? If Republicans are against abortion, then Biden getting the credit for overturning Roe would be seen by these people as Biden doing something positive. Unless you know how the person being polled views abortion, it is impossible to know how they view the person they believe is responsible for overturning Roe v. Wade. Fully 17 percent of the respondents answered "Biden" rather than "Donald Trump" when asked who was more responsible for the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Since Trump wants the credit for Roe being overturned, wouldn't this be seen as a loss by Trump? If Republicans are against abortion, then Biden getting the credit for overturning Roe would be seen by these people as Biden doing something positive. Unless you know how the person being polled views abortion, it is impossible to know how they view the person they believe is responsible for overturning Roe v. Wade.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/17/friday-talking-points-hannibal-lecter-makes-a-campaign-appearance/#comment-209487 Elizabeth Miller Sat, 18 May 2024 14:50:16 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25055#comment-209487 When did we stop numbering the FTP columns? When did we stop numbering the FTP columns?

]]> By: dsws http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/17/friday-talking-points-hannibal-lecter-makes-a-campaign-appearance/#comment-209486 dsws Sat, 18 May 2024 13:57:26 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25055#comment-209486 <i>While only 28 Republicans joined with Steube, 189 Democrats also signed his petition, which reached the magical number of 218.</i> The NY Times article doesn't tell much. Here's the link to the list of who signed the discharge petition: https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2024043011?Page=2&CongressNum=118 While only 28 Republicans joined with Steube, 189 Democrats also signed his petition, which reached the magical number of 218.

The NY Times article doesn't tell much. Here's the link to the list of who signed the discharge petition:
https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2024043011?Page=2&CongressNum=118

]]> By: dsws http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/17/friday-talking-points-hannibal-lecter-makes-a-campaign-appearance/#comment-209485 dsws Sat, 18 May 2024 13:47:51 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25055#comment-209485 <i>Fully 17 percent of the respondents answered "Biden" rather than "Donald Trump" when asked who was more responsible for the overturning of Roe v. Wade.</i> Well, you can't blame the bad guys for winning. That's what they're supposed to be trying to do. You can blame the good guys for failing. If there had been a real threat of court-packing, SCOTUS wouldn't have been so activist. Fully 17 percent of the respondents answered "Biden" rather than "Donald Trump" when asked who was more responsible for the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Well, you can't blame the bad guys for winning. That's what they're supposed to be trying to do. You can blame the good guys for failing. If there had been a real threat of court-packing, SCOTUS wouldn't have been so activist.

]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/17/friday-talking-points-hannibal-lecter-makes-a-campaign-appearance/#comment-209483 Chris Weigant Sat, 18 May 2024 07:22:54 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25055#comment-209483 Speak2 - Well, I like to think that I'm pretty un-shockable, but that poll did shock me... (sigh) -CW Speak2 -

Well, I like to think that I'm pretty un-shockable, but that poll did shock me... (sigh)

-CW

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/17/friday-talking-points-hannibal-lecter-makes-a-campaign-appearance/#comment-209481 nypoet22 Sat, 18 May 2024 02:46:29 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25055#comment-209481 @speak, beyond that, donald trump is an absolute master of muddying the facts. he'll tell you with a straight face and not a shred of evidence that the thing he just did on camera is actually what his opponent did. and people (not just his supporters) believe him. JL @speak,

beyond that, donald trump is an absolute master of muddying the facts. he'll tell you with a straight face and not a shred of evidence that the thing he just did on camera is actually what his opponent did. and people (not just his supporters) believe him.

JL

]]> By: Speak2 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/17/friday-talking-points-hannibal-lecter-makes-a-campaign-appearance/#comment-209480 Speak2 Sat, 18 May 2024 02:01:53 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25055#comment-209480 Unfortunately, your first point is not surprising. More than a third of GOP voters blamed Obama for the Katrina debacle back during the 2012 campaign. Unfortunately, your first point is not surprising. More than a third of GOP voters blamed Obama for the Katrina debacle back during the 2012 campaign.

]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/17/friday-talking-points-hannibal-lecter-makes-a-campaign-appearance/#comment-209478 Chris Weigant Sat, 18 May 2024 01:43:41 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25055#comment-209478 nypoet22 - Yeah I almost added a quote or two from them... heh... something along the lines of: "Eh? What? What did he say?!?" :-) -CW nypoet22 -

Yeah I almost added a quote or two from them... heh... something along the lines of: "Eh? What? What did he say?!?"

:-)

-CW

]]> By: Chris Weigant http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/17/friday-talking-points-hannibal-lecter-makes-a-campaign-appearance/#comment-209477 Chris Weigant Sat, 18 May 2024 01:43:02 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25055#comment-209477 <strong>Program Note:</strong> For some unfathomable reason, <a href="http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/17/debates-confirmed/" rel="nofollow">Wednesday's column</a> did not post correctly. Earlier today, I managed to get it up. Apologies for the delay! <strong>-CW</strong> Program Note:

For some unfathomable reason, Wednesday's column did not post correctly. Earlier today, I managed to get it up. Apologies for the delay!

-CW

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/05/17/friday-talking-points-hannibal-lecter-makes-a-campaign-appearance/#comment-209475 nypoet22 Sat, 18 May 2024 01:26:02 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=25055#comment-209475 Note to mitt Romney: their names are Waldorf and Statler. Note to mitt Romney: their names are Waldorf and Statler.

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