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Ryan: Abortion Opponents Should Find Common Ground

Posted on the 15 April 2013 by Eowyn @DrEowyn

In 1966, Carroll  Quigley wrote the book, Tragedy and Hope.  He was a professor in the History Department at Georgetown University and Bill Clinton’s mentor.  He wrote on page 1247 of his book, and I’ll quote, “The chief problem of American political life for a long time has been how to make the two Congressional parties more national and international.  The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers.  Instead the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can “throw the rascals out” at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy.  The policies that are vital and necessary for America are no longer subjects of significant disagreement, but are disputable only in details of procedure, priority, or method …..Then it should be possible to replace it, every four years if necessary, by the other party, which will be none of these things but WILL STILL PURSUE, with new vigor, approximately the SAME BASIC POLICIES.”

Now, this is what exists today in America.  The above book had its first printing in 1966 and the powers that be (CFR, etc) were so horrified that he’d let out so many secrets that the book was not reprinted, and Macmillan destroyed the plates.  It wasn’t until 1974 that Jack Meserole got permission from Quigley and reprinted it and sold it for his cost.  Quigley laughed because he knew the noose was so tight around the necks of Americans that even with the truth of his book, nothing would change.

Here is a fine example of the one party strategy with two heads, both with the same agenda.  KJLN

WASHINGTON (OFFICIAL WIRE) April 11, 2013

By KEN THOMAS

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican vice presidential nominee in 2012 and an abortion opponent, said Thursday that anti-abortion activists should try to build a broad coalition and find common ground with supporters of abortion rights as a way to advance their agenda.

Ryan, R-Wis., said in a speech to the Susan B. Anthony List that those who oppose abortion “need to work with people who consider themselves pro-choice — because our task isn’t to purge our ranks. It’s to grow them.”

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“We don’t want a country where abortion is simply outlawed. We want a country where it isn’t even considered,” he said.

Ryan told the organization that seeks to elect women who oppose abortion rights that “labels can be misleading.” He pointed to former GOP Sen. Scott Brown, whose 2010 election in Massachusetts nearly derailed President Barack Obama’s health care law. Brown supports abortion rights. In contrast, Ryan told the group that former Michigan Rep. Bart Stupak, who opposed abortion, “delivered the votes that passed it into law.”

Many opponents of abortion disagreed with the health care overhaul because it requires most employers to cover birth control free of charge to female workers as a preventative service. The law exempted churches and other houses of worship.

Ryan said critics often urge abortion opponents to abandon their beliefs but “that would only demoralize our voters.” But he said anti-abortion activists should work with people of all beliefs to plant “flags” in the law — “small changes that raise questions about abortion.”

He said some people who support abortion rights oppose taxpayer funding of abortions or parental notification of minors’ abortions. Others, he said, support the reinstatement of the so-called Mexico City policy, which bans American aid from funding abortions. Obama waived the order soon after taking office in 2009.

Marjorie Dannenfelser, the group’s president, said it plans to target Senate seats in 2014 held by Democrats Kay Hagan of North Carolina and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, both of whom support abortion rights.

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