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Not a talking point, but a side issue here:
I canvassed in a small town in WI where the community was reeling from job loss. Nevertheless, when I talked to people there, who were usually conservative voters, they were unsure about Kerry. One woman said to me that what she didn't like about Kerry was that she heard he "promotes" partial birth abortion and has a bad military record.
I was well prepared to defend the military record of Kerry vs Bush.
But I was stunned by this other claim, a little different than the usual objection to abortion one might encounter from a catholic or conservative Christian. This was in the literature sent out by the Bush campaign. In fact, two days later I received something in the mail about it myself and I was horrified. The Reps didn't bother with me - except for this I did not receive any mailings.
I thought I knew the issues well, but all I knew about PBA was that there are fewer than 1000 procedures a year. I could not imagine this being the determining factor for choosing a president, but clearly, even this issue was enough to stop some people from voting for Kerry. Very inflammatory issue, even for someone who was willing to vote for a pro-choice Catholic.
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