Fox News has a story on its Web site with a headline that reads: “Pro-Life Leaders Denounce Murder Of Abortion Doctor George Tiller.”
But, it’s the sub-headline that interests me: “Opponents of abortion condemned the murder of abortion provider George Tiller but used a platform outside the Supreme Court Monday to blast President Obama’s abortion policies and strongly question the beliefs of his high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.”
First, how about the lack of respect to not refer to him as Dr. George Tiller, but instead refer to him as “abortion provider George Tiller.” I know it was used in the headline, but I find it a little interesting that label him as “abortion provider” rather than “doctor” or along with “doctor.” So, the pr0-lifers are exploiting the death of Dr. George Tiller to take cheap shots at President Barack Obama and U.S. Supreme Court justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor. That is plain disgusting.
Here are a couple of head-scratching quotes from the story:
“It is immoral and it is unchristian,” Rev. Rob Schenck of the National Clergy Council said of Tiller’s murder. He said the reaction to it “becomes a greater setback to the pro-life movement than anything the so-called pro-choice movement could do.”
“We call on President Obama and the [congressional leaders] not to use this tragedy for political gain,” added Rev. Patrick Mahoney, director of the Christian Defense Coalitions.
That takes a lot of nerve for a man to speak to the media and call on someone else not to use the tragedy for political gain. Talk about a hypocrite.
Here is another excerpt and quote from the Fox News story:
The group’s former president, Randall Terry, said that, despite Tiller’s murder, abortion opponents must not retreat from calling him a “mass murderer.”
“The pro-life movement must not be browbeaten by Obama or the child-killers into surrendering our best rhetoric, actions and images. We hold absolutely no responsibility for his death,” Terry said in a written statement.
Again, Terry exploits this heinous murder of Dr. George Tiller for his own selfish and radical political agenda by attacking President Obama. It just goes to show how nutty some of these individuals are when you get right down to it.
Fox News:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/01/abortion-opponents-discouraged-doctors-murder/
SIDE NOTE: The story, which in the eyes of many casts a negative light on far-right conservatives, is no longer getting as high a positioning on the Fox News Web site.