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Not fifteen percent, ONE POINT FIVE percent.

According to this article, they account in total for 1.5% of abortions. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/24/rape-and-incest-account-few-abortions-so-why-all-attention/1211175001/ I would call that "rare".

The American public disagrees, as do most Europeans.

Sure, sorry for forgetting; https://news.gallup.com/poll/1576/abortion.aspx If, as you say, late term abortions are rare (and I agree that they are), then what is the harm in allowing states to restrict them? I see it as the same as the rape/incest argument- also rare, so there is no harm in allowing abortion in those cases.

Again, a rather radical position according to most polling. And also very rare in other parts of the world. Most of Europe has bans after the first trimester, for example.

...and Biden's is mostly at his beach house napping in a sun lounge. I don't see a difference.

Article is behind a paywall and I am too cheap to breach it... Given what you wrote, then what IS a realistic compromise position? I see some states going too restrictive, others going too permissive, and the middle ground being ignored. Very few politicians are willing to commit to any specific ideas, especially the left. Many secretly favour abortion on demand, at any time, for any (or no) reason. That is a position that very few Americans actually support. Gallup finds that a majority of Americans support abortion in the first trimester at 67%. That falls to 35% in the second trimester and only 20% in the third. Makes the current law in Arizona seem quite mainstream.

Same could easily said for any former President. And the NBC reporter wasnt just talking about time at their private residences, he was talking total time away. And in both instances, the current President is the clear winner. Joe is away a LOT.

According to this article, Biden is the winner in time spent outside the office- fully 40% of his days are not in Washington. "Data on presidential vacations has been meticulously tabulated for decades by former CBS News reporter Mark Knoller, who documented that Biden outpaced Trump and Obama in spending time away from the White House during his first 18 months in office" https://nypost.com/2022/08/31/biden-hit-for-spending-40-of-his-time-on-vacation/

Hard for Biden to do his job when he is never in Washington- he spends more time on vacation than any president in the last century. It isn't hyperbole to point out his numerous and recurring brain f8rts, which show truly alarming decline. Ever wonder why his handlers almost never let him do interviews, or pressers? Again, he is the least accessible president in decades. And for good reason.

So... Reagan WAS actually falling apart in public, but it just was ignored? I don't get your meaning.

I don't recall Reagan trying to shake phantom hands, or being bullied by the Easter Bunny, or misbronouncing his worms, or being unable to complete a sentence, or worrying that he will "get in trouble" if he talks to reporters, or dodging the media so studiously. Other than that, I can see your point.

Again the need to compare to Trump..... is he really so important to you? But thank you for at least admitting the the current occupant of the White House is "diminished". That is a good first step.

It would help a lot if BOTH sides would be clear on what their positions were. The President's spokeswoman studiously avoided answering the question when put to her by Fox News' Peter Doocy. Same as most Democratic politicians when asked- they refuse to give direct answers. Instead, they either fall back on the tired bromide of supporting "a woman's right to choose" or deflecting the queston by instead talking about what some GOP candidate wants to do. In Arizona, the law signed by the governor would ban most abortions after 15 weeks. This is a reasonable position that would probably satisfy most Americans if polling data is to be believed.

So interesting how a topic about the current president and his very real troubles can be so readily sidetracked into yet more ranting about the Bad Orange Man. Deflection is the sincerest form of flattery. Either the Democrats fear Trump so much, or have such little faith in Biden. Not sure which is correct. Again, anyone can see the serious cognitive decline in the President. Interesting that when Democrats were concerned about John McCain's age (he was 72) it was legitimate. Yet now, somehow, it is a taboo subject and one to be avoided at all costs.

I would have no trouble with doing both simultaneously. But again both are things that the federal government should do. And neither are happening now. There are literally thousands of people coming across every day with no resistance from the government. The most basic principle of national identity is to have secure borders. Then work on stiffer employment laws. Then 'encourage' employers to hire legal residents and citizens.

The obvious first step is to control the border. Second is to rapidly return people across it. Third is for the Congress to do their job instead of grandstanding and blowing smoke. The state governors are somewhat at the mercy of the feds. I agree that they could take stronger action, wish they would to be honest. But the simple fact is that controlling the border is a federal responsibility, and they are NOT doing it. Immigration is a job for Washington to do, and they are failing. Everything stems from that initial problem. Biden has had control of both houses of Congress for 2 years and has done nothing at all on the issue. How about taking half the extra money the IRS is getting and using it to upgrade the CBP and hire more agents? Nah, never happen with this government.

The gentleman in the case here is obviously cherrypicked as a "best case scenario" for purposes of sympathy and to match up with the political agenda of the reporters. Good father just trying to support his son, that kind of thing. Hardly the typical case for illegal immigrants. Unless you consider identity theft, tax evasion, driving without a license, and so on to all be beneath worry. Plus the usual crimes of property, violence and drugs that get committed by everyone. Bottom line is that there would be ZERO crimes committed by them if illegal aliens were not permitted to stay in the country. Release them into the public to await hearings and you are allowing crime that doesn't need to happen. The crime stats are all over the place, especially because local/state jurisdictions do not keep the stats on the immigration status of people arrested/convicted. The federal government does.

uhhhh.... ok? Not sure what you are trying to get at here and how relevant it is to the problem of illegal immigration.

Hard to believe they are willing to "respect the laws" when their very first act is to BREAK the law. Not sure what election results have to do with the topic- AFAIK non citizens are not allowed to vote. I suspect you are making another snarky attempt to inject your irrational fear of the Bad Orange Man into the discussion. They are free to work their behinds off and pay their taxes in THEIR OWN countries, apply for legal admission to the US (as thousands do every year) and wait their turn. Each job an illegal migrant takes is another job that is not available to a legal resident, and another small bump downwards in wages for the most vulnerable Americans (especially BIPOC).

Personally, I would be angry at the feckless squishes in Congress who have been studiously ignoring this issue since the Reagan administration. Lots of fear and so on at Martha's Vinyard last week. They couldn't wait to get the nasty brown people off their lawns and safely far away.

Exactly. What he is doing is/should be illegal, but I don't have any anger about it. Unlike many progressive types, we on the right have the ability to separate our feelings from politics.

You misunderstand, not angry with him at all. He took advantage of a broken system and is doing what he has to do to feed his son. But the point is that the system IS broken. He shouldn't be able to swim the Rio Grande and then be rewarded with a work permit, free housing, etc. The blame is with Congress for not doing their most basic job, which is to secure the country.

American dream, with a free bus ride, free housing, etc. He is earning about $2500 a month before taxes. How will he fare in DC once he has to pay his own rent, food, and so on. And he wants to get a car- does he have a drivers licence? The fact that he left a child behind in Venezuela speaks against his being a genuine asylee. More like an economic migrant obviously.

Such an excellent example, why did he not apply for a visa from his home country? Would have saved him a long and dangerous, not to say expensive, trip. Solidly middle class guy, business owner, in no way is he an asylum seeker.