MANCHESTER, NH (CBS) - A man running for sheriff in New Hampshire says if he is elected, he will arrest anyone involved in an abortion in his county.
Frank Szabo set off a firestorm with the comments. People on all sides of the political spectrum have condemned the statements, but Szabo stands by them. He says it's the sheriff's job to protect every citizen - even the unborn.
Szabo is running as a Republican for Hillsborough County Sheriff. But he injected a new issue in the debate when he sent out a press release saying he would arrest anyone performing an abortion.
Apparently, Republicans aren't really as serious about defending their side as the Democrats are about theirs. Looking at it this way, Democrats have no problem using every tactic they can in the book to force people to accept their views, the only problem is that their views are usually wrong/immoral. Republicans, on the other hand, are squishes when it comes to their views, contending with them almost with something like shame. Now, we have a Republican candidate who says something logically consistent with the pro-life agenda, and he's demonized, disavowed, and discouraged. If you're pro-life, then you believe that abortion is murder. What does someone do if they see a person about to murder another person? Do you rush to defend the victim, or do you look away and say (read in either the voice of a valley girl or Sean Hannity), "You know, I don't like it, but we can't be extreme about this. I mean, you know, like....I think it's wrong, but, like, I don't think the attacker should be jailed for (attempted) murder or something. That's, like, you know, overboard...or something."
That's how it usually goes, utterly without backbone or consistency.
"Deadly force is the last thing law enforcement should be using, if a citizen's life is in danger they should be protected," says Szabo. "If there is no other choice, that's what's needed to protect the citizen."
Republicans called Szabo's statement, "Irresponsible, outrageous, and inappropriate."
Democrats said, "Every Republican officeholder and candidate in New Hampshire must condemn and reject this man and his beliefs."
His opponent, current Hillsborough County Sheriff James Hardy says Szbao's statement could incite violence.
"My opponent wants to substitute his opinions for enforcing the law," says Sheriff Hardy.
The only thing that's irresponsible, outrageous, and inappropriate is the speed with which the Republicans rushed to defend the liberal position. If you believe that the fetus is a human life, then killing it constitutes murder. And we usually sic the police on murderers, don't we? What else could you call an abortionist but a murderer? What else could the woman be called but an accessory to murderer? Yes, I know it's harsh to say it, but that's where the logic of the pro-life side inevitably goes. (For the record, I am passionately pro-life.) The Republicans refuse to step up to the plate and own what they say, other than this sheriff candidate, who's the only candidate stating the God's-honest-truth: if it's murder, then you press charges against the murderer, and if someone's attempting murder, then you stop them by any means necessary.
"I'm not sure how he feels he can get away with that," said one woman.
"I think people have strong opinions and it would influence how they vote," said another woman.
I'm not sure exactly why people who base every decision of theirs on the essential question of how it makes them feel are allowed to vote. Not everybody runs every thought through the feelings filter before passing it along to the mouth, some actually calculate and think critically about it before deciding on it. I do note that they didn't ask any men how they feel about this, probably because the Left doesn't believe that the opinion of a man is relevant to "women's reproductive health". Curiously, equality doesn't extend that far, but it does extend everywhere else that happens to allow women unfettered access, whether men want it or not (like, say, Augusta National which is now allowing female members into the exclusive, prestigious club).
Szabo isn't backing down.
He says, "Why is there a difference between someone who is 20 years old and their life is in danger and someone who is nine months in utero."
Yes, Republicans, why is there a difference?
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