The Silence of the Libs

There continues to be reaction to NARAL's false ad attacking John Roberts.

I find it particularly interesting that very few on the Left have the courage and the decency to go on the record and condemn it.

Two exceptions reported by the New York Times:

Within the larger liberal coalition of which Naral is a part, there was considerable uneasiness about the advertisement, although leaders of other groups generally refused to speak on the record. One who did, Frances Kissling, the longtime president of Catholics for a Free Choice, said she was "deeply upset and offended" by the advertisement, which she called "far too intemperate and far too personal."

Ms. Kissling, who initiated the conversation with a reporter, said the ad "does step over the line into the kind of personal character attack we shouldn't be engaging in."

She added: "As a pro-choice person, I don't like being placed on the defensive by my leaders. Naral should pull it and move on."

Walter Dellinger, a former acting solicitor general in the Clinton administration and longtime Naral supporter, sent a letter on Wednesday to the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and its ranking Democrat, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania and Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont, respectively. Mr. Dellinger said he had disagreed with Mr. Roberts's argument in the Bray case but considered it unfair to give "the impression that Roberts is somehow associated with clinic bombers." He added that "it would be regrettable if the only refutation of these assertions about Roberts came from groups opposed to abortion rights."

What a joke!

The liberals are willing to go along with NARAL's dirty tactics. They may be uneasy about it, but not uneasy enough to go on the record to say so.

What a complete lack of integrity!

It's political opportunism at its worst!

The Times could only find two individuals to go on the record against NARAL, although "[s]everal prominent abortion rights supporters...said the advertisement was misleading and unfair."

I agree with Dellinger.

"[I]t would be regrettable if the only refutation of these assertions about Roberts came from groups opposed to abortion rights."