Better than Monday Night Football: War/Abortion and 6th CD
Jeff Berkowitz: And yet they went ahead…Would you say it is a bit hypocritical of say, Senator Schumer, to suggest that Bush was lying then, when apparently he [Schumer], based on almost the same, if not the same, information concluded that that it was appropriate for the United States to take military action [ in Iraq].
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Prof. Lindy Scott: …But, I can be clearly in favor of life beginning at conception and provide good alternatives [to abortion] without saying we are going to force the legal route [making abortion illegal]. I think it is a good position.
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Our show with Prof. Lindy Scott [D-Wheaton, 6th CD Primary Candidate] is airing tonight, through-out the City of Chicago on Cable Ch. 21 [CANTV] at 8:30 pm. The show can also be watched anytime as a webcast on Public Affairs Cinema Verite [See here]
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For a summary of the show's topics and a discussion of the 6th CD contested Democratic and Republican Primaries. [see here] The 6th CD is located beyond and around O'Hare Airport, with about 80% of it being in DuPage County and 20% in Cook County. Cong. Henry Hyde [R-Addison] won the seat in the Watergate year of 1974 and, at 81, is stepping down next year, resulting in an open seat that is is a prime target for DCCC Chairman Rahm Emanuel. It is not as Republican a district as the 8th CD [won last year by Democrat Melissa Bean], with Bush winning the 6th only by the margin of 53-47].
Professor Lindy Scott, running in what is currently a two candidate and could soon become a three candidate Primary, is a Professor at Wheaton College, teaching Latin American studies and Spanish. He also directs the College's Center for Applied Christian Ethics. For more about Professor Scott, see his campaign web site.
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For a partial transcript of the show, see below:
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Jeff Berkowitz: …There are a number of Democrats who voted to authorize military action in the fall of 2002-- to go into Iraq, that authorized the President to take that military action.
Prof. Lindy Scott: Yes.
Jeff Berkowitz: You concede that.
Prof. Lindy Scott: Yes.
Jeff Berkowitz: A number of [Democratic] Presidential candidates—
Prof. Lindy Scott: Yes, Yes.
Jeff Berkowitz: Before, or [now] likely, John Kerry, John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, where do I stop? All Democrats, all have [run] or might be running for President of the United States …all supported the military action in Iraq. That is, all voted in the fall of 2002 to authorize the President to take military action in Iraq. Were they all brainwashed?
Prof. Lindy Scott: I think they were given some of the evidence but the evidence with a certain spin…so in a very patriotic moment of our history after 911 it is understandable that people will vote for giving power to the President. But, I don’t think that was the right thing to do. There was enough evidence against it that they should have not voted to support it.
Jeff Berkowitz: That’s what I am saying. Not only would you be critical of George W. Bush, would you also be critical of John Kerry, of John Edwards, of Hillary Clinton, of Senator Chuck Schumer, all of whom supported that action.
Prof. Lindy Scott: Yes, at that time, I opposed the War. I didn’t think it was the right thing. Morally, I didn’t think it was the right thing. And, so yes, I think they made a mistake. They should not have supported it [the War in Iraq]. But, also, they did not get all the evidence.
Jeff Berkowitz: Well, you know, a lot of the Senators do have access to the national intelligence estimates that are put out by the CIA.
Prof. Lindy Scott: Right.
Jeff Berkowitz: Certainly Senator Carl Levin [D- Michigan] does because he seats on the appropriate committees.
Prof. Lindy Scott: Right.
Jeff Berkowitz: I don’t know but I think perhaps [Democrat Senator] Chuck Schumer might.
Prof. Lindy Scott: I think so.
Jeff Berkowitz: So, they had that. And, in the national intelligence estimates, I am told…there were caveats, there were statements that we can’t be sure about this…sure about WMD, sure about his [Saddam’s] pursuit, a variety of caveats [even though] the estimates may have said this is what we believe. So, they saw that-- Bush saw that. They saw that.
Prof. Lindy Scott: Bush saw that. They saw that.
Jeff Berkowitz: And yet they went ahead…Would you say it is a bit hypocritical of say, Senator Schumer, to suggest that Bush was lying then, when apparently he [Schumer], based on almost the same, if not the same, information concluded that that it was appropriate for the United States to take military action [ in Iraq].
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Prof. Lindy Scott: …But, I can be clearly in favor of life beginning at conception and provide good alternatives [to abortion] without saying we are going to force the legal route [making abortion illegal]. I think it is a good position.
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Jeff Berkowitz: What’s the great majority? Give me your guess.
Prof. Lindy Scott: Of the Evangelicals, probably 50, 60, 70 % would like Roe v. Wade to be overturned. 90% would like abortions to be reduced and I am saying that my position—I would like to see abortions reduced. Hillary Clinton said she would like to see abortion become scarce, so I think that is where you are seeing this movement between the classical—
Berkowitz: But, nobody wants it to be otherwise. Who wants to have a lot of abortions? It is kind of a peculiar view. You know, how strong a view is it to say I would like to see them [abortions] reduced? Is there somebody running [for office] on the idea that they are truly pro-abortion and that they would like to maximize the number of abortions in the United States? Of course, not. So, everybody would like to see them [abortions] reduced, that doesn’t tell us anything.
Prof. Lindy Scott: I think you need to put your money where your mouth is in the sense that if you really want to reduce abortions, as evangelicals say that we do and Catholics say that we do, then you should provide good alternatives: health care, clinics for children, clinics for mothers—[and] make adopting easier and cheaper and not have a penalty on it.
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Professor Lindy Scott, Democrat Primary candidate in the 6th Cong. Dist., recorded on November 13, 2005, as it is airing on the City of Chicago edition of Public Affairs tonight, November 28 at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21 [CANTV], and is being webcast now on this site: Public Affairs Cinema Verite [See here]
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Jeff Berkowitz, Host and Producer of Public Affairs and an Executive Recruiter doing Legal Search, can be reached at JBCG@aol.com
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Prof. Lindy Scott: …But, I can be clearly in favor of life beginning at conception and provide good alternatives [to abortion] without saying we are going to force the legal route [making abortion illegal]. I think it is a good position.
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Our show with Prof. Lindy Scott [D-Wheaton, 6th CD Primary Candidate] is airing tonight, through-out the City of Chicago on Cable Ch. 21 [CANTV] at 8:30 pm. The show can also be watched anytime as a webcast on Public Affairs Cinema Verite [See here]
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For a summary of the show's topics and a discussion of the 6th CD contested Democratic and Republican Primaries. [see here] The 6th CD is located beyond and around O'Hare Airport, with about 80% of it being in DuPage County and 20% in Cook County. Cong. Henry Hyde [R-Addison] won the seat in the Watergate year of 1974 and, at 81, is stepping down next year, resulting in an open seat that is is a prime target for DCCC Chairman Rahm Emanuel. It is not as Republican a district as the 8th CD [won last year by Democrat Melissa Bean], with Bush winning the 6th only by the margin of 53-47].
Professor Lindy Scott, running in what is currently a two candidate and could soon become a three candidate Primary, is a Professor at Wheaton College, teaching Latin American studies and Spanish. He also directs the College's Center for Applied Christian Ethics. For more about Professor Scott, see his campaign web site.
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For a partial transcript of the show, see below:
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Jeff Berkowitz: …There are a number of Democrats who voted to authorize military action in the fall of 2002-- to go into Iraq, that authorized the President to take that military action.
Prof. Lindy Scott: Yes.
Jeff Berkowitz: You concede that.
Prof. Lindy Scott: Yes.
Jeff Berkowitz: A number of [Democratic] Presidential candidates—
Prof. Lindy Scott: Yes, Yes.
Jeff Berkowitz: Before, or [now] likely, John Kerry, John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, where do I stop? All Democrats, all have [run] or might be running for President of the United States …all supported the military action in Iraq. That is, all voted in the fall of 2002 to authorize the President to take military action in Iraq. Were they all brainwashed?
Prof. Lindy Scott: I think they were given some of the evidence but the evidence with a certain spin…so in a very patriotic moment of our history after 911 it is understandable that people will vote for giving power to the President. But, I don’t think that was the right thing to do. There was enough evidence against it that they should have not voted to support it.
Jeff Berkowitz: That’s what I am saying. Not only would you be critical of George W. Bush, would you also be critical of John Kerry, of John Edwards, of Hillary Clinton, of Senator Chuck Schumer, all of whom supported that action.
Prof. Lindy Scott: Yes, at that time, I opposed the War. I didn’t think it was the right thing. Morally, I didn’t think it was the right thing. And, so yes, I think they made a mistake. They should not have supported it [the War in Iraq]. But, also, they did not get all the evidence.
Jeff Berkowitz: Well, you know, a lot of the Senators do have access to the national intelligence estimates that are put out by the CIA.
Prof. Lindy Scott: Right.
Jeff Berkowitz: Certainly Senator Carl Levin [D- Michigan] does because he seats on the appropriate committees.
Prof. Lindy Scott: Right.
Jeff Berkowitz: I don’t know but I think perhaps [Democrat Senator] Chuck Schumer might.
Prof. Lindy Scott: I think so.
Jeff Berkowitz: So, they had that. And, in the national intelligence estimates, I am told…there were caveats, there were statements that we can’t be sure about this…sure about WMD, sure about his [Saddam’s] pursuit, a variety of caveats [even though] the estimates may have said this is what we believe. So, they saw that-- Bush saw that. They saw that.
Prof. Lindy Scott: Bush saw that. They saw that.
Jeff Berkowitz: And yet they went ahead…Would you say it is a bit hypocritical of say, Senator Schumer, to suggest that Bush was lying then, when apparently he [Schumer], based on almost the same, if not the same, information concluded that that it was appropriate for the United States to take military action [ in Iraq].
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Prof. Lindy Scott: …But, I can be clearly in favor of life beginning at conception and provide good alternatives [to abortion] without saying we are going to force the legal route [making abortion illegal]. I think it is a good position.
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Jeff Berkowitz: What’s the great majority? Give me your guess.
Prof. Lindy Scott: Of the Evangelicals, probably 50, 60, 70 % would like Roe v. Wade to be overturned. 90% would like abortions to be reduced and I am saying that my position—I would like to see abortions reduced. Hillary Clinton said she would like to see abortion become scarce, so I think that is where you are seeing this movement between the classical—
Berkowitz: But, nobody wants it to be otherwise. Who wants to have a lot of abortions? It is kind of a peculiar view. You know, how strong a view is it to say I would like to see them [abortions] reduced? Is there somebody running [for office] on the idea that they are truly pro-abortion and that they would like to maximize the number of abortions in the United States? Of course, not. So, everybody would like to see them [abortions] reduced, that doesn’t tell us anything.
Prof. Lindy Scott: I think you need to put your money where your mouth is in the sense that if you really want to reduce abortions, as evangelicals say that we do and Catholics say that we do, then you should provide good alternatives: health care, clinics for children, clinics for mothers—[and] make adopting easier and cheaper and not have a penalty on it.
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Professor Lindy Scott, Democrat Primary candidate in the 6th Cong. Dist., recorded on November 13, 2005, as it is airing on the City of Chicago edition of Public Affairs tonight, November 28 at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21 [CANTV], and is being webcast now on this site: Public Affairs Cinema Verite [See here]
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Jeff Berkowitz, Host and Producer of Public Affairs and an Executive Recruiter doing Legal Search, can be reached at JBCG@aol.com
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