All I had to read was "inconveniently comatose spouses". That told me everything I needed to know about her "objectivity".
I've been thinking much of the "pro life" screeching about abortion has been issuing from the mouths of males, but of course there are plenty of women around going off about it.
HAH~ Good work!
Nowhere is Henninberger's political acumen on display more than in her argument about Teri Schiavo. I'm sure glad the Democrats took her advice and forced Schiavo to stay alive -- we certainly would've lost a whole bunch of votes if we hadn't backed the Save Teri Act of 2005.
In light of her wingnut views on Schiavo, cementing her DINO status, can't we trade Henninberger to GOP for a couple of state senators and a round of victory drinks to be named later--November 2008, to be exact?
Nice piece of research, Tom.
They go out with an agenda and 'hear' whatever confirms it.
That's being charitable and assuming that she didn't just pull her "data" out of her ass. (Worst. Star Trek: The Next Generation episode. Ever.)
Charitably, it sounds like Confirmation Bias: our tendency to notice facts that fit our preconceptions/prejudices and to ignore facts that don't. Uncharitably, it sounds like Manufactured Evidence, also known as Fabulation, quaintly known as Lying. Hey, it's not like columnists haven't been known to do that from time to time.
Like Tom, I'm willing to go with the charitable explanation, which makes Henneberger's conclusion merely groundless, rather than phony.
That whole "culture of life" thing: great if you're a fetus or a stem cell, not so great if you have brown skin.
actually, i have a close friend who's not a republican anymore because of their stance on abortion (and their general creepiness on a variety of women's issues).
Kathy, yeah--that's pretty ugly. And of course it mirrors the anti-abortion language: 'convenience' is the word they always use to sweep away a whole world of pain and hardship.
Casey, thanks!
Jeff, clearly Henneberger's political acumen is not only superior to our own, but superior to that of the 70% who, having no idea what they really wanted, thought they opposed the Save Terri Act. 
Paul, I think you've got something there--certainly I would love to see her writing columns about how Republican support for the death penalty is killing them.
Ahab, thanks!
Nash, I think it probably is clueless confirmation bias rather than manufacturing anecdotes...but in the end, it hardly matters. It's all still a wank-a-thon.
Joe, I suspect that's a pretty common thing--probably a lot more common than the other way around.
Hey, a couple of your links ("bio" and "fictional candidate") point back to this post.
It's also particularly disgusting that in her Schiavo article she singles out, as people who should have been spared the death penalty, abortion terrorist Paul Hill and Christian right darling Karla Faye Tucker. What about all the other people executed in Florida? (Don't get me started on Texas.)
Tom,
congratulations on being linked from hullaballoo. Its a tremendous post and a great piece of research.
aimai
Excellent work.
Matt, thanks for pointing that out--the links are fixed now. And yeah, Paul Hill in particular is a pretty disgusting example.
Aimai, thanks--it's a hell of an honor, that's for sure.
Steve, thanks!
Great post, great blog, Tom et al.
Thanks, George! And emphasis on the 'et al'.
Clemency for Paul Hill really takes the cake. I'm effing speechless. Forget the rest, she should henceforth be known as Melinda "Clemency for Anti-Abortion Terrorists" Henneberger.
My head's still spinning from the "NARAL purity patrol" comment.
kth, I agree completely.
Bulworth, yeah, that's some serious craziness there.
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