Shea-Porter criticizes Clinton abortion mailer
By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com ReporterCongresswoman Carol Shea-Porter says she "wishes" Senator Hillary Clinton did not send out a mailer on Barack Obama's abortion record.
"I wish she hadn't had done that," Shea-Porter said.
The Clinton mailer, sent days before the New Hampshire primary, has created a firestorm among Democratic activists. The mailer argued that Obama did not have a strong pro-choice record because Obama voted present on various abortion bills, while in the Illinois State Senate.
She added, "The reality is they both have a 100% percent pro-choice record."
"I'm sure most people wish that hadn't been done."
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Hillary Clinton's mailer about Obama and choice
The distortion conveyed in that mailer gave me a view of Hillary's character.
"I wish she hadn't had done that"
I wish Carol "Hadn't had done that" and kept her promise to friends and supporter not to support a candidate in the primary.
Obama sure is "pure" on the issue of abortion
I agree with Shea-Porter, in a sense. What was Hillary TALKING about?
Obama voted against a bill in the Illinois legislature that would have banned INFANTICIDE: the murder of babies by exposure. Obama is an anti-life extremist who's record will likely shock fair-minded, moderate NH voters in the Fall, if he gets the nomination.
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