holmes writes:
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I guess when I see her becoming a champion for other rights which did not affect her personally, then I'll start believing she had a paradigm shift.
I'd love to see a paradigm shift, too. I think I have seen more than one caprice, however. I for one believe that RR's own about-face on gun control (the Brady bill, as it happened) was all Nancy. His heart just didn't seem to be in that speech he gave on Brady's behalf, and for a long time I've figured that he must have been doing it at Nancy's behest.
I suppose I give her a bit of leeway in deference to her age. The old people I've known always seem to have a hard time reconsidering things they've always taken for granted. I'm sure she's no different. As for abortion, I don't know that she's said anything directly, but I do remember her responding to a question a few years ago by saying that she did recognize that the stem cell issue was politically connected to abortion. She didn't say anything about being against abortion. I don't know how significant that is, but I think it's possible that she doesn't want to speak out on abortion because she fears that doing so would cause many people who supported her husband to immediately dismiss her and not listen to anything else she has to say.
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