The Sound of the Crowd

Further to Karen Hughes’ Statement.

Karen Hughes says, in the NY Times article linked below, “President Bush has worked to say, let’s be reasonable, let’s work to value life, let’s reduce the number of abortions, let’s increase adoptions. And I think those are the kinds of policies the American people can support, particularly at a time when we’re facing an enemy and, really, the fundamental issue between us and the terror network we fight is that we value every life.”

Meanwhile:

Number of U.S. service members killed in Iraq since Operation Iraqi Freedom began on March 19, 2003: 707

Number killed since George W. Bush declared an end to “major combat” on May 1, 2003: 569

Number killed this month: 111

(As of Friday, April 23, 2004)

Source: U.S. Department of Defense, via MotherJones.com

“Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers.”–George Carlin


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