Hillary aborts Plan B nominee
Posted by Moonage on 02 Aug 2006 | Tagged as: National Politics
This one has me stumped. So far I’ve not found the transcript online, but I’m sure it is somewhere. Quick synopsis, Andrew von Eschenbach is Bush’s nominee to head the FDA. The Democrats have stalled all nominees for about five years. During this most recent stall effort by the Democrats, von Eschenbach issued a statement that he favors allowing "the morning after pill" to be mde available without prescription to women over the age of 18. This apparently appalled Hillary Clinton so much she accused von Eschenbach of being a political pawn of Bush and therefore she held up his nomination for about the umpteenth time. von Eschenbach, to his credit, told her that as acting director, he’s made some decisions and therefore she can judge him on his own merits. Very true. I thought von Eschenbach put Hillary in her place quite effectively. That’s not on CNN. The bigger question I have is, what makes Hillary think Bush WANTS the abortion pill made available? Seems kinda contradictory to me.
But, that’s her excuse and she’s sticking with it! ( And to think, some people accuse the Democrats of just being obstructionists. )
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