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[Kitsune]

The irony is that all the newly born kids will grow up to be Democrats, and the Republicans will lose their hold on power in one generation.

Okay, Glatt, you have to explain this one.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Kitsune

The irony is that all the newly born kids will grow up to be Democrats, and the Republicans will lose their hold on power in one generation.

Okay, Glatt, you have to explain this one.

OK. Most abortions are performed on women who are not ready to have kids yet. Not all, but most. (I'm aware that older women get abortions too.) When those women have children, that will cause them to become poor single moms. As a demographic group, poor single moms vote for Democrats. Children are almost always indoctrinated into the politics of the parents, so those kids will grow up to be Democrats as well. There are about 1.5 million abortions performed each year, so that means about 1.5 million new Democrats will be born each year. In a generation, that should have a significant impact on national politics.

[Kitsune]

I'll... um, I'll accept that. I think.

From a registered Republican in my office: "The Republican Party will cease to exist in twenty years." His reasoning? The growing population of Latinos in this country, who he said always vote democrat and have a population that will soon become the majority in the US.