...poster-boy for the pro-life movement, regardless of the truth, based solely on who he (allegedly) killed.

And if he is a member of a militia, that will be an even bigger bonus for the left.

This stupid Roeder bastard handed the left a propaganda gold mine.

-Dave

if it does.

McClatchy has an article that is chock full of rumor and second hand information.  A lot of "friends say" type stuff.

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Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past - George Orwell - 1984

Since I keep seeing this anti-abortion label tagged on Pro Life does that mean Pro Choice should be called anti-life?

What is meant by "not part of or connected with the prolife movement."  Have there been serious charges that Tiller's murder was the result of an explicitly orchestrated conspiracy by Operation Rescue or some other prolife organization for which Roeder was a hired gun?

Frankly, I'm not very comforted by the possibility that Roeder was merely a rogue extremist, nor by the fact that he had militia ties, nor by his postings at Operation Rescue's website detailing his monitoring of Tiller, and praising that organization (which had moved its headquarters to Kansas to specifically keep tabs on Tiller) for the turnout in May to protest the doctor's practice.

That said, the leaders of the various prolife groups are to be commended for their condemnation of the murder and the expressions of sympathy for the family.

Jer

Let us speculate here, if Bush was murdered by a Black Panther, or a community organizer, or a Weather Underground member, or a follower of Black Liberation Theology, or a plain old Obama supporting democrat, the MSM and the left would twist it up all gnarly and somehow say it was a good thing for society as a whole, and it was all Bush's fault anyway, so why torment the poor victim who killed him.

Get my point?

D

P.S. One can only hope this Scott Roeder very vocally says 'I voted for Obama.', then this story will disappear. Poof!

Keep the ILLEGALS out, join NumbersUSA to send free faxes to your reps.

 "The New York Times has two reporters on the story, but has no information about Scott Roeder beyond his name..."

I love this quote.

"I think you'd better call John, 'cause it don't look they're here to deliver...the mail". -NY 

The late-term abortion of Tiller shows how late term abortions are getting out of hand.

The judiciary speaks for the unborn. You may not think they are speaking adequately and I can't say I disagree with you but you don't get to say who has the right to summarily execute someone for an act that is legal no matter how much you disagree with it, CHANGE THE LAW, CHANGE THE MINDSET!

BRING BACK SHAME. It has a purpose you know.

What are you missing here?

I don't deny I wasn't a fan of Tiller's.  His practices were abhorrent, his motives lacking, and his determination to kill the unborn (usually moments away from being born) disgusted me.

But he didn't deserve to die.

From what I've read, Roeder did, at least, comment on pro-life sites and even suggested going into Tiller's church to ask him about abortion.  But that doesn't make him the end-all, be-all of the pro-life movement.  Not that this matters to pro-life people.

We who are pro-life should condemn this and not give any support or credence to Roeder.  None whatsoever.

Roeder has, in one selfish evil act, set back our cause farther than anything the media could have done on its own.  In fact, Roeder may have laid the foundation for DHS-justified arrests and persecution of pro-lifers.  He has no sympathy or support from me.

Aut viam inveniam aut faciam

I don't remember advocating or condoning the murder of abortion doctors. I'm simply not going to get teary-eyed over a man who made his living yanking babies half way out of their mother's wombs and then sucking their brains out when they are mere seconds from being born. I also feel no sympathy for a man who puts ideology and profit ahead of the welfare of under-aged girls who were obviously victims of rape and incest.

I weep for heroes, not murderers.

This thread is shameful.

I hope the Newsbusters authorities do something about this.

I literally just read every comment and I can't believe what I'm seeing.

Prolifers rejoicing in the murder of  a man at church.  Doesn't make any sense to me. 

Sick.  Truly Sick.  These posters are an embarassment to themselves and to the entire site.

Okay, here goes---

What's the problem? Tiller was simply the recipient of a "late term abortion", who can dispute the irony. He became an inconvenience, so it's only appropriate he be excised to allow the viability of-----Oh hell, who gives a flip? The guy was evil and earned tons of jack by killing babies!!!!

Also with what Obama is doing with the economy, our security, our future, our freedom, just remember to keep eyes on the ball, because Obama is the ultimate abortionist, he's killing America!!!!!

Obviously, you can't pin it down on the pro-life side, but it doesn't help that side when folks like Randall Terry claim to be the spokesman for the pro-life movement and, at the same time, going all his way out to claim this is a great victory for the pro-life movement and celebrates it by calling for drinking Guinness.

Personally, if I had the opportunity to, I would lynch the sonuvabitch murderer for what he did, not because of who he was. The ends never justify the means. Ever. If they did, Chamberlain would have somehow miraculously won WWII by appeasing Hitler. If they did, Jimmy Carter would have restored peace to the Middle East by throwing out the Shah of Iran. But guess what? It never works. It makes things absolutely worse, I.E. those two hypotheses I threw out.

The problem isn't that there is a pro-life movement, the problem was that some of the outer fringes of that movement painted Dr. Tiller as some sort of Nazi-like eugenicist. By labeling him Tiller The Killer or Baby Killer, you are putting out the impression that he is akin to Goebbels, Stalin or Hitler. I've read on this very site that even though there was a history of Dr. Tiller being attacked by the pro-life side by either being shot at in the arms or having his abortion clinic vandalized, it was justified because, oh, he was a mass-murderer, he was evil incarnate, blah-blah-blah and puffed rice for all. You realize how silly that sounds, especially compared to liberal fringies that have called Dick Cheney satanic or evil incarnate (including me, to be fair, when I was a stupid teenager five years ago.)

So, basically, either learn from history or repeat it. That's how simple it is. The penalty for murder is death, and the sonuvabitch murderer deserves to fry.

By the way, Cool...

There have been calls--thankfully few--here at NB for the death of Obama and for the extermination of liberals.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe you have ever condemned them.  Why not?

Jer