daveo0331's Journal: Why did George Bush mention Dred Scott during the debates?

So I was watching the second Presidential debate last week, and Bush starts rambling on about how the Supreme Court made a bad decision in the Dred Scott case. Why bring up a case from 150 years ago? I couldn't figure it out, until I found the explanation later on...

George W. Bush was speaking in code. Seriously. According to this MSNBC article (and many others; search Google News for "Dred Scott"), what he said was code for "I will only appoint justices that support overturning Roe vs. Wade". Of course he couldn't come out and say it because most Americans are pro-choice. So, he hid behind his code words so only the religious right would understand what he was talking about. Of course, if everyone spreads the word about this, we can break Bush's code and reveal his views to everyone he was trying to hide them from.