With the internet anything the candidates say or do is online and available to the masses in a matter of seconds. Bloggers are able to go through and meticulously pick apart the candidates message word by word. This makes their agruments vulnerable to the hands of bloggers. At this crucial time in the primary elections, the candidates have to be careful about what they say. In a Slate article the author makes that argument that Catholics prefer Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama and supports this argument with example from the candidates stance on abortion.
Clinton described "every abortion as a tragedy", while Obama, when asked about telling his daughters about sex stated, "I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby." Obama's statement angered some of his religious supporters and it was all over a number of blogs. The word "punishment" pushed away some supporters, whereas "tragedy" appealed to others. Their word choice greatly affects how one feels about the candidate, even though in the end both support abortion.
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