Posted on 02/15/2016 1:17:55 PM PST by SubMareener
Cruz only needed to look on Trump’s website
Did Cruz tell another lie that I missed?
If an unborn baby isn’t a life when the father is a rapist, it doesn’t magically become a life when the father isn’t a rapist.
And now we have that interview.
Cruz's campaign posted the video earlier today of Trump with Tim Russert on Meet the Press in 1999.
Russert asked Trump about gay marriage. Trump didn't want to comment on it, but said he has no problem with gays in the military.
He explained, "I've lived in New York City and Manhattan all my life, okay? So my views are a little bit different than if I lived in Iowa."
When Russert asked Trump about abortion, he said he's "pro-choice in every respect" and again cited his New York background, which he said has a "different attitude" from most of the country
http://www.mediaite.com/online/heres-the-1999-donald-trump-new-york-values-interview-cruz-has-been-talking-about/
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"the way Trump described his "evolution" from the pro-choice to pro-life position raises some interesting questions.
He said: "Friends of mine years ago were going to have a child, and it was going to be aborted. And it wasn't aborted. And that child today is a total superstar, a great, great child. And I saw that. And I saw other instances."
Now, I'm one who cheers whenever someone publicly switches from supporting abortion rights to supporting human rights for all - including the unborn. I am glad to see people like Norma McCorvey, the "Jane Roe" of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion, or Bernard Nathanson, founder of the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws, become pro-life activists.
But I find it difficult to cheer Trump's conversion, because the reason he gives for being pro-life doesn't correspond to the pro-life ethic.
Trump says he is pro-life because of a "superstar" child who could have been aborted.
Consider how he responded to a reporter who wondered if he would have become pro-life had the child been a "loser":
"Probably not, but I've never thought of it. I would say no, but in this case it was an easy one because he's such an outstanding person."
To summarize Trump's view: "I'm pro-life because we shouldn't abort fetuses that may grow up to be outstanding people."
But opponents of abortion take a different position: "I'm pro-life because we shouldn't kill innocent human beings, no matter who they might grow up to be."
Trump's reason for being pro-life depends on the potential outcome of the child in the womb, rather than the fact that there is a child in the womb. But the pro-life ethic is grounded in the inherent worth of all humanity. It is wrong to commit violence against innocent human beings. Full stop.
And that's where, ironically, Trump's position sounds similar to the pro-choice idea that the human fetus is "potential life" or that the value of the unborn depends on whether or not the child is "wanted."
Extending Trump's logic leads to more problems. If we adopt the position of abortion opponents merely because of what a child may grow up to be (a "superstar!"), then why should we care if 67 percent of Down syndrome children are aborted after a prenatal diagnosis? What would Trump say if he were told there's a better chance an "unwanted" child from an impoverished or minority neighborhood would grow up to be involved in crime? ..."
http://www.religionnews.com/2016/01/26/problem-trumps-change-heart-abortion-commentary/
That’s Trumps position today while he is trying to get the republican nomination. It’s not what his position has been in the past... Do you believe it will be his position in the future? I don’t.
If an unborn baby isn’t a life when the father is a rapist, it doesn’t magically become a life when the father isn’t a rapist.
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It doesn’t. Life is Life. The question is what are the limits of governmental intervention. Some women are strong enough to carry a child of rape to term, and look on it as a blessing. Some aren’t. Some thing with incest. These situations have two victims, and it is reasonable for the government to butt out of them.
In other news, ...
Linzey went on to say, “Donald Trump is ruthlessly honest. That means America can trust him to do what he says he will do. The alternative is to have a president who must do what his special interest groups tell him to do during his entire term as president. This means that the president’s relationship with Jesus Christ would take back seat to his relationship with his special interest groups. And when you disappointment them, terrible things can happen to the president and his legacy. The hype among some candidates about how ‘Jesus is Lord’ and quoting Scripture to win the Evangelical vote is a charade.”
Read more at: http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/9384977423.html
He did not write this!!! When have we ever heard him speak in this language? Never. Someone carved out a position for him and he signed his name to it. He’s a phony conservative and a chameleon. Sorry but I’m tired of him.
I am with you....
-— Linzey went on to say, “Donald Trump is ruthlessly honest. That means America can trust him to do what he says he will do. -—
Who is Linzey and what is she smoking?
Trumps exceptions are the same are mine.
“He did not write this!!!”
That is a 100% guarantee.
You nailed it. Trump doesn’t speak this way.
Same here. I would add to the law that if the raped women chooses to have an abortion, then the rapist is charged with murder in addition to rape.
“That means America can trust him to do what he says he will do. -—’
When Trump says he will be making deals with democrats, I believe him.
Ted Cruz knows what Trump’s positions are. He does not care he is trailing badly and is desperate to catch up. So I guess he thinks going on a lying binge will help him. I think its going to backfire bigtime.
That presser on major TV by Trump today was pretty intensive. And he warned GW at the same time.
Yep and when Trump says he may run as 3rd party (twice now), I believe that too.
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