Posted on 03/31/2016 12:06:48 PM PDT by EveningStar
We are sometimes skeptical about Republican presidential contenders who embrace the pro-life position late in life at a convenient moment, as Donald Trump did a few years ago when he was 64 years of age. Mitt Romney, for whom we have a great deal of respect, changed his mind, too, right around the time he started his journey from leadership of a liberal state to leadership of a conservative party. But sometimes Saul does fall off his ass, and there is more joy in Heaven.
Donald Trump, however, does not seem to have thought this through. (Of course, we could write that about Trump and practically any issue.)
Asked by Chris Matthews about the particulars of outlawing abortion, Trump insisted that “there has to be some form of punishment” for women obtaining abortions. After a sustained barrage of criticism from his presidential rivals and from some anti-abortion groups, Trump changed his position, insisting instead that punishment would be handed down to those performing illegal abortions rather than to those suborning them.
In other words, Trump, who insists that he will surround himself with the best advisers in order to be thoroughly prepared for anything the presidency might throw at him, was completely unready to give a thoughtful answer to a question in a 43-year-old controversy about which a great deal of intelligent and humane commentary has been published.
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National Review appears to be on the same side as Planned Parenthood.
Trashional reSpew...
Do you seriously think that?
BTW, I’m pro-life.
One way to solve this is hopefully getting Roe v Wade repealed and let the states handle it and see what the people do.
Source: National Review
Reporter puke: All the Editor Pukes of NR
Subject: Bullsh*t
Action: Fartrous Fartoxide set off in their direction
The mother is a co-conspirator. Period. Trump did screw up on that. Hope he fixes it. All involved in the abortion/infanticide are co-conspirators to murder.
Figures. Lovin' the loser at NR.
National Review fail.
Trump just clarified WHO should get the punishment.
So Trump came out against abortion then minutes later Cruz came out defending it. What’s up with that.
Trump made a major strategic blunder on this one. This does not help us at all.
no they don’t.
they may be wrong about Trump but they aren’t on PP’s side.
hell, if anything, Trump is on PP’s side....
I know Trump supporter don’t want to hear it, but this was a screw up. Chrissy did nothing different to TRY to trip up Republican on abortion and that is to trap the candidate into criminalizing abortion. They did this going back to George Herbert Walker Bush in 1988. Every GOP candidate since 1988 knows how to address this trap. If you are honest, you have to admit your candidate was unprepared. This is the “winging it” approach that doesn’t always work.
The Yellow Kid points the way to yellow journalism...
While CONSERVATIVE INTELLECTUALS were in charge of the republican party, 60 million unborn babies have been murdered and their parts sold for profit.
Do these hypocrites have a plan to save the next 60 million?
I agree.
I think Trump was correct when he answered it.
Kevin Williamson wrote that working class whites should shrivel up and die. He’s the editor. Who knows what the morons, cretins and sell outs at NR really believe?
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