Posted on 10/30/2013 12:36:23 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
...a possible 2014 Democratic Party gubernatorial primary bloodbath, could be taking form between former Republican-turned-Independent-turned-Democrat, Charlie Crist, and former State Senator and uber liberal Democrat, Nan Rich...
Again, the one-time “Reagan Republican” and on again, off again, Pro-life Crist, has taken a 180 degree turn on every single issue...
Here is what we know about Crist’s evolving position on Abortion- “I am pro-choice, but not pro-abortion. I believe that a woman has the right to choose, but would prefer only after careful consideration and consultation with her family, her physician and her clergy; not her government.”-Charlie Crist, 1998 U.S. Senate campaign (St Petersburg Times) “I’m pro-life. I don’t know how else to say it”-Charlie Crist, 2006 Republican gubernatorial primary race “I’m pro-life on this issue, but I also understand that it’s very important to respect the views of others, and I do,” he explained. “I don’t think it’s important to change the law. What I do believe is important is that we change hearts and not the law. . . . I’m pro-life and I’m proud of it, but I don’t think that I should impose my will on other people as a result of it.”-Charlie Crist, 2006 general election Crist seemed to think that laws should be changed as well as hearts. He issued a statement promising to fight “for pro-life legislative efforts” in the Senate. Five months later, he scrubbed his campaign website of all references to his support for pro-life causes and “the sanctity of life” and vetoed a bill that would have required a woman seeking an abortion to first undergo an ultrasound and be given the opportunity to see it.-2010 U.S. Senate Republican primary (January, before he ran as an Independent) -National Review
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Here is what we know about Crist’s evolving position on Abortion-
“I am pro-choice, but not pro-abortion. I believe that a woman has the right to choose, but would prefer only after careful consideration and consultation with her family, her physician and her clergy; not her government.”-Charlie Crist, 1998 U.S. Senate campaign (St Petersburg Times)
“I’m pro-life. I don’t know how else to say it”-Charlie Crist, 2006 Republican gubernatorial primary race
“I’m pro-life on this issue, but I also understand that it’s very important to respect the views of others, and I do,” he explained. “I don’t think it’s important to change the law. What I do believe is important is that we change hearts and not the law. . . . I’m pro-life and I’m proud of it, but I don’t think that I should impose my will on other people as a result of it.”-Charlie Crist, 2006 general election
Crist seemed to think that laws should be changed as well as hearts. He issued a statement promising to fight “for pro-life legislative efforts” in the Senate.
Five months later, he scrubbed his campaign website of all references to his support for pro-life causes and “the sanctity of life” and vetoed a bill that would have required a woman seeking an abortion to first undergo an ultrasound and be given the opportunity to see it.-2010 U.S. Senate Republican primary (January, before he ran as an Independent) -National Review
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