Posted on 04/21/2016 10:32:44 AM PDT by writer33
It appears to me that Trump is setting himself up for an Independent Party run or a moderate Republican if he gets the GOP nomination. He’s going get the presidency, it appears, one way or the other.
How does that make this position of his any better (or less reprehensible)?
We have far more important things to worry about than abortion or bathrooms. None of that is even going to matter unless we control the massive 3rd World invasion.
How about raising taxes on the Wealthy,
But Cruz fought it really really hard!
Outcome didn’t change, but Cruz gets endless participation trophies on this site.
I’m surprised Trump is appearing to change positions before the convention. I expected him to go center after he won the nomination but if he starts changing views on many issues it will look more and more like a plot to destroy the republican party. He hasn’t won the nomination yet and things can change quickly...
I think it’s called a slippery slope....
Just three weeks ago he was throwing the abortionist and mother in jail. Now he is moving in the pro-abort direction. Can't say that I am surprised as he is a NYC liberal pol.
The 'hangover' will be enormous after Trump lays waste to what's left GOP conservatism. He clearly does not understand the history of the Pro-Life movement. That is why the SBA List will not endorse him.
Did anyone have a problem with the last 5 Republican nominees, Bush, Dole, Bush, McCain and Romney having the same exceptions? I don’t remember there being such an uproar.
Many women agree that life begins at conception and may recoil at the idea of an abortion - but I doubt many sane women would want to carry a rapist's child. Imagine your loved one forced to carry the child of rapist Willie Horton. What of one of the women lived from that horrible attack on that doctor's family and were pregnant with the rapist / murderer's child?
Good point. Everything is national, these days. The left wouldn’t have it any other way, how long have they opposed states’ rights? They can’t tolerate other methods and means. You know how you notice your own worst fault the most, in other people? Well, that’s the left and its screaming about “tolerance”-they know they have none, even as they scream and demand it from all.
Read more at https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/tax-reform Tax the wealthy—Trump
I am a crossover voter.
There is no way in hell I would ever support a candidate that says my wife and I would have to keep and raise a child because my wife was gang raped by a group of Muslims or anyone for that matter.
You far right religious folks are just damn nuts.
Also, my wife, who is the mother of my children, was given a choice at some point during her pregnancy (how about 2 month’s into it?) well, you are going to have to die now, or we can abort the fetus.
She should die and let my children be motherless?
What are you religious nuts going on about?
I’ve seen more death and destruction in my life than I care to admit, and most of it un-avoidable and necessary, but when you take these crazy stances like “life begins when you put your hoojijigger inside of a woman, and it is more sacred than anything else in the cosmos”, it’s when folks like me just run from your party as quick as we can.
Trump’s correct on the issue, any other stance would be irrational.
If you want to have a rational conversation, lets have one on when life begins. I assure you most folks don’t agree it begins when you get a twinkle in your eye.
You may begin flaming now.
Trump didn’t change his position.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/donald-trump-op-ed-my-vision-for-a-culture-of-life/article/2581271
Donald Trump op-ed: My vision for a culture of life
Digusting man. Has no clue about pro-life.
Cruz-servatives who currently have 0 percent just want to grandstand.
There are always going to be those who prefer a 100% loss to a 90% win. They call it being "principled."
I don't get it. "No exceptions" probably isn't even a majority position among Republicans... maybe not even self-described Evangelicals.
This exception has always troubled me. If a mother’s life is at risk, how is it that an abortion does not also put her life at risk? I can see there would be rare exceptions, like treatment needed for cancer, etc. But other than that I don’t understand how terminating pregnancy could be any less risky than giving birth.
” ... unlike Trump who has no idea why Planned Parenthood is a vile corporation.”
While Ryan and McConnell remain laid-back over using the levers of power we gave them, and while their tool Ted Cruz grandstanded, back before he took an indefinite hiatus from the job he’s getting paid to do,
Trump was saying he would shut down the government and defund Planned Parenthood:
“Donald Trump said he believes Republicans should shut down the government rather than fund Planned Parenthood, the health services group that is facing scrutiny after undercover videos of its officials emerged.”
Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.
Winston S. Churchill
The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable.
Patrick Henry
In a country that doesn’t discriminate between fame and infamy, the latter presents itself as plainly more achievable.
Lionel Shriver
The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.
Confucius
Personally I think a move to the center is welcomed by the establishment at this point in time. It would be even more welcome if he were already an establishment guy.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.