SPINNING PRO-RUDY BLOGGER: Fred Thompson in 1994: Let The Woman Decide [Thompson is 100% pro-life]

American Spectator BLOG ^ | 4/9/07

[areafiftyone]

Fred Thompson in 1994: Let The Woman Decide - Monday, April 09, 2007 @ 3:06:23 PM

		During his first run for the U.S. Senate, Fred Thompson said in an interview to a libertarian Republican newsletter that the ultimate decision to have an abortion "must be made by the woman." The comments were made in the July/August issue of Republican Liberty, the official newsletter of the Republican Liberty Caucus. In the interview, Thompson was asked: "Some conservatives got flustered by your comments on abortion and Roe vs. Wade. Would you like to explain your position on abortion?" Thompson answered: "Government should stay out of it. No public financing. The ultimate decision must be made by the woman.

[areafiftyone]

That’s fine with me and you have no class but can you explain Fred’s positions?

[wagglebee]

Thompson changed his mind on abortion, just like Reagan.

Rudy not only wants to kill babies, he wants us all to pay for it.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Rudy Giuliani 2007: Let the woman decide, let taxpayers pay for it, and let it die even if partially-born

[Hostage]

Already debunked several times on FR in several threads.

here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1811076/posts?page=166#166

here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1805399/posts

and here:

http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=11198

and many others.

Give it up will you? You’ve been cluttering up the board with this tripe for too long now. It’s hasn’t scored you any points and will not score you any points.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I have found that a lot of men who haven’t had a pregnant woman in their lives thinking about abortion, and haven’t been in public office, will say that abortion is the “woman’s choice”. It doesn’t cost them anything, and they haven’t really thought it over.

The “no government tax money” but “let the woman choose” is the perfect libertarian response IF you are not personally convinced that the fetus is human, and a surprising number of otherwise smart people have not thought about it.

To Thompson’s credit, whenever he had to make an actual vote related to the issue, he thought it through carefully, and determined to vote the pro-life side. And by 2000, he had decided his position was more closely related to the “pro-life” side.

He now sounds firmly pro-life. Of course, I trust Romney is also now pro-life, because I believe in the power of truth to convince people that the pro-life position is the only valid position.

If I were a single-issue voter, I would be firmly in Romney’s camp as the only viable republican who I firmly believe is completely pro-life in word and deed (odd given how much he paid homage to “woman’s right to choose” in the past, but he even has a passable view of embryonic stem cell research).

But I have no doubt Thompson will speak clearly to the rights of the unborn, and will appoint strict constructionist judges who will be predisposed to support life. Plus his judges are unlikely to rule CO2 is a pollutant.

And being a well-spoken man, I know that, with God’s help, Thompson could be the man to turn the tide for the unborn, because in the end what we need is a firm but lovable spokesperson to convince women that, even IF they have the right to choose, the appropriate choice is to have their babies.

Meanwhile some candidates want my tax dollars to pay for abortions.

[Petronski]

...apparently Fred can do no wrong.

Nice strawman.

The point is that Fred is a pro-life pro-gun conservative and Rudy is a pro-abortion anti-gun liberal.

[Seruzawa]

I wonder how much the Juliebots are getting paid to spam the consevative websites?

[areafiftyone]

And you think no one should post this?

[flashbunny]

He’s said as a constitutional issue roe v wade is bad law and the the choice on abortion should be left to the states. In the senate he had a solid pro life voting record.

Did you have a meeting at your secret squirrel hideout and decide this would be the thread where you’d stake your attack on fred?

[Petronski]

Rudyphiles have no choice but to mislead and obfuscate: the truth is too painful.

[pillut48]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1807674/posts
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sagvVMfAUa4

[Atlas Sneezed]

Fred’s imperfect. Rudy’s awful.

Get it?

[Mr. K]

Fred is right. The (federal) governemnt should stay completley out of it. Don’t ignore the first part of the paragraph, and just focus on the last.

[areafiftyone]

LOL! I knew you guys would freak out! What are you going to do when Fred’s real Skeletons come out?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

That’s fine with me and you have no class but can you explain Fred’s positions?

You've been refuted more times than an ugly guy at last call at the bar.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I also thought it was funny that the blog called this “breaking news”. It’s hardly breaking news that in 1994, Thompson called himself pro-choice. Breaking News would be if he said that today in an interview.

[Petronski]

And you think no one should post this?

I think only those intent on deception, misdirection or obfuscation should post this.

[areafiftyone]

Well I didn’t post it in the title because I didn’t consider it breaking news.

[flashbunny]

No, I find it funny, no, HILARIOUS that you rudybots are trying to drum up anything Fred Thompson has said WRT abortion as an issue.

You guys are in full panic mode at the thought of him entering the race.

[freepertoo]

(((Deciding to become pro-life needs no excuse, only congratulations.)))

Ooh, I like that.