Posted on 04/18/2007 3:35:19 PM PDT by pissant
Rudy Giuliani: Left-of-Kos Republican Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, proprietor of Daily Kos -- supposedly THE voice of the left in the blogosphere -- seems to understand the Constitution better than the Republican front runner:
Whatever the merits of the issue, it's clear that there's no sharper electoral poison for the Republican base than abortions funded by taxpayers.
"Ultimately, it's a constitutional right, and therefore if it's a constitutional right, ultimately, even if you do it on a state by state basis, you have to make sure people are protected," Giuliani said in an interview with CNN's Dana Bash in Florida's capital city.
A video clip of the then-mayoral candidate issuing a similar declaration in 1989 in a speech to the "Women's Coalition" appeared recently on the Internet.
"There must be public funding for abortions for poor women," Giuliani says in the speech that is posted on the video sharing site YouTube. "We cannot deny any woman the right to make her own decisions about abortion."
When asked directly Wednesday if he still supported the use of public funding for abortions, Giuliani said "Yes."
"If it would deprive someone of a constitutional right," he explained, "If that's the status of the law, yes."
But the presidential candidate reiterated his personal opposition to the practice.
(Excerpt) Read more at raggedthots.blogspot.com ...
Finally! An accurate assessment of Rudy’s position!
And he had a death bed conversion today and says he “agreed” with the SCOTUS in upholding Bush’s PBA ban. After declaring empahtically he did not support the ban and that his psoition would not change.
He’s making John Kerry look like a straight shooter.
A “death bed conversion”? LOL! So he is politically dying, as a result of his total disregard for the Constitution?
He will make a fine cabinet appointee.
I wouldn’t want him as a cabinet member. I wouldn’t want him as a dogcatcher.
H’ed be fine for FEMA or Dept of Ed. Problem is, I want to see both departments (and many others) defunded completely.
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