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Spiff wrote:"What he SAID many years ago was made up for by what he actually DID in Congress. His pro-life record was excellent and he received high ratings from pro-life groups and zero ratings from pro-abortion groups...
We've been over and over this statement so many times on Free Republic, but we can always count on some idiot or newbie (or both) to bring it up again to try to hurt Fred Thompson..."
52 posted on 06/24/2007 9:38:49 AM PDT by Spiff (Rudy Giuliani Quote (NY Post, 1996) "Most of Clinton's policies are very similar to most of mine.")
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Similarly, Romney has an excellent pro-life record -- especially given the fact he had to fight an 85% liberal legislature -- and he was also supported by numerous pro-life organization and maintains their support:
"There are plenty of folks out there who can talk the pro-life talk, but all too often they are the same people missing when it's time for action... Then there are operational social conservatives like Gov. Romney--those with the vision and passion not only to defend but to advance a pro-life, pro-family agenda. Gov. Romney did not become socially conservative as a result of idle hours spent in some oak-paneled classroom. Instead, he became one of us by being in the trenches--where he had choices to make. And as the Governor said, he made the right ones."~~Steve Muscatello evengelicalsformitt.com
Eight prominent leaders of pro-life and pro-family groups in Massachusetts wrote an open letter praising Gov. Romney for his leadership and accomplishments in these important issues and attesting to his commitment to the pro-life and pro-family causes.
Massachusetts Citizens For Life Executive Director Marie Sturgis: "Having Governor Romney in the corner office for the last four years has been one of the strongest assets the pro-life movement has had in Massachusetts." (Kathryn Jean Lopez, "An Early Massachusetts Primary," National Review, 1/10/07)
He vetoed a number of pro-abortion pieces of legislation and made many pro-life appointments. He was always there for us." (Kevin Jourdain, Remarks, Agawam, MA, 5/10/07)
Governor Romney has received the important endorsement of James Bopp, Jr., a nationally-known attorney and leading advocate for the pro-life movement. Jim Bopp reviewed Romney's record as Governor and questioned him personally before giving Romney his endorsement. Bopp most recently joined the Romney Presidential campaign as a special adviser on life issues, an unpaid position.
Bopp wrote about the record of Gov. Romney,
"These actions as governor have lead leaders of the most important social conservative groups in Massachusetts, including Massachusetts Citizens for Life, Massachusetts Family Institute, and the Knights of Columbus, to observe that, while previous comments by Romney “are, taken by themselves, obviously worrisome to social conservatives including ourselves, they do not dovetail with the actions of Governor Romney from 2003 until now — and those actions positively and demonstrably impacted the social climate of Massachusetts.” They conclude that Romney “demonstrat[ed] [his] solid social conservative credentials by undertaking” these actions, and has therefore “proven that he shares our values, as well as our determination to protect them.” (The Best Choice Is Also a Good Choice - Why social conservatives should support Mitt Romney for president, National Review Online, Feb. 21, 2007)
And, once again, Romney signed legislation that provided government funding for abortion. Which negates this claim by you:
BOTH Thompson and Romney did everything to limit the expansion of abortion while in office
I just showed Romney did not. So you shift your position while attacking me for refuting your spin with the facts.
By the way, if Romney has governed pro-life all along, then what is this stuff he's saying about a recent "conversion" to being pro-life. Someone's being dishonest here. Either those who say he governed pro-life all along or Mitt himself for saying that he's only recently become pro-life. This discrepancy hurts his pro-life claims and those of his supporters. Y'all can't even stick with the same story and you want voters to believe you?