Did I say that Mitt Romney was a pro-life champion? I think it's fine for you to wait a day to reply to my post, but if you're going to wait that long, please take a little more time so that you can read my post before you respond. I never said that Mitt Romney was a pro-life champion, and I don't see him as a pro-life champion.
Hey, you don’t trust Fred on this issue, then whatever, but you are drinking the kool-aid if you think Romney’s credible.
As I said then and repeat now, I don't think either Fred Thompson or Mitt Romney has ever been willing to stand up and pay a price for taking a principled stand on the abortion issue. As a candidate, Fred Thompson was quiet about where he stood on the issue. In the senate, he had a solid pro-life voting record, but if he hadn't voted pro-life, he might not have been able to win re-election in Tennessee. On the other hand, Mitt Romney ran in a state where anything less than nominal support for abortion would eliminate him as a candidate. He gave that nominal support to abortion as a candidate and then did what he could to defend life in office.
You seem to be insisting that I must applaud one of these candidates as a pro-life champion and jeer the other as an enemy. I refuse to play that game. My position is that each of them has taken the stands that he needed to take to be elected in the state where he lived. Neither is a hero or a villain. In office, I think either of them would try to advance the pro-life cause as much as possible over the next four years. Even if I assume that Mr. Thompson is more pro-life in his feelings, the record suggests that Mr. Romney can accomplish more as an executive.
Bill
Hold up there, cowboy. Who put you in charge of my schedule? I'll answer your posts when I darn well feel like it, and you can feel free to answer my posts when you darn well feel like it. If you have a problem with that, don't ever post to me again, 'cause I ain't gonna move any faster to make you happy.
Now, where were we...?
Did I say that Mitt Romney was a pro-life champion?
what you did was make excuses for him. If a guy believes abortion is baby-killing but also believes he has to be a nominal baby-killer to be elected, then the right thing to do is not seek office in that state. It won't keep me from voting for him enthusiatically if he's the nominee, but it is the bottom line that even if he's serious about this pro-life conversion (and I doubt it) he's sold out on that issue to gain political advantage before. Thompson may not have been a memorable pro-life champion, but he's never sold us out, and as for Tennessee being a safe state for pro-lifers, why don't you take a gander at who was in that seat before Fred and what that man's position on abortion was and is?