Herman Cain Blasts Roe v. Wade

Cain for U.S. Senate ^ | January 22, 2004 | Herman Cain

[AuH2ORepublican]

Herman Cain blasts Roe v. Wade

Senate candidate defends the life of unborn children and calls conservatives to action

January 22, 2004

Herman Cain, conservative Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, issued the following statement on the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade:

Today we mourn the murder of millions of innocent lives because of the decision made 31 years ago by the United States Supreme Court to give doctors the right to end the life of an unborn child. Unbelievably, the decision of Roe v. Wade shows that our Nation still chooses to place human convenience over the sanctity of human life.

No great nation can prosper when life is not valued. Once the Supreme Court decided that the right to life was obsolete, the very basis of our country was lost. A civilized society is marked by its treatment of the defenseless. When the most innocent of human life, the life of an unborn child, can be ended for the sake of convenience, the moral fabric of our society is destroyed.

The Declaration of Independence is very clear: We have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Our Founding Fathers understood that order.

You can pursue happiness as long as you do not infringe upon someone else’s liberty. You can have liberty as long as you do not infringe upon someone else’s life. And life begins at conception.

How many great accomplishments and discoveries have been lost because of legalized abortion? Have we missed finding the cure for cancer because a life was ended prematurely? Did we lose the next Albert Einstein, Ronald Reagan, Amelia Earhart or Martin Luther King, because the legal termination of life continues? As long as legalized killings are permitted, we not only lose a life, we lose all the potential that life has to offer. Not only do individuals suffer, the United States as a country suffers every time an abortion occurs.

Infanticide will continue as long as our society accepts the lie that a mother has the right to terminate a child’s life. These women are sadly comforted by the blanket of Roe v. Wade. But there is still hope. If people today will continue to unite together to fight against legalized abortion and make their voices heard, we can make a difference. Life needs to be respected and celebrated, not terminated.

[AuH2ORepublican]

Herman Cain is a true conservative who will do America proud if the people of Georgia elect him to the U.S. Senate. We conservatives need to support Mr. Cain so that he can hold pro-abortion Republican frontrunner Johnny Isakson below 50% in the July 20 Republican primary so that Mr. Cain can defeat him in the August 10 run-off.

For those of you who don't know of Mr. Cain, he's a true-life Horatio Alger story, overcoming growing up in poverty in Jim Crow Georgia to become a terrifically successful businessman and keynote speaker and still finds time to serve as an associate minister of Antioch Baptist Church North in Atlanta. If elected, he would be the only black in th Senate and could lead a regional (and eventually national) realignment of conservative and religious blacks away from the Democrat Party and towards the GOP.

For more information about Mr. Cain and his candidacy, and to make a contribution to his campaign, go to http://www.cainforussenate.org/home.asp.

[AuH2ORepublican]

*HERMAN CAIN PING*

Johnny Isakson is pro-abortion. Herman Cain is 100% pro-life. I think it's pretty clear who conservatives should support in the Senate primary in Georgia.

[Theodore R.]

I think it's pretty clear who conservatives should support in the Senate primary in Georgia.

I agree, but unless Cain makes that an issue, conservatives will support Isakson, whom they consider the frontrunner and a "shoo-in." Many do not even know that Isakson is "soft" on abortion.

[Coleus]

http://www.cainforussenate.org/

http://isakson.net/ No mention of family rights and the rights of the unborn, education? nothing mentioned for school choice.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[AuH2ORepublican]

"http://isakson.net/ No mention of family rights and the rights of the unborn"

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That's because Isakson knows that his pro-abortion views and record are poison in Republican primaries.

[ninenot]

Ping

[NCPAC]

Roe v. Wade was an abomination, no doubt. An activisit-court, centralized power grab leading to disastrous results. It should be overturned.

[ForOurFuture]

Cain is serious about this campaign. Upon clicking the "photos" and "events" links at the top of his site, I am always surprised to see how many GOP clubs, cookouts, breakfasts, meet-and-greets, and other events he has been attending across Georgia. It's not too early for a statwide media blitz, however. He has to increase his name ID.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"Upon clicking the "photos" and "events" links at the top of his site, I am always surprised to see how many GOP clubs, cookouts, breakfasts, meet-and-greets, and other events he has been attending across Georgia."

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Yes, and Cain is smartly going out to the places in Georgia where he's liable to find conservative Democrats and rank-and-file Republicans who aren't beholden to either Isakson or Collins and who could deliver victory in the primary. This week, he'll be in Floyd County in NW Georgia and I believe in Tift County in SW Georgia (although maybe that was last week). These meetings will help him not just in the primary, but in the general election as well, when carrying rural Georgia (especially South Georgia) will be the key to a Republican victory.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"Roe v. Wade was an abomination, no doubt. An activisit-court, centralized power grab leading to disastrous results. It should be overturned."

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Amen.

[Impy]

HAs there been any recent primary polling.

That poll a few months ago had Cain behind Bartel.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"HAs there been any recent primary polling?"

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Not that I've seen. That early poll (with Cain at like 3%) was before he had really launched his candidacy. Cain is starting to get going now, with visits all over Georgia and nationwide fundraising letters (I had already given to his campaign, but I got a fundraising letter yesterday from his campaign (with a SASE enclosed) that clearly was because of a separate mailing list.

[legacy]

Conservatives definitely need to support a pro-life candidate, and thankfully there is more than one in this primary race. Take a good look at Mac Collins. His record is consistent, pro-life conservatism. He has great experience in the workings of Congress from his 12 years of service. He tells people what he believes, not what they want to hear. Cain supporters consider getting on board with the Collins campaign to ensure a defeat of Isakson. I know Mac personally and can tell you he's a man of his word and works hard for Georgians.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"Take a good look at Mac Collins. His record is consistent, pro-life conservatism."

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I agree, Mac Collins is excellent. It's just that Herman Cain would be even better for the State of Georgia (and for our nation).

We don't have to worry about splitting the conservative vote in the primary, since there is a run-off if no one gets to 50%+1. So we're better off if Cain and Collins each reaqch out to as many conservatives as possible and bring them all out to vote, and whichever of the two finishes ahead of the other will then be the favorite in the run-off against the pro-abortion Johnny Isakson (conservatives can then flock to either Cain or Collins). And if Cain and Collins both make the run-off, then even better, since the run-off will be a battle of ideas between two fine conservatives. But we just need to make sure that Isakson does not get to 50% in the primary.

[ibackmac]

Mac Collins is the only conservative in this race. And more important, he is the only candidate with a voting record to prove his stand on the issues. Herman Cain cannot win--he is using this race to jump start a bid against Sonny Perdue in 2006. This is an important seat for Republicans to pick up and cannot be wasted on liberal Isakson. We all know about his prior pro-choice record when Isakson ran for gov. in 1990 and senate in 1996. Remember the ad in 1996!

[AuH2ORepublican]

"Mac Collins is the only conservative in this race. . . . Herman Cain cannot win--he is using this race to jump start a bid against Sonny Perdue in 2006."

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Sigh. Are the GA Senate primary threads going to turn into NC-05 threads now?

Herman Cain is just as conservative as Mac Collins, if not more so. If my statement is not correct, please provide evidence to the contrary.

Do you have any proof that Cain is using the Senate race to jumpstart a primary bid against Governor Perdue? Mr. Cain is talking about national issues (such as Social Security reform) and about changes to federal laws, things that he could never do anything about as governor. It is risible that someone interested in running for governor in 2006 would run a senate campaign based on eliminating the federal income tax and reforming Social Security.

I have never said anything negative about Congressman Collins, and indeed have stated that he would make a fine senator. Why do you feel you have to sign up to FR today just to defame Herman Cain? Are Mac Collins supporters that worried about not making the run-off? Let's allow Mr. Collins and Mr. Cain to run their campaigns and may the best man win.

You are correct about one thing---our common goal should be to make sure that the pro-abort Isakson does not get the GOP nomination (not only because he's not a true conservative, but because he could well lose in the general election). But that goal can only be accomplished if there is a large turnout among conservatives, and defaming Herman Cain's good name does not help us reach that goal. So kindly stop doing things that will lead to a conservative defeat.

[andy1114]

I don't think that message defames Mr. Cain in the least, it merely points out that Mac Collins has a solidly conservative record and has accomplished a great deal in the House of Representatives. It is Mr. Cain who has gone on the offensive charging that Collins has had a chance to get something done in Congress but has not done so (Dalton Daily Citizen-January 6, 2004). I suppose the President's tax cuts that Collins worked on in the Ways and Means Committee or the work he does to protect our borders on the Intelligence Committee is an example of 'not getting something done.'

I think Georgians recognize that Mac Collins has the experience and conservative credentials to make Johnny Isakson a three time statewide loser.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"I don't think that message defames Mr. Cain in the least"

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The post by ibackmac said that (i) "Collins is the only conservative in the race" (meaning that Cain is a liar for claiming to be a conservative) and (ii) Cain is running merely to improve his name recognition and run for governor in 2006 (meaning that Cain is not honest or forthright and is trying to use people). Maybe those statements wouldn't be considered libelous if said about a liberal Democrat, they are certainly defamatory when said about a conservative Republican running for office.

"It is Mr. Cain who has gone on the offensive charging that Collins has had a chance to get something done in Congress but has not done so (Dalton Daily Citizen-January 6, 2004)."

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I don't see why Herman Cain can't point out that he would have pushed for things that Mac Collins hasn't pushed for, any more than Mac Collins has every right to point out that he has much more experience in government than does Herman Cain. Each candidate should point out his virtues and expose his opponent's flaws, and at the end the people will decide who they prefer. What is wrong, though, is to deliberately distort the record of a fellow conservative candidate, or to spread unsubstantiated rumors about him. I'm sure that neither Mr. Cain nor Mr. Collins have or will engage in that type of behavior.

"I think Georgians recognize that Mac Collins has the experience and conservative credentials to make Johnny Isakson a three time statewide loser."

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On that we can agree. Mac Collins is a solid conservative and would make a fine Senator. However, I also believe that Herman Cain can make Isakson a three-time loser, and would become an even better Senator (and a harbinger of a permanent Republican majority in the Senate). Whichever of Mr. Cain and Mr. Collins makes the run-off against Isakson should have the overwhelming support of conservatives in Georgia and nationwide. And remember, all that matters is that Isakson finishes below 50%, so a vote for Cain (or a vote for Collins, for that matter) is NOT a vote for Isakson.

I hope you didn't sign up on FR today just so that you can speak out against Herman Cain. While you certainly have every right to prefer Mr. Collins to Mr. Cain, this is not a forum for trashing fellow conservatives. So feel free to post articles about Mac Collins's accomplishments, just lay off Herman Cain, will you.

[Kuksool]

{Sigh. Are the GA Senate primary threads going to turn into NC-05 threads now?}

Yup. And its only going to get worse.

You must not have been here in 2002. There numerous threads of where John Linder supporters and Bob Barr supporters called each other RINOS. Ditto for the John Sununu vs. Bob Smith threads.