FWIW P8riot, EV wouldn't be happy if the Apostle Paul was on the ballot.
ALL of these issues have been explained to him over and over. He just won't listen.
I just got off the phone with a friend who is ~very~ close to the Allen camp (and has been for years). I told her some of the things folks like EV have been saying.
She was a baffled as I.
That was my initial point to him as well. Must be a "left coast" thing.
There is no need for you, or your friend, to be baffled.
I've raised legitimate questions about Senator Allen's positions on some of the most important items on our national agenda.
You've given me nothing in response but arrogant brushoffs.
Conservatives I've talked to are also baffled when faced with Allen's pro-choice leanings and Bush-like rhetoric. They all assumed he was pro-life, and "felt" he was strong on the borders.
George Allen's abortion position would extend the right to life only to the unborn who have reached a "quality of life." He supports legalized abortion for fetal abnormalities, rape and incest, and all babies up until "viability."
George Allen's borders rhetoric mirrors G.W. Bush's. "We need a guest worker program to fill the needs of employers," says Allen. He has said a guest worker program is a vital part of border security. Last December, Allen dismissed an actual fence as not "worthy of consideration," and that mere unmanned aircraft to watch the border would suffice.
What's baffling is that so many have been duped for so long into believing Allen is a conservative leader.