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Vanity: Questions regarding the Republican Platform, is it pro-life, pro-family?

Posted on 02/04/2007 1:31:12 AM PST by Jim Robinson

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To: Jim Robinson

Not too much to ask, but it certainly narrows it down.

Just off the top of my head, I'd say that just leaves...Dr. Tom Coburn! =O)


281 posted on 02/04/2007 3:03:26 PM PST by loboinok (Gun control is hitting what you aim at!)
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To: Calpernia


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282 posted on 02/04/2007 3:04:03 PM PST by AmeriBrit (#1 ISSUE....WIN THE WOT.)
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To: AmeriBrit
Giuliani/Clinton/Dem vs. GOP Platform Comparison
Issue
Giuliani Clinton Dem Platform GOP Platform
Abortion on Demand Supports Supports Supports Opposes
Partial Birth Abortion Supports
Opposed
NY ban
Supports Supports Opposes
Roe v. Wade Supports Supports Supports Opposes
Taxpayer Funded Abortions Supports Supports Supports Opposes
Embryonic Stem Cell Research Supports Supports Supports Opposes
Federal Marriage Amendment Opposes Opposes Opposes
Defined at
state level
Supports
Gay Domestic Partnership/
Civil Unions
Supports Supports Supports Opposes
Openly Gay Military Supports Supports Supports Opposes
Defense of Marriage Act Opposes Opposes Opposes Supports
Amnesty for Illegal Aliens Supports Supports Supports Opposes
Special Path to Citizenship
for Illegal Aliens
Supports Supports Supports Opposes
Tough Penalties for
Employers of Illegal Aliens
Opposes Opposes Opposes Supports
Sanctuary Cities/
Ignoring Immigration Law
Supports Supports Supports Opposes
Protecting 2nd Amendment Opposes
Opposes Opposes
Supports bans
Supports
Confiscating Guns Supports
Confiscated
as mayor.
Even bragged.
Supports Supports
Supports bans
Opposes
'Assault' Weapons Ban Supports Supports Supports  
Frivolous Lawsuits
Against Gun Makers
Supports
Filed One
Himself
Supports   Opposes
Gun Registration/Licenses Supports Supports   Opposes
War in Afghanistan Supports Supports
Voted for it
Supports Supports
War in Iraq Supports Supports
Voted for it
Supports
Weak support
Supports
Patriot Act Supports Supports
Voted for it
2001 & 2006
Opposes Supports
"Most of Clinton's policies are very similar to most of mine." - Rudy Giuliani

Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do and how you do it.
Rudy Giuliani

283 posted on 02/04/2007 3:04:51 PM PST by narses ("Freedom is about authority." - Rudolph Giuliani)
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To: Liz

Feb 1, 2007 Ann Coulter On Rudy Giuliani : "I Think He's The Only Republican Who Can't Beat Hillary."

We know everything we need to know.

Yes, especially when you use Ann Coulter as a reference.


284 posted on 02/04/2007 3:05:48 PM PST by merry10
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To: narses

Did someone buy you a new box of crayons?


285 posted on 02/04/2007 3:10:17 PM PST by AmeriBrit (#1 ISSUE....WIN THE WOT.)
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To: AmeriBrit; Spiff

You noticed. {{{BLUSH}}}

Thanks Spiff.


286 posted on 02/04/2007 3:11:45 PM PST by narses ("Freedom is about authority." - Rudolph Giuliani)
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To: Melas

"A nation that values its privileges over its principles will soon lose both"

Dwight D. Eisenhower, inaugural address, 1953

If you cannot stand upon principle, then you can hardly expect others to do it for you. And if you abandon principle for the sake of convenience or 'practiciality,' then you can't complain about the results. Think of the message that you're sending.

What the Republican Party needs is a good, strong high-pressure enema to remove the 'progressive' RINO stools with which it seems to be impacted. Unfortunately, nothing short of a civil war will do the trick at this stage of the game.


287 posted on 02/04/2007 3:14:03 PM PST by Noumenon (The Koran is the Mein Kampf of a religion that has always aimed to eliminate the others - O. Fallaci)
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To: airborne
The GOP powerbrokers are in control of the platform, and so long as they continue to take us (and our votes) for granted, it will remain an "inside the Beltway" tool.

Now, let me whack you with the truth stick. The GOP Platform is written and voted on at the GOP National Convention every 4 years. The platform committee does the writing and revising and approving. Quite often, there's a bit of contention as various factions of delegates at the convention fight over what should be added, deleted, or edited. The delegates are made up of people elected by their state parties to represent the state party members at the convention. I've been a delegate to the Arizona state GOP convention and voted on which delegates to send to the national convention. I was very careful to find out which delegates were pro-life and which were with the Democrats as being pro-abortion. I voted only for pro-life delegates because I knew that some of them were going to craft the GOP platform and all of them were going to vote on it.

So, the truth is that GOP Platform mostly represents the views of the actual grassroots members of the party. The Republican Party executive leadership and a number of the more prominent elected Republicans enjoy ignoring the platform - and therefore the majority of the party - because they don't feel beholden to that platform. It is a severe disconnect in the party that needs to be corrected.

288 posted on 02/04/2007 3:14:22 PM PST by Spiff (Rudy Giuliani Quote (NY Post, 1996) "Most of Clinton's policies are very similar to most of mine.")
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To: oceanview
read it, and tell me if that sounds like a person who supports liberal judicial activism on the bench. just the opposite is what I read there.

Funny then how Giuliani supports Roe v. Wade, history's most tragic incident of liberal judical activism which has resulted in the murders of 45,000,000 American children.

289 posted on 02/04/2007 3:16:44 PM PST by Spiff (Rudy Giuliani Quote (NY Post, 1996) "Most of Clinton's policies are very similar to most of mine.")
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To: sitetest
The idea that Mr. Giuliani may run as an independent may have come from an article in New York's Newsday. The paper reported that Mr. Giuliani, in filing his form FEC 1, declaring that he is exploring a run for the presidency, didn't indicate a party affiliation.

When asked, his campaign said that this wasn't an oversight.


I suspect that was the source of the speculation.....


290 posted on 02/04/2007 3:21:38 PM PST by deport
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To: deport

Dear deport,

Thanks for the update.

Kinda funny. First, it's an intentional judgment, now, it's an "omission."

Flip

flop.

;-)


sitetest


291 posted on 02/04/2007 3:24:10 PM PST by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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To: sitetest

Yep, I's must be dotted and T's crossed....


292 posted on 02/04/2007 3:26:37 PM PST by deport
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To: madprof98; All
It is time to start calling a duck a duck. Rudy Giuliani is a threat to the SocCon/Gun Conservative movement, and has been an activist, avowed enemy of many of the SoCon and Gun Conservative issues many of us hold dear. To expect him to act as ANYTHING other than that is foolishness or deceit of the highest degree.

Oh yea riiiight - that was Rudy's plan from the GetGo. The minute he saw the Conservative party -he planned to undermine it. GET REAL! He's done more for Republicans than any other who is running. Paranoia is not a very good trait for conservatives and its' becoming more and more rampant I'm sorry to say.

293 posted on 02/04/2007 3:29:21 PM PST by areafiftyone (RUDY GIULIANI 2008 - STRENGTH AND LEADERSHIP)
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To: Spiff
So, the truth is that GOP Platform mostly represents the views of the actual grassroots members of the party. The Republican Party executive leadership and a number of the more prominent elected Republicans enjoy ignoring the platform - and therefore the majority of the party - because they don't feel beholden to that platform. It is a severe disconnect in the party that needs to be corrected.

Good delivery with that 'truth stick'!

294 posted on 02/04/2007 3:30:49 PM PST by airborne (Elect an Airborne Ranger,Vietnam Veteran for President ! Duncan Hunter 2008!!)
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To: areafiftyone
Paranoia is not a very good trait for conservatives and its' becoming more and more rampant I'm sorry to say.

Oh, yeah, now Jim Robinson is PARANOID. You guys are not conservatives, not even close.

295 posted on 02/04/2007 3:33:35 PM PST by madprof98 ("moritur et ridet" - salvianus)
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To: merry10

Ann Coulter is the paradigm conservative with impeccable, unquestioned conservative credentials.

When Ann Coulter says Giuliani Is The Only Republican Who Can't Beat Hillary...........better believe it.


296 posted on 02/04/2007 3:37:43 PM PST by Liz (Nearly all men can stand adversity, but to test a man's character, give him power. Abe Lincoln)
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To: madprof98

Your bringing Jim Robinson into this is showing your acting like a crybaby. What are you trying to prove by mentioning his name? He has nothing to do with my conversation with you. If you are going to bring up Jim Robinson every time a person who likes Rudy posts then you guys are more of baby than I thought. GROW UP! I didn't mention him. I have more respect for him than that to bring him up every time I disagree with someone. I consider myself Republican. I vote Republican not conservative.


297 posted on 02/04/2007 3:41:28 PM PST by areafiftyone (RUDY GIULIANI 2008 - STRENGTH AND LEADERSHIP)
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To: narses; Calpernia


298 posted on 02/04/2007 3:43:50 PM PST by Liz (Nearly all men can stand adversity, but to test a man's character, give him power. Abe Lincoln)
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To: Spiff

and your strategy to get rid of Roe is what?

nominate a conservative who does not have enough reach and appeal to win the general election, and Hillary's SCOTUS will guarantee Roe is law until 2040.


299 posted on 02/04/2007 3:46:15 PM PST by oceanview
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To: madprof98; Hydroshock

Oh and another thing. I didn't plan on coming on this thread but I was pinged by hydroshock (a freeper who happens to hate Rudy) to this thread.


300 posted on 02/04/2007 4:01:35 PM PST by areafiftyone (RUDY GIULIANI 2008 - STRENGTH AND LEADERSHIP)
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