Posted on 02/11/2007 2:52:28 PM PST by don-o
PRINCETON, NJ -- As former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani inches closer to a formal declaration of his candidacy for the 2008 Republican nomination for president, the challenge he faces among Republicans with his support of abortion rights and same-sex civil unions is clear in a recent USA Today/Gallup Poll.
Giuliani is extraordinarily well-liked and respected by the American public. He also ties with or leads Arizona Sen. John McCain as the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination in recent Gallup polls. At the same time, his views on abortion and same-sex civil unions are unknown to most rank and file Republicans. Once informed of Giuliani's positions, a sizable minority of Republicans say they would reconsider their support for the otherwise popular and well-respected Republican luminary.
(Excerpt) Read more at galluppoll.com ...
It still beats being murdered before you were born.
So?
I have no idea what you're talking about. We were discussing abortion and your nonsensical views towards it.
If given the choice, she would have had an abortion. Either way, her behavior is pretty much the fast track to hell. It is a shame that both my daughter's dad and his mom can't see what their self-righteous and indignant behaviors are costing others.
Besides, it is probably the same vile men that pressure to have sex in the first place and then assess blame and pressure for abortion.
If morality were taught before procreation, we wouldn't be having this discussion.
I simply stated my opinion on two of MANY issues.
Adoption has always been a choice. I know that there may be some stigma attached but do we want to live in a world where there's no stigma toward abortion and fornication?
I was too young to be a peace, love, dope hippie/liberal of the 60s that spawned the entire debate.
I'd also blame it on their liberal parents, but what's teh point, most are dead.
This can be prevented if most parents will pull their heads out and teach to not have sex before you are married, but I don't see anyone screeching about that.
You are debating the "effect" without looking at the cause.
We would really get more mileage out of seeing couples that want to adopt than hearing the debate over abortion.
We weren't talking about the cause. We were talking about your leftwing position vis a vis abortion.
That is a lie, but I'd expect that from you. The actual info in the article:
'Less likely' is far different from 'unlikely', especially when only 4 options are given regarding their responses. Not all voters are single-issue ones, and Giuliani blows McCain away in the polls regarding leadership, who is the strongest leader, and who is most likely to beat the Dem in the general election (55% to 38%, the closest of those categories.)
With all due respect, the subject we were discussing is your refusal to make abortion illegal. Abstinence education, while important, is a needless attempt to shift the focus away from your original claim. You still haven't answered my question: why is it within government's purview to outlaw murder but not abortion?
The only one I see "screeching" here is you.
Once informed of Giuliani's positions, a sizable minority of Republicans say they would reconsider their support for the otherwise popular and well-respected Republican luminary.
Once informed of Giuliani's positions, a sizable minority of Republicans say they would reconsider their support for the otherwise popular and well-respected Republican luminary.
Once informed of Giuliani's positions, a sizable minority of Republicans say they would reconsider their support for the otherwise popular and well-respected Republican luminary.
Once informed of Giuliani's positions, a sizable minority of Republicans say they would reconsider their support for the otherwise popular and well-respected Republican luminary.
One cannot repeat this enough. The Dems certainly will if Rudy is nominated.
What I do know is that abortion is not the ONLY issue when choosing a candidate. OTOH, I also think that we need to clean up our act here if we are to set an example for other countries. By focusing on better ways of solving the problems, the end result comes faster. If there were more advocacy for adoption instead of whether or not an abortion is legal, maybe women would be more inclined to follow Christ's way instead of focusing on themselves.
During Rudy's tenure, abortions declined at roughly half the national percentage decline.
Think the GOP can win in 2008 by forsaking 16 percent of the base?
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