Pataki: I could be happy with Giuliani or McCain

WCAX ^ | 4/5/07

[plain talk]

I am not trying to paint you as anything. You said in Post #24 "Rudy is not out of line by agreeing that poor women should have this right." So by your own statement you agree in public financed abortion. Not only that but you declared that public financing of abortion is a "right". That is, unless you misspoke and now wish to retract your earlier statement.

[KATIE-O]

“.... Not only that but you declared that public financing of abortion is a “right”. That is, unless you misspoke and now wish to retract your earlier statement.....”

Taking my words out of context and putting your own spin on my statement is a very desperate attempt on your part to put words into my mouth. I used quotations on certain words and don’t need to retract anything.

[plain talk]

I am simply repeating back to you what you wrote.

Did you or did you not state "Rudy is not out of line by agreeing that poor women should have this right"? That statement means you believe we should fund abortions and that this is a right. You seem to be distancing yourself from that statement which is good. It would have been more straightforward to simply state that you made a mis-statement instead of being so evasive and defensive. Words mean things. For you to attack me for simply holding you accountable for what you wrote in Post #24 is evasive and disingenuous.