Posted on 04/11/2007 3:50:25 PM PDT by wagglebee
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- As more information has come in about Rudy Giuliani's comments on the Terri Schiavo dispute, his position seems consistent with previous remarks he's made. However, one pro-life advocate says he's not impressed and not confident that Giuliani is on the same page as the pro-life movement.
As LifeNews.com reported last week, the former New York City mayor made a campaign swing through Florida and told people there that he supported the state government's efforts to save Terri Schiavo's life.
"I thought it was appropriate to make every effort to give her a chance to stay alive," he said.
The New York Sun obtained a full transcript of the remarks to reporters on the subject.
Attempting to recall his past statements on the topic, Giuliani also said "I believe I did [support Congressional intervention to help Terri's parents]."
"I think I said that I thought every effort should be made to keep her alive. I don't know that I supported the, the whole thing to the very end, but I am not sure now," Giuliani added.
In fact, Giuliani told the New York Post on April 1, 2005, the day after Terri's former husband Michael took her life, "I think the right decision would have been to keep the feeding tube in, under the circumstances of the case."
Responding to the comments, Gary Bauer, the head of American Values and a former GOP presidential candidate himself, told the New York Sun he thought he question caught Giuliani off guard.
"My first thought was, he didn't seem ready for the question," he said. "It sounded like he was thinking about his answer as the question was asked."
Bauer told the Sun he wasn't necessarily comforted by Giuliani's remarks and didn't think he fully shared the position of the pro-life community in supporting the right to life of disabled patients.
"I'm happy any time a competitor for the nomination tilts toward the pro-life side," he said but added, "When you put all of it together with his other opinions on life, to be charitable, it seems confused at best."
The leading GOP contender for the Republican nomination for president also spoke further about the case last week, giving some hint at what his public policy might be as president.
"My general view is you should do everything you can to keep somebody alive unless they have expressed a strong interest in not having very, very special things done; extraordinary things done," Giuliani said.
"Obviously, you gotta do the ordinary and regular things and even some of the extraordinary things that's a legal matter and when you get into the area of discretion, as best we can tell we should follow the wishes of the person and their loved ones and in that particular case it was a dispute," he added.
I didn't buy it for a minute.
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Oh crimeny, we’re back on Terry Schiavo? No wonder we lost control of Congress. Now I guess we’re going to lose a presidential election by continuing to obsess over a long lost battle. I give up...
Here's to hoping for more of the same from Rudy the lying liberal.
At least he didn’t call her a squash, and hire circus clowns to invade her vigil. Frankly, I was surprised he didn’t.
Quite simply, those who do not accept it simply do not, or cannot, understand it.
BTW, there's no evidence the Schiavo issue had any serious impact on any election.
The only people I’ve seen supporting Rudy are the ones who support abortion on demand, tax payer funded embryonic stem cell research, and forced euthanasia. And they’re trying to convince the rest of us he’s pro-life. LOL
Absolutely right. If the culture of death had simply allowed the Schindlers to take care of their daughter, none of us would have ever heard of her. Instead, they decided to make her a test case for euthanasia, it's not the fault of those of us who believe in the sanctity of life that the case went public.
Your post to which I’m responding is decidedly PRO DEATH.
Don't forget the people who could care less about the Second Amendment and favor militant homosexualism.
How is MY post pro-death?
Please to excuse ~ “brane-f*rt” actually intended to be directed at MIKE A, not to you.
I was hoping so.
Doesn’t Julie know that if he supports Terri Schiavo, he will lose 10% of FreeRepublics vote?
Yeah, I’m going to make my decisions based on what Gary Bauer says.
So, are you going to base your vote on what a pro-abortion, pro-homosexual agenda, pro-illegal immigration, gun grabbing liberal says?
Which will leave him with 0.6% of the FreeRepublic vote.
Lets see….abortions, gun control, gay civil unions, now Terri Schiavo….what else can we blame one man for?? This is such a non-issue!
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