Posted on 04/24/2007 6:49:03 PM PDT by Mr. Brightside
Archives of Rudolph W. Giuliani, 107th Mayor
Opening Remarks to the N.A.R.A.L. "Champions of Choice" Lunch
The Yale Club, Thursday, April 5th, 2001
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Thank you very much for inviting me to say a few words of welcome. This event shows that people of different political parties and different political thinking can unite in support of choice. In doing so, we are upholding a distinguished tradition that began in our city starting with the work of Margaret Sanger and the movement for reproductive freedom that began in the early decades of the 20th century.
As a Republican who supports a woman's right to choose, it is particularly an honor to be here. And I would like to explain, just for one moment, why I believe being in favor of choice is consistent with the philosophy of the Republican Party. In fact, it might be more consistent with the philosophy of the Republican Party. Because the Republican Party stands for the idea that you have to restore more freedom of choice, more opportunity, more opportunity for people to make their own choices rather than the government dictating those choices. Republicans stand for lower taxation because we believe that people can make better choices with their money than the government will make for them, and that ultimately frees the economy and produces more political freedom. We believe that, yes, government is important, but that the private sector is actually more important in solving our problems.
So it is consistent with that philosophy to believe that in the most personal and difficult choices that a woman has to make with regard to a pregnancy, those choices should be made based on that person's conscience and that person's way of thinking and feeling. The government shouldn't dictate that choice by making it a crime or making it illegal.
I think that's actually a much more consistent position. Many Republicans support that position, but you don't hear that as often. For example, in a recent poll by American Viewpoint, 65 percent of Republicans supported changing the plank in the Republican platform that calls for a constitutional ban on abortion. That's 6.5 out of every 10 Republicans. And over 80 percent of Republicans believe that the decision with regard to an abortion should be made by a woman, her doctor, and her family rather than dictated by the government.
[Applause]
In any case, I just wanted you to know that many of my fellow Republicans stand with you on this issue. So I thank you, I thank NARAL for taking the lead in establishing freedom of choice for all of us, and as the Mayor of New York City, I thank you for being here in New York City.
I hope the crossdresser’s opponents are keeping notes to use against him...
Do you have any stats to support that claim?
The 2002 election, the fact that the right-to-lifers are toothless and old and the Pro-lifers are younger Americans and the results of a poll published by Berkley, the increase of Americans who believe in God and the fact that democrats who beat republican incumbants in 2006 did so by running to the right of them.
Frankly I don’t think that is a realistic view....but hey,
whatever floats your boat.
I don’t see things that way at all....so I must be on another planet.
I do fear, however, we’re in for a big swing to the left very soon if we do not find a conservative leader.
To be a socialist in America it was once something to be ashamed about. Now we have elected officials coming out of the closet.
Communism use to be a bad word. Now it’s something that elected liberals imply that under certain circumstances it could have worked.
They’re scaring our kids with the phoney Global Warming stories.
From this point on it doesnt matter what floats my boat, in the end (very soon) you will be correct.
We need a conservative leader.
I respectfully disagree again.
The communists went underground in the 50s and 60s and emerged as the ACLU, the NEA, the World Council of Churches, Planned Parenthood, the MEDIA and most educators while they stealthy took over the Democratic Party.
They have succeeded in brainwashing generation X and Y....no, we don’t need a conservative leader as much as we need a massive re-education of America.
I think it’s too late.
Hmm.
This reminds me of the Miers debacle where it fially took releases of liberal social speeches to torpedo her nomination. I think it was WAPO of all places that published them? I still thank them for that.
Of course it will take more to take down Rudy. If any plank of the party can do it, it’ll be the pro-life movement. I wonder how far they are willing to go to make sure he, or any of the Liberal trio, doesn’t get the nom.
...or vote 3rd party. A GOP nomination of Rudy is Hitlery's formula for victory --> make it a 3-way race. Hitlery cannot beat anyone in a 2-way race.
Fred may be our only hope to avoid the reign of Queen Hitlery.
Try it and see what happens...
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