[George W. Bush]

I have lost interest in debating someone who can't accept that Reagan:

1. Signed one of the country's most liberal abortion bills in 1968
2. Never spoke or wrote a single word in the pro-life cause until 1975, a year before he challenged the pro-abortion Ford for the nomination.

Beyond that, Romney's remarks only mentioned Reagan in passing to begin with and to no greater extent than Hyde or Bush I. His point was not making himself into Reagan, it was to highlight the press obsession and hounding of anyone who goes pro-choice to pro-life. But never the other way as with Gephart and Gore and others.

If you think Romney is being deceptive, then just say so. Dragging Reagan's record into it is a distraction and proves far less than you assert.

[sitetest]

Dear George W. Bush,

Perhaps you’ve lost interest in debating because it appears that you’re unaware of basic facts about the issue, because you’re making assertions without making fact-based arguments to support them, and because you refuse to see that logically, what Mr. Reagan signed in 1967 is little different from what most pro-lifers would like to see in 2007.

“If you think Romney is being deceptive, then just say so. Dragging Reagan’s record into it is a distraction and proves far less than you assert.”

I’ve said long and loud that I suspect that Mr. Romney is a liar. It is HE who dragged Mr. Reagan into the conversation, not me. I’d like him to leave Mr. Reagan out of it, as to me, it’s evidence of deception.

I wish that Mr. Romney had turned out to be an honest “convert” to the cause. But it appears to me that he is a deceiver. Part of the evidence is that he lies about Mr. Reagan.

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