Conservatives, please forgive me.
Posted on 05/09/2007 7:17:06 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
After months of giving ambiguous signals on abortion, Rudolph W. Giuliani is planning to offer a forthright affirmation of his support for abortion rights in public forums, television appearances and interviews in the coming days, despite potential consequences among some conservative voters already wary of his views, aides said yesterday.
At the same time, Mr. Giuliani’s campaign — seeking to accomplish the unusual task of persuading the Republican Party to nominate an abortion rights supporter as its presidential candidate — is eyeing a path to the nomination that would try to de-emphasize the early states in which abortion opponents wield a great deal of influence. Instead they would focus on the so-called mega-primary of Feb. 5, in which voters in states like California, New York and New Jersey are likely to be more receptive to Mr. Giuliani’s social views than voters in states like Iowa and South Carolina. They said that approach became more appealing after Florida, another state they said would be receptive to Mr. Giuliani, voted last week to move its primary forward to the end of January.
The shift in emphasis by Mr. Giuliani comes as his campaign has struggled to deal with the fallout from the first Republican presidential candidate debate in which he gave a halting and apparently contradictory responses to questions about his support for abortion rights. Mr. Giuliani’s aides were concerned both because it opened him up to a new round of criticism from abortion critics — who have never been happy with the prospect of a Republican presidential candidate who supports abortion rights — while threatening to undercut his image as a tough-talking iconoclast who does not equivocate on tough issues.
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I'm here in PA Dutch country.
We have Specter, Casey and Rendell representing us.
Plus the unions have thousands of dead voters ready to vote for Dems.
What say you now?
Nixon said that the way to win elections was to run Right in the primary then run to the center.
Rudy didn’t even give a good fake to the right.
Those who think that Giuliani will appoint “strict constructionists” to the Supreme Court are deluding themselves.
I'm here in PA Dutch country.
We have Specter, Casey and Rendell representing us.
Plus the unions have thousands of dead voters ready to vote for Dems.
What say you now?
-A8
Republicans have plenty of candidates who will be stronger then any Demorat in regards to the WOT (War On Terror).
This Primary and General should be about who will protect God, guns, and babies the best (and of course Security). Are we going to leave it up to RINOs and Rats? Not me.
If I had to vote today, my vote is with Duncan Hunter. Hunter has a A+ NRA rating, he stands strong for life, he has fought to keep God in public view, Hunter stands for securing our border. And a couple more things: Hunter served in one of the most dangerous outfits in Vietnam, the 75th Rangers. Plus his son is in Iraq for a third time.
And last night on Hannity and Commie, I saw Ann Coulter endorse Duncan Hunter. Every time I hear her talk, I want her to carry my children. :-)
So, I say we don't need a liberal to beat another liberal in the General. The media would have us believe that. I haven't believed a word the media has said since the 80's. I aint gunna start believing' them now.
And I am definitely not going to allow the media to dictate how I should vote.
“Rises from the ashes of 9/11, then sinks into a swamp of the unborn’s blood...”
I am always ready to remind people that just as many Americans were killed on 9/11 in abortion clinics as were killed by the terrorist attacks. And every other day for over 30yrs. Just to put things in the proper perspective.
Now the question is, are the Republican Party leaders going to support him?
Mr. Thompson stay away! Duncan Hunter all the way!!:)
Nice try.
Actually, I like what he did in straightening out New York and what he’ll likely do in the War On Terror.
But as I said, I’m still uncommitted at this point. If Fred Thompson announces, I’d likely back him.
Many libertarians don’t like him either, because of his hostility to private property, presumption of innocence, trial by jury, personal liberty and the Constitution. There goes another, say, 10%. So who is going to make up for that 20% loss of traditional GOP constituents? It’s not going to be the Reagan democrats, who only defect to pro-life pubbies. It’s not going to be left-leaning independents who oppose the war.
Casey is pro-life. That's how he beat Santorum.
Rendell won because the GOP has run two straight clones against him. The prior Dem, Bob Casey Sr., was the last great pro-life Dem.
Specter is a freak of nature that defies any logical explanation other than name recognition. And even then, he almost lost in the GOP primary to a conservative.
Casey only claimed to be pro-life. Like a true Dem, his real beliefs came out once he got into office.
Thanks for talking me down from the ledge.
;^)
He has no choice. Those who oppose abortion didn't believe his ridiculous waffling, and he's losing those who don't care about abortion because he looks like such a wimp with all the lame excuses. If this report is true, it appears to be almost a hail-Mary pass.
I hope so!
Conservatives, please forgive me.
Naw, they were making a bid to delude US....But still a good point.
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