Posted on 07/19/2007 7:33:24 AM PDT by pissant
What’s next, cooties?
I was engaging in a raw societal observation about his wife. No more no less.
Right on the money Albion.....nobody, absolutely nobody, including myself, could pass the fine tooth comb test without some scars. I was pro-choice till about 1995.....things happen....eyes and ears open to Truth., at least to those who are open to it.
If he does make a public statement like that it will definately make me a lot more comfortable with his candidacy.
It was DU-quality.
It is not surprising to find that Thompson has no recollection of working for this organization. The fact is that he was working for a law firm and his law firm was billing the organization. Whatever work he was doing very likely had nothing to do with any advocacy position in regard to abortion. And quite frankly, since it was 16 years ago, I could care less.
Maybe there is a way to view the 14th Amendment as giving the state an interest in protecting life without automatically granting a federal right to life. I honestly used to think that repealing Roe would simply return the issue to the states until we covered it in my Constitutional Law class last year. However, the only easy way I see to do that would be to scrap the right to privacy altogether. Maybe you could just trim it back to Griswold?
The old fall back position when one is on the losing end of an argument.
“Oh yeah, well you stink, neener, neener, neener...”
Well said.
Yes, but if you were publically accused of something during a presidential campaign wouldn’t you be a little more carefull to do your homework before allowing your spokesperson to issue a blanket denial?
“The issue is that Fred lied for political expediency, and allowed others on his staff to do so on his behalf.”
Oh the issue is truth now?
WHAT’S THE NEW YORK TIMES’ EXCUSE FOR LYING TO ITS READERS?
That is a possibility. The Roberts/Alito style seem to be to chose the most narrow grounds possible to overrule something.
What was he "accused of"?
Working for a slimeball client? He was a lawyer. If you had to make moral judgments about every client you ever worked for, you'd never work. And most lawyers can bill 19 hours before lunch.
I don’t think Fred ever lied. He tapdanced and let his spokesman cover for him. But he’ll have to retract that now.
You just dodged my question. If Thompson wasn’t afraid of the political fallout why wasn’t his first answer along the lines of what you just said? Instead, he allowed his spokesman to flat out deny the allegation that he had lobbied for this family planning organization. Regardless of how you feel about the seriousness of the charge, if you were a candidate and were faced with a similar allegation wouldn’t you check your facts before you allow your spokesman to lie to your supporters?
Yes.
In other words, amnesty for them.
No.
“We don’t know what Romney will do at the federal level. He has a history of being a maverick at Bain Capital. Thats why I am reluctantly leaning to him. Unlike other republicans, I could care less that he wears magic undergarments or believes that each representation of the trinity walks on this planet in physical form. LOL I want leadership detached from the Washington & I am willing to gamble given the dire state of affairs.”
Well said.
Romney is running a campaign in which he promises to govern fiscally conservative, go after and win the GWOT, and support marriage, life and appoint judicial conservative judges. He is not a ‘movement conservative’ but he has a record of success and delivers what he promises. So there is risk he will be GWB II but upside that he will deliver a more conservative administration. JMHO.
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