Add that to the illegal issues, anti-Second Amendment, spending, and regulation, IMO = NO CHANCE!
Fortunately we have a choice!
Posted on 09/10/2007 4:14:42 PM PDT by wagglebee
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Fresh from his announcement last week that he is seeking the GOP nomination for president next year, former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson talked about one of his top opponents in a weekend interview. He said former mayor Rudy Giuliani's pro-abortion view is inconsistent with Republican principles.
Thompson participated in an interview on Sunday with KTVI, a Fox News local affiliate.
The television station asked the former attorney and actor if Giuliani is unfit to be the Republican nominee because of his pro-abortion position.
Thompson initially avoided answering the question.
"Rudy's like the rest of us. He's going to have to explain his record and why he did what he did and I'm going to have to do the same thing," he said.
Pressed again about the ex-New York City mayor being out of step with most of the members of his party, Thompson was somewhat more specific.
"I think a long record of pro-choice is inconsistent with what most Republicans think," Thompson said.
"But you know, people have to make up for themselves, make up their own mind for themselves, as to how important they think that is. I think it's an important issue. It's one of many issues. We'll have to go through the process and let everybody have their say and let the people decide what their priorities are," Thompson explained.
A new poll backs up Thompson's contention that a pro-abortion position is inconsistent with the position most Republicans take on the contentious issue.
A Diageo poll conducted for the Hotline political newspaper earlier this month found that three times as many Republicans said they're pro-life than said they back legal abortions.
More specifically, 63 percent of Republicans said they want all or almost all abortions prohibited, while just 20 percent said abortions should be legal. Another 16 percent want them legal but want more limits on them.
Republicans appeared to acknowledge that Rudy Giuliani's pro-abortion views are out of the mainstream of the party. Just 20 percent say he is the candidate who best represents the general positions of the GOP.
The same poll found GOP voters backed Giuliani by a 27 to 17 percentage point margin over Thompson, though it was conducted before Thompson's recent announcement he is officially entering the race.
Mitt Romney came in third with 15 percent, John McCain has 12 percent and the rest of the field polled in the low single digits.
And Rooty Toot is NEVER going to be able to win over social conservatives.
Ping
Thompson initially avoided answering the question.
"Rudy's like the rest of us. He's going to have to explain his record and why he did what he did and I'm going to have to do the same thing," he said.
Pressed again about the ex-New York City mayor being out of step with most of the members of his party, Thompson was somewhat more specific.
"I think a long record of pro-choice is inconsistent with what most Republicans think," Thompson said.
"But you know, people have to make up for themselves, make up their own mind for themselves, as to how important they think that is. I think it's an important issue. It's one of many issues. We'll have to go through the process and let everybody have their say and let the people decide what their priorities are," Thompson explained.
What bold, courageous leadership!
/heavy sarcasm
Target Rooty!
First Fred tells Rooty, his NYCity`s gun control policy was dead wrong. Yesterday he told Rooty that his immigration policy is dead wrong. Today he tells Rooty his pro-abortion stance is dead wrong.
Go Fred go!
That number is definitely a problem for Giuliani.
He’ll never be able to win over the libertarian wing of the party either. He’s a gun-grabbing nanny-stater by his very nature. A handful of New York elitists (Rich Lowrey and John Podhoretz, to name a couple) have scare-mongered and snookered a lot of Republicans into thinking Ruity is the only possible alternative to the ‘Beast.
I think you read a different article than the one posted above.
The ONLY people who Rooty Toot will appeal to are the liberals and they don’t vote Republican.
Give Fred some credit. The interviewer tried to catch him between two basic principles: Don’t attack your fellow Republicans needlessly, and don’t dodge the issues.
Fred has been clear that he is pro-life, and his record in the senate was completely pro-life too.
So it’s unfair to criticize him as if he were ducking the question of abortion, when in fact the questioner was really trying to trap him into an unprovoked attack on Giuliani.
LOL, the infamous bug zapper thread.
Holy crap, that thread is up to eighteen thousand posts!
I’m not criticizing Fred at all. In a perfect world, I would prefer to see Hunter as the nominee, but that won’t happen. Fred is easily the second best and he has handled his “non campaign” perfectly.
Personally, I call Rooty what he is. A scumbag abortionist.
Fred’s actual statement about Rudy’s pro-abortion views certainly were not as strong as the headline implied they were. That being said, I’m glad to see him taking a shot a radical pro-abortionist Rudy Giuliani.
STOP RUDY 2008 PING!
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