Posted on 10/18/2007 8:36:01 AM PDT by Spiff
Romney Calls Global Body a 'Failure'
By JIM DAVENPORT
Associated Press
18 October 2007
PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney called the United Nations a failure on Thursday and said he would support a new coalition of the free nations of the world.
The former Massachusetts governor said the U.N. Human Rights Council has repeatedly condemned Israel while taking no action against nations with repressive regimes.
"The United Nations has been an extraordinary failure of late," Romney said in response to a question at a pancake house along the coast of early voting South Carolina. "We should withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council."
Actually, the United States doesn't have a seat on the human rights council, which it has been boycotting.
Romney also said he would support a new "coalition of the free nations of the world and bring those nations together so that we can act together."
"We should develop some of our own — if you will — forums and alliances or groups that have the ability to actually watch out for the world and do what's right," Romney said.
Romney was sharing the political attention in this state with GOP rival John McCain, who is on his second consecutive day of campaigning here.
McCain, in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, accused both Russia and China of causing gridlock in the U.N. Security Council and hindering the world body's ability to sanction Iran or address pressing matters in Darfur, Burma and other trouble spots.
If elected, McCain said he would form a league of democracies to circumvent the Security Council and enact tough sanction against Iran and other problem countries.
Romney, who has been criticized for his changing view on abortion, was also asked where he stood on the issue that is important to voters in this conservative state.
"I am pro life and I am proud to be pro life," Romney said.
The former governor also said he would oppose using federal dollars for abortions and would appoint Supreme Court justices opposed to abortions.
He said he opposes using cloning or practices that create human cells for stem cell research.
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I can finally agree with something hea says.
I can finally agree with something hea says.
Oh, boy! I’m for Fred, but I really like this statement from Romney.
“Romney Calls Global Body a ‘Failure’ (Withdraw from U.N. and form new coalition)”
Now this is an issue near and dear that I do not believe that Mitt is changing his mind on. I like his position on this. A lot.
“We should withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council.”
Actually, the United States doesn’t have a seat on the human rights council, which it has been boycotting.
Oopsy.
“practices that create human cells for stem cell research.”
Is the LeftJournalist referring to the “practice” that “creates human cells” by waving a magic wand over a steaming cauldron, or in a Kenner EasyBake oven, or is it the “practice” that kills live human embryos to harvest their DNA?
Good! Very good! An surprisingly excellent statement by Romney. I am a Fred and Duncan guy, but Romney has hit a nerve by this.
“The former governor also said he would oppose using federal dollars for abortions and would appoint Supreme Court justices opposed to abortions.”
Good to hear. But does he mean it? Seems to me that we’d have to elect him and then pray to God that he mean’t every syllable and wasn’t just saying what we want to hear.
In this day and age of almost all folks in the government not being trustworthy, that is a heck of a lot to take on faith.
He’s right.
Now THERE’S something I’ll support Romney on.
WooHoo!
He just hit this one out of the ball park! Good for him!
He just hit this one out of the ball park! Good for him!
“would appoint Supreme Court justices opposed to abortions.”
Anyway, this is irrelevant if Democrats have 55 seats in the senate in 2009. Even the most ultra-conservative president could not appoint justices opposed to abortion in that case. So in that sense, senate is crucial.
We should withdraw from the United Nations altogether. Wasn’t there a piece of legislation in the UN that would ban private ownership of firearms in all member nations?
There is no law that should supersede the Constitution.
I also despise the U.N.
If Mitt does as well, why doesn’t he come out with guns blazing and denounce the proposed Law of The Sea Treaty
LOST?
Mitt is definitely on to something here.
Goes up in my book a couple of notches.
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