I knew he was a federalist on abortion but his answer perplexed me. It was like sitting there in amazement wathcing demolition derby. A lot of pro-lifers are gonna be scratching there heads just like me, saying this is not the conservative we want.
“I knew he was a federalist on abortion but his answer perplexed me. It was like sitting there in amazement wathcing demolition derby. A lot of pro-lifers are gonna be scratching there heads just like me, saying this is not the conservative we want.”
Fred’s answer did not perplex me. I totally agree with what Fred said. The abortion issue should have been a state’s issue. In other words, the people of each state would vote on whether they wanted to allow abortions to be allowed in their state. What do you think would have happened if the USSC had put the abortion issue back in the hands of the states? My guess is that the majority of citizens of each state would have voted against abortion except maybe for the saving of a mother’s life,rape or incest. Fred’s view that RVW should have been a state’s issue is correct. His stand that issues that the federal government should stay out of (which should be states’ issues) is following the constitution of our country. I agree totally!
I agree with you. I thought Fred was doing well untill he got into the social issues - then he crashed and burned. He seemed to indicate that maybe states shouldn’t criminalize women or their doctors. Said that he thought unborn children were people but that he didn’t want to force his belief on others - at least not at a federal level. Made clear that he would not support our current pro-life platform and indicated that he was unhappy with the people that are making an issue out of the Schievo case. Clearly Fred is no Friend of the Religious Conservatives.
The next best thing is a president who will strive to appoint judges that will overturn Roe and give the decision-making power back to the states. There is no president -- NOR SHOULD THERE EVER BE AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT -- who wields the power to make abortion a punishable crime nation-wide. As has been pointed out here, murder is a state's issue; certainly abortion belongs there as well, then.
You grasp for the red-herring item that Thompson finds disagreeable the prospect of states making it so that young girls, their parents, and doctors be held criminally liable for abortions, and Thompson states PLAINLY that just because he holds a certain view, he doesn't think he should have the power to make all the rest of America abide by those views. People of your mindset refuse to hear that part.
Engaging in willful self-deception and pretending your own lack of ability to grasp the truth is somehow Thompson's fault, is destructive. And a very poor representative of "moral" thinking.