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To: BigAlPro
How about basing your conclusion off of what he said, rather than what the reporter said he said.

"No," said Thompson. "I have always -- and that's been my position the entire time I've been in politics. I thought Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided. I think this platform originally came out as a response to particularly Roe v. Wade because of that.

"Before Roe v. Wade, states made those decisions. I think people ought to be free at state and local levels to make decisions that even Fred Thompson disagrees with. That's what freedom is all about. And I think the diversity we have among the states, the system of federalism we have where power is divided between the state and the federal government is, is, is -- serves us very, very well. I think that's true of abortion. I think Roe v. Wade hopefully one day will be overturned, and we can go back to the pre-Roe v. Wade days. But..."

This is an entirely Constitutional position for a prospective Executive candidate to take. If the GOP were to support an Amendment to the Constitution making abortion illegal, then so be it. Mere bills filed into Law violate Constitutional limits of power for Congress and the President.

End the funding for abortion mills, over turn Roe V Wade, let the States handle the rest. This is far an above more "conservative" a stance than Rudy, John, or Willard are purposing.

67 posted on 11/05/2007 8:02:59 AM PST by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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To: Dead Corpse

Okay, so what if California decides it’s legal for Hispanics to kill whites?


193 posted on 11/05/2007 8:48:31 AM PST by demshateGod (Duncan Hunter for president)
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