Posted on 11/07/2007 4:58:22 PM PST by wagglebee
Matthew Continetti of the Weekly Standard says while the Robertson endorsement will help Giuliani reel in more support from social conservatives, it will draw further attention to his liberal stances on abortion and homosexuality. According to Continetti, "a good day for Giuliani is when the social issues do not come up."
"I don't think that Giuliani plans to use this endorsement as a shield in any sense. I think what he is trying to show here is that people who disagree on [what is a] very important issue to many -- the pro-life issue -- can still support Giuliani for president," says Continetti.
Robertson's endorsement of Giuliani is one of three high-profile endorsements garnered by Republican presidential candidates this week. Conservative icon Paul Weyrich endorsed Mitt Romney, and Kansas senator and former GOP candidate Sam Brownback endorsed Senator John McCain (R-Arizona). Continetti says the endorsements show an open GOP race.
"No one has a leg up on anyone," continues Continetti. "There is no incumbent president or vice president. There is no frontrunner [who is] front running in the national polls and in the early state polls. And the social right is divided, from what we see today. Truly a wide open race," he says.
OneNewsNow contacted several pro-family leaders to get their reaction to the Robertson endorsement. Some did not return calls, while others said they did not want to comment. One of them, a close personal friend of Robertson, said he believes the endorsement is "tragic," and that if Giuliani wins the nomination, it "will destroy the Republican Party."
It certainly will!
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Then Pat should have endorsed Hunter, Thompson or Huckabee.
I will not watch 700 Club anymore. Not even for laughs.
Robertson is either senile or Guiliani somehow convinced him that he is a born-again fundamentalist. This reminds me of 1976 when Jimmih convinced millions of naive Southern Baptists that he was a true conservative.
Even Carter wasn’t running around pushing abortion and homosexual marriage.
The majority of Giuliani supporters don’t agree with his stands on the social issues, which the White House has very little power over anyway. They are supporting him for other reasons, like his accomplishments in public office. He is running for Commander in Chief, not Preacher in Chief. If one finds his stands on those issues too much for them to support him in the primary, there’s nothing wrong with that. But to not support him under any circumstances if simply over the top.
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To the surprise of noone, Pat Roberston again endorses a non-Social Conservative during the GOP Primaries (did so for Dole in 1996, Bush Sr. in 1992). Can’t he at least wait until AFTER the primaries to sell everybody out?
Hunter has electability problems. I can't figure out if Huck governed as a conservative or RINO in Arkansas. Fred has disappointed with his lackluster campaign out of the gate. I hope he gets on top of his game. Add it up and Mitt may be the alternative to Rudy and Captain Queeg for pro-lifers.
Romney would certainly not be among my top choices (and it has NOTHING to do with his being a Mormon), but I could live with him.
What are people supposed to say other than that they disagree? We have no contract where we are obligated to agree with each other.
Wagglebee, Just a note to let you know I’ve decided to vote for Guiliani if he wins the nomination. It has nothing to do with Robertson’s endorsement. I made this decision today after much thought and deliberation. This nation simply cannot withstand another Clinton assault on its economics and moral character. I will continue to push for a more upstanding GOP nominee but if Rudy is it, I plan to hold my nose and give him my vote.
Of the 75 judges Giuliani appointed to three of New York state’s lower courts, Democrats outnumbered Republicans by more than 8 to 1. One of his appointments was an officer of the International Association of Lesbian and Gay Judges. Another, an abortion-rights supporter, later made it to the federal bench in part because New York Sen. Charles E. Schumer, a liberal Democrat, said he liked her ideology.
Cumulatively, Giuilani’s record was enough to win applause from people like Kelli Conlin, the head of the New York branch of NARAL.
“I don’t think he was looking for someone who was particularly conservative,” said Barry Kamins, a Democrat who chaired the panel of the Bar Association of the City of New York, which reviewed Giuliani’s appointments. “He picked a variety from both sides of the spectrum.”
You think Giuliani will fight for conservative appointments to the Supreme Court?
Not true. On his first day in office, clinton signed an Executive Order, reversing Reagan's Mexico City policy and committing billions of tax dollars to abortion around the globe, including forced abortions in China. He signed another executive order that same day ordering that gays should be accepted in the military. That one raised a firestorm, and had to be toned down to "don't ask, don't tell," which was still an imposition on the military. But if it happens again, it might stick.
Bush reinstated the Mexico City policy. But if Rudy gets in, we'll see more money for UN abortions, more money for Planned Parenthood, fetal stem cell research, cloning, gays in the military, and lousy supreme court appointments. It happened with clinton. If hillary gets in, it will be much worse. And if rudy gets in, it would also be much worse.
A little bitter that he didn’t endorse your man?!
I don’t think Romney would be good for the nation either; nor Guliani, nor McCain (Amnesty)-Special Interests!
Anyone who genuinely believes a pro-illegal immigration, pro-”sanctuary city” stance (such as Giuliani’s) does anything to enhance their safety from terrorist attacks is — plainly and simply — too bone stupid to be allowed to vote, come Election Day.
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