Posted on 12/27/2007 7:34:22 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
BTTT
A paper NOT under the control of Nurse Ratched.
Glad to see Iowan locals are seriously considering Fred once they know the issues he plans on driving home.
The Des Moines Register was once a fiercely independent and mostly fair-and-balanced (though it slanted GOP) paper. That was back when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Now, it is to the left of the NYT!!
Fred “leave it to the states” Thompson...
...conservative bona fides?
Our local paper is a Lee Enterprises publication. Most all news comes from the AP, LA Slimes, WaPo, and the like and the paper itself is run by an almost solidly Dem team.
To find a positive article for a conservative in what Lee puts out is rare. Cherish it.
Federalism is a hallmark of conservatism
Thanks for the background. It makes it even more encouraging.
I just made another donation to Fred and hope others can also. Sent $25 and although that isn’t much I know every little bit helps. If all Fred’s supporters just sent in even a small donation, the goal would be easily reached. I hope by tomorrow evening the goal will be reached and then some! GO FRED!
“Fred “leave it to the states” Thompson...”
Uh, it’s called Federalism. Roe v Wade took away the rights of the states to decide.
Meanwhile, at this time a constitutional amendment is unattainable. But if it goes back to the states, local politics can hone in on changes for the good of the unborn.
Fred wants to nominate judges who will overturn Roe v Wade.
he definitely saying all the right things.
EXACTLY right!
Neither federalism nor incrementalism are adequate excuses for being against a Human Life Amendment and a Protection of Marriage Amendment.
There is a constitutional (thus, federalist) way of such a thing, just as there was, to guarantee freedom from slavery -- in each and every state and territory.
People who do not understand that our Constitution rests upon our founding declaration of the Right to Life have a flawed political stance -- likely tragically so.
All or nothing huh?
Good luck with that.
I’m a lot happier with a lot of small steps. Sure works well for the left. Ten thousand left wing Lilliputian steps have tied our country into knots. We need to do the same, in reverse. Plus, it is in step with our Founding Fathers vision.
Even if you were correct in each and every one of your statements, you have still reached an incorrect, self-defeating, and ultimately assinine all-or-nothing conclusion. A journey of one thousand miles begins with a single step but you apparently want to stay in the killing grounds until you can magically make the journey in a single leap.
The rest of us in the real world encourage you to join us in making a REAL difference. In the REAL world.
I guess I'm not getting through clearly. We should/must save whatever lives we can and make whatever progress to keep marriage, marriage. Incrementalism is important -- but it is no excuse to oppose an ultimate, thorough Human Life Amendment and Marriage Amendment, as Thompson does.
"Leave it to the states" is the Steven A. Douglas approach.
“The ‘state approach’ to abortion would be the most efficient way. You can’t have a Constitutional victory until you have 2/3rds of the States supporting, so if you start with a State by State approach, you can have immediate action while and know when you have enough to pull the Constitutional trigger, if needed. If you pull the trigger too soon, without having the 2/3rds of the States, you could kill the pro-life movement with a Constitutional loss.”
Yes, this is the logic of using an initital federalist approach. You isolate states that allow abortion. If states could decide, it would be a long fight, but eventually 75% would ban abortion in most cases.
However, there is one thing to remember about Fred on this issue. Fred is a real honest to goodness federalist. Even if there was enough votes to get a constitutional ammendment through in the future, Fred would oppose it on idealogical grounds. He thinks each state should decide, not the federal government (in the form of the rest of the states). He would leave abortion or homosexual marriage intack in states where the people of that state want it, even if 3/4 of state legislatures would be willing to ratify constitutional ammendments. That is the nature of a true federalist. So, it can come back to bite you.
One needs to understand what true federalism means and can result in happening.
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