Posted on 04/06/2008 6:51:19 PM PDT by TitansAFC
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in a candid interview with The Washington Times Friday expressed her position on abortion as “mildly pro-choice.”
Asked, “Are you pro-life? Are you pro-choice? What is your thought on abortion?”, Rice responded: “I believe if you go back to 2000, when I helped the president in the campaign, I said that I was, in effect, kind of Libertarian on this issue, and meaning by that that I have been concerned about a government role in this issue. I'm a strong proponent of parental choice, of parental notification. I'm a strong proponent of a ban on late-term abortion. These are all things that I think unite people and I think that that's where we should be. I've called myself at times mildly pro-choice.
With little prompting Rice continued, “Yeah, mildly pro-choice. That's what that means. I think that there are a lot of things that we can unite around, and that's where I would tend to be. I'm very comfortable with the president's view that we have to respect and need to have a culture that respects life. This should be an issue pretty infrequently because we ought to have a culture that says that, ‘Who wants to have an abortion? Who wants to see a daughter or a friend or, you know, a sibling go through something like that?’ And so I believe the president has been in exactly the right place about this, which is, we have to respect the culture of life and we have to try and bring people to have respect for it and make this as rare a circumstance as possible.”
When told of the belief that in order to be elected a Republican president, a contender must be firmly pro-life, Rice responded, “I'm not trying to be elected.”
Rice was then pushed on abortion, with Washington Times White House correspondent Bill Sammon saying, “But it sounds like you do not wish to change the laws that now allow (abortion)...”
Rice responded, “Well, I don't spend my entire life thinking about these issues. You know, I spend my time really thinking about the foreign policy issues. But you know that I'm a deeply religious person and so, from my point of view, these extremely difficult moral issues where we have -- where we're facing issues with technology and the prolongation of life and the fact that very, very young babies are able to survive now -- very small babies are able to survive -- these are great moral issues.
What I do think is that we should not have the federal government in a position where it is forcing its views on one side or the other. So, for instance, I've tended to agree with those who do not favor federal funding for abortion, because I believe that those who hold a strong moral view on the other side should not be forced to fund it.”
The Democratic Party is dead!
Long live the Democratic Party!
Isn’t that the d*mn truth. This woman has demonstrated that she will do whatever she is told to do, be it from Bush, the State Dept., or whomever. I have very little respect for her judgement.
No, sorry.
Who’s Chris Croker?
And what’s he got to do with the general grouchiness-at-anyone vinegar of some FReepers these days?
Sheesh.
Never saw such defeatism.
It’s been said that someone who hates much as you do really hates themselves.
” At the same time, however, 3 out of 4 babies that are born to blacks are illegitimate. That in itself is a crime and irrefutable proof of the moral bankruptcy of the race. “
I hope it is not perceived as a distinction without a difference to say that the moral bankruptcy may belong to the culture, but not to the race. Morals are not genetic, and one’s biology does not limit his capacity for social behavior. One’s upbringing and the standards and expectations set by his community do.
Witness the growing incidence of the same behavior among white young people who identify with the hip-hop “culture”.
Google him.
“It’s been said that someone who hates much as you do really hates themselves.”
Nope. No hate, just want McAmnesty to lose.
Why, oh why must I choose one of the three Liberals for whom to vote or be called a fool? America is as toasted under McCain as it is under the other two.
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Source that please.
President Bush spoke with ABC News' Elizabeth Vargas on Tuesday about South Dakota's recently passed bill banning abortion except when the life of the mother is at stake. VARGAS: "This law would outlaw abortion except when a mother's life was at stake. The life was at stake, not health. Would you support that kind of law being the law of the land?"SourceBUSH: "Well, that, of course, is a state law, but my position has always been three exceptions: rape, incest, and the life of the mother."
VARGAS: "Rape and incest you would include?"
BUSH: "Yeah."
VARGAS: "What about health?"
BUSH: "Well, health is, you know, the life of the mother is how I view health."
VARGAS: "So you would lump that together. It doesn't have to be she's going to die if she doesn't get this abortion."
BUSH: "No. I said life of the mother, and health is a very vague term, but my position has been clear on that ever since I started running for office."
I think she is plainly unqualified as well as a poor choice for McCain. She has never held elective office and her experience is limited to her area of specialization. She does nothing for McCain's perceived lack of credentials on the economy, nor does she help with the electoral map. She last lived in CA, a state we'll never win. Her native state-AL-we'll win without her help.
One last point. She has been a major player in a despised administration from which McCain needs to distance himself.
This is Bush’ stance. I want to see Condis’...not just the say-so of some anonymous freeper.
By the way, this is a Conservative site and not a Republican one. It also has a policy of no personal attacks. It sounds like someone is not doing his research.
The republican party abandoned conservatives. What else would people say?
She’s got a PhD from Denver University, speaks 5 languages - and helped negotiate the end of the cold war with Michael Gorbachev in Russian.
She’s got more on the ball, than 99.99% of the people in Washington, and she’s nice too.
And she would be a spectacular addition to McCain’s rather hum-drum ticket.
But hey, go ahead and complain.
You know you want to.
He'll have to take down his pants and get a mirror.
lol
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