Posted on 03/30/2009 9:37:53 AM PDT by Lesforlife
Ann Coulter bushwacked on radio by conservative Christian abortion foes
By WENDY NORRIS 3/30/09 9:08 AM
Ultra-conservative Christian talk-radio hosts are taking a new approach to get their message out — ambushing right-wing pundit Ann Coulter for supporting 2008 GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Absolutist anti-abortion activists accuse Romney of being “willing to sacrifice children for your vote.”
The Denver-based American Right to Life Action (RTL) leads the charge against Coulter with a YouTube video that shows excerpts of Coulter’s on-air radio freak-outs and calls on the acid-tongued author to apologize and retract her support for Romney.
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(Excerpt) Read more at coloradoindependent.com ...
“Obama: Usurping the office of POTUS.”
Obama has long been an advocate of abortion on demand, and has touted his 100% approval rating from Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of abortion in the United States;
— Obama opposed every limitation on abortion, including laws requiring parental notification and consent before minors could obtain abortions;
— Shockingly, as a state senator, Obama actively opposed any protections for infants born alive after failed abortion procedures and misrepresented his record on this issue during the 2008 campaign;
— Finally, during the campaign, Obama proudly proclaimed his support for the “Freedom of Choice Act” (FOCA) — the most radical expansion of abortion license in the world — and promised to sign the law as President.
In addition to his unqualified support for abortion, Obama has promised to provide federal funding for stem-cell research that destroys human life at the embryonic stage.
Since taking office, President Obama has engaged in a series of actions that indicate that he is prepared to implement his prior support for abortion.
— Within the first few days of taking office, Obama overturned the “Mexico City Policy,” a U.S. government policy that denies federal funding to international agencies that promote or perform abortion as a means of birth control;
— More ominously, when overturning this policy, President Obama indicated his willingness to provide financial support to the United Nations Population Fund, an organization that lost U.S. government funding after it collaborated with the Chinese government’s coercive “one child” population policy.
Like I said, Obama is an abortionist pig.
The last election, as you will recall, was one of Obama (who wants to kill babies even after they are born) against McCain (who is prolife). Many Conservatives did not vote for McCain because he is a RINO. Fine - I am glad they stood by their "principles" at the expense of our country. That was my point. The time for a vote on principles is at the primary level. At the national level, you have GOT to vote party. Period.
If you support "calling her out", I couldn't care less. It's childish, non-productive and thrills the Left, but have a great time.
Kudos to the Left. Once again you have succeeded in gettting the Right to eat its own. Circular firing squad - Ready - Aim - Fire
“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
John 8:32
Now, it unlikely most of us on this board will see it in our lifetimes. I am sick of the moronic nature of some pro-lifers.
The only true pro-choicer in that race, was Guiliani.
I hate to burst your bubble, but Romney has also supported and been supporting conservative, pro-life candidates like Michelle Bachman.
You’re kidding, right?
Someone who put $50 co-pay abortions into
Massachusetts law and implemented gay
marriage, would nominate pro-life supreme
court justices?
No wonder America has sunk to such a level of depravity!
I can tell by your comment you have no idea what transpired in MASS. over the marriage issue. Your facts are totally incorrect. It it went down the way you described it, I could never have supported Romney and neither could Ann.
Mitt Romney has always opposed same-sex marriage. He diligently lobbied Congress in favor of a Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA) to the U.S. Constitution defining marriage to be between one man and one woman. Romney testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on the Federal Marriage Amendment, and sent a letter to all 100 U.S. Senators on June 2, 2006 asking them to vote for the Amendment. John McCain and Rudy Giuliani oppose the FMA. Institute For Marriage and Public Policy President Maggie Gallagher, writing for National Review Online, wrote that the Governor's testimony on the issue before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee was "the single most eloquent and articulate defense of our traditional understanding of marriage I have heard from an American politician." (Maggie Gallagher, "In Defense Of The Family," National Review Online, 6/25/2004)
Governor Romney: "Some argue that our principles of federalism and local control require us to leave the issue of same sex marriage to the states—which means, as a practical matter, to state courts. Such an argument denies the realities of modern life and would create a chaotic patchwork of inconsistent laws throughout the country. Marriage is not just an activity or practice which is confined to the border of any one state. It is a status that is carried from state to state. Because of this, and because Americans conduct their financial and legal lives in a united country bound by interstate institutions, a national definition of marriage is necessary." ("The Importance of Protecting Marriage", Letter from Gov. Romney to U.S. Senators, 6/02/2006) Governor Romney: "A lot of people get confused that gay marriage is about treating gay people the same as treating heterosexual people, and that's not the issue involved here."
"This is about the development and nurturing of children. Marriage is primarily an institution to help develop children, and children's development, I believe, is greatly enhanced by access to a mom and a dad."
"I think every child deserves a mom and a dad, and that's why I'm so consistent and vehement in my view that we should have a federal amendment which defines marriage in that way."
(George Stephanopoulos, "Mitt Romney: The Complete Interview," ABC News This Week, 2/18/2007) • (Mitt TV Clip)
Governor Romney: "I oppose discrimination against gay people. I am not anti-gay. I know there are some Republicans, or some people in the country who are looking for someone who is anti-gay and that's not me." (Brendan Farrington, "Romney: I am not anti-gay," The Associated Press, 5/24/2007)
When the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling in the case of Goodridge v. Department of Public Health legalized same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, Gov. Romney identified and enforced a little-known 1913 state law that forbids nonresidents from marrying in Massachusetts if their marriage would not be recognized in their home state. This prevented gay couples living outside Massachusetts from flocking to MA to be married and then returning to their home states to demand the marriages be recognized, thus opening the door for nationwide same-sex marriage. Implementation of the 1913 law was contested in court by same-sex couples from outside MA, but the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled in March, 2006 to uphold the application of the law. (Jay Lindsay, "Mass. high court says nonresident gays cannot marry in state," The Associated Press, 3/30/2006)
Gov. Romney provided active support for a citizen petition drive in 2005 that collected 170,000 signatures for a state constitutional amendment protecting marriage, breaking a 20-year-old record for the most certified signatures ever gathered in support of a proposed ballot question. He rallied citizens to place pressure on the Legislature for failing, through repeated delays, to fulfill their constitutional obligation to vote on placing the marriage amendment on the ballot. Gov. Romney filed suit in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) asking the court to clarify the legislators’ duty to vote on the issue of the amendment, or place the amendment on the ballot if the Legislature failed to act. The SJC declared that legislators had a constitutional duty to vote on the petition in a ruling handed down on Dec. 27, 2006. The suit was successful in pressuring the Legislature to vote on the issue of the amendment. A vote was taken on January 2, 2007 and the measure passed. Through Governor Romney’s considerable efforts and leadership, a state constitutional amendment defining marriage to be between one man and one woman passed a critical hurdle to get it placed on the 2008 ballot where voters in Massachusetts would have the power to restore traditional marriage in their state.
Update: Democrat Governor Deval Patrick, a proponent of gay marriage, lobbied Massachusetts lawmakers to kill the proposed constitutional amendment. In a vote of the MA Legislature on June 14, 2007 the amendment received 45 votes, failing to get the required 50 votes necessary to place the amendment on the 2008 ballot. The measure needed 50 votes in two consecutive legislative sessions to advance to the ballot, and it had passed with 62 votes at the end of the last session in January. Commenting on the latest vote, former Gov. Mitt Romney said, "Today's vote by the State Legislature is a regrettable setback in our efforts to defend traditional marriage. Unfortunately, our elected representatives decided that the voice of the people did not need to be heard in this debate. It is now even more important that we pass a Constitutional amendment protecting traditional marriage. Marriage is an institution that goes to the heart of our society, and our leaders can no longer abdicate their responsibility." (Steve LeBlanc, "No Gay Marriage Vote for Massachusetts," The Associated Press, 6/14/2007)
Governor Mitt Romney issued the following statement on the court decision issued August 30, 2007 striking down Iowa's Defense of Marriage Act: "The ruling in Iowa today is another example of an activist court and unelected judges trying to redefine marriage and disregard the will of the people as expressed through Iowa's Defense of Marriage Act. This once again highlights the need for a Federal Marriage Amendment to protect the traditional definition of marriage as between one man and one woman." (Romney for President, "Governor Mitt Romney On Iowa's Defense Of Marriage Act," Press Release, 8/30/2007) Mitt Romney does not favor action at the national level to sanction civil unions and would leave it to the several states to define the permissible contractual relationships between two people. Romney would not seek to impose, at the national level, a prohibition on contractual relationships between two people. (George Stephanopoulos, "Mitt Romney: The Complete Interview," ABC News This Week, 2/18/2007)
Governor Romney strongly defended the right of Catholic Charities in Massachusetts to deny placing adoptive children in the homes of gay couples; saying it was unjust to require a religious agency to violate the tenets of its faith in order to satisfy a special-interest group. Romney filed "An Act Protecting Religious Freedom" in the Legislature, a bill to exempt Catholic Charities of Boston and other religious groups from the state anti-discrimination law. (Brooke Donald, "Romney files 'religious freedom' bill on church and gay adoption," The Associated Press, 3/15/2006)
Mitt Romney served on the Boy Scouts of America’s National Executive Board from 1993 to 2002. Whereas Romney believes sexual orientation should not preclude joining the Boy Scouts, he supports the right of local Councils of the Boy Scouts of America to decide and enforce their policy regarding homosexuals in their organization and leadership.
Governor Romney responded to a question about the Federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) and gays in the military during an NRO interview with Kathryn Jean Lopez in December, 2006:
Lopez: And what about the 1994 letter to the Log Cabin Republicans where you indicated you would support the Federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) and seemed open to changing the "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy in the military? Are those your positions today? Gov. Romney: "No. I don’t see the need for new or special legislation. My experience over the past several years as governor has convinced me that ENDA would be an overly broad law that would open a litigation floodgate and unfairly penalize employers at the hands of activist judges."
"As for military policy and the "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy, I trust the counsel of those in uniform who have set these policies over a dozen years ago. I agree with President Bush’s decision to maintain this policy and I would do the same." (Kathryn Jean Lopez, "A Primary Factor," National Review Online, 12/14/2006)
You may want to connect with Oxford educated Mass resident, John Haskins
and study his grasp of what happened on undergroundjournal.net
or massresistance.org
Wasn’t this group exposed as a bunch of kooks during the primary? Even the evangelicals didn’t want to associate with them. Let’s not give them more attention than they deserve.
Equating the GOP and conservatives with these types drives away voters. The GOP is not a religion. We are united by common values, not common theology.
I love it! You go, Ann!!!!!
But the fact Romney is trying to get the California GOP to NOMINATE a hard-core pro-abortion candidate DOES show he's not pro-life.
Really? You must have been in a coma during all those months where Fred Thompson was being hailed as a "front runner" without even announcing (he was polling second to Giuliani at the time) and McCain was in dismal single digits at the time. Of course, Fred's actual campaign imploded months later, but it's a fact Coulter was pro-Romney and anti-Fred when Fred was considered a "major contendor". This forum practically worshiped Fred 24/7 at the time. The idea that Coulter backed Romney as a last ditch effort to "stop McCain" can be proven false. She was a Romney cheerleader long before the primary came down to those two.
Since Giuliani polled no better than Fred when the actual primaries were held, if you're going to count him as a "front runner", you have to count Fred. Both were hyped endlessly before the primaries, though neither had much impact with voters.
>> The press chose McCain and Coulter was just making a point in her "support" for Hillary. <<
Exactly. Coulter doesn't even believe her own crap. (She still hasn't decided whether or not she agrees the Republican Party helped end slavery. It depends on what kind of audience she wants to woo at a given time) She'll just say anything to get her name in the headlines and sell books. Coulter isn't for advancing "conservative" ideals, Coulter is for advancing Coulter. What she says actually hurts conservatives.
>> No two conservatives agree on everything. Get over it. <<
I'll get over it when Ann gets over it. She's smeared plenty of good conservatives because they disagreed with her on one issue. Now the shoe is on the other foot. She's another one who can dish it out but sure can't take it.
The Goodridge decision didn’t even mention the governor.
According to undergroundjournal.net:
“if you consider that the court opinion contained no order to anyone, was an abstract, non-binding opinion and was not even directed at the governor, but at the Legislature, which has exclusive legal authority to regulate marriage. The Massachusetts Constitution is clear: marriage is governed by legislated statutes. The courts have no say at all. It was an illegal non-binding opinion by a rogue court that lacked any jurisdiction and intended to bluff a weak legislature.
When the legislature refused, the void opinion was mysteriously used by a governor loudly insisting that he had no choice—except if he had considered following the Constitution he had sworn to uphold.”
bttt
Supporters vote for and volunteer for their candidates. Ann did neither. She simply praised Hunter as a great conservative and terrific candidate. The candidate she SUPPORTED (and tried to elect) throughout the primaries was Mitt Romney.
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