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Tapes Reveal Nixon’s View of Abortion
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/us/politics/24nixon.html ^

Posted on 06/23/2009 7:03:03 PM PDT by chevydude26

WASHINGTON — On Jan. 23, 1973, when the Supreme Court struck down laws criminalizing abortion in Roe v. Wade, President Richard M. Nixon made no public statement. But privately, newly released tapes reveal, he expressed ambivalence. Nixon worried that greater access to abortions would foster “permissiveness,” and said that “it breaks the family.” But he also saw a need for abortion in some cases — like interracial pregnancies, he said.

“There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white,” he told an aide, before adding, “Or a rape.”

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The left is going to go nuts calling nixon a racist ...granted nixon wasn't a real conservative and was a progressive liberal...but still the left is going to tie the southern strategy and tie him to reagan and all the rest of us
1 posted on 06/23/2009 7:03:03 PM PDT by chevydude26
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To: chevydude26

N B4 libtard ‘foaming at the mouth’.


2 posted on 06/23/2009 7:04:50 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Obama. Clear and Pres__ent Danger.)
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To: chevydude26

Well, I just adopted a new tagline for the time being..., something from Ann Coulter... :-)

I personally oppose shooting abortionists, but I do not believe in imposing my morality on others.

I think we should all start saying that when asked about the shooting of that abortionist... LOL...


3 posted on 06/23/2009 7:05:17 PM PDT by Star Traveler (I personally oppose shooting abortionists, but I do not believe in imposing my morality on others.)
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To: chevydude26

FRiend, there are things that just needn’t be put into words.


4 posted on 06/23/2009 7:05:30 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Shouldn't there be equal time for our Bill of Responsibilities?" -- Justice Clarence Thomas)
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To: chevydude26

Awwwwwww, Geee! Now the Left won’t like Nixon any more! And the media! The media will turn on him and start saying bad things about Tricky Dick! [/s]


5 posted on 06/23/2009 7:07:17 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (We are a ruled people, serfs to the Federal Oligarchy -- and the Tree of Liberty thirsts)
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To: Albion Wilde

i think you can make a case that nixon might have been trying to say its not a black and white issue and there are shades of gray???

or did he really mean interracial babies


6 posted on 06/23/2009 7:07:36 PM PDT by chevydude26
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To: chevydude26

Looks like the Obamacoms at the NY Slime is trying to cause a distraction. What is more important? What the long dead Nixon thought about abortion or the upcoming Cap’n Tax and Freeloader “Healthcare Program votes? STAY FOCUSED!!!!


7 posted on 06/23/2009 7:09:10 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Hey America! How's that "hope and change" thing working out? Are you scared yet?)
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who cares now?

Nixon is dead and would have done the political thing anyhow

and btw...most folks back then were anti black/white copulation ....like 95% at least

and today still but most are afraid to admit it since being so is ridiculously considered to make one a racist too

even though nearly all of the known world prefers to marry within their own kind

and while we’re at it, black on white baby making has precious little to do with marriage where I live


8 posted on 06/23/2009 7:10:38 PM PDT by wardaddy (ASAP................As Southern As Possible)
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I agree with you....in fact, it makes more sense....


9 posted on 06/23/2009 7:12:02 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Have they released the Kennedy tapes yet?

(crickets)

10 posted on 06/23/2009 7:13:39 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (I hear the words of Jefferson louder and louder as each day passes)
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The left is going to go nuts calling nixon a racist

Well, this doesn't bring him any credit. Pretty bad.

11 posted on 06/23/2009 7:14:28 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: chevydude26

In a sense this statement has some truth.
Abortion is about a genocide of black babies.


12 posted on 06/23/2009 7:17:27 PM PDT by cruise_missile
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When you have a black and a white

One of the great ironies of pro-abortion Barry Obama's life is that if the procedure had been legal in Hawaii in 1961, he'd almost certainly have been a goner.
13 posted on 06/23/2009 7:17:58 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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It’s not something to be proud of but the dems have been on the wrong side of civil rights every time starting with the Civil War.

Seems to me the Treason Times is desparate to help BO by introducing completely irrelevant distractions.


14 posted on 06/23/2009 7:18:32 PM PDT by jazminerose
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Big deal. So Nixon had the exact same view on abortion Margaret Sanger.

Complete distraction tactic orchestrated by Obama Brownshirts at 41st and 8th.


15 posted on 06/23/2009 7:21:59 PM PDT by WeatherGuy
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To: FlingWingFlyer

I see it as media driven diversionary tactics too.


16 posted on 06/23/2009 7:25:08 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: chevydude26

Looks like Nixon was pro-choice.


17 posted on 06/23/2009 7:26:52 PM PDT by NeoConfederate
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To: WeatherGuy

Nixon was Nixon and a product of his era. If he were alive today he would be 94 years old. How many people that age hold oddball views based on their unique timeframe and environment. His views, I’m sure, are more moderate than Robert Byrds. But the left doesn’t want to go there.


18 posted on 06/23/2009 7:33:06 PM PDT by downtownconservative (As Obama lies, liberty dies!)
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To: chevydude26

Isn’t this the same views that Sanger and Planned Parenthood had/have? So, Nixon would be in sync with Democrats views on abortion.


19 posted on 06/23/2009 7:46:53 PM PDT by nomoremods
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No...they (media) are going to tie this to ‘look what Obama has overcome!!!’

Its all about Barry all the time.


20 posted on 06/23/2009 8:00:20 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom (Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has just left the building...carrying the Stanley Cup.)
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