[SoConPubbie]

“Well, it sounds like you believe in some exceptions,” Blitzer pressed.

“Well, there is going to be, like I say, thousands of extraneous situations where the life of the mother is involved and other things that are involved,” the senator responded.

Here, I was going to be supportive of Rand Paul. And then, he pulls out the weasel excuses for murdering the unborn. Seems there is nothing I can trust him on.

So much for being a leader.

[History Repeats]

The NUT doesn’t fall too far from the family tree it appears.

[zerosix]

Sounds like ole Rand has been in DC long enough he's learned the DC two-step well enough to instruct Phd post grad classes in it!

Yes, Rand is even smoother than his daddy, who blurts out so many offensive statements that he'd never get the Presidential not but Rand, he's got it down pat and can be on both sides of the same coin in the same sentence, that even makes John F'in Kerry envious!

[Excellence]

So you would not end a tubal pregnancy...

[Springfield Reformer]

Akinophobia. Fear of clear, consistent prolife statements because if you don’t handle it exactly right, the left will make you pay. Or so goes the phobia.

[MrB]

Let’s take care of the 80% and talk about the 20% extraneous “exceptions” after we do.

[cotton1706]

I disagree. I think he’s trying to be honest. He’s a doctor and his father is a doctor. Yet he’s also a legislator whose charge it is to decide on the rules in such matters. In one person a particular issue could affect the life of the mother but in another it might not. And he’s got to work that out as both a doctor and a legislator. But he’s actually thinking about it, not being kneejerk or worrying about the politics. That’s a virtue.

[Casie]

...weasel excuses for murdering the unborn. Seems there is nothing I can trust him on.

I do not understand your extreme negative reaction to Paul recognizing the unhappy but necessary need for medical abortion "where the life of the mother is involved and other things that are involved".

Its ok, of course if you dislike Rand Paul, but attacking him for this statement looks a lot like the manufactured outrage that liberals enjoy concocting so much. I like RP and I'm sick of libs recycling this War on Women line of questioning ad nauseum. :p

Rand has proudly said he is pro-life again and again and again and....

[rarestia]

A LOT of politicos realize abortion is a third-rail much akin to gun control. The problem is a matter of principles. A principled conservative will say:

Abortion is unacceptable under any and all circumstances. Prevention should be through abstinence. A properly raised society, one in which God has supremacy and respect for one's self is paramount to all other concerns, will have no need for abortion. Women would respect themselves enough to not be whores. Men would be respectful of themselves and of the rights of women and would not deign to seek sexual encounters over enriching relationships. Both sexes would be well-armed and properly trained to protect themselves from rape, incest, and unwelcome sexual advances.

A Republican says:

Well, there should obviously be some exceptions for rape, incest, and the health of the mother. Women are going to get themselves into trouble, and they need to have this as a last resort, nuclear option.

It's politically expedient for Republicans to be wishy-washy on this subject. Telling it like it is and EMPOWERING the population to be responsible for themselves is anathema to everything we've been taught over the course of the last 40 years. Truly principled leaders would stand up against the ghastly practice of abortion, stand on their principles, and offer solutions to the problem. Republicans are loose on principles and are not willing to offer any solutions outside of "some exceptions."

[Sola Veritas]

“Seems there is nothing I can trust him on.”

He is a LIBERTARIAN = LIBERTINE = ANARCHIST. No self respecting Social Conservative can trust his ilk at all. I hope he gets his political career destroyed before he can screw with the 2016 primaries the way his wackjob father did in 2012.

I consider his ilk to be just a microgram less evil/bad/dangerous than Obama. I would NOT have voted for his father in 2012...and I would not vote for him in 2016.

[so_real]

Please don't judge Rand Paul harshly on this topic. There really is *no* problem with his response. All you have to do is lookup "ectopic pregnancy" to understand his position. As a God-fearing doctor, Paul is correct to understand there are legitimate exceptions -- though few and far between. And, he understands the burden of making those exceptions.

“I would say that each individual case would have to be addressed and even if there were eventually a change in the law, let’s say people came more to my way of thinking,” he continued, “there would still be a lot of complicated things the law may not ultimately be able to address in the early stages of pregnancy that would have to be part of what occurs between the physician and the woman and the family.”

This was a fine answer.

[Erik Latranyi]

Here, I was going to be supportive of Rand Paul. And then, he pulls out the weasel excuses for murdering the unborn. Seems there is nothing I can trust him on.

It seems you have comprehension issues.

I grow tired of people chewing up our side. Rand Paul is one of the strongest pro-life Senators in office and you are ready to throw him out.

Liberals love people like you.

[what's up]

Seems there is nothing I can trust him on.

Nothing? Really?

Yes, Rand Paul will have faults. Guess what. No politician is going to be everything you want him/her to be because they are fallible...just like us.

There's too many people around here looking for a white shining knight. Purist thinking will NEVER work.

[Hot Tabasco]

Here, I was going to be supportive of Rand Paul.

Before you cast judgment on Rand Paul, why don't you wait until the MSM starts asking members of the Democrat party the same questions.

I'm not so certain that all of the Dems support abortion but then they're NEVER asked.

In virtually every election the MSM attempts to divide and conquer the GOP on this issue and the GOP falls for it every time.

We currently have the most conservative Supreme Court since around 1945, every one of our Republican presidents in the past 35+ years have been pro-life, so why hasn't R v. W been overturned and why does the abortion issue remain front and center for GOP candidates when there is not a damn thing they can do about it if elected?