Posted on 03/19/2016 4:01:48 AM PDT by Mechanicos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOKi5YeNtRI#t=45
All what was mentioned were/are his positions...
Completely honest.
Deal with it, your guy is a liberal.
He said: "Friends of mine years ago were going to have a child, and it was going to be aborted. And it wasn't aborted. And that child today is a total superstar, a great, great child. And I saw that. And I saw other instances."
Now, I'm one who cheers whenever someone publicly switches from supporting abortion rights to supporting human rights for all - including the unborn. I am glad to see people like Norma McCorvey, the "Jane Roe" of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion, or Bernard Nathanson, founder of the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws, become pro-life activists.
But I find it difficult to cheer Trump's conversion, because the reason he gives for being pro-life doesn't correspond to the pro-life ethic.
Trump says he is pro-life because of a "superstar" child who could have been aborted.
Consider how he responded to a reporter who wondered if he would have become pro-life had the child been a "loser":
"Probably not, but I've never thought of it. I would say no, but in this case it was an easy one because he's such an outstanding person."
To summarize Trump's view: "I'm pro-life because we shouldn't abort fetuses that may grow up to be outstanding people."
But opponents of abortion take a different position: "I'm pro-life because we shouldn't kill innocent human beings, no matter who they might grow up to be."
Trump's reason for being pro-life depends on the potential outcome of the child in the womb, rather than the fact that there is a child in the womb. But the pro-life ethic is grounded in the inherent worth of all humanity. It is wrong to commit violence against innocent human beings. Full stop.
And that's where, ironically, Trump's position sounds similar to the pro-choice idea that the human fetus is "potential life" or that the value of the unborn depends on whether or not the child is "wanted."
Extending Trump's logic leads to more problems. If we adopt the position of abortion opponents merely because of what a child may grow up to be (a "superstar!"), then why should we care if 67 percent of Down syndrome children are aborted after a prenatal diagnosis? What would Trump say if he were told there's a better chance an "unwanted" child from an impoverished or minority neighborhood would grow up to be involved in crime? ..."
http://www.religionnews.com/2016/01/26/problem-trumps-change-heart-abortion-commentary/
“Does he talk about his support for sucking baby brains out with a vacuum in this interview?”
Brainwashed drone for the establishment...
He favored allowing choice but “hated everything about abortion”.
No law will ever stop abortions from happening.
OMG, Trump is consistent! I’m shocked, I tell you: shocked!
This is part of why I support him: he has been public for decades. We all know who he is, which makes spreading lies about him that much more challenging.
Plus, his hair. He will usher in a new fashion trend.
“Trumps been for a partial birth abortion ban since 2000.”
Cruzbots seem to have absorbed into their psyche the phenomenon Cruz has of telling people what other people believe...of course 95% of the time it is lies. But, why would lying matter if Cruz says it says the cruz drones...
What a little wuss you are.
My next post...Interview with Ted Cruz 25 years ago.
Guess what buddy, he is not the nominee yet.
Cruz very well could be the nominee, he still has a path to the nomination via the votes, and is in a MUCH greater position to win the nomination in a contested convention.
I’ll continue to fight the fight against Donald Trump until its 100% locked up.
It is not.
In fact, Romney AND McCain were much farther along in their delegate tracking at this point than Trump is...
Some unifying, popular candidate... can’t even trounce Romney or McCain...
Paying job opportunities for Trump haters!
Rent-a-mob employment opportunity here:
http://grassrootscampaigns.com/jobs-2/
We get to a contested convention, which is looking more likely, Trump gets his hat handed to him...
If you have a problem with contested conventions, let me point you to this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860_Republican_National_Convention#President
President Lincoln himself won after beating a New York liberal... on the 3rd ballot...
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