Dear Cicero,
George H.W. Bush was pro-abort before being selected by President Reagan to be his vice president. He "saw the light" to get the vice presidential nomination. He never wavered after that, but his was a political conversion of convenience.
I haven't found any direct quotes from him, but some googling reveals the general knowledge that prior to his selection for the No. 2 spot on the Republican ticket, he was pro-abortion. Here are a couple of links:
http://www.religiousconsultation.org/News_Tracker/Church_pays_cost_of_abortion_absolutism.htm
http://www.rnclife.org/reports/2004/fall2004/
sitetest
Good post. Accurate.
That's OK with me. I don't ask WHY politicians do what they do, as long as they stick to their promises. On the other side, plenty of Democrats were pro-life before they ran for president, and they too changed their positions for political convenience. It's not attractive, but at least the Democrat voters could be satisfied that they stuck with their new pledges.
In point of fact, I have several times said recently that I would be willing to vote for Condi if she changed her position on abortion. I said that she is a woman of her word, and if she changed her position, she would probably keep her word.
That's why this latest statement is so VERY disappointing. her earlier statements were vague, and they were not made in the context of running for president. This statement is another matter entirely. Among other things, it also tells me that Karl Rove is still stupid, stupid, stupid on the issue of abortion, because Condi would not have granted this interview without administration approval.