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To: uncitizen
MAybe if we get a good solid conservative on the SCOTUS, then Rudy's "pro-choice" position won't matter as much.

Death, resignation, or retirement will lead to another Supreme Court vacancy that the next President will need to deal with. The last thing we need is appointments by a social liberal President.

Anyway, how common is it for a pro-abortion candidate to thrive up in New York? I hope people in the rest of the country will understand if/when Rudy's position on abortion changes.

A person can genuinely change his mind on abortion. However, if Rudy changes his position in the near future, it would appear un-genuine, and merely political. He has made some strong statements in the past on this issue which would be difficult to retract.

"I've said that I'll uphold a woman's right of choice, that I will fund abortion so that a poor woman is not deprived of a right that others can exercise, and that I would oppose going back to a day in which abortions were illegal."

Rudy Giuliani, Sept. 1, 1989

Even if he tried to prove a genuine reversal of opinion on this issue, the pro-life core of the party would be too skeptical to support him. In addition, by changing his position, he would actually lose support among his natural followers, disappointed in flip-flopping on an issue. His reputation as a leader would be tarnished.
210 posted on 10/02/2005 1:40:13 PM PDT by Gelato
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To: Gelato

"In addition, by changing his position, he would actually lose support among his natural followers, disappointed in flip-flopping on an issue. His reputation as a leader would be tarnished."

Right. Back in the day when people had to fumble with paper newsclippings, a politician could get away with changing positions on issues. Nowadays, it's not so easy. I'm glad too. It should not be easy to weasle out of a pro-abortion speech.


215 posted on 10/02/2005 1:47:36 PM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March ("They'll have to basically rip my fingers from this porch." com/focus/bloggers/1483977/posts)
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