[cgk]

Then I say you're both naive about what the crucial aspect is on pro-life issues. It's the courts.

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Actually, that is one of my main concerns: SCOTUS. Not too different from those links at the top of the FR Forum pages: "SCOTUS/PRO-LIFE/TERRORISM/WOT..."

Here is where I am: Being that Giuliani:

• states that abortion "fits the GOP philosophy"
• openly supports abortion
• supports partial birth abortion
• spoke at a NARAL luncheon where he was being honored as a "Champion of Choice"
• accepted NARAL monies ($1000) given to him during the race against HILLARY (they gave her $250)!
• allowed that he would pay for his own daughter's abortion
• opposed restrictions on PUBLIC/Taxpayer funding for abortions
• opposed the Hyde Amendment, which would have restricted access to public funds for abortions

... I'm expected to reconcile all of the above and believe him when he says:

“The successful appointments of Justices Roberts and Alito are signs of promises kept. They are principled individuals who can be trusted to defend the original intent of the Constitution rather than trying to legislate their own political beliefs from the bench.”

Promises kept by President Bush, not Giuliani. Has he himself made such a promise or confirmed he WOULD appoint similar judges? AFAIK, he has made no such promises or assertions, but has said "I don't understand how you cannot be for strict constructionist judges". Does that statement clarify what HE would DO? Is that statement supposed to give me hope that he will for the FIRST TIME work AGAINST abortion? Even the Giuliani blogs say he has not stated what he would DO, only that he admires these men as "models of what judges should be." He doesn't even fit the model of what a Republican should be when looking at his own record, so it's strange to think I should trust what his record COULD be.

[My2Cents]

-- states that abortion "fits the GOP philosophy"
-- supports partial birth abortion

Do you have a citation for this, because I've really grown weary of anonymous Freepers (particulary those who are opposed to him) trying to represent Rudy's position on issues. I've already seen too much intellectual dishonesty here on these matters to simply trust my "fellow Freeper" on these points. If Rudy has formally come out in favor of partial birth abortion, I'd like to see that comment, and then he needs to be confronted with it when and if he announces for President.

[Peach]

Rudy has said he is a strict constructionist. He said it some time ago and he said it here in SC in the last day or two.

Just Google Rudy+strict constructionist or Rudy+South Carolina.