Posted on 04/11/2007 2:19:47 AM PDT by Aussie Dasher
I resent being forced to pay for ANYONES abortion.
Take responsibility for you own actions.
He IS a socialist democrat!!!
Ne Zot! Maggie Gallagher used to be something like a conservative, but she's turning into another exhibit in the "Why women shouldn't vote" debate.
He's not running for national hubby, Mags, or universal Daddy.
Rudy, help me out here... I can't afford either a printing press or a rifle, but I have a constitutional right to both.
Re. your tagline: pity Rudy wouldn’t follow suit.
Excellent point.
I don’t support Rudy, either, but Maggie Gallagher’s non-reasoning is pretty goofy.
IIRC, Maggie was for him before she was against him.
Don’t you just love how people who think you shouldn’t have a gun want the federal government to pay for abortions?
Even more, I love those who are opposed to killing the guilty but are more than happy to slaughter the innocent...
I think she’s perfectly right. Do you really want a democratic “leader” who simply does what he wants without any input? Bill Clinton did that. Remember how he signed an abortion bill on the very day 1,000,000+ people turned up in DC to plead for the life of the unborn? Bill made an absolute boast of ignoring anyone who didn’t agree with him, but because he had the support of the press and the chattering classes, this was okay.
Perhaps you’re always convinced that the leader in question is going to be on your side. I’m not.
Rudy accomplished a lot in New York, btw, precisely because everybody was on his side. Liberals were sick of getting mugged and stepping over bums in the subway. Even ACLU types who felt they had to make the routine noises about protecting the rights of bums actually supported him in practice.
I think Maggie Gallagher does have a point here, and it’s something I hadn’t considered before. I lived in NYC when Giuliani was mayor, btw, and while his personal style was not particularly attractive, he was good and effective - but because he was doing what people had elected him to do, not because he was ignoring them and imposing his own goals. I think his image has gone to his head.
No, I basically assume that the government is on its own "side," not on mine.
What surprises me is that she would ever consider someone with Rudy's positions on the issues to be a potential President.
That’s because he’s big and strong and masculine. He made her feel safe and protected.
Choosing a philanderer for one’s ideal husband-figure seems rather self-defeating, but that seems to have been Bill Clinton’s appeal to many. Perhaps Rudy is the Yankee, Republican version of Bill.
Good article. You hit a home run Maggie.
So, if I am part of the unorganized militia, where is my M4A3? If this is Rudy's stance on abortion, why can't it apply to the other rights we have?
Which Amendment covers killing unborn children again?
Good morning..from Maggie Gallagher, as pro-life as you can be..ping the troops, please..
FYI..Maggie wrote a few columns earlier supporting Rudy, but now she has changed her mind..interesting..
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