He is not running for a religious office.
I know that's hard for some to see as important, but it most certainly is. He is a devout Catholic, which has zero to do with a government position.
Yep. And Mr. Steele did it. And no one put a gun to his head.
And he said nothing that convinces me he is pro-abortion.
“He is not running for a religious office.”
What does that have anything to do with anything?
It doesn't preclude him from saying what is objectively true.
It doesn't prevent him from speaking forcefully and forthrightly, rather than relativizing and softening his positions.
“And he said nothing that convinces me he is pro-abortion.”
Different folks come to different conclusions. I don't think it's entirely unreasonable to come to the conclusion that you've come to.
But I think it's also eminently reasonable that based on the remarks he made in the 2006 Senatorial campaign, it is appropriate to move him from the column marked, “adamantly pro-life,” to the column marked, “not sure if he's pro-life at all.”
Note - I didn't say, “to the column marked, ‘pro-abortion.’”
But as I've said before, the Chairman of the Republican Party must be clearly and adamantly pro-life.
Or I will no longer be a Republican.
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Perhaps. But when you put two and two together, you come to the conclusion that on the issue of abortion he is ambivalent.
He says on the one hand that the courts should follow stare decisis on Roe v. Wade and uphold it, but on the other hand it is his personal view that he doesn't want the courts to follow stare decisis.
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. James 1:8.