Posted on 02/01/2010 7:04:06 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Scott Brown of Massachusetts may have taken away the Democrats filibuster-proof Senate majority, but the Republican senator-elect isnt your typical conservative.
I am a fiscal conservative. And when it comes to issues affecting people's pockets, and pocketbooks, and wallets, I'll be with the Republicans if they are in fact pushing those initiatives," Brown said in an interview set to air Sunday on ABCs This Week.
But there are issues on which he might break with his party most notably, abortion.
You are pro-choice, yes? Barbara Walters asked Brown in the interview.
Yes, Brown replied, explaining later that he feels the issue is best handled between a woman and her doctor and her family.
But Brown isnt your typical pro-choice politician either.
Roe v. Wade is the law of the land, but I think we need to do more to reduce the amount of abortions, he stated. And the difference between me and maybe others is that I'm very I'm against partial-birth abortions. I'm against federal funding of abortions. And I believe in a strong parental consent notification law.
Last week, Brown became the first Republican to win a Senate race in Massachusetts since 1972, defeating the states attorney general, Martha Coakley, with 52 percent of the votes. His win gives the GOP enough members to block legislation, including the current health care reform bill, in the Senate.
In his interview with Walters, Brown said, Everyone really is the 41st senator.
And what it means is that now there will be full and fair debate. And there will be no more closed behind closed doors actions, he added.
Brown had expected to be sworn in sometime this past week, but the timing of his swearing-in still remains in question.
The waiting period for the arrival of absentee ballots has not yet been waived despite the five-point margin with which Brown won.
Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin has sent a letter to the Senate clerk declaring Brown the unofficial winner of the seat.
Pro-Choice But ‘Different’ as in not believing in our God-given, unalienable individual rights to Life and Liberty and self-governance. You know, those precious rights that make our nation unique from all other nations on earth.
Thanks for posting this...Scott Brown is a genuine conservative who believes government has no business messing around in other folk’s private lives...unlike many who adopt a liberal viewpoint that they know what is best for others without understanding complex personal situations. What each of us decides in these situations is between us and our God, and is not for our fellow men to judge, or legislate...now let us see how many LIBERALS on this site are going to get their panties in a wad!!!
He will find that Hell is just as hot for the early term abortionists. Nine days into term, nine months — doesn’t matter.
And, that too, is between man and God. We each have to answer as individuals to our Creator.
The pro-abortionists will run ads saying he's "anti-choice," and I'm afraid that Brown is going to get up there and issue a mealy-mouth apology that will also alienate him from the pro-lifers, while the pro-abortionists will just support the Rat candidate.
Brown has a libertarian view on abortion. FReepers will flame me, but this view is a huge first step in seizing control of the debate and swinging the pendulum back to the pro-life side. Pro-lifers have been making inroads by fighting abortion by withholding taxpayer dollars, opposing the ghastly partial-birth abortion, encouraging adoptions, waiting periods, and parental-notification laws.
Holding a placard that says The End Is Near and telling others they're going to Hell (see several posts above) will just turn people off.
>> Brown has a libertarian view on abortion.
Whatever.
I’m not sure what the difference is between butchering a baby to death upon birth or a few months earlier.
Pro-Choicers against partial-birth are just partially aware.
He is where most pro choice people were in the 1960’s before all the ‘pro choice’ advocates became so blatantly pro abortion.
Did you tear your ACL from jerking your knee that hard?
Damn those pesky abolitionists. What each of us decides in these situations is between us and our God, and is not for our fellow men to judge, or legislate...
When you vote for the lesser of two evils, you're still voting for evil.
Somehow, the supporters of the GOP never seem to grasp this simple fact.
They keep bleeting that their brand of evil is somehow better.
My right to my property ends at my neighbor's fence. A woman's right to her body ends where the child, (distinct DNA, heartbeat, brainwaves, etc...) life begins.
Scott Brown calls himself the 41st Senator.
When it comes to the abortion issue, Scott Brown is the 99.5% pro-Roe v Wade Senator!
‘Yes, Brown replied, explaining later that he feels the issue is best handled between a woman and her doctor and her family.’
I wonder how Scott Brown would feel if 1.3 million HIS AGE were killed at random, year after year.
No, you're voting against evil. I understand it's subtle, but still...
Brown's win was a great thing. Brown himself, not so much.
I won't vote for any other baby killer either.
The American Holocaust continues.
If we can kill humans while "safe" in mama's belly, there isn't much we won't do to each other, is there?
Brown’s views are disgusting, but if you elected Mother Teresa to the Senate, you would get the same votes on the same bills.
Roe v. Wade is not going to come before the Senate in 2010.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
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