Tea Party Activists Tell Republicans to Avoid Abortion

LifeNews.com ^ | November 15, 2010 | Steven Ertelt

[julieee]

Tea Party Activists Tell Republicans to Avoid Abortion

Washington, DC -- The fiscally conservative tea party activists were crucial to electing pro-life candidates in the 2010 mid-term elections, but now they are calling on Republicans in Congress to avoid social issues like abortion.

http://LifeNews.com/nat-6849

[wagglebee]

The social conservatives did not form the Tea Party. They jumped on the bandwagon because they share a common enemy (Obama) with fiscal conservatives.

Hey troll, the Tea Party IS NOT an extension of the Libertarian Party no matter how much you want it to be.

If the Tea Party expels or marginalizes social conservatives it will cease to be relevant.

[EternalVigilance]

There can be no rightful compromise on life and death.

A person is either alive or they’re dead. There’s no in between.

And our Constitution says that NO PERSON shall be deprived of life without a fair trial on a capital offense.

Or do you even give a rip what the Constitution requires?

[rrrod]

The Tea party folks are pro life. I dont understand those single issue folks. Its like they ask “are you pro life?”...YES...”..”No, I mean are you really pro life?”... YES...”No, I mean are you really really pro life?”...........

These are the same types that follow the huckster and ask if you are a Christian if you dont fall in line behind the con artist.

[MEGoody]

Abortion is a moral issue that individuals need to deal with on their own.

So are murder, rape, theft, etc etc.

One of the fundamental rights (with which we are endowed by our Creator, by the way) is life. Abortion isn't just a "moral issue". It's a subversion of one of the most basic of rights upon which the Constitution is built.

[wagglebee]

There are several threads going that could easily be bug-zappers.

We're long overdue for one.

[EternalVigilance]

Maybe if they hadn’t been lied to for thirty-seven years by the Republicans they wouldn’t be so untrusting, eh?

[wagglebee]

Other than removing all federal funding for abortion, which is the fiscally conservative decision, there is nothing the House can accomplish in this area. They should avoid symbolic actions that will motivate the pro-death wing of the Dem party and focus on the (non-abortion) areas where they can actually make a difference over the next two years.

You would have been great as a Whig telling everyone that they should forget about slavery and focus on stuff that actually "makes a difference."

[Las Vegas Ron]

I wonder what the record for zots on a single thread is?

[rrrod]

so they follow the huckster?
Who lied?

[wagglebee]

This thread has the record, hands down:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1821435/posts

[xzins]

Abortion is a moral issue that individuals need to deal with on their own

That makes you a pro-choice, 2 month newbie on Free Republic, doesn't it?

IBTZ

[wagglebee]

There are a bunch of them on this thread.

[Huntress]

bump for later

[xzins]

target rich environment

[A CA Guy]

Defund abortions and you get there somewhat.

[AnalogReigns]

There are eight million things that need to be attended to that we can actually legislate and fix. These jagoffs are DETERMINED to kill their children, people. You can’t save those kids. They’re equally determined to come after your kids, and your wallet. Now that is something you can do something about.

That's the perspective I've come to as well. Yes abortion is murder, but, its murder done in someone else's family, not mine--and it is the Dr. and the mother who are primarily accountable to God--not the government.

Does government have a responsibility to protect innocent babies? Yes, but when their own mothers want to kill them, that's very hard to do. Let's reign in government first, then we can sort out the priorities, and get proper protection for the most innocent among us.

In ancient Rome, a father could murder anyone in his household (wife, kids, slaves) with impunity--as it was HIS house. Christians didn't try to first reverse that ancient pagan law....they worked around it, and eventually humane behavior won out.

While the pro-life platform should NOT be eliminated, and abortion should NOT be funded with public money, real conservatives should be wise in how we proceed.

[domenad]

Um, excuse me mister....Douchebag, is it? Well Mr. Douchebag, there's nothing about FR that says I can't disagree with you, that's number one. Number two, I'm pro-life, the same way I'm pro-sex-with-Megan-Fox: yes I'm all for it, but I try to keep myself in reality. When a woman is dedicated to killing her kid, there's nothing in the world that can stop them. The same political tent is coming after your kids in the classroom, on the television, in their music and movies, and in your home. You can do something about that, you can protect your own kids. Wasting blood and ammo on a lost cause is romantic and glamorous and ultimately futile.

And thirdly, Mr. Douchebag Sr., don't you ever tell me anything about FR or where I should go. I've been on FR longer than you. If you want a place where no-one will disagree with you, head back to your padded cell, the cute nurse with the thorazine will be by shortly.

[domenad]

No disagreement there at all. Totally defund the mills - it may be legal, but I don’t need to put so much as a dime towards it.

[xzins]

Please do. There are eight million things that need to be attended to that we can actually legislate and fix. These jagoffs are DETERMINED to kill their children, people. You can’t save those kids. They’re equally determined to come after your kids, and your wallet. Now that is something you can do something about.

Please do? Do you mean please "avoid" the subject of abortion?

Let's ignore in our midst advocates of killing off paraplegics, the unborn, the elderly, the ill, and those of various races. After all, if they believe in balancing the family checkbook, that means they're on our side. Right?

Which on the above list fall under your "let's avoid" comment?

[jerry557]

The GOP would not be in control of the House without the Tea Party movement. And if the GOP in the House put social issues as #1 priority, you will lose the libertarians. You will lose the Ron Paul types. And it will lead to the re-election of Obama.

I think it was Michael Medved that was talking about this the other day on his radio show. He said last week that he wants social issues off the Republican agenda for the time being.

You will get absolutely nowhere with that agenda with the present political environment. You got pro-choice president and a Democrat-controlled Senate. Any pro-life bill coming out of the House will be immediately killed.