Meet Bill Frist: Senator championed confirmation of pro-abortion Satcher

WorldNetDaily ^ | 12-19-02 | Joseph Farrah

[Jhoffa_]

I don't reaally understand why these "pro-lifers" are infesting the Republican Party at all, since it seems to me that they would be far more politically in tune with the do-gooders and social experimenters over at the Socialist International.

Sounds like you're upset..

Maybe you should quit and go to the Constitution party with your objections, or perhaps become a Libertarian.

I can provide links if you would like..

[John Valentine]

Agressive use of the Bully Pulpit, number one.

Second, judicious and selective currying of sympathetic press, JUST like the DemonRats did for forty years. It isn't just by accident that they got this way, they evolved this way to survive in a Democrat dominated Washington.

Let's show them what it takes to survive in a Republican dominated Washington.

Just what the hell IS Helen Thomas doing in those White House press briefings, anyway?

[TLBSHOW]

I will have to stick with Lott!

Hey, like I always say, wait till the fat lady sings!

[wardaddy]

I'm becoming more and more convinced of that by the day. The immediate kneejerk bowing to the PC Gods after Lott stuck his foot up his arse taught me a lesson. All that social conservatism is pure bullshite from Bush on down.

Now...they do fight good wars and maybe they'll lower taxes so they beat the alternative by a country mile/

Not a Ronaldus Magnus in sight sans DeLay.

[EternalVigilance]

I don't reaally understand why these "pro-lifers" are infesting the Republican Party at all, since it seems to me that they would be far more politically in tune with the do-gooders and social experimenters over at the Socialist International.

You obviously don't know a thing about the makeup of the GOP. It is the prolife party, and it has been since Reagan. The vast majority of the delegates to the national convention are ardent prolifers, as is the nominating electorate for President.

Might I suggest that your views are almost entirely those of the Democrat Party, and not the GOP...because that is a fact.

[John Valentine]

Nah,,, We have a big tent Party. I'll stay where I am.

This was my Party long before you guys showed up.

[Howlin]

"My guys" were not tarring and feather him; they merely wouldn't come out and defend him when he refused to denouce segregation.

Don't forget, he had THREE chances to denouce it before he got to BET and never did.

[Torie]

He supported segregation, and when it ended, continued to pander below the radar screen to groups that regretted its end, even while on the radar screen, he ignored the issue, and never got around to exorcising his past - until now. I just don't think racist is the right word to use about Lott, and will not use it. But I could use enough words to suggest that the GOP caucus should seriously consider replacing him. But that is their decision, not mine.

[america-rules]

"But if, as part of that 1%, he did five or ten, well, hell, that's only five or ten, right?"

So no doctor can perform an abortion no matter what?

Read what your saying man because you're sounding a little freeky ?

[ApesForEvolution]

He's in like Flynn Todd.

[TLBSHOW]

While Trent Lott, R-Miss., had promised to bring to the floor for a quick, early vote a bill restricting partial-birth abortion, Frist championed the nomination by President Clinton of former Surgeon General David Satcher, a fervent supporter of unrestricted abortion and someone who actually performed abortions.

Satcher continued to serve in the Bush administration until earlier this year.

While Satcher's nomination was widely presumed to have originated with Vice President Al Gore, like Satcher, a Tennessean, his confirmation was actually championed by Frist.

Frist once told National Public Radio that there are no absolute right, absolute wrong answers in medicine. During last year's stem-cell debate, Frist proposed using leftover embryos from in vitro fertilization clinics for scientific research. The Weekly Standard also noted that Frist believes there is a moral imperative to use one unsalvageable life to save another.

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so you would support an abortion supporter over one that is about to get rid of PB ABORTION?

[JMJ333]

I didn't vote for him this last time because he did lie about being pro-life in his first campaign. I called and asked him (many years ago during the Clinton administration) which way he was going to vote on the Henry Foster nomination for surgeon general. I also wrote several times and never could get a straight answer. I figured I knew which way he would vote, but didn't appreciate it because Foster had performed partial birth abortions, and when Frist campaigned against Sasser he clearly marked that he was pro-life on his flyers. He is also big into harvesting humans out like crops for their stem cells, which I find as morally reprehensible as abortion.

I think he's a lousy choice for Majority leader, but he'll probably get it. He got 80% of the vote here for his senate run. I sat out.

[JMJ333]

I meant to include you in my post with sinkspur. Thanks for the thread. =)

[Howlin]

continued to pander below the radar screen to groups that regretted its end

I have the feeling that that right there is exactly why he didn't come right out and denouce segregation the very first day -- $$$$$.

[Salvation]

**I don't reaally understand why these "pro-lifers" are infesting the Republican Party at all, since it seems to me that they would be far more politically in tune with the do-gooders and social experimenters over at the Socialist International.**

I don't think so. Read this poem and think about it for awhile.

"First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out --
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the communists
and I did not speak out --
because I was not a communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out --
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me --
and there was no one left to speak out for me."
~~Pastor Martin Niemoller
(victim of the Nazis)

Is there anything we can learn from this?
When they came for the Catholics?
When they came for the Baptists?
When they came for the fundamentalists?
When they came for the babies?

Just something for all of us to think about -- is this picture larger than we currently see it?

[John Valentine]

You are very very worng.

There is NOTHING about the Democrats that I can find common cause with.

The core values of the Republican party were hammered out in MY heartland. Hell, the Republican Party was FOUNDED in my home town of Camillus, New York. You can't tell me ANYTHING about the Republicans, my man.

[Askel5]

I particularly enjoyed Elders' comments on Education.

As usual, the worst of the Dems can trace their Talking Points to the GOP:

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The Task Force is committed to the development of a national population policy. We believe education, family planning services, contraceptive research and development as well as transportation, and community planning and development should be important components of such policy.

Before we can begin to remedy a problem, we must first realize that we have one.

Despite the increased interest regarding this problem, there is still a vast number of Americans who are unfamiliar with even the most essential understanding of this potentially dangerous population growth rate.

The Task Force feels that one of the most important functions of the federal government is to supply the public with the latest and most accurate data.

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Recommendations of the Task Force on Earth Resources and Population (George H. Bush, Chairman) 1970

[sinkspur]

I don't reaally understand why these "pro-lifers" are infesting the Republican Party at all,

Well, chase 'em off, and the Republican Party won't win jack-sh*t in your lifetime.

I actually like Bill Frist and think he'll make a pretty decent Leader.

Lott wasn't my first choice, but he votes consistently conservative, and I think he's being railroaded out on a flimsy pretext. And, what's most galling, are all the "conservatives" who are calling for his head because they've got swollen hemorrhoids over impeachment.

Now, because Lott, Bush, and the "canonized conservatives" stayed silent, we've got "racist" hung around our necks.

It could have been dealt with, but all this white guilt has these Yankee Republicans wringing their hands and looking for someone to string up.

Lott'll do, though he's not the last.

[APBaer]

"Nah,,, We have a big tent Party. I'll stay where I am.
This was my Party long before you guys showed up."

You should try to be a little more understanding.
These guys were delayed in showing up because they needed the permission of Mullah Omar to get a leave of absence from the Taliban.

[TLBSHOW]

You know the fighting between old friends over a Karl Rove back stabbing isn't pretty is it?