[Salvation]

Frist's stance on pro-life issues may cause many conservatives to rethink keeping Lott as Majority Leader. I know I would not like Frist there seeing how he stands on this issue.

Regardless of the good job he did as NRSC chairman. Different roles, different talents.

[Salvation]

**During last year's stem-cell debate, Frist proposed using leftover embryos from in vitro fertilization clinics for scientific research.**

Hmmmmmm.

[tomahawk]

Frist is pro-life. He votes pro-life.

[John Valentine]

Frist suits me to a tee. Lets get this done and get our agenda moving.

Of course to those of us with ONE monomaniacal agenda, Frist may not seem like the ideal candidate.

But for those of us that are looking for action on tax reform, reform of the Social Security System, education reform, clamping down on criminals sneaking across our borders, and ending the stranglehold of the socialists on our print and television media, Bill Frist looks like on of the two or three people that can get this job done.

[Noumenon]

Most Republicans are not sons of the Republic. At best, they only delay the inevitable.

[1rudeboy]

Frist has an ACU rating of 100. Has he ever met with Henry Kissinger? Let the games begin.

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

I was most certainly under the impression that Bill Frist was Pro-Life.

[ambrose]

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.

Senators are EXPECTED to support nominees from their own state!

[kim r.]

frist is conservative enough for me and apparently the acu. he would do a better job as the face of the repub party than lott. lott s/step aside for the good of the party, the prez, and the country.
as a black person i don't believe trent is a racist or a segregationist. he is however damaged goods, and is hurting the party.
do the right thing trent!

[Jhoffa_]

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.

Uh oh..

I don't think I like this Frist.

Can't we do better than a gun grabbing child killer advocate for SML? Pretty shallow barrel we are fishing candidates out of, imo..

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

Senator Bill Frist on Abortion

HE VOTED: STRONGLY OPPOSE

Strongly Oppose means you believe: Abortion is immoral because it kills a human being, and should never be tolerated. `Roe v. Wade' should be overturned and we should protest abortion clinics as other forms of injustice are protested.

CLICK HERE

[montag813]

He believes the federal government needs to increase funding of physical education programs in school. He thinks spending $125 million on a Centers for Disease Control program encouraging children to engage in athletics is another top priority.

So what? Trent Lott and Tom Daschle believed in sending Archer Daniels Midland and other "farmers" $200 billion to grow corn we don't need for Ethanol which does nothing to help the environment, and costs more to produce than the final product is worth.

What is not mentioned is how Bill Frist is enemy #1 of the Trial Lawyers Association, and will be strong proponent of Tort Reform. It will pass. And media consultants like myself and others will make the trial lawyers look like the Nazis that they are.

[deport]

Abortion you say.... well how did Frist vote on the abortion votes in the Senate? Well don't guess take a look at the following.......

Frist Abortion Votes 1995 to 2000 Don't guess look and see....

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Stem cell you say.... well here's Senator Frist's position and reasoning.... Again read his words....

Frist Announces Support For Stem-Cell Research
Proposes Strict New Standards for Ethical Research

Sunday, July 15, 2001
Press Release Of Senator Bill Frist, M.D.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bill Frist (R-TN) made the following statement today after he announced his intention to support federal funding, with strict conditions, for stem cell research: “In my work as a heart and lung transplant surgeon, I have for years wrestled with decisions involving life, death, health and healing. Having taken part in hundreds of organ and tissue transplants, I’ve experienced the ethical challenges involved in end-of-life care on numerous occasions. I’ve seen families faced with the most difficult decision of saying farewell to a loved one. Yet I have also seen their selfless acts in the midst of this sadness to consent to donate living organs and tissues of their loved ones to the benefit of others. Like organ donation, stem cell research forces us to make difficult decisions. While holding great potential to save lives, it also raises difficult moral and ethical considerations.

“I am pro-life. My voting record in the Senate has consistently reflected my pro life philosophy. As a physician my sole purpose has been to preserve and improve the quality of life. The issue of whether or not to use stem cells for medical research involves deeply held moral, religious and ethical beliefs as well as scientific and medical considerations. After grappling with the issue scientifically, ethically and morally, I conclude that both embryonic and adult stem cell research should be federally funded within a carefully regulated, fully transparent framework. This framework must ensure the highest level of respect for the moral significance of the human embryo. Because of the unique interaction between this potentially powerful new research and the moral considerations of life, we must ensure a strong, comprehensive, publicly accountable oversight structure that is responsive on an ongoing basis to moral, ethical and scientific considerations.

“Embryonic stem cell research is a promising and important line of inquiry. I’m fully aware and supportive of the advances being made each day using adult stem cells. It is clear, however, that research using the more versatile embryonic stem cells has greater potential than research limited to adult stem cells and can, under the proper conditions, be conducted ethically. The prudent course for us as policymakers is to provide for the pursuit of both lines of research – allowing researchers in each field to build on the progress of the other.

“To achieve this, we must significantly strengthen the National Institutes of Health’s guidelines so that they include appropriate safeguards. Federal funding for stem cell research should be contingent on the implementation of a comprehensive, strict new set of safeguards and public accountability governing this new, evolving research. This process will ensure the progress of this science in a manner respectful of the moral significance of human embryos and the potential of stem cell research to improve health.”

[Torie]

I am not sure what a surgeon general's view on abortion has to do with his job, unless he makes it a cause celeb. In any event, a president should have a wide discretion to appoint whom he wants in the executive branch, in my opinion, if they are competent. Otherwise, an executive would tend to be castrated, and accountability degraded. That is a poor way to run a railroad.

[Saundra Duffy]

Thanks for ruining my day.

[EternalVigilance]

Regardless of the good job he did as NRSC chairman.

IMO he did a lousy job as head of the Senatorial Committee, and that in fact he was hostile to conservatives and conservative interests in the most recent election cycle.

Ask knowledgable conservatives in WV, IA, NC, MT, SD and TN and several other states what they think...they might not give such a glowing appraisal of Senator Frist.

[Cobra64]

Seems like a lot of opinions here are concerned with abortion. Is that the only issue to look at a person? Conservatives complain that the government is "too intrusive on our personal lives." Logic tells me that abortion issues from a Federal Government representative is more intrusive than the IRS.

Micro-managing everyone's lives. Pretty soon, there will be issues of men masturbating, and letting millions of babies who could have been born, were in jeopardy.

When does this "logic" ever stop?

It's real simple. Copulate to procreate. My wife and I did; generated two terrific children. Two years later, my vascectomy verified our intention in not over populating the planet.

Cheers.

[Sonny M]

If Bill Frist is willing to confirm pro-life judges to the supreme court, then it doesn't matter if he belives in infancide, since thats the only way we're going to get rid of abortion. If he'll push pro-life judges. The states will take care of the rest.

[TLBSHOW]

WAKE UP GOP THE ATTACK ON LOTT IS ALL ABOUT THE BANNING OF PB ABORTION ITS COMING FROM NOW AND THE LIBERAL REPUBLICANS


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/805860/posts

[ApesForEvolution]

Bill Frist on Abortion

Voted YES on maintaining ban on Military Base Abortions. Vote on a motion to table [kill] an amendment that would repeal the ban on privately funded abortions at overseas military facilities. Bill S 2549 ; vote number 2000-134 on Jun 20, 2000

Voted YES on banning partial birth abortions. This legislation, if enacted, would ban the abortion procedure in which the physician partially delivers the fetus before completing the abortion. [A NO vote supports abortion rights]. Status: Bill Passed Y)63; N)34; NV)3 Reference: Partial Birth Abortion Ban; Bill S. 1692 ; vote number 1999-340 on Oct 21, 1999

Voted YES on disallowing overseas military abortions. The Murray amdt would have repealed current laws prohibiting overseas U.S. military hospitals and medical facilities from performing privately funded abortions for U.S. service members and their dependents. Status: Motion to Table Agreed to Y)51; N)49 Reference: Motion to table Murray Amdt #397; Bill S. 1059 ; vote number 1999-148 on May 26, 1999



Until there is a *SUPER* Majority of pro-life GOPers in the Senate or more 'sympathetic to life' Justices in the USSC (Lott blew the appointments out of the water with his latest, mind boggling gaffe), Frist will do well for conservatives and will get a ban on PBA done.

He is most certainly on the record supporting a ban on PBA/Infanticide, which is all we can expect to get done the next two years. That is if Bush will give the go ahead on it, which I believe he's intent to do.

Frist will be many, many times better than Lott as SML, especially now, after Lott spit up a turd, slid around in it, tried to step on all of us with his poopy foot and then smeared all southerner, whites, Pickering, etc., ultimately endorsing Big Liberal Race.

Did you see how Trent caved on conservative idealogies on BET Monday Night? Did you think he wouldn't slime on a ban on PBA as well? Do you think he can get anything conservative done now? Come on...

[davidtalker]

Some of you will never be satisfied. It makes little difference who the GOP puts in leadership they would get sliced and diced on this board. ACU ratings are a small snapshot of a Senator's worth. An 88% vs. a 95% rating? Certainly not a disqualifier where I live.

The overriding concern here is does Frist move the ball forward? This is more a matter of being able to put a favorable face on the Conservative agenda. Frist does that. The White House backs him because they calculate he can work with them and get the agenda done. A fellow "compassionate Conservative".

Elections are won and lost in the Suburbs. The target Suburban women. A likeable MD with good "bedside manner" is far better at this point than someone reminding folks of the glories of "Jim Crow".

I like Don Nickels. I like Rick Santurum. I like Mitch McConnell. However, they all have flaws and we'd pick them apart, too. Seems to me Bill Frist has made few enemies. Has a solid Conservative background and record. Give it a rest.