Presidential contender Rudy Giuliani today offered 12 commitments to the American people including:
I will increase adoptions, decrease abortions, and protect the quality of life for our children.Apparently this is enough to appease some pro-lifers but not me (and hopefully not you)!
Desperate conservatives looking for a savior might acquiesce to Giulinai's views on abortion, presented using the doublespeak coined by Mario Cuomo and perfected by Bill Clinton. Giulini is "personally opposed" to abortion but does not believe the state has a role in protecting the life of the unborn. This despite that fact that the basis for opposing abortion is the very reason it should be illegal.
The rationale of being (personally) opposed to child killing but not acting upon the same is dubious and intellectually dishonest.
Why should conservatives trust Giulini on life issues when he believes in the legitimacy of research that destroys human embryos and asserts that government has no role in protecting unborn children from being torn to pieces while in their mother's womb? And why are some otherwise pro-life individuals supporting the one Republican candidate that stands out for his commitment to abortion rights?
Any candidate whose view of justice stoops to the low-level of Giuliani's has no chance at winning my vote.
It would also be immoral for you to support Romney or Thompson; both of these men have embraced pro-choice positions within the last decade, only to shun them recently in an effort to win the Republican nomination. At least Rudy is honest about where he stands...
But this is all something of a moot point. Rudy will appoint strict constructionists to the Supreme Court a la Scalia and Thomas -- the same types of originalist/textualist judges that other pro-life Republican candidates state that they will nominate. Since a Supreme Court decision overturning Roe/Casey is the only substantive way to curb abortion, Rudy will do just as much as Huckabee, or Brownback to leave abortion up to the states (in fact, he will do more, because he is actually electable).
Who said anything about supporting Romney or Thompson? I'm not sure Giuliani has been straightforward and I'm not alone.
Regarding your "moot" point, consider the recent bill providing federal funding for destructive embryonic stem cell research that would have been signed by Giuliani but will be vetoed by Bush. Many more are likely to follow.
Yes, Giuliani might nominate a Roberts or Alito. Then again, why wouldn't he choose a Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
Here's what Giulinai said about Ginsburg on Hannity and Colmes:
But what about his track record? Giuliani did appoint over 100 judges as Mayor - most of them were liberal.
Any pro-lifer who believes they are going to get the kind of judge out of Rudy Giuliani that we see in either [Supreme Court Chief Justice John] Roberts or [Supreme Court Justice Samuel] Alito is probably going to be disappointed. - Connie Mackey (FRC)
Unfortunately for all the good you have tried to do you have lost me with your simplemindedness on the Giuliani issue. Vote a 3rd party? Thank God we do not always get who we vote for - or will vote for. How clueless and classless.