By WENDY NORRIS 3/30/09 9:08 AM
Ultra-conservative Christian talk-radio hosts are taking a new approach to get their message out -- ambushing right-wing pundit Ann Coulter for supporting 2008 GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Absolutist anti-abortion activists accuse Romney of being "willing to sacrifice children for your vote."
The Denver-based American Right to Life Action (RTL) leads the charge against Coulter with a YouTube video that shows excerpts of Coulter's on-air radio freak-outs and calls on the acid-tongued author to apologize and retract her support for Romney.
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I just looked at the video and the press release and I wonder if this is a "Bushwack" or if Ann is another horrible leader "Christians" have mistakenly anointed.
http://anncoulterapology.com/
The evidence ARTL presents shows Ann supporting a pro-abort, homo marriage candidate and then dodging the accusation. Sad stuff indeed.
This whole fring religious bigot wing of the party is nuts. Talk about an unholy alliance. Steve Deace-Bill Keller-Mike Huckabee. It's sad, and pathetic.
The only reason they're opposed to Romney is because of his religion. They mask their bigotry with phony excuses, but it's so transparent as to be laughable.
Actually, at least Keller was up front about his bigotry. During the 2008 primaries, he said a vote for Romney was "a vote for Satan." Seriously, that's how these Huckabee supporters think.
Thankfully, no one takes them seriously.
Pro-lifers ought to be thanking these hosts for coming down on Coulter for supporting Mitt Romney, who attended PP fundraisers, including $50 abortions in his health care plan and who even lied about his mother's position on abortion to impress pro-abortions in Massachusetts.
It's no wonder the pro-life movement has made little progress at the national level when we pretend unprincipled Republicans are on our side.
Kirk, you are all mixed up. Romney attended one fundraiser 15+ years ago, where Ann wrote a $100 check. Romney did not institute $50 abortions in Mass. He also did not misrepresent his own mothers position.
There was one republican, however, who signed abortion into law in CA. His name was Reagan, maybe you remember him. I don't think you would want to classify him as unprincipled. He was pro-choice, and became pro-life. I'm glad he did.
I'm glad Romney did, also. There is no use trying to convince folks to stand for life if all you're going to do when they change positions is beat them over the head non-stop.
Let's face the truth about Deace and his ilk: Their real issue with Romney is his faith. They would sooner see Satan elected, than a Mormon in the White House.
Anyone dumb enough to trust Romney to be champion for the pro-life cause when he was RABIDLY pro-abortion within the past five years is a fool. It isn't possible to ever make any progress trusting a man that is a flip-flopper with no true convictions on any issue.
We literally have no chance of accomplishing anything politically if pro-lifers are going to be that stupid.
This is a man that went so far as to LIE about his own mother's position on abortion to convince pro-deathers he was in favor of abortion rights:
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/08/09/romneys_honesty_problem/
Romney's RECORD on abortion:
http://www.massresistance.org/docs/marriage/romney/record/
Abortion Issues
Romney supports abortion in general, and believes in sustaining Roe v. Wade.
* "Romney ran against Senator Edward M. Kennedy in 1994. During a debate, Romney declared: 'I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. I have since the time that my mom took that position when she ran in 1970 as a US Senate candidate. I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years we should sustain and support it.' "
(NOTE: Romney has supported abortion since before the 1972 Roe v. Wade ruling!)
- Boston Globe, 3/2/2006
Video of Romney vs Kennedy 1994 debate.
* "When [during their debate] Kennedy called him 'multiple choice,' Romney demanded an extra rebuttal. He revealed that a close relative died of an illegal abortion years ago and said, 'Since that time, my mother and my family have been committed to the belief that we can believe as we want, but we will not force our beliefs on others on that matter, and you will not see my wavering on that.' "
- Boston Globe, 3/2/2006
* "On a questionnaire Planned Parenthood gave to the gubernatorial candidates in 2002, Romney answered ''yes" to the question, 'Do you support the substance of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade?' Romney also professed support for state funding of abortion services for low-income women, [Erin] Rowland [spokeswoman for the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts] said."
- Boston Globe, 3/25/2005
* "Marie Sturgis, legislative director of Massachusetts Citizens for Life, said she hasn't detected any change in Romney's stance. The group considers Romney to be an abortion-rights supporter, as do national antiabortion groups such as the Family Research Council."
- Boston Globe, 3/25/2005
Romney campaigned for Governor of Massachusetts as a pro-choice candidate, and was endorsed by a pro-abortion political group
* "Romney, a Republican and the former Winter Olympics chief, was endorsed by the New York-based Republican Pro-Choice Coalition. He mentioned his mother, Lenore Romney, who favored abortion rights when she ran for the U.S. Senate in 1970, even before the 1973 Roe v. Wade case affirmed women's constitutional right to abortions. . . . Lynn Grefe, director of the Republican Pro-Choice Coalition, applauded Romney's 'commitment to family planning and protecting a woman's right to choose' in a letter on Wednesday."
- Associated Press / New Bedford Standard-Times 10/3/2002
* "Gubernatorial candidates Shannon O'Brien and Mitt Romney sparred yesterday over who was the strongest abortion rights supporter by touting endorsements from abortion rights groups and challenging each other's records on the issue . . . O'Brien and Romney both say that if elected they'll uphold state and federal laws protecting abortion rights. 'There isn't a dime of difference between Mitt Romney's position on choice and Shannon O'Brien,' said Kerry Healey, Romney's running mate."
- Associated Press / New Bedford Standard-Times 10/3/2002
* In 2002, Romney responded to the National Abortion Rights Action League's candidate survey: ''I respect and will protect a woman's right to choose. This choice is a deeply personal one. Women should be free to choose based on their own beliefs, not mine and not the government's. The truth is, no candidate in the governor's race in either party would deny women abortion rights." Notably, Romney refused to answer the candidate questionnaire sent to him by Massachusetts Citizens for Life.
- Boston Globe, 7/3/2005
* During the 2002 governor's race, Romney's platform stated, "As Governor, Mitt Romney would protect the current pro-choice status quo in Massachusetts. No law would change. The choice to have an abortion is a deeply personal one. Women should be free to choose based on their own beliefs, not the government's."
- Romney's 2002 campaign website
Romney is willing to support some embryonic stem cell research
* "Romney has decided to support experimentation on surplus frozen embryos from in-vitro fertilization procedures."
- National Review Online 2/11/2005
Romney Approves of Abortion Pill and Supports the Legalization of RU-486
* "When he ran for governor in 2002, Romney said he supported expanding access to the emergency contraception pill, a high dose of hormones that women can take to prevent pregnancy up to five days after sex . . . On a questionnaire Planned Parenthood gave to the gubernatorial candidates in 2002, Romney answered 'yes' to the question, 'Do you support efforts to increase access to emergency con-traception?' "
- Boston Globe 7/7/2005
* In 2002, the Boston Globe reported Romney's positions from his1994 campaign as follows: "ABORTION: Favored basic Roe v. Wade abortion rights, though would not endorse a specific version of the Freedom of Choice Act, which would codify those court-established rights as federal law . . . Said he would leave the matter of Medicaid funding for abortion to individual states . . . Endorsed legalization of RU-486, the abortion-inducing drug."
- Boston Globe, 3/19/2002
* "I don't really understand how it works or when it works but my understanding is it's an effective morning after pill and I think it would be a positive thing to have women have the choice of taking morning-after pills….I would favor having it available."
- Boston Herald, 5/19/1994
* "A new law to make emergency contraception more available in Massachusetts continues to be a political rollercoaster for Governor Mitt Romney. He supported expanded access when campaigning for governor, but vetoed a bill expanding access, earlier this year. The bill then passed over his veto. Earlier this week, the governor sought to exempt Catholic and other private hospitals from having to offer 'morning after pills' to rape victims. Then yesterday, he reversed his position."
- WBUR Radio, Boston, 12/9/2005
Romney signs "Right to Privacy" Proclamation celebrating birth control availability
* In March, 2005, Romney signed an annual proclamation establishing a ''Right to Privacy Day" to mark the anniversary of Baird v. Eisenstadt, a 1972 Supreme Court ruling legalizing birth control for unmarried people. Interestingly, Romney's staff deleted references to Roe v. Wade from the previous year's proclamation.
- Boston Globe, 3/25/2005
Kirk,
Blah, blah, blah. Wake me up when your tirade is over. Newsflash for you, Kirk: everyone in the entire country knows Romney was once pro-choice. He is now pro-life, time to move on. R E A G A N was also pro-choice once upon a time. He changed, too.
Welcome the change. Isn't that what the whole movement is about???
BTW- Kirk. Social Conservative leaders in Mass collectively signed a letter defending Romney on his pro-life and pro-marriage actions as governor. They said he was not getting a fair shake, and that his actions were being misrepresented. They said he stood with them to fight for life and traditional marriage. You can point to a lot of statements Romney made, but you cannot show that his actions as governor were not pro-life. Actions trump words every time.
Good luckm Kirk. I hope you open your eyes to what the movement is all about someday soon.
Every pro-life person in Massachusetts needs to go to www.machoose-life.org and register for your Choose life license plate.
Stupid: Bashing people who were once pro-abortion, but are now pro-life.
Looking for Ann Coulter The Video Series (HELP)
Ann Coulter still supports Tom Delay who profited off of forced abortions in american Saipan, but so doesn't Dobson and most white evangelicals.