KERRY ABORTION FLIP: ADVOCATED 'STATE ISSUE' "Drudge Siren"

Drudge Report ^ | April 21, 2004 | Matt Drudge

[Fast Ed97]

Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry will attend a rally for women's rights in Washington, DC on Friday. But the DRUDGE REPORT can reveal:

KERRY FLASHBACK: 'I Think The Question Of Abortion Is One That Should Be Left For The States To Decide'...

'I think liberals spend too much time pushing issues which just aren't relevant to the mass of people'...

[JulieRNR21]

Kerry is going to support abortion at this pro-abortion rally.......and areceive Holy Communion this weekend?

Where is the outrage among the Catholic Bishops?


Go here:

CatholicsAgainstKerry.com

[JulieRNR21]

There he goes again!

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[jrlc]

You mean this isn't 1971? (Please -- don't let anyone tell Kerry, he might just continue to campaign against Nixon -- that's it, McGovern will run as his VEEP -- how brilliant! Bet Rove isn't planning for that).

[goldstategop]

I actually agree with John F*ckin' that it should be a state issue - just like gay marriage. Why the Left wants to impose abortion on demand on Red America is beyond me.

[Eastbound]

Only guy I know who can play ping pong with himself and still lose.

[GottaLuvAkitas1]

I won't be there until Sunday. I wish he would switch days. I would love to have a shot at talking to him. Heehee!!

[Redbob]

Official footwear of the John Kerry for President Campaign:

[sixmil]

John Kerry gets googlebombed - Link goes to Waffles

[SFConservative]

GREAT JOB!

Can I use that on a rally sign when the time comes?

[martin_fierro]

Please, help yourself. <|:)~

[samtheman]

A lot of people change their minds over the course of 32 years.

Especially on this subject. But usually with some kind of announcement of a change of position, explaining the change.

With Kerry, on any question of flip-floppery, the following formula applies:

1. Kerry is a committed leftist who genuinely believes in the left agenda completely. And that's what he will actually work for and vote for as a politician (see his career in the Senate).

2. Kerry is a committed egoist who wants to win at all costs and will publicly adopt any position temporarily if there is short-term electoral gain to be had.

In my opinion, he doesn't really flip-flop in the Klintoonian sense. King Klintoon was a true flip-flopper. He believed in nothing but his own personal power, and would say anything at anytime to anybody to project his Klintoonish image.

JF'nK also cares very strongly about his own personal power, but also harbors a far-left agenda, just like his soul-sister Hitlery.

[Steve Van Doorn]

this is a good one LOL

[skinkinthegrass]

I shall read it.. thanks! :))

[rintense]

Cleary he is confusing abortion and gay marriage. /sarcasm

[skinkinthegrass]

We should all mail out a pair of flip-flops to Kerry's campaign office!! What a riot!

HA!HA!...@ his next rally..(Kerry & the liberal press)...voters w/ "flip-flops" dangling from poles...ala Monty Python's LIFE OF BRIAN (the gourds & shoes scene), outnumbering both. :))

[Schnucki]

I bet that he wanted to say "the masses".

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Those are "flip flop socks". Designed especially for wearing with flip flops. I kid you not. Get them here!

[NCPAC]

"The state's rights position is NOT, I repeat NOT, a pro-life position, b/c we'd end up with legal abortion in some states."

As a state's rightist (anything to decentralize power from the Fed except in matters of defense/security) I hear that rationale all the time - equally as much from my friends/colleagues who are pro-choice who tell me "You're not really pro-choice because under state's rights, some states would outlaw abortion" as from my friends/colleagues who are pro-life who say things similar to the line I quoted from your post.

While I cannot stand JFK II, I must admit that his pre-flip views on state's rights vis a vis abortion mirror mine. To me, abortion is one (albeit a huge one, as is reflected by the moral arguments, protests, counterprotests, etc.) in a long line of issues pitting the power of the Fed versus the powers of the States.

In this regard, I feel the same way about "Gay Marriage." Decentralize power from the Fed - and certainly do not give it MORE power over the states! God forbid!

However, from GWB's perspective, I do not believe JFK II's latest waffling flop is going to cause too much pain. The pro-lifers will go with Bush.

[Liz]

This is a case of priortizing one's principles. I, too, abhor Big Government. However, if the federal system means anything at all, it means protecting the most helpless among us.

A person that is pro-life----meaning they oppose the in utero killing of unborn children----would catergorically reject a state's rights position b/c it's still killing even if only a number of states are legally performing abortions.

Yes, staunch right-to-lifers will stay with Bush. However, my point is that Kerry's nuanced state's pro-abortion rights position wiil siphon off votes b/c Kerry's intent is to confuse and misinterpret the particulars of the issue.

[SendShaqtoIraq]

"This was over thirty years ago. Many people have changed their abortion perspective in thirty years. I am afraid I don't think this is a big deal."

But most have changed their minds in the opposite direction of Kerry. "Pro-abortion" 30 years ago, against now.