Posted on 04/07/2006 12:57:53 PM PDT by cpforlife.org
John McCain Seeking Republican Nomination – Arizona Senator John McCain has been meeting and greeting Texans, often escorted by Bush backer and former U.S. Congressman Tom Loeffler, a lobbyist and influential mover and shaker in political circles in the President’s home state. Recently, McCain has visited Houston, San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas, in an effort to round up commitments from Bush’s “Rangers” (contributors of $200,000) and “Pioneers” ($100,000). Former Governor Bill Clements reportedly contributed $5,000 to McCain, and Mark McKinnon, who put together Bush’s “message” during the last campaign, has signed on, evidently to help McCain overcome his negative image among many of the Party faithful. Meetings and dinners for McCain have been hosted by Loeffler, as well as former U.S. Rep. Kent Hance, and Tom Hicks, who bought the Texas Rangers baseball team from Mr. Bush and his partners in 1998. That’s heady stuff.
Much of his appeal to the Bush backers stems from the perception that McCain can draw Democrats and Independent voters away from Hillary Clinton, the presumed nominee of the Democrats in 2008. They forget that rarely is a committed liberal defeated by a liberal-lite candidate. When that happens, the Reagan Democrats simply return to their comfort zone. A Republican victory requires a committed, dedicated, pro-life philosophical conservative standard-bearer, whose ideas strongly contrast with her liberal/socialist world view. John McCain does not fit that description.
McCain’s credentials as a social conservative have been ripped asunder by his own hand in recent years. While he has maintained a generally pro-life voting record during his tenure in the Senate, it is clear that his intention is merely to regulate or restrict the practice of abortion. “But certainly in the short term, or even in the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America to (undergo) illegal and dangerous operations,” said John McCain as reported in the San Francisco Chronicle on August 20, 1999. He justifies abortion for babies conceived through rape or incest, a position that requires abortion to remain legal.
In early 2000, while running for the Republican presidential nomination, John McCain took a strong stand against research involving the killing of human embryos. But, by April of 2004, he signed on to a letter to President Bush asking him to expand federal funding for experiments on human embryos and to increase the number of embryonic stem cell lines to be used for research. In 2000 McCain supported changing the pro-life plank in the Republican National Platform to say a mother has a right to abortion in cases of rape and incest, giving hope to pro-abortion forces in the Party. They lost. Enough said.
George Allen on the Life Issues – U.S. Senator George Allen is the former Governor of Virginia. In that capacity, on March 22, 1997, he signed a parental notice bill before 1,500 supporters in a ceremony replete with families carrying “Thank you Governor Allen” signs. Since that time, Allen has given every indication that he is another politician who claims to be “pro-life” while endorsing measures to restrict or regulate the practice of abortion, but not make it illegal.
In 2000, Senator Allen responded to a Project Vote Smart questionnaire, saying abortions should be illegal when the fetus is viable, with or without life support. In other words, he supported abortion until viability, when 98% of the abortions are performed. He said abortions should be legal when pregnancy resulted from rape or incest, when the life of the woman is endangered, and he added that abortion should be legal for gross fetal abnormality. Of course, he supported the usual restrictions such as a partial-birth abortion ban, waiting periods, and opposed public funding of abortions. But the views he expressed can only be described as pro-choice, not pro-life.
On May 22, 2005, George Allen appeared with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday Morning Talk, and he was asked whether he supported Bush’s restriction on embryonic stem cell research, or if he favored the legislation that would expand the number of embryos to be used for experimentation. His response was, “I’m probably in between the both of them.” Later in the interview, Allen said, “I do not want to be creating embryos simply for harvesting, nor do I want to allow cloning.” Stephanopoulos replied, “But if they were left over from fertility treatments, it’s OK to do the research on them.” Allen responded, “Yes.”
Next week – Part III – Senator Bill Frist
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I want a president who isn't afraid to wage war where war is the answer.
I want a president who will put constitutionalists on the courts.
I want a president who can articulate conservative values without embarrassment.
I want someone with enough grit and character that he can take the pounding he is guaranteed to get, and I want bold.
That assumes there will be a better alternative to the best Republicans can offer to the Democrats.
If Mclame or Rudy get nominated, Republicans are doomed for sure. If someone with George Allen's position is nominated, Republicans will stand a chance as he would be much better than the aggression for abortion and euthanasia we would see from a Democrat.
You have to be wise in political gamesmanship in order to advance your power. It is never a perfectly pretty picture because politics is basically, very ugly.
Senator George Allen has received a "100" rating from both the National Right to Life Committee and Phyllis Schlafly's Eagle Forum.
George Allen is a true conservative and 100% pro-life. He does believe that this is an issue for the individual states, and IMO, barring a Constitutional amendment, this is the proper way to do it.
Conservatives could support Allen in 2008 as the nominee, but I don't think HE has the fire in the belly to take on HRC. I see him as a VA version of Rick Lazio.
Waves around little Mike Pence 08 banner again and returns to clock.
I'm sure the 11 million+ new hispanic (Catholic) citizens will find a Hillary Clinton/Bill Richardson ticket to be just what they want.
Baloney!
Planned Parenthood gives George Allen an Anti-Choice rating of 0% (percentatage of time he's with them).
National Right to Life gives George Allen 100%.
From Project Vote Smart:
2005 Senator Allen supported the interests of the NARAL Pro-Choice America 0 percent in 2005.
2004 Senator Allen supported the interests of the NARAL Pro-Choice America 0 percent in 2004.
2003-2004 Senator Allen supported the interests of the National Right to Life Committee 100 percent in 2003-2004.
2003 Senator Allen supported the interests of the NARAL Pro-Choice America 0 percent in 2003.
2001-2002 Senator Allen supported the interests of the National Right to Life Committee 100 percent in 2001-2002.
2001 Senator Allen supported the interests of the NARAL Pro-Choice America 0 percent in 2001.
1996-2003 Senator Allen supported the interests of the Planned Parenthood (Senate) 0 percent in 1996-2003.
1995-2004 On the votes that the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Assocation considered to be the most important in 1995-2004, Senator Allen voted their preferred position 0 percent of the time.
With regard to the South Dakota law, from USAToday
WASHINGTON — South Dakota's new law banning almost all abortions is creating a rift among anti-abortion Republicans during an election year.
That has been apparent as the party's 2008 White House prospects respond to questions on the South Dakota ban. Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Virginia Sen. George Allen said they would have signed it.
If not, we'll have a Democrat in the White House. Count on it.
If Guiliani gets the nomination I'll vote for someone else. You can count on a conservative pro-life independent running in 08 if Guiliani wins the nomination.
McCain No! (a message you can say and be understood in both English and Spanish).
I like Allen, and I respect that he's been pretty up-front about what he believes on abortion, but it's just not true that he's 100% pro-life.
Most aren't Catholic in any recognizable form. Religion in general, and Catholicism in particular, is frowned on rather heavily by the Mexican government.
"I think Guiliani is the one to beat on the right if he runs at this time."
I consider him and McCain pretty far left.
Tancredo/Pence '08
HUH?
It doesn't FORCE them to do anything, incl. get pregnant in the first place!!!
I'm sick of moron treating 97+% of pregnancies as something entirely random, with no cause over which the bearer would have any control. As something like a woman's period... Good grief.
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