[Josh Painter]

Fredipedia v2.16: The Definitive Fred Thompson Reference

[lormand]

Think of all the progress the pro-life movement has made recently, and then scratch your head and try to figure out why a party would nominate someone who would torpedo all of it.

Rudy would also like your guns.

[madprof98]

Excellent piece. Amazing that a Giuliani ad comes up on the same screen as this very honest analysis of his pro-abortion stand.

[Man50D]

Conservatives are better off leaving the increasingly socialist Republicans and forming their own party.

[marvlus]

No doubt that the Dems, particularly Clinton, are doing everything possible to see to it that Rudy becomes the nominee for the Republican platform. They want to see a split.

[Condor51]

"Is Giuliani's ship starting to sink? It certainly looks that way."

The USS Rudy

[Mom MD]

Rudy also apparently thinks Ms Bader-Ginsburg is a strict constructionist.

[dforest]

The Rudytanic has hit an iceberg, the Fat Lady is singing as the ship goes down!

[narses]

I’m pro-choice. I’m pro-gay rights, Giuliani said. He was then asked whether he supports a ban on what critics call partial-birth abortions. “No, I have not supported that, and I don’t see my position on that changing,” he responded. Source: CNN.com, “Inside Politics” Dec 2, 1999 http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Rudy_Giuliani_Abortion.htm

ANDERSON COOPER 360 DEGREES (November 14, 2006)

RUDY GIULIANI (R), FORMER MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY: I'm pro- choice. I'm pro-gay rights.

KING: Giuliani supports a woman's right to an abortion, and back in 1999, he opposed a federal ban on late-term abortions.

GIULIANI: No, I have not supported that, and I don't see my position on that changing.

KING: Immigration could be another presidential landmine. Back in 1996, Mayor Giuliani went to federal court to challenge new federal laws requiring the city to inform the federal government about illegal immigrants.

JEFFREY: He took the side of illegal immigrants in New York City against the Republican Congress.

KING: Giuliani opposes same-sex marriage but as mayor, he supported civil unions and extending health and other benefits to gay couples. He also supported the assault weapons ban and other gun control measures opposed by the National Rifle Association.

GIULIANI: I'm in favor of gun control. I'm pro-choice.

Republican Big-Wigs Support Pro-Abortion Event in NY

Pro-abortion Governor George Pataki and New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who also supports unrestricted abortion, are co-chairs of the 2000 Choice Award Presentation to be held on May 30 at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City. The event is sponsored by the Republican Pro-Choice Coalition, a group that is campaigning for the removal of the pro-life plank from the Republican National Platform.


http://www.nationalreview.com/murdock/murdock200503010743.asp

[edsheppa]

The "conservative" approach to constitutional law does not authorize the Supreme Court or any other court to rule that abortion is unconstitutional.

That's a woefully incomplete analysis of what the "conservative" position should be on abortion. Private acts like a mother hiring an abortionist to kill her unborn child cannot be unconstitutional - that property can only pertain to government action. What conservatives ought to find unconstitutional is that states are not giving equal protection of their laws to all persons under their jurisdiction as required by the 14th Amendment.