Posted on 01/27/2008 1:43:51 PM PST by presidio9
American RTL Action president Steve Curtis is challenging the wisdom and pro-life leadership of Ann Coulter for her endorsement of pro-abortion Mitt Romney for president. The group's ARTLaction.com site documents Romney's recent promotion of child killing with links to official government websites, Romney's own campaign, mainstream sources, and audio and video clips of the candidate himself:
Mitt Romney claims, "On every piece of legislation, I came down on the side of life." "That is a lie," said Curtis, former chairman of the Colorado Republican Party. In April 2006 Romney signed the Massachusetts Health Care Reform Plan that pays for even elective abortions. Today he falsely claims a 1981 court ruling about "medically necessary" abortions forced him to provide tax-funded elective abortion, showing he prioritizes socialized "health care" over protecting kids, even when that "health care" actually intentionally kills children. Romney gave a permanent seat on the Massachusetts payment policy advisory board to the nation's leading abortionists at Planned Parenthood. Romney signed the 2005 bill that promotes chemical abortions with Plan B. As Governor he appointed openly pro-abortion Democrat Matt Nestor to a district court; and disputing a ruling from his own state health department Romney personally argued that pro-life hospitals must dispense abortifacients.
Romney claims to have been personally pro-life for many years, but also claims a recent pro-life conversion on Nov. 9, 2004 while talking to Harvard researcher Douglas Melton about embryonic stem cells. However Mitt still openly supports killing the baby of a rapist, and killing the tiniest of humans for research. Dr. Melton has even disputed Romney's account of their conversation, and "pro-life" Romney even attended a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood. During the years that Romney says he was personally pro-life he aggressively claimed to be second-to-none in asserting abortion as an essential right. And in October 2005 Romney asked the federal government for a waiver for a major increase in funding for abortion "counseling" and for tax-funded abortifacients.
Coulter repeatedly suggests in a Jan. 16, 2008 column that pro-lifers should let liberals help them pick their nominee. "The candidate Republicans should be clamoring for is the one liberals are feverishly denouncing... Mitt Romney." Coulter mocked primary voters who "do absolutely zero research on the candidates" and then she concluded without presenting any legislative research but instead mouthing Mitt's own sound bite, that "Romney governed as a pro-lifer."
"She is good at debunking claims," said Curtis, "so she should go to our website and try to disprove our damning evidence that Romney is aggressively pro-abortion. Romney has deceived Ann Coulter and maintained his godless pro-abortion position."
"The evidence is indisputable-- Mitt Romney is lying to get Christian votes," said vice president of ARTL Action, Columbine dad Brian Rohrbough. "When 'pro-life' leaders lie, more innocent children will die, so Ann has either been tricked, or is helping him trick others. American RTL is calling Coulter to account." In the early primary contests the new 527 group American RTL Action ran anti-Mitt TV ads only in Iowa and South Carolina, the two states where Romney was trounced because his pro-abortion actions were exposed.
American RTL Rebukes Ann Coulter
Posted by Ol' Sparky
On News/Activism 01/23/2008 3:28:53 PM PST · 129 replies
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I myself have listened to Mitt. He was not my 1st or 2nd choice...but I have listened to his explanations of his changes, and watched how he has handled himself.
I have also studied his record and feel that if one is objective that he is the most conservative of those left. Clearly, there are those with a real agenda and vendetta against him and they have every right to voice their opinions as well. But I have the oblogation to look at them all objectively too.
I have done so and am willing to do theChristian thing with Mitt and give him the benefit of the doubt. I would rather have seen more time go by, and would certainly have rather seen Thompson as the candidate, and Hunter before him. But now, of those left standing (or leaning as one wise FReeper noted), I will go with Romney.
So these schmuckerheads are going to torpedo the probable Republican candidate, paving the way for Hillary Clinton or Barrak Obama to the Presidency and the nomination of liberal schmuckerhead judges.
Sounds like a winner...
That's about where I am now. It is also where Rush and Laura Ingraham seem to be leaning.
I think Romney/Thompson would beat all comers.
I hate to be in this position again, but here I am voting for one candidate to stop another: McCain.
Besides that, Romney is running on a more conservative platform than Bush ever did.
McCain means President Hillary because I, and many others I believe, will stay home.
“The evidence is indisputable— Mitt Romney is lying to get Christian votes,”
Huckabee ain’t exactly been a fountain of truth either...
I can’t believe how stupid these pro-life people are who don’t realize that Romney is the only chance they have to defeat the pro-choice Democrats, and any damage they do to him gives aid and comfort to those they should be opposing.
Hope Romney has the sense enough to choose him.
I think the pro life leaders are now just in their own personal power trip.
Considering how Mr. 700 club endorsed Giuliani, it seems far more valid.
Hold on a second. This is why we have primaries. The “pro-choice people” are doing everything they can to get their choice nominated.
When the general election rolls around, they will be doing everything they can to assure that the least desirable candidate is definitely not elected. Happens every time.
This isn’t Right To Life. Note the name.
This is a group set up in November of 2007 to attack Romney. That’s right, this group has a “history” of 2 months, and all they’ve done in their entire history is attack Mitt Romney. They are a 527 set up by somebody to take out Mitt Romney, and they targeted Iowa where Huckabee needed a win.
There “evidence” is the same stuff debunked here many times. Most of us have tried to just ignore them and hope they go away. Maybe we’ll get lucky and Ann Coulter will do the job.
I wonder if they are connected with Huckabee, or with Ron Paul.
23 posted on 01/23/2008 3:56:46 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958465/posts
Since the majority of the responses to this thread are pro-Romney, I wouldn’t worry about it so much if I were you.
I am a very bad person.
Not guilty!
I hope Romney can get that together...and pray Thompson does not support McCain...IMHO it would be putting his senatorial comraderie ahead of principle and I would lose respect for him if he did.
Who changes their position on abortion when they are in their 50s? Romney obviously held a pro-choice position when it was to his advantage when running for Gov in MA. Now he is pro-life because he needs to be to win the Republican nomination. What is he really? I don’t know. But no one can tell me a 50 something man had a change of heart on the abortion issue.
“I am a very bad person.” LOL. If you say so.
Just trying to point out reposts.
If the right to lifers could field a candidate who is conservative on issues other than life, we would not be facing this Hobson’s choice.
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