Draft Condi!
Posted on 04/06/2008 6:51:19 PM PDT by TitansAFC
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in a candid interview with The Washington Times Friday expressed her position on abortion as “mildly pro-choice.”
Asked, “Are you pro-life? Are you pro-choice? What is your thought on abortion?”, Rice responded: “I believe if you go back to 2000, when I helped the president in the campaign, I said that I was, in effect, kind of Libertarian on this issue, and meaning by that that I have been concerned about a government role in this issue. I'm a strong proponent of parental choice, of parental notification. I'm a strong proponent of a ban on late-term abortion. These are all things that I think unite people and I think that that's where we should be. I've called myself at times mildly pro-choice.
With little prompting Rice continued, “Yeah, mildly pro-choice. That's what that means. I think that there are a lot of things that we can unite around, and that's where I would tend to be. I'm very comfortable with the president's view that we have to respect and need to have a culture that respects life. This should be an issue pretty infrequently because we ought to have a culture that says that, ‘Who wants to have an abortion? Who wants to see a daughter or a friend or, you know, a sibling go through something like that?’ And so I believe the president has been in exactly the right place about this, which is, we have to respect the culture of life and we have to try and bring people to have respect for it and make this as rare a circumstance as possible.”
When told of the belief that in order to be elected a Republican president, a contender must be firmly pro-life, Rice responded, “I'm not trying to be elected.”
Rice was then pushed on abortion, with Washington Times White House correspondent Bill Sammon saying, “But it sounds like you do not wish to change the laws that now allow (abortion)...”
Rice responded, “Well, I don't spend my entire life thinking about these issues. You know, I spend my time really thinking about the foreign policy issues. But you know that I'm a deeply religious person and so, from my point of view, these extremely difficult moral issues where we have -- where we're facing issues with technology and the prolongation of life and the fact that very, very young babies are able to survive now -- very small babies are able to survive -- these are great moral issues.
What I do think is that we should not have the federal government in a position where it is forcing its views on one side or the other. So, for instance, I've tended to agree with those who do not favor federal funding for abortion, because I believe that those who hold a strong moral view on the other side should not be forced to fund it.”
this can't happen unless McCain was trying to clone - EXACTLY, to the last microbe - the Dole campaign of 1996. I can't imagine he's seriously looking at a moderate for Veep.
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I've read that the black population is actually less than it used to be, thanks in part to abortion. Can anyone verify this?
Yes, it’s what I said on the other thread. I used to admire Condi as Secretary of State, before she went over to the dark side and started playing footsie with the Palestinian terrorists and the Kosovo terrorists.
But I never would have accepted her as a V.P. candidate, precisely because she is pro abortion.
She says she is only mildly pro-abortion. What on earth does that mean? That she’d only cut the babies in half, instead of quarters?
Condi the Jooo-hating dingbat, now ‘pro-choice’ is a perfect running mate for the stinkin’ commie Obama.
if mccain runs on iraq,
he’ll lose because democrats and republicans are tired
of the war.
meanwhile, what can we expect from our leftist media and
their buddies in iraq?
more war.
so, i don’t think mccain can win.
Blacks have not kept up with other populations in the U.S., presumably largely due to abortion.
They have been losing ground to Hispanics and other groups.
When Margaret Sanger started the population control movement, one of her primary interests was exterminating blacks and other races that she considered “inferior.”
She’s pro-choice. That’s enough to no bill her for me.
It has been common knowledge here on FR that Condi is pro-abortion for several years. If one were truly for abortion rights and truly conservative, the only option would be to be honest about the matter and admit that the Federal gub’mint has NO authority in this matter - it is clearly a state’s issue. Of course, she’s not being honest and clearly does not espouse the only sound Constitutional position. She’ll do fine a running mate for the Manchurian candidate.
I hope he picks Rice, Romney, or Powell. That way two of them go down in flames for all time instead of just one. I believe the magnitude of his defeat will leave a lasting odor about his vp candidate.
I keep praying for a miracle that he would pick a conservative but that’s a tall order .........
For me, the vp choice makes no difference. I will not vote for him.
Just think, Condi can do for US citizens what she did for the Israeli citizens.
At the same time, however, 3 out of 4 babies that are born to blacks are illegitimate. That in itself is a crime and irrefutable proof of the moral bankruptcy of the race. There was a time when having a baby out of wedlock carried a stigma. Nowadays, especially among blacks and hispanics it has become almost expected.
I’ll take a pass.
Try positions without influence on domestic policy.
What exactly is that?
Sheesh. Do people here do anything but complain, and find things not to like about Republicans?
Any Republicans?
McCain is in my opinion a disaster for president. I’ve said many times that I would not cast a vote for him.
If I change my mind, there is only one issue that would move me to do what I said I’d never do, and thats the Iraq and Afghan wars. Because, as I have also said several times, the war is my bottom line. If any Dem gave any hint that they had a clue, and wouldn’t abandon everything we’ve achieved to be swept away by the baddies, I would be happy to sit this one out.
But they haven’t a clue, and we can’t afford anyone in the White House who won’t take the war seriously, who would even think about walking away. I don’t think either Dem will do what they’ve promised, they won’t really have a choice realistically speaking, but the mere fact that they would consider it and defend it means we can’t risk putting them in the White House.
I like Rice a lot better than I do McCain. I like just about anyone you can think of better than I do McCain. But if I am forced to vote for him in order to preserve what we’ve accomplished in Iraq, and if his VP can also be trusted in Iraq and Afghanistan, then it won’t matter if I disagree on other issues. The war is the bottom line. If it wasn’t, I’d be happy to let McCain go down to defeat.
“Abortion Position of Condoleezza Rice – US Secretary of State (Pro-Choice)”
NOW. Can the liberals on this forum that keep pushing this fan of killing babies PA-lease, for the love of everything holy, stop it?
Thank you
I think this forum has gotten locked into a “bash whomever” mode.
Whomever is the one, who is in line, for whatever.
Bash. Bash. Bash.
It’s all anyone does here anymore.
Blah blah blah.
Bet you really don’t even know anything about Condi’s positions.
“if mccain runs on iraq,”
If??? ROFLMAO, IF???? WTF else does he have?
(wipes eyes, LOL, shakes head...”if” INDEED!)
Did you hear what uncle ben said to condi?
You’re a credit to your rice.
Sheesh. Do people here do anything but complain, and find things not to like about Republicans?
Any Republicans?
No one gives a tinkers damn about your prescious Republicans. This forum is not named “FreeRepublicAN.”
Perhaps, considering how things are going.
The forum might temporarily be named “mad about everything and everyone, darn it”.
Just a suggestion.
“Bet you really don’t even know anything about Condi’s positions.”
I know enough that I pray McBoob picks her. That will guarantee that even the Christian Right will let the douche fall flat on his a$$.
Pro-choice, Pro-Palistinian, non-starter.
“The forum might temporarily be named “mad about everything and everyone, darn it”.”
Nope, just mad about Juanito McAmnesty getting the nomination and expecting the loyalty that he never showed us. F’k him and the horse he rode in on.
Her position on abortion is exactly the same as the current twice-elected sitting President. They both favor abortion in the case of rape, incest, and medical necessity.
I follow the Mid East very closely and that includes, the Governments, the armys and our Dpt. of State.
I think Condi is immensely qualified for the VP slot - I disagree with some of her policy stands, abotion is one of them.
I am not a republican either, I am a conserviative.
I belong to the Constitution party.
Like I said:
Blah blah blah.
You know nothing about Condi. Yet, your mind is made up. You’re mad, and you’re happy about that.
Knock yourself out.
Black illegitimacy has skyrocketed.
The turning point came when Pat Moynihan did a study that found that black families were disintegrating, in part as a side effect of the welfare system. He went to Lyndon Johnson with it, but LBJ decided he would rather exploit this problem than fix it. If blacks could be kept poor and dysfunctional, and permanently on welfare, then they could be counted on to vote Democrat.
LBJ proved to be right. And the leftist establishment in politics, the schools, and the entertainment industry have been exploiting blacks ever since.
Of course, blacks also have let it be done to them, following the Hip Hop/rap image Hollywood has given them, following the poverty pimps like Al Sharpton, and apparently crowding into churches like Rev. Wright’s in Chicago, where they are filled with dysfunctional hatreds and the habit of blaming all their problems on someone else.
I don’t think it’s a racial thing, it’s a cultural thing. And as Dick Gregory says, unless they learn to be responsible and pull up their own socks, it’s not going to get any better.
It’s a sad business.
“You know nothing about Condi.”
Like I said, I know enough. If that is not understandable then perhaps you ought to have someone else read it to you.
Her position on abortion is exactly the same as the current twice-elected sitting President. They both favor abortion in the case of rape, incest, and medical necessity. Is the President also a "fan of killing babies"?
Well, I guess I’m you know, in a way sort of opposed to government involvement in things like keeping people from blowing your head off on the street or in the subway or your living room. I mean, isn’t that really between a person and his own professional hit-man or -woman? Who are we to say what is or isn’t right? I think if we just you know, got rid of all the laws, the crime rate would drop to near zero in no time.
That was part of the original intention, going back to Margaret Sanger and Company.
“Her position on abortion is exactly the same as the current twice-elected sitting President. They both favor abortion in the case of rape, incest, and medical necessity.”
Source that please.
Chris Crocker, is that you?
Thank you for your support of America.
NOT
Why oh why do we give computer keyboards to conservative fools?)
The Democratic Party is dead!
Long live the Democratic Party!
Isn’t that the d*mn truth. This woman has demonstrated that she will do whatever she is told to do, be it from Bush, the State Dept., or whomever. I have very little respect for her judgement.
No, sorry.
Who’s Chris Croker?
And what’s he got to do with the general grouchiness-at-anyone vinegar of some FReepers these days?
Sheesh.
Never saw such defeatism.
It’s been said that someone who hates much as you do really hates themselves.
” At the same time, however, 3 out of 4 babies that are born to blacks are illegitimate. That in itself is a crime and irrefutable proof of the moral bankruptcy of the race. “
I hope it is not perceived as a distinction without a difference to say that the moral bankruptcy may belong to the culture, but not to the race. Morals are not genetic, and one’s biology does not limit his capacity for social behavior. One’s upbringing and the standards and expectations set by his community do.
Witness the growing incidence of the same behavior among white young people who identify with the hip-hop “culture”.
Google him.
“It’s been said that someone who hates much as you do really hates themselves.”
Nope. No hate, just want McAmnesty to lose.
Why, oh why must I choose one of the three Liberals for whom to vote or be called a fool? America is as toasted under McCain as it is under the other two.
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