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Haley Barbour Tells Pro-Life Republicans to Ditch Social Issues in 2010 Elections
LifeNews.com ^ | September 8, 2010 | Steven Ertelt

Posted on 09/08/2010 11:03:34 AM PDT by julieee

Haley Barbour Tells Pro-Life Republicans to Ditch Social Issues in 2010 Elections

Washington, DC -- Haley Barbour is the latest potential Republican presidential candidate to suggest that social issues like abortion should be taken off the table while making the economy the main focus. Despite the fact that polls show Americans strongly oppose the pro-abortion health care law, Barbour says fiscal issues should take priority.

http://LifeNews.com/nat6683.html

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2010election; abortion; barbour; conservatism; gop; gopplatform; haleybarbour; platform; republicans; rnc; socialissues
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To: julieee

“Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness . . . “

It all begins with Life. Stop the slaughter first, everything else will follow.


41 posted on 09/08/2010 11:29:15 AM PDT by Macoozie (Go Sarah! Palin/Bolton 2012)
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To: everyone; Virginia Ridgerunner; WKB
He spoke to a Christian Science Monitor group this morning so I went to their site and found THIS VIDEO AND THIS ARTICLE.

I am having trouble linking to the article excerpted here, so I can't read it, yet.

42 posted on 09/08/2010 11:29:50 AM PDT by onyx (If you support Sarah and want on her Ping List, let me know!)
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To: julieee

We can do little to nothing, to protect the unborn with the dems in power. It’s unfortunate, it’s sad, it’s wrong, but it’s the truth.

We must win against these baby killing bastards or we will never stop the killing.


43 posted on 09/08/2010 11:32:31 AM PDT by Gator113 (Beauty will devour the Beast in 2012. Kill "Obamamosque"@ Ground Zero)
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To: julieee

I see what he’s saying but he should have picked his words better.


44 posted on 09/08/2010 11:32:47 AM PDT by NorthStarStateConservative (I'm just another disabled naturalized minority vegan pro life conservative.)
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To: julieee

I see what he’s saying but he should have picked his words better.


45 posted on 09/08/2010 11:32:50 AM PDT by NorthStarStateConservative (I'm just another disabled naturalized minority vegan pro life conservative.)
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To: MNJohnnie

Name me 3 pro Abortion Republicans who have won elections in the last 6 years.
Criste in NJ...nope Pro life. Brown in Mass-nope pro Life. McDonnell in VA...nope Pro life.

The GOP wins elections when it trys standing for things, not trying to be Dem Lite ala McCain 2008.
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Yes, and I live in Virginia and McDonnel did EXACTLY what Barbour is arguing for...McDonnel campaigned almost exclusively on fiscal issues, not on social issues.

So did Christie.

So did Brown.

Barbour is not saying the GOP should run pro-abortion candidates. He is saying the election message in 2010 should be about the economy. Unless you want to lose. Then make it about something the electorate does not currently prioritize as the number one issue.

Sheeesh.


46 posted on 09/08/2010 11:33:00 AM PDT by Tulane
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To: muawiyah

I know there’s good reason for cynicism from those who are strongly pro-life or anti-illegal immigration, particularly, when dealing with Establishment pols like Barbour.

The surest way to get pro-life candidates elected in this environment, however, truly is #1) to start out with genuinely pro-life candidates and #2) to have those candidates stress the economy—not deny their social positions, but campaign in the general election on the economy.


47 posted on 09/08/2010 11:34:14 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Artemis Webb
Sorry but that’s not what he said. He said, “Any issue that takes people’s eye off of unemployment, job creation, economic growth, taxes, spending, deficits, debts is taking your eye off the ball,”

Amazing how so many on this board refuse to read and you are correct. So many get wrapped around one issue and press their position forgetting that elections must first be won. Push the winning hand you have, don't go off message and stay on track. After the election then push your agenda.

48 posted on 09/08/2010 11:34:17 AM PDT by engrpat (A village in Kenya is missing their idiot...lets send him back)
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To: Lakeshark
I can't read the article. I can't link to it. I posted the link to the video and article I found at the Christian Science Monitor, which is the group he spoke to this morning. Here it is again.
49 posted on 09/08/2010 11:35:14 AM PDT by onyx (If you support Sarah and want on her Ping List, let me know!)
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To: julieee

Haley cannot be trusted on the economy either, he let us down when he got Gingrich to cave on the budget freeze in 1985


50 posted on 09/08/2010 11:36:15 AM PDT by celmak
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To: muawiyah
I disagree. I don't see anything in his message about running pro-abortion candidates or changing the party's position on pro-life. He's talking tactics for this election and he's right. The economy and fiscal policy is at the top of everyone's concerns right now.

It wouldn't surprise me to see Democrats raise the abortion issue as a way of trying to divert attention from the economy because they are delusional and think a majority support their position. I saw a Dim running for Congress out here a few cycles ago do that in a marginally Dim district. Problem is a lot of the voters were blue-collar Catholics, but he persisted in pointing out the Republican was pro-life. He lost.

51 posted on 09/08/2010 11:36:26 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: MNJohnnie

Neither Christie nor Brown are pro-life. You’re mistaken.


52 posted on 09/08/2010 11:38:08 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (With God, Obama can't hurt us. Without God, George Washington couldn't save us.)
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To: Tulane
McDonnel campaigned almost exclusively on fiscal issues, not on social issuse

Sorry but that is irrelevant to the point. NONE of the three candidates mentioned made any secret of their Pro Life views. NONE OF them. So answer the question instead of diverting off the point with nonsense non responses. Name me 3 pro Abortion GOP candidates who have won elections in the last 6 years?

53 posted on 09/08/2010 11:38:08 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (The problem with Socialism is sooner or later you run out of other people's money. Lady Thatcher)
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To: 9YearLurker
No one is suggesting Haley give up his beliefs ~ just his priority list.

It is offensive and a sure way to lose the base!

54 posted on 09/08/2010 11:40:06 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: onyx; mstar; jdirt; Vietnam Vet From New Mexico; wardaddy; KLT; montesquiue; Downsouth55; ...

Sometimes I really wonder about Haley


55 posted on 09/08/2010 11:40:37 AM PDT by WKB (Oil spill = illegal immigration -- One hole plugged one to go..)
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To: 9YearLurker
The social conservative base is necessary but not sufficient to win.

Why throw out a red herring argument?

Social conservatism is conservatism, but of course there are many moderates and social liberals that cling to conservatives for economic reasons although the vast majority of them vote Democrat, of course we need some of them, but the actual conservatives are absolutely indispensable, just losing a few percentage points of them spells doom for the GOP.

56 posted on 09/08/2010 11:42:06 AM PDT by ansel12
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To: MNJohnnie
NONE of the three candidates mentioned made any secret of their Pro Life views.

Scott Brown was openly pro-abortion throughout the campaign. And he remains so now. It's right on the issues page of his website to this day.

"]T]his decision should ultimately be made by the woman in consultation with her doctor..." -- Scott Brown

57 posted on 09/08/2010 11:42:16 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (With God, Obama can't hurt us. Without God, George Washington couldn't save us.)
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To: WKB

Please read my link and watch the video. This headline is highly misleading.

It’s all about context.

As you know, Haley Barbour is 100% pro-life.


58 posted on 09/08/2010 11:44:27 AM PDT by onyx (If you support Sarah and want on her Ping List, let me know!)
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To: julieee

Sounds like Hailey Barbour has gone Liberal...

The problem with Fiscal Conservatives is that they are neither....


59 posted on 09/08/2010 11:44:34 AM PDT by UCFRoadWarrior (Obama runs things like a Communist Chinese traffic jam)
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To: ansel12

I don’t agree at all with your assessment of the electorate. The idea that most economic conservatives vote for the Dems is just loopy.


60 posted on 09/08/2010 11:46:23 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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