Posted on 09/01/2012 7:45:13 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
Thanks to one of my Facebook friends, I was just today alerted to the interview Romney gave CBS news on 8/27/2012. The video is here. In the interview, Romney says, "My position has been clear throughout this campaign. I'm in favor of abortion being legal in the case of rape and incest and the health and life of the mother."
The health of the mother exception is universally recognized by authentic pro-lifers as a loophole you can drive Roe v. Wade through. Then Romney makes the following statement, clearly putting an end to any notion that he is pro-life in any meaningful sense of the term:
"But recognize, this is the decision that will be made by the Supreme Court. The Democrats try and make this a political issue every four years, but this is a matter in the courts; it's been settled for some time in the courts...."
Translation: Pro-life is whatever the Supreme Court says it is. Romney's statement proves that with his nomination, the Republican Party effectively ceases to be the Party of Lincoln. Lincoln recognized that where a fundamental issue of unalienable rights is involved, no Supreme Court decision that fails to respect the principles of America's Declaration of Independence "settles the issue." By contrast, what we hear in Romney's interview is the slavish surrender of unchecked, unconstitutional, just plain tyrannical power to the federal courts. Did the Dred Scott decision in 1857 settle the issue of slavery? Not for Lincoln. No more can the present U.S. Supreme Court's pro-abortion jurisprudence settle the issue of abortion for us. In keeping with the Lincolnian heritage, the pro-life movement has been rooted in the Declaration's avowal of the Creator-endowed, equal, unalienable right to life. That's one of the things that made the Party of Lincoln its natural home.
But with Romney as its standard bearer, the GOP no longer upholds that avowal. To be sure, the GOP platform still makes cynical use of language drawn from America's Declaration heritage. But with his words, Romney rejects Lincoln's Declaration statesmanship; his articulation of the just cause of the Civil War; and his affirmation that the American people should never allow the Union to be dissolved on grounds that overthrow the indispensable principle of just self-government the Declaration articulates.
In this interview, Romney aims a death blow at the soul of the pro-life political cause. The timing of the interview was no accident. The evening before the vote that sealed his nomination as the GOP candidate for President, Romney makes a clear and emphatic statement nullifying the GOP's supposed platform commitment to the Declaration cause of the pro-life movement. So-called pro-life leaders and voters who back Romney cannot now deny that he stands openly within the political precincts of pro-abortion hell. As his supporters, they stand there with him. What we hear in Romney's CBS interview is the sound of the precincts' gates clanging shut behind them all. As I forewarned repeatedly: Romney's candidacy is a snare (Psalm 64:5), beware of falling into it.
Good, you pious piece of crap. Say nothing, and hope you never meet me in person after saying what you just did.
Let's say a neighborhood gang grabs a guy off the street, robs him and pushes him in your front door where he lies there unconscious.
They run off. You come downstairs, see an injured man lying there unconscious so you blow his brains out with your pistol because you consciously think (mistakenly in most cases) that the Castle Doctrine and Stand Your Ground laws will back you up in a self-defense argument.
Be nice for a change to see you run against Obama.
What’s your education, experience, record?
I think you are totally over estimating EV's effect on the election.
So is this how you campaign?
How many states have you on their ballots?
Do you have ANY other issues that separate you from the REAL tickets, or is this your SINGLE ISSUE?
Because at this point - after the convention - this thread as well as your candidacy are merely nothing more than an attempt to help Obama.
A cousin of ours (One of my grandfather's first cousins) died in childbirth with twins ~ she rejected the ministrations of a physician because, lo and behold, she was a member of the Apostolic Church of the First Born. She left other children behind as well as a husband and four ex-husbands.
Those people are still killing their babies ~
Don’t count Mitt out on that one either. He just hasn’t had the chance yet.
Indeed.
So he’s voting for Obama.
Look, how many times do we have to say it ~ the ‘health’ exception means unrestricted abortion. It doesn’t take us back to anything except Roe v. Wade ~ over and over and over.
You are simply trying to trick me into supporting the killing of the innocent.
That's the effect it will have, yes.
Rulz is rulz boy!
There is not even the tiniest shadow of doubt that support for Mitt Romney or Barack Obama is support for abortion on demand.
You are correct and I'm growing tiresome of the sanctimony from the "Abortion Is The Only Issue That Matters!" crowd. They've become seriously annoying.
The guy is anti-Conservative and anti-baby. He's a killer!
When will you admit you ARE Tom Hoefling? When? When will to finally own up to what you’re doing with these threads; campaign for yourself by attacking the GOP nominees? When? When will you be honest about yourself?
Read my website. It’s not that hard.
Or, come on one of the national conference calls we’ve been having twice a week for the last five years.
If there’s something you don’t know about me that is any of your business you have no one to blame but yourself.
I just scroll on by.
Obama Must Go
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