Posted on 01/09/2012 8:32:12 AM PST by IMissPresidentReagan
And it ain't just a "black" problem........it's a human problem. That old thinking...of "I'm going to get mine"
bet daley will have some interesting stories to tell
HROL! (holler row out loud)
Really? I just thought he was eating a lot of free-radical reducing blueberries along with his arugula ..... Michelle is on a health kick, you know.
Armed with the premise that Republicans will push for no condoms for school kids, the next step would be to say that Republicans want everyone to be "PUNISHED WITH A BABY".
ML/NJ
That’s what I thought, originally. I’ve changed my mind. Why not ask that question to Santorum? He would have been a more perfect foil.
Wonder if he is Michelle "approved" (?)
the only health kick Mooshell is on is eatin her words
TRANSCRIPT [GS surreptitiously slides into the question by mentioning Santorum’s name with respect to “Constitutional right-to-privacy,” but his actual question is aimed at Romney]:
STEPHANOPOULOS: Back in Manchester. Governor Romney, I want to go straight to you.
Senator Santorum has been very clear in his belief that the Supreme Court was wrong when it decided that a right to privacy was embedded in the Constitution. And following from that, he believes that states have the right to ban contraception. Now I should add that he said hes not recommending that states do that
SANTORUM: No, I said lets be clear.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Absolutely. Im giving you your due
SANTORUM: Im talking about were talking about the 10th Amendment and the right of states to act.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But I do want to get to that core question.
SANTORUM: OK.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Governor Romney, do you believe that states have the right to ban contraception? Or is that trumped by a constitutional right to privacy?
ROMNEY: George, this is an unusual topic that youre raising. States have a right to ban contraception? I cant imagine a state banning contraception. I cant imagine the circumstances where a state would want to do so, and if I were a governor of a state or
STEPHANOPOULOS: Well, the Supreme Court has ruled
(CROSSTALK)
ROMNEY: or a or a legislature of a state I would totally and completely oppose any effort to ban contraception. So youre asking given the fact that theres no state that wants to do so, and I dont know of any candidate that wants to do so, youre asking could it constitutionally be done? We can ask our constitutionalist here.
(LAUGHTER)
(CROSSTALK)
STEPHANOPOULOS: Im sure Congressman Paul
(CROSSTALK)
ROMNEY: OK, come on come on back
(CROSSTALK)
STEPHANOPOULOS: asking you, do you believe that states have that right or not?
ROMNEY: George, I I dont know whether a state has a right to ban contraception. No state wants to. I mean, the idea of you putting forward things that states might want to do that no no state wants to do and asking me whether they could do it or not is kind of a silly thing, I think.
(APPLAUSE)
STEPHANOPOULOS: Hold on a second. Governor, you went to Harvard Law School. You know very well this is based on
ROMNEY: Has the Supreme Court has the Supreme Court decided that states do not have the right to provide contraception? I
STEPHANOPOULOS: Yes, they have. In 1965, Griswold v. Connecticut.
ROMNEY: The I believe in the that the law of the land is as spoken by the Supreme Court, and that if we disagree with the Supreme Court and occasionally I do then we have a process under the Constitution to change that decision. And its its known as the amendment process.
And and where we have for instance, right now were having issues that relate to same-sex marriage. My view is, we should have a federal amendment of the Constitution defining marriage as a relationship between a man and a woman. But I know of of no reason to talk about contraception in this regard.
STEPHANOPOULOS: But youve got the Supreme Court decision finding a right to privacy in the Constitution.
ROMNEY: I dont believe they decided that correctly. In my view, Roe v. Wade was improperly decided. It was based upon that same principle. And in my view, if we had justices like Roberts, Alito, Thomas, and Scalia, and more justices like that, they might well decide to return this issue to states as opposed to saying its in the federal Constitution.
And by the way, if the people say it should be in the federal Constitution, then instead of having unelected judges stuff it in there when its not there, we should allow the people to express their own views through amendment and add it to the Constitution. But this idea that justice
STEPHANOPOULOS: But should that be done in this case?
ROMNEY: Pardon?
STEPHANOPOULOS: Should that be done in this case?
ROMNEY: Should this be done in the case this case to allow states to ban contraception? No. States dont want to ban contraception. So why would we try and put it in the Constitution?
With regards to gay marriage, Ive told you, thats when I would amend the Constitution. Contraception, its working just fine, just leave it alone.
(LAUGHTER)
(APPLAUSE) STEPHANOPOULOS: I understand that. But youve given two answers to the question. Do you believe that the Supreme Court should overturn it or not?
ROMNEY: Do I believe the Supreme Court should overturn
(SOMEONE IN AUDIENCE YELLING)
ROMNEY: Do I believe the Supreme Court should overturn Roe v. Wade? Yes, I do.
PAUL: He mentioned my name.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Go ahead then.
Of course I consider myself superior to Limbaugh. He’s an addict, weak to drugs. He can’t manage his life. I hardly see Limbaugh as a social conservative, he’s a money hungry drug addict. I his he wasn’t a conservative...he gives us a bad name.
based on your post
it is you that gives you a bad name
oh and just a question there God, is it true Howard Cossell told you to get outta his chair
How incredibly ironic. Self-righteous, bitter-hearted, holier-than-thou "conservatives" like you give us a bad name. Also, your post signals that it's probably prudent to consider you as inferior to Limbaugh.
Pal, I GUARANTEE you that there are people in your personal circle -- work, friends, acquaintances, fellow church members, family -- who consider YOU just as inferior in character and weak to some "sin" or another, as you do Limbaugh. Every living creature has to pass judgment in order to survive; I'm all for passing judgment. And I judge folks who condemn the characters of people they don't know on circumstances about which they have zero first-hand knowledge, as idiots. :^)
I ended up turning the radio OFF. Why can’t Rush simply have a rule in regards to the PaulNUTS.
You were right, Tebow graduated two years earlier.
Good grief, is Rush and the talkradio show hosts going to be subjected to the PaulNUTS seminar callers?
Ron Paul is a Raging Certified Lunatic who is 77 years old!!
When is the Republican Party going recognize that Gereatric Candidates will NEVER BE ELECTED!! Gingrich, at 67 or whatever the Old Geezer is, will never be Elected, let alone the Pathetic Corpse that is Ron Paul!! I am almost embarressed to admit I am a “Born Again Republican!”
Since the GOP will NOT use this as a poster in 2012, may we take up a collection on FREE REPUBLIC to use it to tell America one more facet of Obama HUSSEIN’s miserable, disgusting mentality!!!
Attackwatch is already all over it.
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