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Herman Cain to Piers Morgan: I’m anti-abortion yet pro-choice (Watch Video)
Hotair ^ | 10/20/2011 | Tina Korbe

Posted on 10/20/2011 10:01:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: murron

Morgan’s actual question was about her raising the child “as her own”.


61 posted on 10/20/2011 11:02:16 AM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: Grunthor
Actually many people would support the death penalty for rape, which is why I added the parts about tearing the rapist to pieces and separating his head from his body.

Do you support that?

62 posted on 10/20/2011 11:03:12 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Grunthor

Hey - ping all your pro-choice buddies. If it makes ya feel better.

I’ll be here waiting to know why you think it’s OK to murder a child in the womb simply because her father was a criminal.


63 posted on 10/20/2011 11:04:59 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS! This means liberals AND libertarians (same thing) NO LIBS!)
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To: butterdezillion

I think it would be great, in a world where abortion was outlawed except in cases of rape or LIFE of the mother, the rape VICTIM chose 100% of the time to carry that child to term. However I would never, not ever use the force of government to MAKE her do as I choose.


64 posted on 10/20/2011 11:05:15 AM PDT by Grunthor (BEAT OBAMA WITH A CAIN!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Piss off.


65 posted on 10/20/2011 11:05:46 AM PDT by Grunthor (BEAT OBAMA WITH A CAIN!)
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To: Huck

ALL of the candidates have said they that any of the others would be their preference over Obama....that’s not just a Cain thing.


66 posted on 10/20/2011 11:06:36 AM PDT by allsouthern
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To: muawiyah

A) Dead is dea.

B) I’m not playing your little game.


67 posted on 10/20/2011 11:06:49 AM PDT by Grunthor (BEAT OBAMA WITH A CAIN!)
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To: muawiyah

A) Dead is dead.

B) I’m not playing your little game.


68 posted on 10/20/2011 11:07:17 AM PDT by Grunthor (BEAT OBAMA WITH A CAIN!)
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To: Conservativegreatgrandma

That’s an excellent example of somebody misrepresenting what Cain said. That’s exactly the kind of garbage we have to look out for.

The transcript of the actual interview has been posted here, and it is clear that Cain’s response was to the question of whether he would want his raped daughter to raise the child as her own. Cain told Morgan he was mixing the issues and that the family would have to decide that. When Morgan said it is important to know what he thinks about the issue because he might turn his opinion into policy, Cain said that government shouldn’t be making that decision (keeping the child versus putting the child up for adoption) for everybody else.

That’s all. But if people take the comments out of context (as the source you gave me did) they can twist it into something convoluted.

And I have to question the motives for anybody who does that. The Iowa Republican is now on my very questionable list.


69 posted on 10/20/2011 11:08:26 AM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: Grunthor

Find for me the quote where ANY leading, current POTUS candidate has said that they do NOT believe in having exception to any outlawing of abortion.

If any of them DO believe in these exceptions, does that make them also pro-abortion? Or just not as “pure” as yourelf.

 
 
 
What part of No Circumstances do you not understand?
 

 


70 posted on 10/20/2011 11:09:54 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS! This means liberals AND libertarians (same thing) NO LIBS!)
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To: This Just In

“You’ve already stated that you support Perry.”

Yes I do. And I’ve stated I also support Cain.
It’s possible to like more than one, and be willing to vote for the one who lasts until the end.


71 posted on 10/20/2011 11:12:55 AM PDT by independent in tx
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To: mnehring; Jim Robinson
Very deceptive title and spin.

Yes it is. A similar thread was deleted last night.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2795340/reply?c=49

72 posted on 10/20/2011 11:13:23 AM PDT by South40 ('Heartless' since 1957)
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To: allsouthern
Cain didn't say "any of the others." He said he most respects Gingrich and Romney, and would be comfortable if either of them win.

He singled out Ron Paul as the one he least respects, and explained it's because Paul wants to eliminate too much of government, whereas Cain doesn't want to eliminate, he wants to fix.

He was then asked about those he didn't bring up, and he singled out Bachmann and Santorum, saying they didn't demonstrate leadership skill. I think he was mum on Perry.

73 posted on 10/20/2011 11:14:53 AM PDT by Huck (TAX TEA NOW==SUPPORT 9-9-9!)
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To: struggle

ABORTION FOR ANY REASON IS MURDER. The states have the right, and the responsibility, to make it a criminal event, like they USED to do!

Taking a life is murder and the Establishment introduced the first step to where we are today! Without God there can be NO AMERICA. And God said we are not to kill!

I wish Herman Cain had stuck to his guns on this one if he didn’t. Again, here is the video:

Herman Cain and Piers Morgan interview
http://www.mrctv.org/videos/herman-cain-and-piers-morgan


74 posted on 10/20/2011 11:16:41 AM PDT by Paperdoll (I like Herman Cain.)
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To: Grunthor

I can live with that. And I actually wonder how many women would choose to preserve life if the government stayed out of the control/power issue with it. I think it could be emotionally freeing for her to know that though it wasn’t her choice to be assaulted, it WAS her choice to give life as a free gift, not under compulsion.

I think about cultures where the men totally control the women. Like the girl who was raped by a bunch of guys who forced her to sign a paper and then she found out that it was a marriage contract so she could never even charge them with raping her. And getting the girl pregnant is just another way to make her powerless. I think there are pro-choice people who honestly think that is what the pro-life movement wants to do to women. It’s not. For women whose consent has already been violated, allowing them the choice to consent to nurturing the life and giving them all the reasons why that would be affirming of their own life and why it would NOT be the rapist exerting further control over them... may be a win-win for everybody because she will choose life, given that support.


75 posted on 10/20/2011 11:17:43 AM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: butterdezillion

“I can live with that.”

According to some a-holes that makes you a pro-abort monster.


76 posted on 10/20/2011 11:21:08 AM PDT by Grunthor (BEAT OBAMA WITH A CAIN!)
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To: butterdezillion

Next time - you’ll know better than to try and reason with a “pro-abort monster”.

Signed....

“a-hole”


77 posted on 10/20/2011 11:23:36 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS! This means liberals AND libertarians (same thing) NO LIBS!)
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To: Huck; Jim Robinson; Lazamataz
Asked who among opponents he most respects....Gingrich and Romney...he said Gingrich and Romney!!!!! ....

I haven't even reached the abortion segment of the tape...

...but the Romney answer both surprised me and raised a red flag.!!!!!-----Then he dissed Bachmann as not leadership material.

Consider if he respected Romney enough, Romney might be his choice for vice-president if it came to that.

That's not acceptable to me at any level!!!

78 posted on 10/20/2011 11:24:30 AM PDT by Guenevere (....We press on.....)
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To: butterdezillion; SeekAndFind

Hey, thank you for the clarification. The author implied the question was about abortion, not raising the child. Re read in that light, of course it is the person’s decision about whether they are able to raise the child. Quite a bit different than whether the child should be killed. But, shame on seekandfind for setting out this baited article. We need clarity not obfuscation.


79 posted on 10/20/2011 11:25:55 AM PDT by Dutchboy88
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To: Grunthor; Responsibility2nd

I can see both sides of this argument.

No person should be allowed to be killed simply because of who their father is.

But no person should be forced to house, feed, and give up their bodily autonomy to save a stranger’s life.

I guess the LEGAL question comes down to two issues:

1. What makes a child someone’s child? Is it biology, or is it consent?

2. And if someone refuses to give life-saving, non-heroic care to somebody in need is it either homicidal neglect or murder, or is that their legal prerogative?

There are serious legal ramifications for any answer to those questions.

I think that regardless of what we argue from a legal standpoint, we can agree that preserving life is the right and good thing, and women can be strengthened to choose life if they are reminded of how precious life is and how good can come from bad.


80 posted on 10/20/2011 11:38:21 AM PDT by butterdezillion
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