Some time ago, I wrote in response to an inquiry that I was seriously considering supporting Rudy Giuliani for the Presidency in 2008. (Please note my use of the word “considering” – I could never quite throw my support to him.) I based this on his perceived electability and his assurance that he would nominate strict constructionist Federal Judges and Supreme Courte Justices. I thought I could rationalize that since the President doesn’t actually make abortion policy, his personal views on abortion weren’t as important as his views on the Islamofascist war on Western Society.
My letter expanded to three pages of analysis extolling his virtues and sweeping his less-than-virtuous positions under the rug of “wishful justification” – I wished I could justify my support.
But with Rudy’s speech at Houston Baptist College last Friday and his answers in the second Republican debate Tuesday, I realize I just can’t do it. I can’t support him. I can’t vote for him.
Rudy’s performance in the first debate was unquestionably contorted. Team Rudy must have realized their man needed to make a clarification – and soon. So the Houston speech was his attempt to stop the slow erosion of conservative support and convince us that his “personal” opinion supporting abortion, gun control, and the gay rights agenda are not disqualifiers.
Well try these disqualifiers on for size…
- In spite of one’s personal feelings toward abortion, it is the law of the land and must remain so.
- Society must always grant a woman the “right” to make a choice.
- To withhold public funds to provide abortions for poor women is to deny them their Constitutional rights.
- A Justice who believes the Constitution should be interpreted as written can also reaffirm Roe v Wade.
- The ban on Partial birth abortion – recently upheld by the Supreme Court – should have been overturned to “protect” the life and health of the mother. Never mind that the AMA says there is never any medical need for this procedure to save the mother’s life or preserve her physical health.
- The right to parental notification is negated by the “Constitutional right” to an abortion.
I wish to acknowledge with complete moral certainty that Rudy’s “clarification” accomplished two things:
One, his personal opinion on the Second Amendment, gun control, and the gay rights agenda are now completely irrelevant, because…
Two, I will follow his advice – people who don’t like his position do not have to vote for him!
Thanks for the advice, Rudy. And thanks for the clarification!