Jun 28 2007
Giuliani on Iraq and Iran
Since I’m going video happy right now, I thought I’d present this video of Rudy Giuliani. Unlike many conservatives who have issues with Giuliani because he is liberal on abortion and other domestic matters, I find those particular points illuminating to his character in a very positive way.
His stance on abortion has been a sore in the side of many pro-life Republicans because, as we all know, the Republican Party is mostly committed to being pro-life. I also believe abortion is absolutely morally wrong and am pro-life myself.
However, the fact that Giuliani won’t bend on this issue tells me that he has the strength of his convictions. In this case, Giuliani believes that abortion is morally repugnant, but doesn’t believe that the government should be telling people what to do with it. Fred Thompson takes a similar stance on the issue of abortion as well.
Combing through Thompson’s archive, Newsweek found several files on his campaign strategy on abortion that could roil his 2008 bid. On a 1994 Eagle Forum survey, Thompson said he opposed criminalizing abortion. Two years later, on a Christian Coalition questionnaire, he checked “opposed” to a proposed constitutional amendment protecting the sanctity of human life. In a campaign policy statement filed in the archives, he also said he believes “the decision to have an early term abortion is a moral issue and should not be a legal one subject to the dictates of the government.” During an interview with the Conservative Spectator, a Tennessee newspaper, he claimed to be pro-life but also said that, “The ultimate decision on abortion should be left with the woman and not the government.”
I don’t like these stances, but I can live with them. What I can’t live with in a President is a weakness on foreign policy and national defense. For myself, I trust Hillary Clinton with our national security just about as much as I trust a coiled rattlesnake.
And Barack Obama? Well, he’s becoming more rabidly Leftist by the speech and is mostly devoid of content. The fact that he’s black doesn’t buy diddly with me.
The only candidate on the scene right now that I think I can trust is Rudy Giuliani.
Fred Thompson is coming on strong, but I want to see more of him on the campaign trail pandering to the run of the mill American instead of hanging back on the internet. I personally want the Presidential candidates to go through all 50 states and stump. They are interviewing for the most prestigious job in the world. I think they’ve got to show they can handle the rigors of the office, and kissing babies and shaking hands of people they’ll never ever see again gives a window into what kind of men they are.
I love the fact we have viable canidates with the GOP who actually have differing views on the issues and are willing to go into a hostile area and debate. Something the democrats don’t have and haven’t done.