Planned Parenthood Praises Rudy Giuliani

Check out these quotes from Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood, and decide for yourself if Rudy is going to protect the innocent unborn:

“It's encouraging to see that the front-runner for the Republican nomination for president supports the right to make personal private health care decisions free from government intrusion," she said.

"Giuliani's principled stand disproves the old-school belief that you have to check your convictions at the Presidential primary door," Richards added.

She warned that "Giuliani is pro-choice and at the front of the pack" claimed that "the days of the anti-choice strangle-hold on the Republican Party are numbered."

Rudy Giuliani pays for Babykilling at Planned Parenthood

Don't let RINO Rudy fool you by trying to tell you he "personally hates abortion" as he did in last Thursday's presidential debate. Why would anyone who "personally hates abortion" give money to Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider worldwide?

That is like me giving money to Rudy's campaign -- it does not make sense!!

Politico.com broke the story tonight -- please pass this along to all your friends and family -- we have a moral responsibility to expose the REAL truth about Rudy and we must hold him accountable to what he preaches -- versus how he acts.

Actions speak louder then words, and his financial backing of Planned Parenthood drowns out his failed attempts to convince us he "hates" abortion and wants to see Roe overturned.

Furthermore, Rudy has stated that he supports public financing of abortion. So not only does he give money to Planned Parenthood personally, he wants to give YOUR hard-earned money to them as well!

SPREAD THE WORD and defend innocent babies from dying under a Giuliani presidency -- send this story to everyone you know!

Jim Gilmore: Still Pro-Abortion at the GOP Debate

Last Thursday's debate told us one thing about Jim Gilmore: The guy is utterly hopeless and confused on whether or not the government should protect innocent human life. Jim Gilmore continues to be anti-embryonic research, but supports abortion in the first trimester. Can somebody please explain to me what sense this makes? I know the last times I have attacked Gilmore on this blog, all 3 of his "supporters" (aka staff) come on to defend him... So if you all could please explain this, I'd really appreciate it.

I also love how all Gilmore talks about is the Car Tax, which we're still paying in Virginia, FYI.

National Review's John Podhoretz said it best:

What on God's Good Earth...

...is Jim Gilmore talking about? He may just have delivered the worst debate answer I've ever heard.

Babykiller Sen. Claire McCaskill disinvited to speak at daughter's graduation!

This is great. Finally a Catholic institution with a spine!

Mitt Romney Buying Support at South Carolina Straw Polls

He did it at CPAC, and apparently he is doing it again.

Eye on 08's Soren Dayton has the scoop.

Brownback Campaign Machine: Brownback steadily works Iowa voters

Great article.

By Jan Biles

The Capital-Journal

Published Sunday, April 15, 2007

DES MOINES, Iowa — All signs pointed to a serious presidential bid.

Campaign workers stood outside the Polk County Convention Complex an hour before Sen. Sam Brownback was scheduled to arrive holding a large banner and telling passersby about the conservative, anti-abortion candidate from Parker, Kan.

Inside, about a dozen Brownback followers handed out stickers and held posters in front of their bodies, waiting to spark a rally once the senator's car pulled in front of the complex.

Clearly, the Iowa campaign volunteers had done their advance work. Brownback signs were plastered along the escalators and covered a wall, where later the volunteers would stand behind Brownback holding up signs in just the right spot to be picked up by television cameras.

Supporters greeted arrivals to the Abraham Lincoln Unity Dinner, the annual Republican Party of Iowa's fundraiser, with "Conservative stickers for free," or a reminder that Brownback is an anti-abortion candidate.

Five minutes before the senator's arrival, his crew gathered with signs outside the convention complex. Trainor Walsh, Iowa field director, choreographed where supporters would stand. "We back Brownback" was chanted as the senator climbed out of a green car and then stopped for a photo op on the sidewalk outside the complex

"We're going to win," Brownback assured his supporters.

Brownback was one of 10 Republican presidential hopefuls making the trek to Iowa this weekend to court potential votes and gain favor with the state's GOP elite. About 1,000 GOP loyalists attended the annual fundraiser, according to organizers.

Others delivering 10-minute speeches and hundred-dollar handshakes were former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani; former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney; U.S. Sen. John McCain, of Arizona; U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, of Texas; U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, of Colorado; former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson; former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee; and former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore. U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, of California, attended but didn't speak due to a flight delay.

Brownback has reported raising about $2 million for his presidential election campaign from more than 20,000 contributors. That amount pales when compared to the campaign coffers of Romney, Giuliani and McCain.

"We anticipate being able to raise enough money to be competitive," Rob Wasinger, Brownback's campaign spokesman, wrote in an e-mail to The Topeka Capital-Journal on Friday.

Presidential candidates typically campaign heavily in Iowa because of its August straw poll and its presidential caucus in mid-January. Since 2004, Brownback has visited Iowa 22 other times, according to his campaign staff.

"Senator Brownback is a natural fit in Iowa, one of the most important states in the nomination process," Wasinger wrote. "Brownback is the only candidate in the field that was raised on a farm. He shares Iowa's Midwestern values and he strongly identifies with the conservative base of the Iowa Republican Party. It's a trifecta that should bode well for Senator Brownback in Iowa."

Brownback was raised on a farm in Parker, a small town in Linn County, Kan.; was national vice president of the Future Farmers of America in high school; and was the youngest secretary of agriculture in Kansas.

Unknown or underestimated?

David Yepsen, political columnist for the Des Moines Register, said Brownback is an "unknown" to Iowa voters.

"Every poll shows him in the 1 to 2 percent range," he said. "He's spent some time here, but so far it's not reached critical mass."

Yepsen said the leading GOP contenders in his state are Guiliani, Romney, McCain and Fred Thompson, although the latter has yet to formally announce he is running for president.

"Brownback's problem is he's an unknown. He's got better-known contenders," Yepsen said.

Brownback hasn't been able to bring the social conservatives into his corner yet, but has the potential to do so, Yepsen said.

Chuck Laudner, executive director of the Republican Party of Iowa, disagrees.

"Brownback is doing very well here," Laudner said. "He's getting in the right places and working the right people."

Laudner said "there's no clear favorite" among the presidential candidates, and some may underestimate Brownback's ability to rally the GOP faithful.

"He's been here a lot. He's got support here," he said.

Laudner said he has talked to Brownback a few times and believes he appeals to Republicans who are anti-abortion, believe in traditional marriage and favor judicial reform.

However, Laudner said, Brownback will need to broaden his talking points to other areas, such as the war on terrorism, trade, education, health care and tax reform, before he can gain additional support.

"You can't just hit one note," he said. "It's a national campaign."

Leading or lagging?

Laudner and Yepsen agree on one thing: The Iowa straw poll on Aug. 11 will test the viability of Brownback's presidential run.

"It will be a grinder for them," Laudner said.

Yepsen said the candidates who don't finish in the top three spots in the poll likely will pull out of the race because they will lose momentum and not be able to raise additional money for their campaigns.

That is why Brownback and the other GOP candidates must make a "face-to-face time commitment" to campaigning in Iowa in the next few months, Laudner said. Typically, a couple of the candidates' campaigns fold before the straw poll and two or three shut down afterward, he said.

Yepsen said it is too early in the presidential campaign season — the first primary, in New Hampshire, is eight months away — to predict who will lead the pack and where Brownback might edge in.

"Lots of Republicans are lining up with candidates, but a lot of them are holding back and some will change their support (over time)," he said. "It's the nature of the process."

One of the challenges Brownback is facing is that, unlike some of the other candidates, the senator has "a day job" that limits how much traveling he can do and how many appearances he can make, Yepsen said.

"So I will give the man the benefit of the doubt," he said. "People aren't writing him off, they're just not writing him in."

Jan Biles can be reached at (785) 295-1292 or jan.biles@cjonline.com.

Mitt Romney: Anti-Roe, but not Pro-Life

As the AP reports, Mitt Romney refuses to back pro-life ultrasound legislation in South Carolina.

His reasoning?

"I would like to see each state be able to make its own law with regard to abortion. I think the Roe v. Wade one-size-fits-all approach is wrong."

As a reader has pointed out in an earlier post, while Mitt Romney is anti-Roe, he certainly is not pro-life. By refusing to support a Human Life Amendment to the Constitution, Romney is rejecting one of the key planks in the platform of the Republican Party that has been there since 1980. Furthermore, he finds himself to the left on life issues of even Sen. John McCain, who supports such an amendment.

Here is the actual text of Mitt Romney's published Q&A in the Feb. 10th issue of National Journal:

NJ: You would favor a constitutional amendment banning abortion with exceptions for the life of the mother, rape and incest. Is that correct?

What I've indicated is that I am pro-life, and that my hope is that the Supreme Court will give to the states over time or give to the states soon or give to the states their own ability to make their own decisions with regard to their own abortion law.

NJ: If a state wanted unlimited abortion?

The state would fall into restrictions that had been imposed at the federal level, so they couldn't be more expansive in abortion than currently exists under the law, but they could become more restrictive in abortion provisions. So states like Massachusetts could stay like they are if they so desire, and states that have a different view could take that course. And it would be up to the citizens of the individual states. My view is not to impose a single federal rule on the entire nation -- a one-size-fits-all approach -- but instead allow states to make their own decisions in this regard.

Could it be any clearer? If you are actually committed to ending the destruction of human life in womb, Mitt Romney is not your man -- he is not willing to support what needs to be done to make it happen. Don't let ignorant "pro-life" sellouts tell you otherwise.