Guiliani Finally Comes Clean

Deciding that the recent heming-and-hawing and the rhetorical rumba he had been dancing on the topic of abortion was starting to wear thin, it appears that Rudy has now decided to come clean.

The problem is, for those hoping he would emerge as the party's standard-bearer next November, his recent statements make that significantly less likely. (My prediction: He will not be the GOP Nominee in 2008.)

At a meeting at Houston Baptist University (of all the places to affirm his pro-choice stance, he chooses a Baptist university), the Houston Chronicle reported the following about his remarks:

"Saying he believes abortion is "morally wrong," Republican presidential hopeful
Rudy Giuliani told an audience at Houston Baptist University this morning that
he respects a women's right to choose to have the procedure."

Notice the delicate and euphemistic language being used... it's not "her right to kill her baby", nor her "right to terminate her pregnancy", it's a "right" to have a "procedure".

Let's not get into the details of what that "procedure" would entail or what the result would be... that's just not polite. What people with this distorted view on abortion like Guiliani holds don't seem to do is take their comments to any rational conclusion. For example, if he really thinks abortion is "morally wrong", why is it morally wrong?

If the reason is because it kills a child, well, do you really think that people should be able to "choose" to "have a procedure" to kill their own child? And why else would it be "morally wrong"? Anyway... but I digress...

This was the kicker for me to finally post again to this blog that has gone ignored for so long...

"In a stump speech outlining his plans to battle terrorism and tackle
economic and social issues, Giuliani urged listeners to find common ground with
him even though they may disagree with him. Tolerating differences makes the
country what it is, he said."

"We understand how to respect each other's difference," he said. "It's in our DNA."

Really, Mr. Guiliani? It's in our DNA? Maybe it's in yours, but it's not in the genes of at least 40 million babies because they are dead -- because their moms chose to kill them. Oh, wait, I'm sorry... "to have a procedure."