Monday, February 09, 2009
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Texas Conservatives Question KBH's Abortion Stance
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Posted by:
Matt Lewis at
5:01 PM
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In a state where everything is bigger, the race to be the Republican nominee for Governor could shape up to be even larger than even Texans are used to. In one corner is sitting Governor Rick Perry while in the other corner is potential candidate Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson.
For social conservatives, the stakes couldn’t be higher in what could be a gigantic clash of the titans. The first salvo came from Vision America head and pro-life activist Dr. Rick Scarborough who said in a statement: "Rick Perry has his detractors in Texas and I have been openly critical of some of his positions as Governor, but he is solidly pro-life and pro-family and Texas has prospered under his able leadership.”
“Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, who is pro-choice, is apparently willing to expose her own Party in Washington to a possible filibuster proof Democratic majority by vacating her seat as US Senator, while simultaneously dividing her Party in Texas with a costly and politically divisive bid to be Governor which is not warranted." Pro-life Activists in Texas, including Texas Eagle Forum President and RNC Committeewoman Cathie Adams and WallBuilders Founder and President David Barton, are also weighing in on the issue by pointing the differences between Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchinson. An email recently distributed by the two says: “Senator Hutchinson served for many years as an Honorary Advisory Board Member of the WISH List (http://www.thewishlist.org), whose mission is to raise money to identify, train, and elect pro-abortion Republican women at all levels of Government.”
And an accompanying flier notes that, “Governor Perry has always been active in the pro-life movement," and that "Senator Hutchinson supports legal abortion until viability and has called for the removal or weakening of the pro-life plank of the Republican party.”
The biting part is that the flier compares and contrasts John Cornyn and Rick Perry's conservative records versus Kay Bailey Hutchinson -- who is closely compared to President Barack Obama.
This is especially cumbersome for KBH when you go to the WISH List website and see Senators Olympia Snow and Susan Collins front and center considering they are two of the GOP Senators siding with Barack Obama on the so-called stimulus plan.
On a recent appearance on FOX New’s "Huckabee," Hutchinson got a closing question of “will you run for Governor of Texas?” Senator Hutchinson didn’t say "no," but gave a very convincing non-yes answer. Keep in mind, Governor Huckabee and Governor Perry (once close friends) no longer see eye-to-eye after Perry tried to strong-arm Huckabee into dropping out of the Presidential Race after endorsing McCain.
Despite his support of mandatory HPV vaccinations (this move after winning in 2006 angered many conservatives), Perry clearly has social conservatives on his side. And he used the bully pulpit in the recent State of Texas speech to further solidify his standing with the pro-life community.
As Wayne Slater of the Dallas Morning News recently pointed out, “Gov. Rick Perry delivered his state of the state address to a joint session of the Legislature as if it were a campaign speech. And it was.”
Tuesday’s speech was a triumph for social conservatives,” added Slater. Or as conservative activist Kelly Shackleford of the Liberty Legal Institute said, “All this stuff, the base really has a passion for.”
Rick Perry is gaining the kind of momentum that could end any hopes Kay Bailey Hutchinson had of becoming the next Governor from Texas…a state where it’s hard to imagine an abortion-rights candidate winning a Republican primary.
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Neither Perry nor Hutchison are worth a hoot. Besides his crazy, dictatorial stand on HPV vaccine, he also has a big soft spot in his heart for illegals and for constructing huge highways to facilitate Mexican travel. He also opposed eminent domain legislation, although now he has come to see the error of his ways. KBH is also a Mexican lover and actually has a pretty liberal voting record; it is unlikely she would ever seal the border. I would prefer to see both gone so that some common sense could prevail. I'm tired of leaders who have more regard for illegal aliens and criminals than they have for the law-abiding citizens of this country. That type thinking seems to be endemic at all levels of government. |
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The more you learn about Kay, the less inclined you are to vote for her. |
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If a parent wants to vaccinate for sexually transmitted diseases that is fine, but for government to mandate it - it's wrong. Unlike other diseases that are airbourne, sexually transmitted diseases are more personal and each family should decide based on what they know about their kid. Government mandate is unacceptable. I have two kids and I assure you nobody should tell me to give them contraceptives or how we should handle sexual activity in my home. That is a family issue.
That's all! make it optional not mandatory. |
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have enough brains not to vote that 'ol RINO b***h into office!
Hopefully, she'll be put out to pasture for good!
Get rid of the RINOs or the GOP is dead. |
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I'm not a Texan, but as a member of law enforcement, I have always admired that you guys know how to "get 'er done" when it comes to the Death Penalty.
Just wish other states could learn it too.
Better be checking on KBH and know EXACTLY where she stands on capital punishment.
She's liable to be a "closet weasel" on this issue. |
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As someone who has always tried to heed the "11th commandment" (THOU SHALT NOT SPEAK ILL OF FELLOW REPUBLICANS), I am making an exception for Kay Hutchison.
A) She's breaking the 11th commandment herself, by trying to undermine a sitting conservative Republican Governor.
B) Taking ideology out of it, Perry has done a fantastic job as Governor; she has been mediocre as Senator.
C) Putting ideology into it, Perry is clearly THE social conservative and THE true fiscal conservative of the two.
D) Hutchison taints the brand. We need strong people with principles, not people who want to be loved by the liberal media. |
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I've always had problems with KBH. It all started with the Wright Amendment debate a couple of years ago. I had corresponded with her office asking her to work for total repeal of the Wright amendment. For those who don't know, passed in 1979 the Wright Amendment allowed American Airlines a virtual monopoly on fights out of Dallas. Southwest Airlines which flys out of Love Field could only fly direct to the contiguous states. We could get flights 50% or less cheaper by driving to Oklahoma City taking a flight to LA that changed planes at DFW Airport. KBH's response was basically, "Well they agreed to it".
I don't need much to oppose KBH but this will do it. I had hoped that she would run for Governor and we could get rid of both Kay Bailey and Governor Perry. |
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the point isn't that 9 year olds engaged in that behavoir
however sexual behavior with some kids can start after puberty around the age of 12 so in order to prevent the disease you need to vaccinate befor potential exposure. By starting it that young it ensures that the children will be vaccinated before the possiblility of exposure occurs.
just like public school districts require many other vaccinations. without those requirements we would still have polio epidemics |
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that kids as young as 9 are engaging in risky sexual behaviour and need to be vaccinated against 'those types of viruses'. It is now a requirement for public schooled kids in some districts and that is the outrage. We assume that parents not government should decide whether or not vaccinate their kids. It's like the condom hand out objection in public schools. Let parents decide and those who want to vaccinate against sexual diseases do so and those who don't want to can abstain. This is a parental choice issue not a medical issue - although the gestapo wants it to be that in order to 'win' the debate of 'required vaccinations'. |
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Good let the GOP get rid of another RINO! |
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...what the argument against HPV vaccinations was again |
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