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Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rudy’s Houston Baptist Speech
Rudy’s spoke today at Houston Baptist University where he discussed the War on Terror, the American growth economy, school choice, abortion, guns, appointing “strict constructionist” judges, gay/lesbian rights and gay/lesbian marriage.
The video of the speech is on Rudy’s website here.
On abortion he discusses his views on abortion, partial birth abortion and the Hyde Amendment.
When the video is available on You Tube, Flap will embed it from here.
Watch it all…..It is a long video but well worth it.
Rudy on abortion in Huntsville, Alabama, May 9, 2007
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Cancer Survival Rates Worst in Western Europe
Cancer survival rates worst in western Europe
Dr Nils Wilking, a clinical oncologist at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, said: “Our report highlights that in many countries new drugs are not reaching patients quickly enough and that this is having an adverse impact on patient survival. Where you live can determine whether you receive the best available treatment or not.
“To some extent this is determined by economic factors, but much of the variation between countries remains unexplained. In the US we have found that the survival of cancer patients is significantly related to the introduction of new oncology drugs.”
The researchers, whose report is published in the journal Annals of Oncology, found that Austria, France, Switzerland and the US were leaders in using new cancer drugs.
Flap supposes the American healthcare system is not as broken as the LEFT here and in Europe want it to be – so as to further their government run and intrusive programs/solutions.
But, what do you know, patients in the United States receive more timely care and the latest drugs. And they live.
This is a surprise?
Quando and Captain’s Quarter’s have their take on the report.
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Michael Ramirez on the Iraq War and Democrats
AP: Iraqi officials discourage U.S. pullout
Worried Congress’ support for Iraq is deteriorating rapidly, Baghdad dispatched senior officials to Capitol Hill this week to warn members one-on-one that pulling out U.S. troops would have disastrous consequences.
The lobbying push targeted Republicans and Democrats alike, but focused primarily on those considered influential on the war debate. On Thursday, hours before the House voted to limit funds for the war, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh met with more than 30 House Republicans and more than a half-dozen senators, including Sens. Harry Reid , D-Nev., John Warner , R-Va., and Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.
But, the Democrats do not care about success in Iraq. They wish to parlay American frustration with the war to gain political advantage.
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Iran Nuclear Watch: Vice President Cheney Warns Iran
Vice President Dick Cheney, left, accompanied by USS John C. Stennis Strike Group Commander Rear Adm. Kevin Quinn, speaks to sailors and Marines during a rally aboard the aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, Friday, May 11, 2007.
In Gulf, Cheney warns Iran of U.S. resolve
Vice President Dick Cheney used the deck of an American aircraft carrier just 240 kilometers off Iran’s coast as the backdrop Friday to warn the country that the United States was prepared to use its naval power to keep Tehran from disrupting oil routes or “gaining nuclear weapons and dominating this region.”
Little of what Cheney said in the cavernous hangar bay of the aircraft carrier John C. Stennis, one of two carriers whose strike groups are now in the Gulf, was new. Each individual line had, in some form, been said before, at various points in the four-year-long nuclear standoff with Iran, and during the increasingly tense arguments over whether Iran is aiding the insurgents in Iraq.
But Cheney stitched all of those warnings together, and the symbolism of sending the administration’s most famous hawk to deliver the speech so close to Iran’s coast was unmistakable.
Yawn…..all said before and the “NUCLEAR POINT OF NO RETURN” is at hand. The Bush administration and Israel have to decide to shit or get off the pot.
Iran has ignored these United Nations resolutions:
So, now what?
Iran, of course had a bellicose response:
But the commander of Iran’s armed forces warned on Friday that his men would respond to any attack.
“The West… is murmuring threats, and… our armed forces are taking these threats seriously,” General Hassan Firouzabadi told a military graduation ceremony, according to the state IRNA news agency.
“They have been realistically identifying the enemies’ weak and strong points, and based on them, have been devising plans to confront these threats and have kept themselves ready,” said Firouzabadi, who did not appear to be reacting directly to Cheney’s remarks.
And we have heard this all before……
Time for action or surrender to Iran and an nuclear Iran at that……
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The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.
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Giuliani Notes: South Carolina – Rudy Leads GOP Field
POLL: InsiderAdvantage SC Primary
Among 500 Republicans, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani leads former Speaker Newt Gingrich (22% to 15%) in a statewide primary; former Gov. Mitt Romney trails at 10%, Sen. John McCain at 9%, and former Sen. Fred Thompson at 8%.
The GOP Nuts:
Giuliani: 22%
Gingrich: 15%
Romney: 10%
McCain: 9%
(Fred) Thompson: 8%
Brownback: 4%
Hunter: 4%
Huckabee: 1%
Paul: 1%
Don’t Know/Undecided: 26%
An interesting poll that was taken May 8-9. McCain is fading in South Carolina while Mitt Romney gains.
Conventional wisdom has Rudy not finishing strong in South Carolina but now with McCain’s fade……..Is the race Rudy vs. Romney?
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Rudy Giuliani Watch: Rudy Reaffirms Abortion Rights
Former New York City Mayor and Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani addressing abortion on May 9, 2007 in Huntsville, Alabama.
AP: Giuliani reaffirms abortion rights
Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani on Friday urged conservatives to look past his support for abortion rights, arguing that his divergence on the issue should not disqualify him from being the party’s GOP nominee.
The former New York City mayor has struggled in the last week to explain his personal opposition to terminating pregnancies with his long record of favoring a woman’s right to choose. He has defended his positions — and some say contradictory comments — on late-term abortion, public funding for abortions and the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.
“Everybody’s got to make a choice,” Giuliani told about 500 students, faculty and staff crammed into an auditorium at Houston Baptist University. “How important are the differences and how important are the other issues we may agree on.”
Giuliani emphasized his conservative credentials on tax cuts, crime and the war in Iraq before clarifying his support for abortion, a position he acknowledged was unlikely to be shared by those listening.
So, what did Rudy say about abortion and abortion rights?
The Quotes:
Describing his belief that abortion was “morally wrong,” Giuliani said he has opposed it all his life. But he said he believes the decision should ultimately be left to individuals and that their decisions should be respected.
“In a country like ours … I believe you have to respect their viewpoint and give them a level of choice. I would grant women the right to make that choice,” he said.
“I have profound respect for your views,” he said. “I have profound respect for your education, and I have profound respect for your religion.” But, he said, it is uniquely American to disagree on some political issues while agreeing on many others.
“We understand how to respect each other’s differences,” he said.
Let’s look at the polls and the abortion question. Here are some polls that Flap linked yesterday.
Note well that 69% of votes said they could vote for a candidate with different views on abortion and ONLY 22% said they could not. Also, that a majority of voters believe abortion always should be legal or usually legal.
Another poll:
Note a majority of those polled believe the choice on abortion is best left between a woamn and her doctor. And, the oppostion of those polled to partial birth abortion.
Both of these positions are Rudy Giuliani’s views – supported by a majority of AmericansABC News has Polls Show Legal Abortion Isn’t Make-or-Break Issue for Most Republicans and Republican-Leaning Independents.
But our analysis pointed out that there’s much less polarization on abortion than we’ve seen in the past — a move toward moderation, with fewer people saying it should be either legal, or illegal, in all cases. That, too, may fit Giuliani’s strategy.
A final element is how Giuliani casts his position. Views on abortion are highly conditional, not easily captured in an overall support/oppose question. There are cases (e.g. rape) in which support for legal abortion is enormous. There are others (e.g. solely to end an unwanted pregnancy) in which most oppose the procedure. The health of the mother is an issue. So is the perceived right for a woman to act privately, with her doctor’s consultation; yet so too are moral objections about terminating a pregnancy.
All these make abortion less a black-and-white issue and more a question of competing sentiments for many Americans. On this tightrope, Rudy Giuliani does not stand alone.
Read it all and ABC’s: Views on Abortion Grow Less Polarized
Next, let’s look at issues that most concern the American voter:
Flap doesn’t see abortion mentioned.
So, you ask what is the point?
The mayor has taken a beating from conservative pundits this past week on abortion. But…….
1. His pro-choice views are mainstream and supported by a majority of American voters.
2. Abortion although an important issue is not of paramount importance by Americans in choosing who will be their next President.
3. Abortion is not a disqualifying issue by 2/3 of the voters.
Can we move on……like the Mayor told Laura Ingraham.
And like the Wall Street Journal Today exhorts its readers here (subscription required).
As for the politics of 2008, the last thing the GOP needs is another intramural abortion brawl. As a resurgent Democratic Party advances all manner of misguided proposals for the economy, taxes, national security, health care, energy and the environment, voters need Republicans to revive their own reform agenda. An abortion fight will make the party seem irrelevant to the main voter concerns, or captive to its litmus test interests.
Mr. Giuliani has his strengths and weaknesses, but he shouldn’t be disqualified for the nomination because of his views on a single issue that a President can’t do much to change other than through the courts. The only victor in a drawn-out GOP abortion donnybrook will be the Democrat who winds up in the White House.
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Day By Day by Chris Muir May 11, 2007