FaxNotes, 11-18-08

• The Race for RNC Chairman Stirs Controversy
  

FaxNotes, 11-18-08

FaxNotes, 11-03-08

• A TIME FOR CHOOSING
  

FaxNotes, 11-03-08

FaxNotes, 10-24-08

• IF OBAMA WINS
  

FaxNotes, 10-17-08

Have You Joined Team Sarah?

Visit this web site to learn about Team Sarah and how YOU can participate in a Team Sarah conference call on Saturday, October 25.

http://www.teamsarah.org/

Bishop Warns of Obama’s Promise to Implement Extreme “Freedom of Choice Act”

For your information – excellent explanation of Obama’s agenda. Please circulate. Thank you.


http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/oct/08102108.html, 10-21-08

Fall RNC Report now online!

Mission Accomplished!

FaxNotes, 10-17-08

• RNC/Life PAC Announces List of Endorsed Candidates for Congress
  

FaxNotes, 10-17-08

FaxNotes, 10-10-08

OBAMA SUPPORTER RESIGNS FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY POSITION

WHITMAN "BOUNCED" FROM CATHOLIC SCHOOL FORUM

THE OBAMA DEBATE THAT DISQUALIFIES HIM

FaxNotes, 10-10-08

Catholic Bishops Assail Pelosi's Pro-Abortion Stance

Self-described "ardent and practicing Catholic" Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) apparently has no clue what the Catholic Church teaches regarding the fundamental right to life because, in truth, she is an ardent and practicing pro-abortion legislator who has a consistent anti-life record.

In a well publicized August 24 interview on "Meet the Press" Pelosi, responding to moderator Tom Brokaw, in which he recounted Barack Obama's answer to the question on when life begins, that it is "above my pay grade," said, "I don't think anybody can tell you when life begins." She said, "As an ardent and practicing Catholic, this is an issue that I have studied for a long time. And what I know is over the centuries, the doctors of the church have not been able to make that definition . . . St. Augustine said at three months. We don't know. The point is, it shouldn't have an impact on the woman's right to choose."

FaxNotes, September 19, 2008

Palin stands by declarations on 'Bridge to Nowhere'

Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska portrayed herself on Friday as part of a generation of women for whom questions about whether she can juggle a family of seven and the vice presidency — something that has been asked of her since she was named Senator John McCain’s Republican running mate — were meaningless.

New York Times, 9-12-08

Trig's Breakthrough

Below is a Washington Post Op-Ed regarding Down syndrome and relevant to the Prenatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act (S.1810). One section of note:

“This is properly called eugenic abortion -- the ending of "imperfect" lives to remove the social, economic and emotional costs of their existence. And this practice cannot be separated from the broader social treatment of people who have disabilities. By eliminating less perfect humans, deformity and disability become more pronounced and less acceptable. Those who escape the net of screening are often viewed as mistakes or burdens. A tragic choice becomes a presumption -- "Didn't you get an amnio?" -- and then a prejudice. And this feeds a social Darwinism in which the stronger are regarded as better, the dependent are viewed as less valuable, and the weak must occasionally be culled.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/09/AR2008090902519.html

Schlafly Chides McCain Camp for Palin Cancellation

ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: Conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly is taking the McCain campaign to task for notifying her at the last-minute that Sarah Palin will be a no-show on Tuesday when the Republican National Coalition for Life holds an event honoring the Alaska governor.

ABCNews.com, 9-02-08

Media Update: Life of the Party

Minneapolis/St. Paul 2008
Contact: Jessica Echard - 202/725-7122

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 2, 2008

Media Update: Life of the Party
Laura Ingraham to Speak to Huge Pro-Life Crowd

St. Paul, Minnesota -- The Republican National Coalition for Life (RNC/Life) announces a change in agenda for The Life of the Party party being held today at the Crowne Plaza St. Paul. Radio talk show host and political commentator Laura Ingraham will speak to over 700 pro-life activists, firing them up in support of Gov. Sarah Palin, this year's Life of the Party honoree.

Accepting the 2008 Life of the Party award on behalf of Gov. Palin will be newly elected Republican National Committeewoman for Alaska and pro-life leader Debbie Joslin. Also giving remarks will be Phyllis Schlafly, Gary Bauer and Rep. Michele Bachmann. See schedule below.


3:00pm Doors open for Media set up

4:00pm Reception begins

4:15pm Laura Ingraham

5:00pm Life of the Party Program
Phyllis Schlafly, Chairman RNC/Life
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann
Gary Bauer

Debbie Joslin, accepting award on behalf of Gov. Sarah Palin


The Republican National Coalition for Life was founded by Phyllis Schlafly in the fall of 1990 after other groups publicly announced their intention to provoke a floor fight at the 1992 Republican convention in order to remove the pro-life plank from the Platform. Since that time, RNC for Life has successfully defended the pro-life plank, including strengthening the ban on embryonic stem cell research in the 2008 platform.

With Palin On the Ticket, Evangelicals Are Energized

ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 31 -- Outside his evangelical church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Sunday, David Chung was mobbed by friends and church members suddenly excited about the Republican ticket. "I had half a dozen people come up to me," said Chung, a delegate to the Republican National Convention. "It's a night-and-day change."

WashingtonPost.com, 9-01-08

PRESS Release, 8-29-08

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 29, 2008

RNC for Life Praises McCain Vice Presidential Pick, Palin

St. Paul, Minnesota—The Republican National Coalition for Life (RNC/Life) praises Republican Presidential Nominee John McCain for selecting pro-life Governor Sarah Palin (R-AK) as his vice presidential running mate. Palin has been the governor of Alaska since 2006. A mother of five, she recently gave birth to her fifth child, her son Trig, who was diagnosed in-utero with Down’s Syndrome. Her selection makes her the very first Republican woman to be a vice presidential candidate.

“Sarah Palin is an outstanding governor, an exemplar of all that is good and true,” said RNC for Life National Chairman Phyllis Schlafly. “She is a major leader in the pro-life movement and that is main reason we chose her as our keynote speaker for our ‘Life of the Party’ party at this year’s GOP convention.”

“John McCain has just won the election with this pick,” said RNC for Life Executive Director Colleen Parro. “Governor Palin will have wide appeal among social conservatives and pro-life Republicans.”

Parro continued, “This is the conservative outreach from the McCain campaign for which we have been hoping. We couldn’t have asked for a better VP pick.”

The Republican National Coalition for Life was founded by Phyllis Schlafly in the fall of 1990 after other groups publicly announced their intention to provoke a floor fight at the 1992 Republican convention in order to remove the pro-life plank from the Platform. Since that time, RNC for Life has successfully defended the pro-life plank, including strengthening the ban on embryonic stem cell research in the 2008 platform.

John McCain Will Not Change Republican Party's Pro-Life Platform on Abortion

Minneapolis, MN (LifeNews.com) -- The McCain campaign confirmed on Thursday that presidential candidate John McCain will not touch the Republican Party's platform that calls for legal protection for unborn children from abortion. In years past, McCain had wanted minor changes to allow for exceptions in cases of rape or incest.

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Make Your Reservation Now for The LIFE of the Party Party!

Bush Administration Seeks Conscience Protection for Healthcare Providers

U.S Catholic Bishops Oppose Research on Human Embryos

Contact the McCain campaign!

To Friends and Supporters of RNC/Life:

Informed sources tell us that top-level officials in the McCain campaign have been calling certain state Party chairmen to find out what they think the reaction of Republican voters would be in the event that John McCain chooses a pro-abortion-choice running mate.

Why would they do that, unless McCain is seriously considering someone like Pennsylvania’s Tom Ridge, or even a liberal Democrat like Joe Lieberman?

John McCain will be 71-years of age if he is elected President. He has had four bouts with malignant melanoma. His continued good health is to be hoped for, but should not be taken for granted. The nominee for Vice President is of the utmost importance.

At Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church last Saturday, Senator McCain declared: “I will be a pro-life President and this presidency wil have pro-life policies. That’s my commitment.” Because he has made that commitment, the expectation on the part of many pro-life and pro-family conservatives that John McCain, if elected President, would nominate pro-life judges to the federal courts and the Supreme Court, would be totally dashed if he chooses a running mate who is not pro-life.

Please contact the McCain campaign to let them know your views on this matter.

It is our position that a VP nominee who is not pro-life is unacceptable. It would be a slap in the face to the base of the Party and would most likely cost McCain and the Republican Party, the election.

You may direct your comments to:


bheckman@mccain08hq.com

rdavis@mccain08hq.com

sschmidt@mccain08hq.com

Thank you.

Does Ann Stone Want McCain to Lose?

Contact: Phyllis Schlafly - 314/721-1213
Colleen Parro - 214/559-4460

August 15, 2008

Republican fundraiser Ann Stone has resurfaced to tell the press that she is "hopeful that some tweaks will be made to platform language that deals with the hot-button issue" of abortion. "If we're successful, there will be language in that plank or elsewhere that McCain wants to take a different track in dealing with abortion."

Ms. Stone is inviting Senator John McCain down a dead end "track" to defeat, and it's unlikely that he will accept her advice since he has a consistent pro-life record. The Republican Platform has been pro-life ever since Roe v. Wade, and Republicans are too smart to subject themselves to "flip-flop" criticism.

Phyllis Schlafly, national chairman of Republican National Coalition for Life, pointed out that "in a close election, pro-life voters make the difference. If John McCain is to win in November, he must keep faith with the pro-life and pro-family base of the Party."

Republican National Coalition for Life successfully led the battle to defend the pro-life plank in the Republican Platform in the Conventions of 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, and expects to do it again this year despite Ms. Stone's press releases. Senator McCain has indicated he is not seeking any change in the pro-life language.

Since 1984, the Republican Platform has read in part: "The unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed." Pro-life Republicans want to keep that language despite media agitation against it.

Obama and the Comfort Room, 8-08-08

http://www.rnclife.org/reports/2008/Summer2008.pdf

If you are planning to be in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis – St. Paul for the Republican National Convention, don’t miss The LIFE of the Party Party where RNC for Life will entertain pro-life Delegates, Alternates and friends from across the nation.

The event will focus media attention on the life issues and the pro-life voters who represent the heart and soul of the Republican Party and the winning margin for pro-life candidates in close elections.

You may make your reservation(s) here: http://www.rnclife.org/order/party08.html

Do Party Platforms Really Matter?, 8-01-08

A bit of history from Phyllis Schlafly

Do Party Platforms Really Matter?

McCain, Obama To Visit Warren's Megachurch, 7-21-08

The Rev. Rick Warren has persuaded Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama to take part in a forum at his Saddleback Church, in Lake Forest, Calif., on Aug. 16.

Read entire article, 7-21-08

FaxNotes, 7-16-08

Planned Parenthood Endorses Barack Hussein Obama

FaxNotes, 7-16-08

Conservatives Ready To Battle McCain on Convention Platform, 7-07-08

Conservative activists are preparing to do battle with allies of Sen. John McCain in advance of September's Republican National Convention, hoping to prevent his views on global warming, immigration, stem cell research and campaign finance from becoming enshrined in the party's official declaration of principles.

WashingtonPost.com, 7-07-08

FaxNotes June 20, 2008

OBAMA WOULD SIGN FOCA INTO LAW

McCAIN AND PRO-LIFE CATHOLICS: WHERE'S THE BEEF?

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FaxNotes - May 16, 2008

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NATIONAL PLATFORM COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN APPOINTED

PRO-ABORTION REPUBLICANS STARTING TROUBLE FOR MCCAIN

When will McCain be Cushioned by Conservatives?, 3-28-08

Numerous conservatives throughout the country have called me to say that while they may have supported candidates other than John McCain for the Republican nomination, they would now like to campaign for the Arizonan -- if for no other reason than the thought of "President Obama" or "President Clinton 44" gives them nightmares!

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3/28/08 FaxNotes

3/28/08 FaxNotes

McCain Campaign Appoints Liberal Republican as RNC Liaison

Title X (Ten) — A Bush Family Legacy?

South Dakota Governor Signs Ultrasound Law

Physician's Group Tries to Excise Consciences of Colleagues

Spitzer Fall May Stymie Pro-Abortion Bill

FaxNotes March 6, 2008

John McCain Will Head Republican Ticket

FaxNotes, February 22, 2008

TEXAS

LOUISIANA

MICHIGAN

OBAMA/CHE GUEVERA SHARE SUPPORTERS

FaxNotes, February 22, 2008

Pro-Life Challenger Beats Pro-Abortion Incumbent in MD Republican Primary

Maryland State Senator Andy Harris won the 1st District Primary on Tuesday in a four-way race against liberal Republican Wayne Gilchrest who has represented the district for the past 16 years. Mr. Harris, who was endorsed by the Republican National Coalition for Life PAC, defeated Gilchrest, who reportedly votes with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi more than any other House Republican, despite support from former MD Lt. Governor Michael Steele and Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Andy Harris offered a clear contrast between his own solid pro-life record and that of Rep. Gilchrest who earned a 100 per cent rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America.

Read entire 2-15-08 FaxNotes

John McCain funded by Soros since 2001

Candidate's Reform Institute also accepted funds from Teresa Kerry

As Sen. John McCain assumes the GOP front-runner mantle, his long-standing, but little-noticed association with donors such as George Soros and Teresa Heinz Kerry is receiving new attention among his Republican critics.

Read entire article at WorldNetDaily.com

Republicans for Choice Endorses McCain

Some prominent pro-life Republicans have endorsed John McCain for the Republican presidential nomination. Visit the McCain for President web site — you will see some names that may surprise you http://www.johnmccain.com/supporters/. They will surprise you because, while John McCain claims a pro-life record, he supports research that involves the killing of human embryos and he justifies abortion for babies conceived through rape or incest. Those are not pro-life positions. He voted to expand taxpayer funding of embryo-killing research, and he joined other Senators in signing a letter to President Bush asking him to expand the number of embryonic stem cell lines to be used for research.

Read entire 2-08-08 FaxNotes

Presidential Primaries Still Wide Open

John McCain won the Florida Primary and every left-wing RINO (Republican in Name Only) politician is rushing to endorse him. Rudy Giuliani, whose defeat was entirely predictable, given his liberal views on social issues and personal peccadilloes, rushed to endorse him. Yesterday, McCain received the embrace of none other than Governor Arnold Scwarzenegger of California, another pro-abortion, liberal Democrat-in-Republican clothes. The liberal Rockefeller wing of the Republican Party is reveling in what they see as their return to control of the Republican Party.

Read entire 2-01-08 FaxNotes

News Outlets Distort Delegate Counts

An insightful article for the New York Sun written by Josh Gerstein (1/22/08) reveals discrepancies in the Delegate counts being reported as the primaries and caucuses occur.

For instance, "on the Republican side, CNN's tally has Mitt Romney with 72 Delegates, the Associated Press has that number at 59, and so far CBS has counted just 35 Delegates for the former Massachusetts governor. Governor Huckabee has racked up 40 Delegates according to the AP, 29 Delegates per CNN, and only 7 in the view of CBS."


FaxNotes - Jan. 25, 2008

Republican Primary Contests Remain a Mixed Bag

Life Issues May Determine South Carolina Outcome

Read 1-16-08 FaxNotes

RNC/Life PAC Endorsements

May the blessings of Christmas extend to you and your families during the coming year. And may each of us renew our commitment to seek the restoration of respect for the right to life of each human being from the moment of conception and the protection of that right under the United States Constitution.

Read entire article, 12-21-07

Pro-Life Group Backs Thompson Despite

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200711/

Cybercast News Service
Rejection Of GOP Platform
By Fred Lucas

Citing a pro-life voting record and electability, the nation's largest pro-life organization endorsed Republican Fred Thompson for president Tuesday.

The endorsement by the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) comes
just weeks after Thompson said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that he
opposes "criminalizing" abortion and that he does not support the call for a pro-life amendment to the Constitution in the Republican Party platform.

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"We could not endorse Fred Thompson based on our criteria" in a primary or general election, Colleen Parro, executive director of the Republican National Coalition for Life, told Cybercast News Service.

"All I can say is our criteria for endorsement is a candidate who supports a human life amendment to the Constitution and will work for it - someone who will support every issue with respect to life, including embryonic stem cells and end-of-life issues," she added.

The Republican Party platform has included a pro-life plank since 1984 that supports a "human life amendment" and endorses "legislation to make it clear that the Fourteenth Amendment's protections apply to unborn children."

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Read entire article: http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200711/

Bob Novak on Thompson's Interview on Meet the Press

A Major Abortion Blunder

By Robert D. Novak

Thursday, November 8, 2007; A27

Fred Thompson was well into a prolonged dialogue about abortion on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday when he said something that stunned social conservatives: "I do not think it is a wise thing to criminalize young girls and perhaps their parents as aiders and abettors." He then went further: "You can't have a [federal] law" that "would take young, young girls . . . and say, basically, we're going to put them in jail."

Those comments sent e-mails flying across the country, reflecting astonishment and rage from pro-life Republicans who had turned to Thompson as their best presidential bet for 2008. No serious antiabortion legislation ever has included criminal penalties against women who have abortions, much less their parents. Jailing women is a spurious issue raised by abortion rights activists. Interviewer Tim Russert did not bring it up in his questioning. What Thompson said could be expected from NARAL Pro-Choice America.

Continue reading article.

On Presidential Endorsments

To: Friends of RNC/Life:

We have been getting messages about Pat Robertson’s endorsement of pro-abortion presidential candidate, Rudy Giuliani, asking “What is going on?” – “How could Pat Robertson do this”?

We suggest people contact Pat Robertson and ask him. We are stunned and extremely disappointed.

Pat Robertson endorses Giuliani Pat Robertson, a prominent Christian leader and social conservative, endorsed Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, at a news conference this morning in Washington, D.C.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21669328/from/ET/

Great pro-life news article from LifeNews.com

To Friends of RNC/Life:

Huckabee reacts to Thompson\'s \"NO\" to a human life amendment.

Huckabee says he would fight for passage of a HLA.

We know that Duncan Hunter would do the same.

Nothing yet from Romney.

FRED THOMPSON A THREAT TO THE PRO-LIFE PLANK IN THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM

Pro-life Republican voters who had hopes that Fred Thompson might be their man to support for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination had their hopes dashed yesterday when Mr. Thompson appeared on “Meet the Press.”

The Republican Party Platform has supported a Human Life Amendment to the U.S. Constitution since 1976.

Pro-life Americans want legal protection restored to innocent human beings from the moment of conception.

That protection will not be restored simply by overturning Roe v. Wade, which is all Mr. Thompson supports. If the issue were slavery rather than abortion, his approach would be to allow states to be either slave or free, regardless of the fact that black people are human beings not to be treated as property. Thompson admits that he knows a human being exists at the moment of conception and abortion is the taking of a human life. The fact that he opposes protecting those lives at the federal level is shocking and reveals a mindset that, contrary to his rhetoric, considers the unborn child nothing more than the mother’s property and unworthy of protection under the law.

A transcript of the interview can be seen below.

Fred Thompson Opposes Human Life Amendment
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjeyLcj69lU

TIM RUSSERT: Let me ask you about an issue very important in your party's primary process, and that's abortion. This is the 2004 Republican Party platform, and here it is. We say the unborn child is a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed. We support a human life amendment to the Constitution. We endorse legislation to make it clear that the 14th Amendment protections apply to unborn children. Our purpose is to have legislative and judicial protection of that right against those who perform abortion. Could you run as a candidate on that platform promising a human life amendment, banning all abortions?

FRED THOMPSON: No.

RUSSERT: You would not?

THOMPSON: No. I have always -- and that's been my position the entire time I've been in politics. I thought Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided. I think this platform originally came out as a response, particularly Roe v. Wade, because of that. Before Roe v. Wade, states made those decisions. I think people ought to be free, state and local levels, to make decisions that even Fred Thompson disagrees with. That's what freedom is all about. And I think the diversity we have among the states, the system of federalism we have where power is divided between the state and federal government has served us very, very well. I think that's true of abortion. I think Roe v. Wade hopefully one day will be overturned and we can go back to the pre Roe v. Wade days.
RUSSERT: Each state could make their own abortion laws?
THOMPSON: Yeah. But to have an amendment compelling going back even further than pre Roe v. Wade, a constitutional amendment to do that, I do not think would be the way to go.

Fred Thompson Would Not Ban Abortions
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-b1xQNRA4g

TIM RUSSERT: We went back to your papers at the University of Tennessee and read through them. This is what you said back in 1994 as a candidate. Here is the first one. I'm not willing to support laws that prohibit early term abortions. I'm not suddenly upon election as a Senator going to know when life begins and where that place ought to be exactly. It comes down to whether you believe life begins at conception. I don't know if my own mind if that is the case, so I don't feel law ought to impose that standard on other people. So, you yourself don't know when life begins?

FRED THOMPSON: No. I didn't know then.

RUSSERT: Do you know now?

THOMPSON: My head has always been in the same place. My public position has always been the same. I've been 100% pro-life in every vote I've ever cast in service as a United States Senator.

RUSSERT: Your for allowing states to have pro-abortion rights. And you yourself, and I have ten different statements from you, saying that you would not ban abortion, it's a woman's right, and you would not ban it in the first trimester.

THOMPSON: You've just said two different things here. You know it's a complex issue concerning whether or not you're going to have a federal law, whether or not you're going to have a federal constitutional amendment, those kinds of things. Nobody's proposed a federal law on this. Nobody's recently proposed a federal constitutional amendment. I had an opportunity to vote on an array of things over eight years, whether it be partial-birth abortion, whether it be Mexico city policy, whether it be transporting young girls across state lines to avoid parental notification laws, all that. 100% pro-life. But let me finish on my point, and my legal record is there, and that's the way I would govern if I was President. I would take those same positions. No federal funding for abortions, no nothing that would in any way encourage abortion. When I saw -- again, all consistent with what I've said. People ask me hypothetically, okay, you know, it goes back to the states. Somebody comes up with a bill and they say we're going to outlaw this or the other. And my response was I do not think it is a wise thing to criminalize young girls and perhaps their parents as aiders and abettors and perhaps their family physician. And that's what you're talking about, it's not the sense of the Senate. Your talking about potential criminal law. I said those things are going to ultimately be won in the hearts and minds of people. I'm probably a pretty good example of that. Although my head and my legislative record's always been the same, when I saw that sonogram of my little now 4-year-old, it's changed my heart. It's changed the way I look at things. I was looking at my child when I saw that. And I knew that, and I felt that, and that's the way I feel today. And I think life begins at conception. I always -- it was abstract to me before. I was a father earlier when I was very young. I was busy. I went about my way. One of the maybe few advantages you have of getting a little bit older.

RUSSERT: So you believe life begins at conception, and that's taking of a human life?
THOMPSON: Yes, I do.

RUSSERT: You would allow abortion to be performed in states if chosen by states for people who think otherwise.

THOMPSON: I do not think that you can have a law that would be effective and that would be the right thing to do, as I say, in terms of potentially -- you can't have a law that cuts off an age group or something like that which potentially would take young girls in extreme situations and say, basically, we're going to put them in jail to do that. I just don't think that that's the right thing to do. It cannot change the way I feel about it morally, but legally and practically, I've got to recognize that fact. It is a dilemma that I'm not totally comfortable with, but that's the best I can do in resolving it in my own mind.

Fred Thompson Opposes Federal Marriage Amendment
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl5o-q35YA8

TIM RUSSERT: And also with gay marriage, according to the Associated Press, Thompson favors a constitutional amendment that bars judges from legalizing gay marriage, but also leaves open the door for state legislature to approve the practice. So, if a state said we want to have gay marriages in our state, you would be okay with that?

FRED THOMPSON: Yes. Marriage is between a man and a woman. Nobody ever thought that was contested until recently. We've had a couple of judges in a couple of states decide to turn all that on its head, so we've had, again, a judge created problem. I would support a constitutional amendment that addresses this judge created problem and say judges can't do that. But at the end of day, if a state legislature and a Governor decide that that's what they want to do, yes, they should have the freedom to do what Fred Thompson thinks is a very bad idea.

Seven Things About Clinton

BY R. EMMETT TYRRELL, JR.October 26, 2007

This week it was reported in the authoritative Capitol Hill newspaper, The Hill, that Don Van Natta Jr. and Jeff Gerth included some unsavory news about Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in "Her Way," their recent book on her. Mrs. Clinton during the 1992 presidential campaign, "listened to a secretly recorded audiotape of a phone conversation of Clinton critics…." Washington observers appeared shocked.

Where have they been all these years? The Clintons have engaged in brute behavior for decades, much of it a matter of record. The Hill's report moves me to now list seven issues every American should know about the Clintons before 2008. Journalists should be particularly interested, as well as Democrats intent on avoiding a repeat of the Clinton 1990s.

Continue Reading at URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/65354

FaxNotes - Oct. 26th

• OUR TAXES ARE FUNDING PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S PERFORMANCE OF ILLEGAL ABORTIONS
• PRO-ABORTION LEADER SAYS GIULIANI WIN WOULD “HELP” PRO-CHOICE CAUSE
• CATHOLIC BISHOP WOULD REFUSE COMMUNION TO RUDY GIULIANI OVER ABORTION

Read at rnclife.org: faxnotes

"Another Man From Hope - Who is Mike Huckabee?" by John Fund in the Wall Street Journal

For Your Information

http://opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110010782

FaxNotes - October 19, 2007

• ELECTING PRO-LIFE LEGISLATORS MATTERS!
• SENATOR BROWNBACK LEAVES CAMPAIGN TRAIL

Read FaxNotes 10-19

Rudy Giuliani's Mayoral Backing of Adoption Over Abortion Never Existed

by Steven ErteltLifeNews.com EditorOctober 1, 2007

New York, NY (LifeNews.com) -- Over the last several months, pro-abortion Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani has made adoption a hallmark of his campaign. He says adoption is his plan to combat abortions as president and that he reduced abortions as mayor, but a college professor says his archives show Giuliani never pushed it.

Continue reading this article at LifeNews.com.

The GOP gutless wonders

Would you elect a man president of the United States who was afraid of tough questioning from Phyllis Schlafly or Star Parker?

Would you consider voting for a man who had better things to do than to talk to an audience of millions concerned about the assault on family values?

What would you say to front-running GOP presidential candidates who take your vote for granted because they think you have nowhere to go?

These are some of the questions you should be pondering today as we get ready for a Republican presidential debate next Monday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. - a debate in which four major contenders will be conspicuously absent.

They are: Willard "Mitt" Romney, Rudolph Giuliani, John McCain and Fred Thompson.

Continue reading article at WorldNetDaily.com.

Running on Polls or Walking by Faith?

Although the media seem intent on downplaying the influence of social conservatives in the upcoming election, a recent poll by Fabrizio McLaughlin Associates points to just how misled those assumptions are. The study, "An Elephant Looks in the Mirror 10 Years Later," discussions the transformation of the Republican Party in the last 10 years and makes the statistical case that not only do values issues play a key role in the GOP platform, but values voters make up 51% of the party. Twenty-seven percent, by their classification, are "focused" on moral issues--and another 24%, the "Moralists," have a "laser-like focus" on moral issues. The reality is, a majority of the GOP are values voters. For candidates to ignore these social issues is for them to ignore the single-largest group in the Republican Party. They do so at their own risk. The reason Rudy Giuliani (R) continues to do well in polling data is that most Americans don't know where he stands on these issues. However, where voters perceive him to stand in his faith is another survey altogether. The Pew Forum's latest poll found that the statistical front-runners in both parties, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Rudy Giuliani (R), are both considered the "least religious" by those surveyed. On the other hand, Gov. Mitt Romney (R) is considered "very religious" by 46%, followed by Sen. John McCain (R) at 18%. Interestingly, the poll didn't account for all candidates, which excludes those whom many would view as the most religious, including Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kans.) and Gov. Mike Huckabee (R). In the end, though, most voters would agree that how important the candidates' faith seems to be isn't half as important as how closely they live by it.

Additional Resources
- The Elephant Looks in the Mirror (Fabrizio McLaughlin Associates study)
- http://www.fabmac.com/7-07%20Elephant%20Looks%20in%20the%20Mirror.pdf
- Voters steer through religious faith of candidates

Fred Thompson's Announcement Video

If you have time to watch this 12-minute video, please let us know what you think.

Thank you.

http://www.fred08.com/Index.aspx

Values Voters Debate Coming UP

RNC/Life national chairman, Phyllis Schlafly, will join other conservative leaders in questioning the presidential candidates who have agreed to participate in the September 17th Values Voters Debate.

You can view the debate, live from 7:30-10:30 PM ET, on September 17th on Sky Angel's Angel One channel & Dish Network channel #262, and streamed live at: www.ValuesVoterDebate.com and www.AFA.net.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57453

http://www.valuesvoterdebate.com/

FaxNotes August 24th

• ROMNEY PLEASES NO ONE ON ABORTION
• EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH LOSING SUPPORT
• PLANNED PARENTHOOD (A NON-PROFIT) MAKES HUGE PROFITS

FaxNotes for August 24th

A Giuliani White House? Surely not!

See article on "Giuliani's Princess Bride," Judith Stish Ross Nathan Giuliani, on VanityFair.com.