What the hell happened to Doug Kmiec??

Kmiec’s got a “man crush”… awwww, how cute…

- The Cat

He reminds me of these people who vote Republican one election, and then vote Democrat the next, for the most superficial of reasons. (”But he seems like he really cares about me.” Eeeccchhh.)

That Mitt gave a befuddled mediocrity like this any role in his campaign is truly scary, not to mention disappointing.

To me, that’s the logical conclusion of people who support abortion as a right. If it’s a right, it can’t be denied to someone who has them routinely. And if it’s a right, and the unborn isn’t a life, then what’s the problem?

I’ve tried, but I just cannot understand the position that supports abortion but wants it to be rare.

I support gun rights. I have no problem with certain reasonable restrictions on gun ownership, but once those are met, I don’t think legal gun ownership should be rare. I’d rather it were the opposite.

Esthier on May 15, 2008 at 12:38 PM

Good point. Maybe a better analogy would be the First Amendment though?

“I support the right to free speech, and I believe it should be legal, safe, and rare.”

Obama thinks abortion is merely one more method of birth control, like using a condom.

JiangxiDad on May 15, 2008 at 11:54 AM

To me, that’s the logical conclusion of people who support abortion as a right. If it’s a right, it can’t be denied to someone who has them routinely. And if it’s a right, and the unborn isn’t a life, then what’s the problem?

I’ve tried, but I just cannot understand the position that supports abortion but wants it to be rare.

I support gun rights. I have no problem with certain reasonable restrictions on gun ownership, but once those are met, I don’t think legal gun ownership should be rare. I’d rather it were the opposite.

…is not pro-abortion, but of the view that the civil law best leaves this question to the mother in consultation with their own clergyman and doctor?

…but of the view that the federal law best leaves this question to the minor child with her own elementary school administrator and abortion industry specialist.

Fixed it.

EJDolbow on May 15, 2008 at 11:59 AM

This isn’t a Mitt for President post, he lost that handedly.
This is about a conservative supporter going to the pro-abortion side and now he is “stuck”.
But thanks for the list, I can use that for something.

EJDolbow on May 15, 2008 at 11:46 AM

Read my post.
Choosing guys like this, one that could change his mind and support someone polar opposite of Mitt, is why Mitt had a problem. Mitt’s policies were never settled, he kept shifting them. That was the perception, born out by his poor showing. He was pro-gun, and anti-gun, he was pro-abortion (In April 2006 Romney signed the Massachusetts Health Care Reform Plan that pays for even elective abortions), anti-abortion, etc.
Like I said, I hope he straightens his political life out and becomes a true conservative.

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Sorry to repeat this link again, but Obama is not just pro-choice, but is radically pro-abortion.

Also, Catholic teaching prohibits voting for anyone who advocates abortion in any way.

There isn’t a single mainstream pro-choice politician I can think of, left or right, who doesn’t load up his/her abortion rhetoric with lip service about what a tragedy it is, how it should be safe, legal, and hopefully rare, etc. Anything less would be ghoulish.

I don’t think you’re correct about Obama.

“Look, I got two daughters — 9 years old and 6 years old,” he said. “I am going to teach them first about values and morals, but if they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby. I don’t want them punished with an STD at age 16, so it doesn’t make sense to not give them information.”

Obama thinks abortion is merely one more method of birth control, like using a condom. I wish someone would ask him how many times he would hope his daughters use this remedy in case they make multiple mistakes. I also understand he’s a proponent of live birth/partial birth abortions. As on so many things, he’s an obamanation.

but what about a candidate like Obama who is not pro-abortion

McCain’s apologists and useless idiots keep telling us who don’t support him are too rigid in our thinking and we need to see the shades of gray that would legitimize amnesty for illegals, the business-crushing wealth distribution of the Kyoto protocol, the presenence of a “conservative” at La Raza hate fests- and all the other liberal crap that McCain wants us to ignore.

This is just another example of the same mentally deficient disorder that allows McCain to get away with calling himself a conservative while taking positions to the left of Hillary Clinton. Since Americans abhor the culture of death, Obama becomes “not pro-abortion” even though he has consistently upheld the “right” of women to kill off unborn life for their convenience. John McCain is not “pro-amnesty” either but we had Mexicans lining up at the border for the greatest rush since the Oklahoma territory was opened up for settlement. We need to force our politicians to state their positions and defend them instead of allowing them to lie. John McCain you are a rabid liberal who hates Christians- defend yourself. Obama and Clinton- you are pro-death when it comes to innocent life- defend yourselves.

This is why Mitt couldn’t have done it. There was no compass, no established history of policy. Hopefully in a few years he will have established that.
Kmiec is grasping for straws…he now knows he stepped in it.

right2bright on May 15, 2008 at 11:20 AM

Have you studied Mitt Romney’s tenure as governor of Mass? He stood on the steps of the Supreme Court after their Gay Marriage ruling and yelled, “Let the people Vote!” He personally scoured the laws of Mass and discovered and arcane law (circa 1913) that made it impossible for people to marry in Mass if that marriag would be illegal in their home states.

He was lauded by pro-family, pro-life and pro-guns groups who worked with him in Mass.

The man has lived his entire life as a Conservative. He walks the walk.

Mitt Romney, like many conservatives in the 1990’s thought Government had no business dealing with abortion (See Fred Thompson, Henry Hyde and numberous other’s records).

Mitt Romney is not responsible for Doug Kmiec’s acid trips or early stage Alzhimer’s disease.

Doug Kmiec and most high profile Catholics supported Romney because he was the best hope we had of getting a Conservative President this year.

I think you should remember this the next time you do a post on the bizarre ongoing support for Romney as conservative leader in exile…

Alex K on May 15, 2008 at 11:04 AM

Doug Kmiecs obvious break with reality has nothing to do with Mitt Romney. Your powers of deductive reasonig are in need of tuning.

Did Mitt Romney jump over to support Obama? No.
Did any other prominent Romney supporter jump to Obama? No.

Does Doug Kmiec have free will or should Mitt Romney tell him who he can support? Should Mitt tell him what to wear?

Tying this to Mitt Romney is ignorant and childish and smacks of ulterior motives.

It also further explains why conservatives who scrambled to try and rally the troops to Mitt following McCain’s win in South Carolina found few followers behind them. Even factoring those who couldn’t get past Romney’s religion, there were many others who looked at his record and the people around him and just couldn’t get excited enough to think this was the guy Republicans needed to go into battle with to stop McCain from getting the nomination (you’ll also notice that, much as Obama’s 57 state line and other embarrassing quips are purged from the big media’s collective memory, Kmiec’s embarrassing statements and how they reflect of Romney’s judgment haven’t exactly been front-and-center topics for certain conservative radio shows and pundits who led the post-S.C. Romney charge).