Call the orderlies!

13 comments to Call the orderlies!

• Anonymous

  August 22, 2012 at 1:29 am Log in to Reply

  to see how this plays out and who will cave first, Romney, the tea party or the evangelical base.

• Synoia

  August 22, 2012 at 3:32 am Log in to Reply

  To implement a republican agenda.

  This move to the right hurts us all.

• Anonymous

  August 22, 2012 at 4:50 am Log in to Reply

  2008 Platform: 2008 Republican Party Platform

  Faithful to the first guarantee of the Declaration of Independence, we assert the inherent dignity and sanctity of all human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed. We support a human life amendment to the Constitution, and we endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment’s protections apply to unborn children. We oppose using public revenues to promote or perform abortion and will not fund organizations which advocate it. We support the appointment of judges who respect traditional family values and the sanctity and dignity of innocent human life.

  2004 Platform: 2004 Republican Party Platform: on Abortion

  We must keep our pledge to the first guarantee of the Declaration of Independence. That is why we say the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed. We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and we endorse legislation to make it clear that the 14th Amendment’s protections apply to unborn children. Our purpose is to have legislative and judicial protection of that right against those who perform abortions. We oppose using public revenues for abortion and will not fund organizations which advocate it. We support the appointment of judges who respect traditional family values and the sanctity of innocent human life.

  We oppose abortion, but our pro-life agenda does not include punitive action against women who have an abortion. We salute those who provide alternatives to abortion and offer adoption services, and we commend Congressional Republicans for expanding assistance to adopting families and for removing racial barriers to adoption.

  2000 Platform: Republican Platform 2000

  The Supreme Court’s recent decision, prohibiting states from banning partial-birth abortions – a procedure denounced by a committee of the American Medical Association and rightly branded as four-fifths infanticide – shocks the conscience of the nation. As a country, we must keep our pledge to the first guarantee of the Declaration of Independence. That is why we say the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed. We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and we endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment’s protections apply to unborn children. Our purpose is to have legislative and judicial protection of that right against those who perform abortions. We oppose using public revenues for abortion and will not fund organizations which advocate it. We support the appointment of judges who respect traditional family values and the sanctity of innocent human life.

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  Abortion Ban Kept as Plank by the G.O.P.

  After an abortion rights supporter read a letter from 11 members of the House and Senate, asking for change in the platform, Meribelle Bolton of New Mexico declared: “You have to understand that many of us are under a higher authority than the Congress of the United States, the Supreme Court or any state.

  I am under the authority of the creator of the universe, and he is pro-life — always has been, always will be.”

  1996 Platform: THE 2000 CAMPAIGN; ’96 Republican Platform on Abortion

  The unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed. We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and we endorse legislation to make clear that the 14th Amendment’s protections apply to unborn children.

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  1984 Platform: Republican Party Platform of 1984

  The unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed. We therefore reaffirm our support for a human life amendment to the Constitution, and we endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment’s protections apply to unborn children. We oppose the use of public revenues for abortion and will eliminate funding for organizations which advocate or support abortion. We commend the efforts of those individuals and religious and private organizations that are providing positive alternatives to abortion by meeting the physical, emotional, and financial needs of pregnant women and offering adoption services where needed.

  We applaud President Reagan’s fine record of judicial appointments, and we reaffirm our support for the appointment of judges at all levels of the judiciary who respect traditional family values and the sanctity of innocent human life.

  1980 Platform: Republican Party Platform of 1980

  There can be no doubt that the question of abortion, despite the complex nature of its various issues, is ultimately concerned with equality of rights under the law. While we recognize differing views on this question among Americans in general—and in our own Party—we affirm our support of a constitutional amendment to restore protection of the right to life for unborn children. We also support the Congressional efforts to restrict the use of taxpayers’ dollars for abortion.

  1976 Platform: Republican Party Platform of 1976

  Women

  Women, who comprise a numerical majority of the population, have been denied a just portion of our nation’s rights and opportunities. We reaffirm our pledge to work to eliminate discrimination in all areas for reasons of race, color, national origin, age, creed or sex and to enforce vigorously laws guaranteeing women equal rights.

  The Republican Party reaffirms its support for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. Our Party was the first national party to endorse the E.R.A. in 1940. We continue to believe its ratification is essential to insure equal rights for all Americans. In our 1972 Platform, the Republican Party recognized the great contributions women have made to society as homemakers and mothers, as contributors to the community through volunteer work, and as members of the labor force in careers. The Platform stated then, and repeats now, that the Republican Party “fully endorses the principle of equal rights, equal opportunities and equal responsibilities for women.” The Equal Rights Amendment is the embodiment of this principle and therefore we support its swift ratification.

  The question of abortion is one of the most difficult and controversial of our time. It is undoubtedly a moral and personal issue but it also involves complex questions relating to medical science and criminal justice. There are those in our Party who favor complete support for the Supreme Court decision which permits abortion on demand. There are others who share sincere convictions that the Supreme Court’s decision must be changed by a constitutional amendment prohibiting all abortions. Others have yet to take a position, or they have assumed a stance somewhere in between polar positions.

  We protest the Supreme Court’s intrusion into the family structure through its denial of the parents’ obligation and right to guide their minor children. The Republican Party favors a continuance of the public dialogue on abortion and supports the efforts of those who seek enactment of a constitutional amendment to restore protection of the right to life for unborn children.

  The Social Security System, our federal tax laws, and unemployment and disability programs currently discriminate against women and often work against married couples as well. These inequities must be corrected. We recognize that special support must be given to the increasing number of women who have assumed responsibility as the heads of households while also being wage earners. Programs for job training, counseling and other services should be established to help them attain their dual role in society.

  We reiterate the pledges elsewhere in this platform of support for child care assistance, part-time and flexible-time work that enables men and women to combine employment and family responsibilities, estate tax reform, small business assistance for women, rape prevention and elimination of discriminatory housing practices.

  A search of the 1972, 1968, 1964 and 1960 platforms shows no reference to abortion.

• Anonymous

  August 22, 2012 at 5:26 am Log in to Reply

  We have evolved to the point where our choice is between sold out cynicism and barking at the moon madness. The system is more than just broke, it’s dangerous.

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• Michael Collins

  August 22, 2012 at 5:30 am Log in to Reply

  There is someone on the ticket who is directly tied to these wacky views legislatively.

  The top of the ticket is occupied by someone who can’t dismiss this entirely. In the past, someoperative woud come out and say, ‘well, the platform is not running for president’ and that was that.

  Ryan is tied to ending Medicare, tightly, and he’s even more aligned with the platform, which makes it huge issue, regardless of what happened before.

  It’s a pefect storm.

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• Michael Collins

  August 22, 2012 at 5:31 am Log in to Reply

  …and then he will change his mind;)

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• Anonymous

  August 22, 2012 at 12:21 pm Log in to Reply

  Now all Obama has to do to look “liberal,” is to be on the left of this. Sigh.

• Steve Hynd

  August 22, 2012 at 4:42 pm Log in to Reply

  He also distanced himself as much as he could from Akin while seeming to back him too.

  His statements were outrageous, over the pail. I don’t know anybody who would agree with that. Rape is rape period, end of story,” Ryan told KDKA Political Editor Jon Delano.

  …“Well, look, I’m proud of my pro-life record. And I stand by my pro-life record in Congress. It’s something I’m proud of. But Mitt Romney is the top of the ticket and Mitt Romney will be president and he will set the policy of the Romney administration.”

  But when you’ve lost Michelle Malkin…

• matttbastard

  August 22, 2012 at 4:46 pm Log in to Reply

  ‘Todd Akin Opens Door to Possible Exit’:

  

• Michael Collins

  August 22, 2012 at 8:55 pm Log in to Reply

  30 million women, approximately, have been victim of rape or attempted rape. Expand that number by those who know and care for those women and you have a lot of pain raised by Rep. Akin. This is a revivification of the original trauma, in many cases. People don’t appreciate some idiotic moron raising this in such an invasive way. This will work its way through the public consciousness and, along with destroying Medicare (another Ryan project), spell doom for Mitt and Co.

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• Michael Collins

  August 22, 2012 at 9:00 pm Log in to Reply

  What a clown. I saw Limbaugh and couldn’t believe my eyes and ears. If you’re bad enough to offend him on a civility and women’s issue you’re pretty damn bad. This guy is just that.

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• Michael Collins

  August 23, 2012 at 1:42 am Log in to Reply

  Ryan’s statement struck me as essentially disloyal to Romney. He’s removing the heat and handing it off to Mitt. As a true blue corporate guy, Mitt will not be amused.

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• Raja

  September 24, 2012 at 4:21 pm Log in to Reply

  Conservative fund considers backing Mo. Rep. Akin

  AP, By David A. Lieb, September 24

  Jefferson City, MO — A conservative fundraising group that had shied away from Missouri Rep. Todd Akin is now seriously considering whether to come to the embattled Republican’s aid in his challenge to Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, an official with the group said Monday.

  The Senate Conservatives Fund, which has raised more than $11 million for other Republican Senate candidates, could provide a much-needed financial boost for Akin, who is facing a Tuesday deadline on whether to stay in the race. Akin vowed again Monday to remain in the contest. Appearing at a Kirkwood, Mo., rally with former presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich, Akin said there had been discussions with the super PAC but no official agreement on aiding him.

  The group previously had shied away from Akin, in part, because of his past use of spending earmarks to direct federal money to specific local projects. Earmarks now are banned in the Republican-controlled House, and Senate Republicans have voted not to use them.