Yikes... We're not big Rudy bashers here but this is really not a good step for the Mayor.
I really don't know where he stands now.
Last month Rudy adviser Bill Simon assured conservatives this was not the case:
“On the issue of abortion, [Bill] Simon focused on Giuliani’s recent comments on judges. When pressed — what is a pro-lifer like Simon doing flacking for an abortion-rights advocate? — and asked if he had any assurance that Giuliani wouldn’t support taxpayer-funded abortion as president, Simon told National Review Online, ‘I have an assurance that he is in favor of the Hyde amendment’ (which forbids such taxpayer subsidies).” (National Review Online, 3/1/07)
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I can't vote for Giuliani, even in the general elections, if he wants to pay for abortions.
I think Bill Simon is just wrong. I remember that after he made that statement, the Giuliani campaign issued a clarification that Giuliani hadn't actually committed to supporting the Hyde amendment but that promised to respect it as long as it remained law.
Politics is about moving the country in a certain direction (Michael Medved philosophy). Romney has picked up and will carry the pro-life movement on our quest to protect life. If I am to understand correctly, we are to believe that according to Bill Simon, Giuliani will no longer support public funding of abortion. Well, I want a little more. I also have to admit that as a Californian who lived through Gray Davis, the Bill Simon gubernatorial campaign, and the recall, I have little faith in anything Bill Simon says.
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