Comments on: That Dreadful “Debate” http://larison.org/2007/05/03/that-dreadful-debate/ n. the principle of good order "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:52:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: YankeeClipper http://larison.org/2007/05/03/that-dreadful-debate/#comment-6449 Fri, 04 May 2007 17:09:12 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/05/03/that-dreadful-debate/#comment-6449 There's good reason to fear Romney: Romney's Debate Flip-Flop Deal Hudson http://dealwhudson.typepad.com/deal_w_hudson/2007/05/romneys_debate_.html I sent out an e-mail to about 60 Catholic leaders around the nation this morning asking what they thought of the debate. Several of them brought this one issue to my attention: During last night’s debate host Chris Matthews asked former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney his opinion on whether or not the bishops should deny communion to pro-choice catholic politicians. Here was Gov. Romney’s response: “I don’t say anything to Roman Catholic bishops. They can do whatever the heck they want. Roman Catholic bishops are in a private institution, a religion, and they can do whatever they want in a religion.” This answer represents a significant shift in Gov. Romney’s position. As governor of Massachusetts, Romney ordered Catholic hospitals to administer emergency contraception to women who claim they had been raped. According to the Boston Herald on December 9th, 2005, “Gov. Mitt Romney abruptly ordered his administration to reverse course yesterday and require Catholic hospitals to provide emergency contraception medication to rape victims. In a turnaround that foes derided as politically motivated, Romney directed his Department of Public Health to scrap rules that exempted the Catholic institutions from a new law governing the medicine.” This in and of itself represented “an Olympic-caliber double flip-flop,” according to a Herald editorial, as it represented a reversal of Romney’s original position. Now it appears Romney is back to limiting the government’s ability to bully the Church. Posted by Deal Hudson on May 04, 2007 at 10:47 AM | Permalink TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/2017672/18216076 There’s good reason to fear Romney:

Romney’s Debate Flip-Flop
Deal Hudson

http://dealwhudson.typepad.com/deal_w_hudson/2007/05/romneys_debate_.html

I sent out an e-mail to about 60 Catholic leaders around the nation this morning asking what they thought of the debate. Several of them brought this one issue to my attention:

During last night’s debate host Chris Matthews asked former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney his opinion on whether or not the bishops should deny communion to pro-choice catholic politicians. Here was Gov. Romney’s response: “I don’t say anything to Roman Catholic bishops. They can do whatever the heck they want. Roman Catholic bishops are in a private institution, a religion, and they can do whatever they want in a religion.”

This answer represents a significant shift in Gov. Romney’s position. As governor of Massachusetts, Romney ordered Catholic hospitals to administer emergency contraception to women who claim they had been raped.

According to the Boston Herald on December 9th, 2005, “Gov. Mitt Romney abruptly ordered his administration to reverse course yesterday and require Catholic hospitals to provide emergency contraception medication to rape victims. In a turnaround that foes derided as politically motivated, Romney directed his Department of Public Health to scrap rules that exempted the Catholic institutions from a new law governing the medicine.”

This in and of itself represented “an Olympic-caliber double flip-flop,” according to a Herald editorial, as it represented a reversal of Romney’s original position.

Now it appears Romney is back to limiting the government’s ability to bully the Church.

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]]> by: bsebse http://larison.org/2007/05/03/that-dreadful-debate/#comment-6444 Fri, 04 May 2007 05:50:17 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/05/03/that-dreadful-debate/#comment-6444 <i>This is the first time in my life that all of the main stream candidates are guys I completely hate</i> I can only say - Dittos. This is the first time in my life that all of the main stream candidates are guys I completely hate

I can only say - Dittos.

]]> by: macbrvs94 http://larison.org/2007/05/03/that-dreadful-debate/#comment-6443 Fri, 04 May 2007 04:04:49 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/05/03/that-dreadful-debate/#comment-6443 This is the first time in my life that all of the main stream candidates are guys I completely hate, while the 3rd string guy that has zero chance, Paul, is my dream date. This is a bizarre feeling. Something tells me I'm going to be experiencing this feeling for a lot of elections. This is the first time in my life that all of the main stream candidates are guys I completely hate, while the 3rd string guy that has zero chance, Paul, is my dream date. This is a bizarre feeling. Something tells me I’m going to be experiencing this feeling for a lot of elections.

]]> by: tedschan http://larison.org/2007/05/03/that-dreadful-debate/#comment-6441 Fri, 04 May 2007 02:46:05 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/05/03/that-dreadful-debate/#comment-6441 Though the question dealing with Iran made mention of Israel, the candidates who responded seemed rather eager to assure Israel that we would protect Israel from Iran. (Oh, and also ourselves.) Though the question dealing with Iran made mention of Israel, the candidates who responded seemed rather eager to assure Israel that we would protect Israel from Iran. (Oh, and also ourselves.)

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