Who agrees that Mike Huckabee & Fred Thompson are the two consistent, viable pro-life Presidential candidates?

Question

Huckabee: I support and have always supported passage of a constitutional amendment to protect the right to life. My convictions regarding the sanctity of life have always been clear and consistent, without equivocation or wavering. I believe that Roe v. Wade should be over-turned.

Thomspon: Protecting Life
Fred Thompson is pro-life. He believes in the sanctity of human life and that every life is worthy of respect. He had a 100% pro-life voting record in the Senate and believes Roe v. Wade was a bad decision that ought to be overturned. He consistently opposed federal funding to promote or pay for abortion and supported the Partial Birth Abortion Act, the Child Custody Protection Act, and President Reagan’s “Mexico City” policy. While Fred Thompson supports adult stem cell research, he opposes embryonic stem cell research. He also opposes human cloning.

Answer 1

You overlooked the "dark horse" Duncan Hunter R- San Diego.

I like both Huckabee and Thompson, but I think I am leaning a bit more towards Hunter with his previous military experience, and his pro-life voting record, combined with his stand on border security.

Answer 2

Abortion has lost its effectiveness as a political issue.

Please don't take what I'm going to say here as being derogatory towards Christians or pro-lifers. I'm just pointing out my observations since this issue developed in the 1980s.

I'm not going to insult you by saying that Huckabee and Thompson have staked out pro-life positions to please their particular constituencies. But the GOP as a whole has dropped the issue.

From the beginning the GOP used the abortion issue to tget the votes of Christians. But what they've actually -done- for Chistians is little more than lip service. Ronald Reagan spoke out eloquently against abortion during the campaign of 1980. He promised that he would propose a constitutional amendment . Once in office he forgot all about it. In all the time since then, the Republicans haven't proposed or fought for one single major, significant law to stop abortions.

What they have done is to try to ban 'partial birth abortion's, a procedure so rare that the radio news network I listen to couldn't find a doctor who had done one to come in and answer questions about it. AND the law was so poorly worded (perhaps deliberately) that it was struck down by the courts.

Since Roe vs. Wade there have been SEVEN justices appointed to the Supreme Court, and each was seen as the vote that would overturn Roe vs. Wade. Has it happened? Nope.

Even the attitudes of GOP leaders these days has moderated. They no longer believe that that abortion must be banned at the federal level. Now they want the issue kicked back to the states so individual states can decide. So instead of a taxi a woman can hop on a bus.

Nobody is talking about the issue these days because its political usefulness is over. It is still a Christian issue but no longer a Republican issue. For a presidential candidate to promise to ban abortion is disingenuous at least, because it is not a presidential prerogative. Today candidates will say "Well, personally I'm against abortion but that's just personally. I don't think it's something for government to get involved in."

Answer 3

Huckabee might be a dark-horse. We'll see. He's still a long-shot. Thompson has no chance, and he shouldn't. He doesn't have the skill-set. And regardless, this thing isn't going to swing on abortion. That issue is just barely a consideration at this point.

Answer 4

Huckabee seems trustworthy, Thompson I believe is a true conservative, because when your a lobbyist, or lawyer you generally don't work for what you believe in. Ron Paul is also very consistent.

Answer 5

That's great! I like that about him to but this is what bugs me....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BxJBUswOcQ

Mike Huckabee wants to open the boarders to the Mexican students and pass their bill to us so then after their educated here they can go home to Mexico. That's on top of them using all of are services for free (Hospitals). Don't believe me ask any nurse or Doctor.

Answer 6

Viable? If you mean electable then no. And that should tell you that their positions on the items you list is not what the vast majority of American think or believe.

Answer 7

I think that as long as Hillary gets nominated, it will draw enough conservative voters to the polls to pull out a victory.

Answer 8

Does it matter?
Its not like either of them has shot at winning.
No republican does.

Answer 9

I agree with you

Answer 10

When you say "viable", do you mean "could actually win"? If so, they are not viable.