Did Ron Paul vote FOR sex-selection abortions?

I totally agree with his preface.  This is precisely why people don't get Ron Paul.  Feel good legislation is just that.  Let's start looking at results based legislation. 

From Matt Swaim on CMReport

PREFACE: I don't want Ron Paul to be Mitt's running mate.

However, I can tell you exactly why he voted against the bill- because it would list sex-selective abortions as a federal crime, and he didn't want it handled on a federal level. He's argued before that abortions should be illegal, and that when performed, they should be prosecuted on the local level rather than the federal level.

Right now, most murders are prosecuted at the local level, unless they're things like the murder of the President or a foreign diplomat, the blowing up of an airplane, or other major offenses. With as many potential sex-selective abortions going on in this country as there are, you can imagine the court (i.e. taxpayer) costs involved in prosecuting all of them, and the ammo that could give to the Other Side.

Not every well-intentioned pro-life legislative idea is a practically implementable pro-life legislative idea. But it certainly provides the opportunity for the "hey- wait a second" people who think about unintended consequences to get blasted. This time around, I think Paul had thoughtful reasons to vote the way he did, even if you disagree with him.

Me? I think the best part about this bill, even though it would have had some really complicated consequences, is that finally a light is being shed upon one of the darkest aspects of the culture of death, and upon the hypocrisy of the so-called feminists who defend unregulated abortion at all costs. For that, I applaud this bill's authors.

Rasmussen: WI Primary: Romney 44, Santorum 34

The latest Rasmussen Reports survey finds Mitt Romney with a 10-point lead over Rick Santorum.

The survey found 44 percent of likely GOP primary voters favored Romney, while 34 percent backed Santorum. Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul were supported by 7 percent each.

A week ago, a Rasmussen poll had Romney up 46-33.

This week's survey of 717 likely GOP primary voters was conducted Thursday and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

WiPolitics

I think it's likely that Romney would pick Catholic Marco Rubio as his VP.

In 2008 it looked like this:

John McCain	224,755	54.74%	34
Mike Huckabee	151,707	36.95%	6
Ron Paul	19,090	4.65%	0

Romney had already dropped out prior to the Wisconsin Primary.

Ron Paul to speak at UW-Madison this Thursday

I don't think Ron Paul has a chance to win the nomination but he is doing a great job with educating the general public on fiscal policy. The other night I was out in Milwaukee and four gentlemen in their 50s were sitting next to us, quietly talking about the federal reserve. Even five years ago, discussing the Fed in public had a crazy connotation.

SO -- love him or hate him, Ron Paul will be speaking on UW-Madison's campus THIS Thursday evening. The event is free. Register online for an advance ticket, or take your chances and show up.

CapTimes: In moderate Wisconsin, Santorum is poised to win GOP primary

When it comes to social issues, Wisconsin is a middle-of-the-road state. While the Republican Party here confidently supports the national platform on issues such as abortion, sex education and gay rights, the religious right is not front-and-center of politics here the way it is in the South.

Perhaps the best indicator of a population's stance on social issues is church attendance, and according to a 2009 Gallup poll, about 40 percent of Wisconsinites go to church weekly or biweekly, a rate slightly lower than the national average of 41.6 percent.

While Wisconsin voters comfortably approved a ban on gay marriage in 2006, recent polls indicate that, if given the opportunity again, Wisconsinites would vote differently. As for abortion, Wisconsinites, like many Americans, are ambivalent, but polls show the vast majority are opposed to a "personhood amendment" that would define life as starting at fertilization, thus banning all abortions and emergency contraception.

So why is Rick Santorum -- the man who alleged "Satan" was "attacking the U.S." in 2008 -- poised to squash Mitt Romney in the state GOP primary in April? According to a Marquette University Law School poll released today, Santorum has the support of 34 percent of likely GOP primary voters, followed by Romney at 18 percent, Ron Paul at 17 percent and Newt Gingrich at 12 percent. Seventeen percent remain undecided.

Read more at Your Progressive Voice

In 2008, of the three candidates left, McCain took 55%, Huckabee 37%, and Paul 6%. 

Wisconsin Family Council put out a voters guide.  It's pretty good, but interesting they did not publish if the candidate supported taxpayer funded contraception which is a bigger deal to both sides than say: "Using a prospective federal judge's ability to empathize with particular societal groups as a criterion for their nomination."  Wouldn't it be nice if the Catholic dioceses put something out like this?  Or distributed the WFC guide? 

Why I voted for Ron Paul in 2008 and will do it again in 2012

The Wisconsin Republican primary is April 3.  I do not post a whole lot on national politics here.  But since the primary is coming up and a few people have asked I'll share with you my thoughts.

I'll try to briefly make my point.  Despite the fact that I think Rick Santorum is a good Catholic and a good man, that doesn't make him a good politician. For example, he voted for the No Child Left Behind Act doubling the size of the Department of Education.  And despite the feel good story of the Partial Birth Abortion ban, let me ask you; how many people have been prosecuted for committing partial birth abortions?  I'm glad the issue brought to light the brutal secrets of the abortion industry, but the legislation contains pretend exceptions which render is practically speaking, useless.  Ron Paul has a real plan for ending abortion immediately.  We get all giddy when a president reverses the Mexico City policy; is that really the best we can do?  Is that all a pro-life president can do?  None of the other candidates will limit the size or scope of the federal government and put the power back in the hands of the states where it belongs.  If Paul doesn't get the nod, fine, I'll support one of the other three.  But don't blame me when a "conservative" Republican can't balance the federal budget any better than a liberal can, or when their hands are tied to promote pro-life legislation.  As we have already seen, this monster that Bernardin Catholics have created in Washington has now turned on us.  It's up to the next generation of Catholics to undo the damage and bring back the sanity of subsidiarity. 








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WOW: Ron Paul describes witnessing late-term abortion in hard-hitting pro-life ad

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