"Pro-Life" Candidate Huckabee Clueless on Mexico City Policy
Christopher Blosser reports over at Catholics in the Public Square that Mike Huckabee recently embarassed himself in a debate by his lack of knowledge of one of (if not THE) key policy in President Ronald Reagan's pro-life agenda:
Bill Clinton knows about the Mexico City Policy. Immediately upon taking office as President, on behalf of his virulently pro-abortion base of support, Clinton rescinded Ronald Reagan's prohibition on U.S. taxpayer funding of abortions overseas.My Comments:
George W. Bush knows about the Mexico City Policy. When he became our country's Chief Executive, one of his first acts was to restore the policy's protections afforded to the innocent unborn around the world, and to American taxpayers.
But in last Monday's Values Voter debate in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, candidate Mike Huckabee proved that he doesn't have a clue about this landmark pro-life foreign policy.
Here's the relevant portion of the debate:JANET FOLGER: The Mexico City Policy states that as a condition for a foreign organization to receive federal funds, they will neither, quote, "perform nor actively promote abortion." Would you work to apply this Mexico City Policy to organizations within the United States, as well as abroad?READ THE REST.
MIKE HUCKABEE: I just want to clarify, and I'm not trying to be difficult, but I want to make sure we're not being asked to apply a Mexican law to United States law. Is it the principle you're after, or the law itself?
FOLGER: It's the principle of not giving our tax dollars to organizations within our country that actively promote or provide abortions.
HUCKABEE: OK. I just want to make sure that we were not in essence agreeing to abide by a Mexican law.
FOLGER: No. It's an American law.
HUCKABEE: OK. All right.
Uhhhhhh ... just ... WOW!
And this is the guy who's going to be the social conservative standard-bearer in saving the GOP from Rudy McRomney Thompson?
Labels: Arkansas Sux, Elections, Gipper, Law, Mexico, Pro-Life, Republicans, Voting Your Values, What the ****?
posted by Pro Ecclesia 7:42 AM
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I saw this on live streaming video. He came up with the right answer, but I was astounded that he didn't recognize the policy being described. It was a bad moment for him.
And the fact that it had been in the news the within the prior few days made it worse.
And then Alan Keyes was there, claiming credit for having negotiated the policy in Mexico City in the first place.
This is really a horrible slate we have this time.
Last week Thompson while here in Florida said he basically said he had no opinion on the Terri Schiavo case. Somewhat liking Thompson this statement is pretty hard to take when the case is one of the fundamental ones or our times.
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