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Rick Snyder Dodges Pro-Life Question, But Says He's Pro-Life - Part 2

By Theblogprof, Section News
Posted on Fri Apr 02, 2010 at 02:58:37 PM EST
Tags: Michigan, elections, abortion, Rick Snyder (all tags)

Rick Snyder is a bit of an enigma. One year ago, I wouldn't have been able to tell you who the heck he was. Yet, here we are month away from the GOP primary and Snyder is in the running for the nomination according to polls. I would like the opportunity to ask him personally, but he seems to have shied away from social issues altogether, painting himself as a fiscal conservative. That may be so, but being part conservative and part either unknown or so-called 'moderate' isn't going to play well here in MI (for instance, see John McCain circa 2008, who got blown out in this state). Without Snyder going on record with his views outside the fiscal side, conservatives have been forced to resort to indirect data. Last week, he dodged a question at a townhall in Ann Arbor when asked when life begins. It's a simple enough question, mind you. Thus, that incident got added to my list of indirect data that includes:

His adviser, pro-abort John Weaver, is to McCain what Rove was to Bush, and left the GOP for a time to be a Democrat adviser

Weaver and his other adviser, John Yob, tend to only work for pro-abort 'moderates'

Snyder gave money to John Dingell (D), who is a big pusher of ObamaCare that includes taxpayer funded abortions, on several occasions

Snyder gave money to IMP-PAC,a group that can be boiled down to a single primary issue - abortion-on-demand in the GOP platform

Dodged the question of when life begins entirely in Ann Arbor March 26, 2010

Snyder held another town hall in Sterling Heights on Wednesday March 31. Someone in the crowd asked him there when life begins. Incredibly, he dodged the question! Again! Long-term, that is simply not going to fly here. Just as in Ann Arbor, he did call himself pro-life, pro-family. I'd really like specifics as to what exactly that means to him. Thanks to citizen journalism and YouTube, the exchange in Sterling Heights was caught on tape:

What's up with the non-answer answer? It's obvious that I am not the only conservative in the state that wants to know. Anyone from the Snyder camp explain your candidate's stance on the life issue with specifics rather than deflections? Seriously - I have to know!

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Rick Snyder Dodges Pro-Life Question, But Says He's Pro-Life - Part 2 | 11 comments (11 topical, 0 hidden)

Two things. (none / 0) (#1)
by KG One on Sun Apr 04, 2010 at 10:05:54 AM EST

First, if you're going to bring a camera, don't bother to hide it. You'll get a more direct response like with Rep. Hare here.

(Go to the 0:45 mark)

Second, at least he didn't take 17 minutes to give his response.

nice by future, 04/05/2010 03:13:11 AM EST (none / 0)
Yep. It earned him AOTW... by Corinthian Scales, 04/05/2010 08:18:48 AM EST (none / 0)

When life begins, a simple question? (none / 0) (#4)
by ironfist on Tue Aug 03, 2010 at 11:02:49 PM EST

Hello... I won't be popular here, I'm sure.

I don't begrudge anyone their opinion on anything, but to blankly state that the question of when life actually begins is a "simple enough question" is incredulous. What you are really saying is that the answer is simple enough as long as he agrees with your exact position on it.

Of course, any question is easy enough to give a clear answer to, but that isn't how it works in politics, no matter who you are and what you might believe.

I hate the fact that today's Republicans automatically have to support conservative Christian ideals. I have been looking for a Republican candidate for 20 years that was fiscally conservative, pro-business, and non-Christian. The closest I got was Ross Perrot and that guy was crazy.

I suggest you all take a step back and start thinking like a sneaky liberal... hide your true "morality police" intentions and hide behind a logical, fiscally based platform. Your evil influence will not be realized before it's too late.

God help me for wanting to pay less taxes at the cost of my morality.