Mitt Romney: Abortion Rights Are Not On The Ballot This Fall

[maddezmom]

Source: TPM

AMPA, Fla. — Attempting once again to deflect questions about abortion rights raised in the wake of Todd Akin and the draft GOP platform, Mitt Romney suggested to CBS News Monday that abortion rights are mostly outside the president’s purview.

Abortion rights advocates are scratching their heads at that one.

“Recognize this is the decision that will be made by the Supreme Court,” Romney told CBS. “The Democrats try and make this a political issue every four years, but this is a matter in the courts. It’s been settled for some time in the courts.”

Romney also reaffirmed his view that abortion should be legal in the case of rape, incest and when the health of the mother is at stake, a view that puts him to the left of his party’s platform (which is silent on any exceptions to an abortion ban) and his running mate (who opposes all abortion except in some cases where the mother’s health is on the line).

Read more: http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/mitt-romney-abortion-cbs-interview.php

[oldhippydude]

1. ok then... what's the platform say..

either your not honest, or the rest of the party is not honest... in any case you loose..

[FLyellowdog]

34. What other presidential candidates have not supported their party's platform?

[tclambert]

39. Shhh! It's a secret.

All his policy positions are now classified.

That would be classified on a "buy to know" basis. If you contribute enough money to the campaign, he'll whisper it to you. Hell, if you contribute enough, YOU get to set the policy.

[Ter]

43. The candidates don't make the platforms, nor are they inclined to support them

Obama disagrees with some things on the Democratic platform as well. Both are much more extreme than their candidates, and it's been like that since I started following in 1992.

[warrior1]

2. Nobody believe you Mitt

Saying that doesn't make it so, see Paul Ryan and the RNC platform.

Dog, do I hate this guy.

[Booster]

3. "the Democrats try and make this a polical issue......" That's rich. lol

[Cha]

35. Willard M. Romney is the whiniest, lyingest,

MF Ugliest candidate in history.

[Booster]

47. True dat.

[JudyM]

65. I dunno... what about Newt?

[siligut]

66. And yet he has an image of himself as upstanding and moral

Plus he is better than all of us, and I don't see any cognitive dissonance, he truly believes all the lies he has been told in his lifetime.

[JudyM]

64. +1

[They_Live]

4. WRONGney!

The FUTURE is on the ballot this fall. My future and the future of my family.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Yup. Now Mitt tries to sound reasonable, mainstream, just another candidate

It worked for GWBush 2000!

At times, he sounded more like Al Gore than Al Gore did!

He seemed so safe, so normal, so mainstream.

Beware!

[Amonester]

24. Well, all Etch-A-Sketch'es can be shaken up at any given time.

It should be pretty clear to all by now who the Etch-A-Sketch candidate is...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. They sure are on the ballot. Winner chooses Supreme Court and Mittens wants constitutional amendment

[spooky3]

32. +1000

[SunSeeker]

46. Of course. Mittens is a lying sack of liquid crap. nt

[CarmanK]

7. OH, yes they are and big time! Stupid passes PERSONHOOD, WH will sign it.

[CitizenPatriot]

8. But as Romney knows, he would be picking next supreme for SCOTUS

so no, the decision isn't locked. As for his retroactive reassurances today, earlier he endorsed personhood which effectively takes away all of those exceptions.

[still_one]

18. And why doesn't anyone ask that?

[CitizenPatriot]

21. They're too busy carrying water for GOP? n/t

[SunSeeker]

45. Just ONCE I'd like to see one of these so-called journalists call him on that. nt

[CitizenPatriot]

48. apparently we don't pay enough

to matter and the truth is of little interest to them. They're very busy with their narratives.

[kiranon]

9. His VP Ryan thinks otherwise and he will be just a heartbeat away from being President.

Romney will sign anything put in front of him. Ryan is the stronger of the two men. Good bye to a woman's right of choice.

[Stuart G]

38. Correct, so, Romney lies again..and again, and again and again, and again...you get the sketch...

[William Seger]

10. Wanna bet $10,000? (n/t)

[Paladin]

11. Mitt Romney: Profile in Cowardice. (nt)

[Angry Dragon]

12. Every day, every year the republicans bring up abortion

why would election day be any different??

[Proud liberal 80]

13. Of the 9 SC Justices

Ruth B Ginsberg seems the likeliest to retire in the next 4 years, so yes abortion is on the ballot. Although she has been a solid Liberal Justice, I think Clinton messed up by picking her because she came to the bench old.

[ecstatic]

14. Hmm. That's not what he told FOX News and the National Review

I guess he figures there will be absolutely no overlap between CBS viewers and FOX viewers. I really hate this guy. He doesn't respect us at all.

http://www.lifenews.com/2012/08/26/romney-two-lives-at-stake-in-abortion-i-care-about-both/

The SBA List president writes: “In a post on National Review Online last June, Governor Romney committed himself to the pro-life position and called Roe v. Wade “bad law and bad medicine.” He didn’t stop there. Rather than just check the pro-life box, Governor Romney went on to make concrete commitments.”

The commitments include de-funding Planned Parenthood and abortion, stopping promotion of abortion overseas, signing the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act to ban late-term abortions in the nation’s capital, appoint constitutionalist justices to the Supreme Court, and selecting a pro-life vice-presidential running mate.

“Governor Romney has made it clear that he is the pro-life candidate in this race — which is why the SBA List Board of Directors voted unanimously to stand behind him in April. It is the responsibility of all pro-life voters to now unite behind Governor Romney. Together we can put a pro-life leader in the White House,” Dannenfelser said.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. Yes they are. Here's the GOPpertone ad. Change Akin to Tom Smith or a large pack of scurvy mongrels.

Willard can run but he can't hide it.

[zbdent]

16. I've never heard of the "Tax Cut Contraceptive" ...

[still_one]

17. Made by the supreme court, and pray tell who appoints the supreme court? Of course the dumbshit

Will not follow- up with that question so Romney will get a free pass like the they have being doing for the repukes for years

[chowder66]

19. Over 57 abortion bills and why did Todd Aken and Paul Ryan Co-Sponser 8 of the most

extreme abortion bills?

[Mz Pip]

20. Wait until February.

The GOP can't do anything about it now but just wait until they get elected.

You can forget about any attention to jobs. It will be all about ramming their social agenda down our throats.

[kestrel91316]

22. They sure as hell are, you LIAR. If YOU get elected, we will HAVE no abortion rights.

[CTyankee]

23. You're a lying sack of crap.

[qwlauren35]

25. I Cross my fingers and hope...

that his ignorance will be his downfall. Okay, his feigned ignorance.

[Skittles]

26. gawd he is such a fucking WEENIE

[jsr]

27. Yeah, right

[Cha]

36. That's what the MF thinks

alright!

We Need A Counter Sign that says..

[font size=21pt]WE CAN FACT CHECK FASTER THAN YOU CAN LIE, MF![/font]

[wordpix]

28. "the decision that WILL be made by the Supreme Court?" I thought that decision was made already,

Roe v. Wade.

[spooky3]

33. The SC can reverse itself in a future decision.

That's why many Dem. activists have decided NOT to challenge some state law changes that they believe are unconstitutional. They fear that such a ruling would be appealed to the SC, which with the conservative cabal, would be only too happy to overturn the decision and Roe v. Wade in the process.

Rachel Maddow featured this argument maybe six months ago on her show.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

42. Code speak. Vote for me for anti-abortion justices.

Which the religious right will, while he pretends Ryan and the RNC's views aren't scaring off moderate women voters in droves.

He's an amazingly weak candidate, or his campaign staff is really inept. I can't decide which.

[calimary]

29. Wanna make a bet?

They're ALL OVER the ballot this year! Because of YOU AND YOURS, you asshole Troglodyte!

[luv_mykatz]

30. A very clever lie...

but, a lie, nonetheless.

A woman's right to decide her own future, including when her life is in danger, IS on the ballot.

The political ticket is: Rmoney and Lyan.

The political platorm: Repuke

What a dishonest, lying sack of sh!t.

[chollybocker]

31. OK, Mitt. Whatever you say.

Can we now talk about how you profited handsomely off the sale of human stem cells?

Would that be better for you? lol, a-hole.

[oldsarge54]

37. Has he Read

Has he read is own party platform yet?

[tclambert]

40. It may not be ready yet. (The Koch brothers type slowly.)

[sofa king]

41. No, but WOMEN'S RIGHTS certainly are.

[CBHagman]

44. That's what you think.

Someone would have to be very stupid indeed to think that the laws of the United States regarding abortion and even contraception were not on the line in this election. The Supreme Court appointees issue alone makes this a pivotal election.

[rks306]

49. Oh Mit!!!

I think they are. Activist Supreme Court is probably on the line, too. We now have a court that has allowed the corporate take over of our politicians for their own greedy interest. GOP is bought by the oil companies. Worst oil spill in history, yet no regulation on the richest industry in the world. Hey, let us give them tax money to help them ruin our country.

[Scairp]

50. His head needs work

This has everything to do with who is in the WH, at least right now, with aging members of the Supreme Court Jesters possibly retiring over the next four years. Man I dislike this dude so much.

[tblue37]

51. How Republican--to blame Dems for making abortion an issue every four years! nt

[MadrasT]

52. No, Mitt.

Democrats think it is a PERSONAL issue. It's Republican busybodies who want to legislate it out of existence.

As soon as you get your slimy friends to stop trying to legislate women's control of their own bodies and lives, we'll stop talking about it.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

53. On November 7th, however....(nt)

[reflection]

54. Bzzzt. Afraid they are.

And you guys are the ones who can't stop trying to screw with settled law. So you've got no one to blame but yourselves.

[truthisfreedom]

55. "Never mind the men behind the curtain."

"These are not the droids you are looking for."

[karynnj]

56. Does he remember who nominates Supreme Court Justices?

Not to mention, it is MORE often the Republicans who make it an issue. I guess he forgot the conservative Catholic bishops who made it a major issue in 2004 - even recommending that a very decent Catholic nominee be refused communion.

[shanti]

57. sure they aren't

[Zoeisright]

58. LIAR.

God, I hate him.

[Major Hogwash]

59. Oh yes they are!!!

Better read your own party's platform before you give any more interviews, Bain Boy.

[Brigid]

60. Like hell abortion rights are not on the ballot.

It's the Repugs that make it an issue every four years. WTF, Romney!

[yurbud]

61. It would be more accurate to say they aren't on the agenda if elected

Republicans (at least at the presidential level) wave the abortion flag to get out their base, then carefully fold it, and put it away until the next election.

[yurbud]

62. If Republicans didn't make abortion illegal when they had all three branches under Bush...

why would they expect their politicians to do so when they don't control at least one chamber of Congress?

[goclark]

63. ROMHitler

Who does he think he is....

[HeiressofBickworth]

67. There he goes again

Lying for the Lord. The main objective is to get him in office, doesn't matter how. Whatever the current hot-button is, Mitt is sure to take whatever stance is required to calm the masses so they will vote for him. After he is elected, he will do whatever his masters tell him to do as he has no moral fiber of his own. The rub is that we as voters are not given sufficient or truthful information upon which to base our votes. I'm sure the Founding Fathers didn't have this in mind.

[and-justice-for-all]

68. Your going to win, so it does not matter...nt