{"id":74,"date":"2007-10-26T09:16:28","date_gmt":"2007-10-26T09:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2007\/10\/brownback-inches-closer-to-rud.html"},"modified":"2007-10-26T09:16:28","modified_gmt":"2007-10-26T09:16:28","slug":"brownback-inches-closer-to-rud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godometer\/2007\/10\/brownback-inches-closer-to-rud.html","title":{"rendered":"Brownback Inches Closer to Rudy"},"content":{"rendered":"

After his lengthy meeting yesterday with Rudy Giuliani in his Senate office, Sam Brownback appears to be warming even more to the ex-Mayor, reports Politico<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Standing just outside his Senate office suite next to Giuliani, Brownback, an ardent abortion opponent, said twice that he was \u201cmuch more comfortable\u201d with his former rival\u2019s stance on what he called the issue \u201cof life.\u201d
\n\u201cHe\u2019s talked about a number of key pieces of what a president would have, whether it\u2019s funding, appointments on the court, I\u2019m much more comfortable with that,\u201d Brownback said.
\nAsked if he could support somebody who supports abortion rights, Brownback said, \u201cI don\u2019t know that he would \u2026 whether he\u2019d describe himself as a pro-choice mayor or a pro-choice candidate.\u201d
\nQuestioned exactly how he\u2019d describe himself, Giuliani offered his usual recitation of how he views the issue, saying that he wants \u201cto see a society in which there\u2019s no abortion,\u201d but that he\u2019s \u201cnot in favor of changing the law and the right that presently exists.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Brownback said the key for him was that Giuliani was intent on supporting strict constructionist judges in the mold of John Roberts and Samuel Alito. Forgive God-o-Meter if it’s just being thick, but how can Rudy be both against changing the abortion “right that presently exists” and for appointing anti-Roe <\/em>judges? That’s a question for the months ahead; for now, Rudy’s appearance at the Values Voter summit and his wooing of Brownback puts him on a Godly streak.<\/p>\n


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