{"id":9941,"date":"2007-02-15T12:30:59","date_gmt":"2007-02-15T17:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/9941.html"},"modified":"2007-02-15T12:30:59","modified_gmt":"2007-02-15T17:30:59","slug":"giuliani-defines-strict-constructionist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/giuliani-defines-strict-constructionist\/","title":{"rendered":"Giuliani defines ‘strict constructionist’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rudy Giuliani has always been unswervingly pro-choice, even accepting an award from NARAL, which is why it’s been noticeably odd to see him try to finesse the issue<\/a> lately, suggesting to Republican primary voters that it may not matter that he’s pro-choice, because he’d appoint conservative judges.<\/p>\n

The subject came up last night, during an interview<\/a> with CNN’s Larry King.<\/p>\n

KING: Let’s move to some things domestic. You’ve had some quotes lately that — that seem contradictory. I know you’re pro-choice, you’ve always been pro-choice.<\/p>\n

GIULIANI: I am.<\/p>\n

KING: Yet you’ll say you’ll appoint judges who are strict constructionists. If that’s the case, they’re going to vote to overturn “Roe v. Wade,” which you don’t want.<\/p>\n

GIULIANI: I don’t know that. You don’t know that.<\/p>\n

KING: Well, what is strict constructionist?<\/p>\n

GIULIANI: Well, OK, there are a lot of ways to explain that. I mean (UNINTELLIGIBLE)…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The “unintelligible” isn’t mine; it’s in the official CNN transcript. I didn’t see the interview, and can’t speak to what Giuliani might have been saying, but the New York Times reported<\/a> it this way: “When Mr. King asked him to define what a strict constructionist is, Mr. Giuliani said, ‘There are a lot of ways to explain that,’ and did not elaborate.”<\/p>\n

Giuliani’s message, therefore, seems to be, “I support strict constructionists for the federal bench, just don’t ask me to explain what that means.”<\/p>\n

No wonder he and Bush get along so well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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