FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 14, 1999
BUSH, MCCAIN WALKING AWAY FROM UNBORN
VIENNA, VA-Today, Presidential candidate Patrick J. Buchanan released the
following statement:
"Last night, Texas Governor George W. Bush, the front-runner for the
Republican presidential nomination, pointedly refused to rule out a pro-abortion
running mate such as Christine Todd Whitman. Senator John McCain, his closest
rival in the polls, also refused to rule out of a pro-abortion vice presidential
nominee.
"Mr. Bush and Mr. McCain have also refused to commit themselves to
nominate Supreme Court Justices who would overturn the 1973 abomination Roe v.
Wade. The retreat of the national Republican Party from the Reagan principle
that all human life is sacred, and must be protected, is now headlong and
irreversible.
"I urge those within the GOP who believe in the cause of life to walk
away from a party that is turning its back on the unborn-and to join my campaign
to win the nomination of the Reform Party for President. If nominated, I shall
choose a pro-life running mate. If elected, every nomination I make to the
Supreme Court will be of a jurist who believes in the sanctity of human life,
and understands that Roe v. Wade was a crime against God and the Constitution.
"The time for trust in the national Republican Party is over."
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