WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Dear Brigade, "The reaction (to Bush choosing Ridge) on the part of pro-lifers would be stunned disbelief and then anger," said Colleen Parro of Dallas, executive director of the Republican National Coalition for Life ...Parro said some are talking about forming "Republicans for Buchanan," referring to conservative commentator Pat Buchanan. Buchanan, an abortion opponent, left the Republican Party last year and likely will be the Reform Party's presidential nominee..." REPUBLICANS FOR BUCHANAN - GO GO GO!!!!! Linda --------------------- From: "Tlasek, Sally" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FW: Republicans for Buchanan!!!! if Dubya picks pro-abort Ridge Date sent: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 16:57:00 -0400 This could be really good news!!! See paragraph 5. ------------- Bush may find middle with Ridge GOP split on usefulness of pro-abortion rights running mate By R.G. RATCLIFFE and JULIE MASON Copyright 2000 Houston Chronicle The state Republican convention begins in Houston today with its socially conservative delegates wondering whether presidential candidate George W. Bush will pick a pro-abortion rights running mate. As several potential running mates have withdrawn their names from consideration, the speculation about the Texas governor's choice keeps swirling around Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge. Bush is opposed to abortion in most cases, but earlier this year Ridge advocated removing the anti-abortion plank from the Republican national platform. "The reaction (to Bush choosing Ridge) on the part of pro-lifers would be stunned disbelief and then anger," said Colleen Parro of Dallas, executive director of the Republican National Coalition for Life. "He (Bush) would lose a substantial amount of his base vote and the election." Parro said some are talking about forming "Republicans for Buchanan," referring to conservative commentator Pat Buchanan. Buchanan, an abortion opponent, left the Republican Party last year and likely will be the Reform Party's presidential nominee. "A pro-abort vice president would really be a huge turnoff for pro-lifers generally," said Texas Right to Life President Joseph Graham of Houston. "And I don't think it would give him (Bush) any great advantage that would offset the likelihood of causing a great number of pro-life voters to sit on the bench in November." Ridge appeals to the Bush campaign because he and the governor are friends and because it is believed Ridge would make the ticket look more moderate, especially to women voters. But Republican National Committeeman Tim Lambert of Lubbock said he does not believe Bush will pick Ridge. Lambert said Bush campaign strategist Karl Rove told the RNC last month that the election will hinge on whether the Republicans or the Democrats get out their base vote. "Governor Bush understands the base includes pro-life supporters," Lambert said. "I just think the ultimate choice is going to be somebody who will energize the base and agree with him on abortion." Bush is not attending the Republican Party of Texas State Convention today through Saturday at the George R. Brown Convention Center. First lady Laura Bush is scheduled to speak to delegates Friday. Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, a Catholic opposed to abortion, got a boost in the running mate rumor mill this week when he acknowledged that the Bush campaign had asked him to fill out a background questionnaire. Even Keating, from a neighboring state already believed to be solidly in Bush's corner, considered himself to be a distant prospect. "I will be ... a great coat-holder," Keating said on CNN. "Whatever I can do to help him become our president, I'll do it, but I don't really expect to be chosen." University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato said Bush needs a moderating influence on the ticket. Sabato said Ridge would not cause social conservative angst as would the selection of New Jersey Gov. Christine Whitman, also an abortion-rights advocate. "He could get away with picking Ridge," Sabato said, though a few delegates might stage protest walkouts at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, which is expected to nominate Bush and his running mate. "The pluses outweigh the minuses of a walkout," Sabato said. "It positions Bush in the middle where he wants to be, and additionally he wins Pennsylvania." Pennsylvania, with 23 of the 270 electoral college votes needed for victory, is considered to be a tossup state right now in Bush's contest with Vice President Al Gore, the likely Democratic presidential nominee. Charles Black, a Washington consultant who is advising Bush, said he does not believe the selection of an abortion-rights running mate would hurt Bush among Republicans as long as it was done in advance of next month's national convention. "That would give us a few days to organize and reassure the strong pro- lifers before the convention," Black said. "I'm just not finding the intensity that I used to for people wanting (ideological) purity." Bush's campaign raised Ridge's profile Wednesday by having him offer the official rebuttals to Vice President Al Gore's campaign swing through Pennsylvania Wednesday. It could have been viewed as tryout for a running mate's role as campaign attack dog. Ridge, a Vietnam veteran who won a Bronze Star, served in Congress from 1983-95. He, like Bush, was elected governor of his home state in 1994. Michigan Gov. John Engler, a Catholic opposed to abortion, was once considered a top pick for Bush. But when Democrats flooded his state's GOP primary this year to deliver a defeat to Bush, Engler's chances to become vice president dimmed, despite his state being a tossup with 18 electoral college votes. Former Missouri Sen. John Danforth was briefly considered as a Bush running mate, but he removed his name from consideration earlier this week. Texas Right to Life President Graham sees another Missouri politician, Sen. John Ashcroft, as "a marvelous choice." But the gospel-singing Ashcroft and a candidate such U.S. Rep. John Kasich of Ohio might be viewed as too tied to the religious right wing of the Republican Party to help Bush in his move to the middle. Another candidate with current cachet is Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, an early supporter of Bush GOP rival Sen. John McCain. But like Keating, Hagel comes from a state already in Bush's corner. ------------ end --------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T H E I N T E R N E T B R I G A D E Linda Muller - WebMaster Post Office Box 650266, Potomac Falls, Virginia 20165 Email: http://www.buchanan.org/form-contact.html Web: http://www.buchanan.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ S U P P O R T the Internet Brigade ! 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