New Senate Leader Spells Trouble For Conservative Agenda
By Chuck Baldwin
December 31, 2002
What should conservatives expect now that Senator Bill Frist has
officially become the new Senate Majority Leader? Here is a
summary of Frist's record on a variety of key issues.
"Bill Frist is not pro-life." That is the declaration of Judie Brown,
president and co-founder of American Life League. Brown further
stated, "He's made all kinds of strange statements and is a
shareholder in a huge for-profit hospital company that does
abortions."
Further muddying his pro-life commitment is the fact that Frist
aggressively promoted President Bill Clinton's nominee David
Satcher as Surgeon General. Satcher is a rabid pro-abortion
advocate and a man who has personally performed abortions.
Frist also joined Democrat Charles Schumer in voting for the 2002
bankruptcy bill that blocked peaceful, pro-life protesters from
filing bankruptcy to void large cash judgments awarded to abortion
clinic owners. He is also on record as stating he does not believe
that abortion should be outlawed.
Bill Frist has proven that he is not averse to joining forces with
pro-abortion liberals against pro-life advocates, nor is he averse to
receiving financial gain from the killing of unborn children.
Furthermore, he is more than willing to promote and endorse
radical, pro-abortionists for high public office. It is certain that
Frist would oppose any effort to overturn Roe v Wade.
Gun Owners of America gives Frist a "D" for his Senate record on
gun control issues. According to GOA, Frist helped kill the
filibuster on the Shays-Meehan Incumbent Protection bill, a sham
"campaign finance reform" measure "which squelches the voice of
pro-gun organizations."
Frist also voted against the Smith filibuster and in favor of sending
the Gore-Lautenberg anti-gun crime bill to a House-Senate
conference committee. GOA also says Frist is one of "the
Republicans who betrayed gun owners and voted for the anti-gun
crime bill."
Other anti-gun measures supported by Frist include government
wiretapping of innocent citizens and gun owners, the anti-gun
terror bill, the Lautenberg Domestic Confiscation Gun Ban, and
the Kohl Gun Free Zones Ban.
Senator Frist receives consistently low marks from conservatives
who closely monitor the immigration issue. He has voted against
curbing illegal immigration, has supported granting amnesty to
illegal aliens, and has supported the so-called "guest worker"
program, which encourages Mexican residents to obtain work in
the United States.
These and other issues mean that Bill Frist's position as Senate
Majority Leader can only spell trouble for the conservative agenda.
© Chuck Baldwin
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