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By: NRLC disavows Bopp’s Brownback statements — 2008 president candidates

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:09:26 +0000

[...] … to the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) attacked Sam Brownback for saying something nice about Rudy Giuliani. … In January, 2007, the National Right to Life Board of Directors adopted a resolution urging that no NRLC state affiliate, no executive staff member of any state a…In other words, Bopp was attacking Brownback, not because he was right, but because the Romney campaign asked him to. … Bopp is now in the eye of a storm after criticizing Sen. Sam Brownback for meeting with Giuliani, a meeting, sources say, that Giuliani asked for…. source: NRLC disavows Bopps Brownback statements, eyeon08.com [...]

By: jboppjr

jboppjr — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:24:50 +0000

The American Spectator article is wrong on at least 3 points. First, I am not paid by the Romney campaign. I am a volunteer. Second, I have not asked people to believe in Romney’s conversion “because he says we should.” I have documented my reasons. See James Bopp Jr. on Mitt Romney & Abortion & 2008 on National Review Online. Third, it is absolutely false that Romney “has done nothing for the [right to life] movement,” citing an anonymous and grossly uninformed “pro-life” conservative activist. In fact, Governor Romney vetoed every pro-abortion bill that reached his desk and he promoted numerous pro-life policies, resulting in the Massachusetts Citizens for Life giving him an award for his consistent and courageous pro-life record as Governor. Citing such ignorant commentary does not bolster your argument.

By: eyeon08.com: “NRLC disavows Bopp’s Brownback statements” « who is willard milton romney?

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:28:32 +0000

[...] Oct 29, 2007 in 2008, Evangelicals, GOP, analysis, campaign communications, campaign communiques, election 2008, gaffs and pratfalls, incompetence, media, mitt romney, policy, republicans, rhetoric, romney, stupidity, the dark soul of Mitt RomneyTags: abortion, alienation, apology, disavowels, estrangement, james bopp, National Right to Life Committee, NLRC, rebuke, rejection, reproof, right to life “Yesterday, Jim Bopp, a supporter of Mitt Romney and former General Counsel (they actually spend text clarifying that he is the former) to the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) attacked Sam Brownback for saying something nice about Rudy Giuliani,” writes eye in a post titled NRLC disavows Bopp’s Brownback statements Turns out that he was nasty enough that NRLC disavowed his statements. I have obtained a copy of a letter that NRLC’s President, Executive Director, and Legislative Director, [in which] they apologized for Bopp’s statements. [...]

By: eye

eye — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:51:29 +0000

Mr. Bopp, I admire you and what you have done. But let’s be clear. You are an attorney and a politician. And your client has publicly repudiated your statements.

By: jboppjr

jboppjr — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:12:20 +0000

How could eyeon08 get so much wrong in just so few words? First, the Romney campaign did not ask me to speak about Brownback, I did on my own accord. Second, NRLC did not apologize for what I said, they just disagreed with it. There was no reason for NRLC to apologize for what I said, since I was speaking on my own accord. Third, I am now, and have been since 1978, NRLC’s general counsel, but I have never been an employee, have many clients and was speaking on my own accord. This is exactly what NRLC explained in their letter – so how did eyeon08 get it all so wrong? James Bopp, Jr.