Has Senator John Thune Forgotten About Life Issues

It’s now old news that Senator John Thune, hailed by many as a solid conservative, has endorsed Romney for President.  It leaves many conservatives asking “Why?”.

Romney had nice things to say about Thune, “On the issues that I have been fighting for in my campaign – creating a better business environment, lessening the regulatory burden, and ending Washington’s spending addiction – Sen. Thune has been a leading voice in the Senate”.

Thune had nice things to say about Romney, “Mitt Romney has shown throughout his life in the private sector, as leader of the Olympics, as governor and in this campaign that he will not back down from difficult challenges.  His plans to revitalize the private sector and restore our country’s fiscal health are drawn from his 25-year career as a conservative businessman.”

Neither of them had anything to say about life issues.  Perhaps it’s because Romney would like to avoid talking about that issue.  He has certainly not been a leader on issues important to pro-life conservatives.  Romney is one of only two Presidential candidates refusing to sign the pro life pledge.  That doesn’t give much hope to pro-life conservatives, and it leaves us wondering about Senator Thune’s level of committment to pro-life issues as well.

Senator Ted Kennedy had a few things to say about Romney on life issues… “Mitt Romney isn’t Pro choice, he isn’t anti choice….. he’s multi choice.”

You should listen for yourself as Romney describes his position(s) on life issues.  http://www.newsinfaith.com/?p=1482

After you listen to Romney take both sides on life issues, you might be asking “Why would South Dakota Senator John Thune ever endorse Romney?” If Life issues are important to Senator Thune, why not endorse a candidate who is absolutely in the pro-life camp?

Maybe the Senator can explain why neither he nor Romney even thought life issues were worthy of mention.  Maybe Senator Thune can explain why he is endorsing a candidate who has obviously not shown a strong committment to life issues.  We would invite him to explain here, so we can all see his reasoning.  For now, many of us are disappointed.  Maybe he can help us understand.

***Gordon Howie is a nationally syndicated author and CEO of Life and Liberty Media***