March 1, 2008

District 2 Voters Get a Real Choice

Republican Tony Shipley has launched his campaign to unseat Democrat state Rep. Nathan Vaughn. The Kingsport Times-News tells the tale. Vaughn was recently in the news for complaining that he was unable to sign on as a co-sponsor of a piece of pro-life legislation. Pro-life voters in state House District 2 should know this: No matter how he talks about that issue, the first vote Nathan Vaughn casts at the start of each General Assembly - for Democrat Jimmy Naifeh for Speaker - is a pro-abortion vote because Naifeh routinely sends pro-life legislation to die in a special subcommittee he set up for that purpose. Naifeh is pro-abortion - hence, even pro-life legislation that has the support of a majority of House members stands no chance of passing. Thus, Vaughn undercuts his stated pro-life position and enables Tennessee to continue having the most liberal, unregulated abortion industry in the country.

Thanks to ineffective pro-life legislators like Vaughn, 500,000 babies have been killed in the state's abortion mills since 1978.

God bless Nathan Vaughn for being pro-life, it's just time District 2 had an effective pro-life representative. Tony Shipley will not claim to be pro-life and then vote for a pro-abortion Speaker.