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Election Thoughts
Jun. 6th, 2008 | 01:44 pm
Like many of you, I giggled in delight when I first heard that Hillary had lost the Democratic primary. This was, of course, months ago, and since then Hillary has been a good democrat by dragging on the inevitable.
However, the giggles quickly ended when we saw who had won the primary. A dismal choice indeed. While I've personally always wanted a black in the White House, I was hoping for a good black, not a Democrat black.
We already know that Obama psycholly supported infanticide in Illinois. We also know that he supports abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy for thirteen year-old girls across state lines without their parents knowledge. He also seems to want to court Iran and "bring the troops home" which will probably contribute in the deaths of even more people than who are being killed while we are there.
Thankfully, Republicans have a candidate that will rally them and remind them of true Republicanism: John McCain! Wait, wait, I'm sorry, I think I went a tad bit overboard there.
*sigh* We're screwed.
Seriously though, I have no idea who will win this election. I think that liberals will be quite pumped with a Hillary and Obama ticket, though we don't know for sure if that's going to happen, because, like democrats, they like to drag this crap out. McCain had better choose a great VP; one whom Republicans like better than McCain himself, or we're definitely going down.
Heck, at this point, I don't even know if I can vote for McCain. He's a liberal, and I don't swing that way when it comes to voting. Perhaps if he were really strong on the life issue I'd totally vote for him, but he's not. He's just a grumpy old war prisoner to me. Woot, woot, go Republicans, go.
However, the giggles quickly ended when we saw who had won the primary. A dismal choice indeed. While I've personally always wanted a black in the White House, I was hoping for a good black, not a Democrat black.
We already know that Obama psycholly supported infanticide in Illinois. We also know that he supports abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy for thirteen year-old girls across state lines without their parents knowledge. He also seems to want to court Iran and "bring the troops home" which will probably contribute in the deaths of even more people than who are being killed while we are there.
Thankfully, Republicans have a candidate that will rally them and remind them of true Republicanism: John McCain! Wait, wait, I'm sorry, I think I went a tad bit overboard there.
*sigh* We're screwed.
Seriously though, I have no idea who will win this election. I think that liberals will be quite pumped with a Hillary and Obama ticket, though we don't know for sure if that's going to happen, because, like democrats, they like to drag this crap out. McCain had better choose a great VP; one whom Republicans like better than McCain himself, or we're definitely going down.
Heck, at this point, I don't even know if I can vote for McCain. He's a liberal, and I don't swing that way when it comes to voting. Perhaps if he were really strong on the life issue I'd totally vote for him, but he's not. He's just a grumpy old war prisoner to me. Woot, woot, go Republicans, go.
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Budging on the Abortion Issue
Nov. 21st, 2007 | 01:02 pm
mood: 
full
While pro-choice advocates sometimes give the pretense of wanting to "work together" with the anti-choicers to "reduce abortion rates", it becomes pretty clear right away what the real plan is. The pro-choicers have a pact amongst themselves to never, ever give an inch when it comes to advocating the killing of the unborn.
As opposed to pro-lifers, who constantly make compromises in order to save children. Perhaps it's because we have a lot more at stake (human life) than they do (the inability to have unprotected sex with strangers sans consequence), but you'll find that pro-lifers will constantly be doing things they don't really want to do in order to squeeze in any sane reason into the abortion debate, particularly with law.
While the phrase "rape and incest" elicits a strong desire in me to lash out violently (proving pro-choicers' suspicions all along!), I (and all pro-lifers) realize that the public is fixated on this stupid phrase. Like I've said before, pro-choicers (who don't believe that there are "good reasons" or "bad reasons" to get your abortion anyway) throw out this phrase as casually as "Nice shoes!" or "Merry Christmas!" People have stopped thinking about actual rape and incest victims and simply parrot some kind of objection to parental notification for abortions on 12 year-olds.
The Democrats have a huge problem. It's hard trying to look sane when you have the most extreme abortion stance possible: abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy. Obama and Clinton both have this view. They need it too: the people who speak for pro-choicers in this country, NARAL and Planned Parenthood, hold tremendous political power in their endorsements. And if you are against the "non-existent but medically necessary" partial-birth abortions but are yet pro-choice in every other way, God help you. Emily's List, a group of paranoid old women clutching coat hangers, gives millions of dollars to female politicians who support sucking the brains out of unborn babies in the 8th month. Oops, I mean "choice".
Because of the money and endorsements that are on the line, Democrats don't have much wiggle room. This is why they all tell us either that "abortion is a sad decision, but..." or even "I'm personally against abortion, but..." Note to Democrats: no one cares! What we want to hear is "Abortion is murder, boo-ya..." And giving this to us is...well, Ron Paul.
The president can do relatively little given the current and past make ups of Congress. Even with a Republican majority, there are too many wishy-washy (aka, non-conservative) Republicans with seats. They give us parental notification and expect us to be in awe of their "respect for life". Please. What pro-life advocates want are actual laws that may stop a girl from actually getting an abortion. We can only harass abortion clinics for so long by passing bills holding them to an actual standard like not having blood smeared on the walls or washing their hands between clients. But the fun of that is quickly subsiding. Now, with more and more future pro-choicers being aborted and more and more people becoming educated about the detriment of abortion to society, change is afoot. At least some of the wishy-washy Republicans will be able to hide behind their oh-so-brave votes for parental notification when the country has a drastic change of heart about abortion. The democrats will still be sitting there, claiming that the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban was "bad for women".
As opposed to pro-lifers, who constantly make compromises in order to save children. Perhaps it's because we have a lot more at stake (human life) than they do (the inability to have unprotected sex with strangers sans consequence), but you'll find that pro-lifers will constantly be doing things they don't really want to do in order to squeeze in any sane reason into the abortion debate, particularly with law.
While the phrase "rape and incest" elicits a strong desire in me to lash out violently (proving pro-choicers' suspicions all along!), I (and all pro-lifers) realize that the public is fixated on this stupid phrase. Like I've said before, pro-choicers (who don't believe that there are "good reasons" or "bad reasons" to get your abortion anyway) throw out this phrase as casually as "Nice shoes!" or "Merry Christmas!" People have stopped thinking about actual rape and incest victims and simply parrot some kind of objection to parental notification for abortions on 12 year-olds.
The Democrats have a huge problem. It's hard trying to look sane when you have the most extreme abortion stance possible: abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy. Obama and Clinton both have this view. They need it too: the people who speak for pro-choicers in this country, NARAL and Planned Parenthood, hold tremendous political power in their endorsements. And if you are against the "non-existent but medically necessary" partial-birth abortions but are yet pro-choice in every other way, God help you. Emily's List, a group of paranoid old women clutching coat hangers, gives millions of dollars to female politicians who support sucking the brains out of unborn babies in the 8th month. Oops, I mean "choice".
Because of the money and endorsements that are on the line, Democrats don't have much wiggle room. This is why they all tell us either that "abortion is a sad decision, but..." or even "I'm personally against abortion, but..." Note to Democrats: no one cares! What we want to hear is "Abortion is murder, boo-ya..." And giving this to us is...well, Ron Paul.
The president can do relatively little given the current and past make ups of Congress. Even with a Republican majority, there are too many wishy-washy (aka, non-conservative) Republicans with seats. They give us parental notification and expect us to be in awe of their "respect for life". Please. What pro-life advocates want are actual laws that may stop a girl from actually getting an abortion. We can only harass abortion clinics for so long by passing bills holding them to an actual standard like not having blood smeared on the walls or washing their hands between clients. But the fun of that is quickly subsiding. Now, with more and more future pro-choicers being aborted and more and more people becoming educated about the detriment of abortion to society, change is afoot. At least some of the wishy-washy Republicans will be able to hide behind their oh-so-brave votes for parental notification when the country has a drastic change of heart about abortion. The democrats will still be sitting there, claiming that the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban was "bad for women".