I work as a part-time liaison in an after-school program for elementary age students here in northern California. They are a lot of fun, but can, of course, be difficult. One thing we do, in the 2 to 6 p.m. time span, is help the kids with homework. Sometimes the kindergarten and first graders don’t have any, so we keep them occupied with other things.
One of these is doing dot-to-dots. Remember them? You do if you are a parent! Well, once they learn numbers and learn the alphabet, the dot puzzles are a breeze. In fact, they are too easy. A little boy or girl will no sooner get one than a hand goes up and the child says, “I’m done!”
I started writing one of our California senators a few days ago, using dot-to-dots as an illustration. It must have been a bad one, because I hit a wrong key, goofed up the message and still have not got it sent. (That’s what happens to us technologically challenged folks.)
Well, to try to get to the point. We have, or had (some have dropped out) 8 Democratic presidential candidates who cannot connect the dots. They are universally, unequivocally pro-abortion. I was going to say to our Senator, Barbara Boxer, that when a child is conceived, it is not much more than a dot, but it is a human being and there is straight line between conception and birth and there is no point in that process when the child is not a growing girl or boy.
We need to drop the euphemism “pro-choice”; “infanticide” would be a better description. National Right-to-Life News tells us where the Democratic candidates stand: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Bill Richardson, Joe Biden, Dennis Kucinich, Christopher Dodd and Mike Gravel are all unanimously, explicitly, outspokenly pro-abortion.
What does this mean. It means that these otherwise, quite intelligent human beings, need to go back to kindergarten. They just don’t seem to have the mental capacity to “connect the dots” and none of them has sufficient clarity of mind, or reasoning ability, to be President of the United States. They are subject to their various constituencies. Even if they know in their minds and hearts that abortion is a bloody blot on the soul of this nation, none of them has sufficient political character or “guts” to change to a pro-life stand.
Let’s look at the other side of the coin. With exception of Rudy Giulani, and, to some extent, Mitt Romney, all of the Republican candidats: Fred Thompson, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Sam Brownback, Duncan Hunter, Ron Paul and Tom Tancredo (some of these have dropped out) are all unequivocally pro-life and opposed to Roe v. Wade.
In a few days we will mark the anniversary of this heinous Supreme Court decision of 1973. The passage of 35 years has seen the deaths of some 50 million unborn babies. Do you think God does not know about these deaths? Do you want a President of the United States so deficient in straight reasoning that he or she cannot “connect the dots”?
There are seven things God hates; that He calls an “abomination” unto Him. One of these is “the shedding of innocent blood” (Proverbs 6:16-19). The Bible reiterates God’s hatred of such shedding of blood in several other places in the Scripture. “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man sows, that he will also reap” (Galatians 6:7) The reaping time is coming; are you ready?
January 19, 2008 at 5:15 pm
AMEN DAD!
But sadly, people blind themselves to what they don’t want to see.
January 19, 2008 at 10:18 pm
I went back and forth with myself on whether or not I’d respond to this. In the end, I decided to comment, obviously. Before reading the rest of what I’m writing, please note that I am a Republican, and have been registered as such since age 18.
Abortion is horrible. There are videos online where you can see what happens. The cameras film everything. If they are “pro-choice”, I don’t see how anyone could view the realities of abortion and not have their opinion changed.
That being said:
I really think the abortion issue is a political hot button for Republicans, and nothing more. Not one of the Republicans who have been in office since Roe v. Wade have seen it overturned, and there have been DECADES of years in which to accomplish such. Not one of them will do so in the future. It is used as a political tool during elections, and then forgotten about it until it is time to run for office again.
A Republican was in office when abortion was made legal. He was powerless to do anything about it. The same can be said for any Republican candidate: they’ll be powerless to change the legality of abortion.
Ah! But what about the SUPREME COURT, you might ask. We can talk about possible nominees to the Supreme Court until we’re blue in the face, but the reality of life is that will likely not change anything, either. Yet another conservative nominee will not change a thing!
Here is what I mean:
Of the 9 Justices currently serving,
1 was appointed by President Ford
2 were appointed by President Reagan
2 were appointed by President Clinton
2 were appointed by George Bush, Senior
2 were appointed by George Bush, Junior
So with 7 out of 9 Justices appointed by Republicans I ask, has abortion gone away?
No.
Will it?
Sadly, I doubt it.
When deciding which candidate I’ll vote for, the abortion issue is not part of my consideration simply because I know that no matter what a candidate’s opinions of the topic, pro or con, they will not change anything.
January 20, 2008 at 12:52 am
I won’t give up hope that Roe v. Wade can be overturned, so a candidate’s views on abortion are always foremost in my mind. Also, if a candidate refuses to take a stand for the lives of the innocent, what does that say about his/her character? To me, it shows that something is terribly wrong, and that I cannot trust his/her judgement.
January 20, 2008 at 12:59 am
Tracy,
As I pointed out above, 7 out of 9 Supreme Court Justices were appointed by Republicans. And during this current administration there was an opportunity for George Bush to make an attempt to overturn Roe v Wade. That was not taken.
Personally, I think the character that should be questioned is that of a group of politicians who claim they’ll do one thing, then when given the opportunity do not follow through.
I have more respect for someone who will be honest about how the believe, rather than those who claim one thing but whose actions prove otherwise.
Read this article:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15228489/
I’m not saying I agree with that author, but I do think legitimate questions are raised. I think that in many cases, Republicans have found a great way to get the Christian vote. I don’t think most of them really, honestly care about abortion.
January 20, 2008 at 1:10 am
The author of the book in that MSNBC article is a Christian, by the way. His book points out the hypocrisy of the current administration. He was part of that administration for awhile, serving as special assistant to the president from 2001 to 2003.
My point is that a person should really look beyond this one topic when choosing a candidate. If, for example, one candidate is honest about being “pro choice” but is a great candidate in all other areas, I’d probably vote for that candidate vs a person who says all the right things but won’t actually DO all the right things.
It is my opinion that we sell our votes out very cheaply if we say, “Oh, So-and-So is Pro-Life! I’m voting for him because his opponent is Pro-Choice!”. If Mr. Pro-Life probably doesn’t care enough about the issue to do anything other than mention it during an election, he is not really being honest or of good character. He is using a hot button to get votes, nothing more.
Again, I’d like to encourage people to get to know the candidates on a deeper level than just this one issue.
January 20, 2008 at 1:35 am
One more bit of information, here is the makeup of the Supreme Court when the Roe v Wade ruling was made:
Chief Justice:
Warren E. Burger – Appointed by Nixon (R)
Associate Justices:
William O. Douglas – Appointed by F.D. Roosevelt (D)
William J. Brennan, Jr. – Appointed by Eisenhower (R)
Potter Stewart – Appointed by Eisenhower (R)
Byron White – Appointed by Kennedy (D)
Thurgood Marshall – Appointed by L.B. Johnson (D)
Harry Blackmun – Appointed by Nixon (R)
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. – Appointed by Nixon (R)
William Rehnquist – Appointed by Nixon / Reagan (R)
Do you see what I mean? 6 out of 9 Supreme Court Justices were appointed by Republicans when Roe-v-Wade went through the Supreme Court.
Republican appointed Justices had the power to rule AGAINST abortion but did not do so. From the beginning.
Only the Supreme Court can overturn Roe-V-Wade. We had a Republican-appointed MAJORITY the first time. We have a Republican-appointed majority now. Republican-appointed Justices ruled FOR abortion the first time and nothing has changed since.
Voting for a President based on their opinion of this issue is not going to change anything about it.
January 20, 2008 at 5:59 am
Donny, you may be right, but I could not in good conscience ever vote for a candidate who says he believes a woman should have the legal right to kill her child.
I know that even changing the laws won’t stop abortion completely, and I also agree that some who say they’re pro-life don’t really have this issue as a high priority.
The fact is, something is horribly wrong with the human race. And all the laws in the world won’t change it. It has to come from inside. So prayer is really the answer. But we also have to fight for and stand for what we believe is right.
I do not understand how a medical doctor can kill a child.
I don’t vote solely on a person’s opinion on this issue- but, if they are not pro-life, they don’t have my vote. Maybe that makes no difference, but I still think it does.