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Posted on 04/28/2007 5:13:16 PM PDT by wagglebee
To hear the mainstream news media tell it, the only issue really in play in the 2008 Presidential election is the war in Iraq.
And, lest the voting public forget, the media are quick to report each casualty, mishap, and difficulty in Baghdad as mounting evidence for an immediate and unqualified U.S. troop withdrawal.
What you're not hearing about is an issue that is likely to have a decisive impact on the Presidential race: abortion.
That's right -- the issue the media hate to talk about is still important to a vast number of voters. And, for a majority of those for whom abortion is the top issue, a pro-life candidate is the only acceptable choice.
By and large, the Republican candidates for President -- with the notable exception of former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani -- oppose legal abortion. In sharp contrast, the Democratic Party's crop of candidates trumpet a radical pro-abortion viewpoint which is opposed by a majority of the American public.
The major media would like you to believe that abortion does not matter in this Presidential election cycle -- but the fact is, it may matter more today than ever before. That's because the next President could appoint the U.S. Supreme Court justice who could tip the balance against Roe v. Wade, the tragic High Court decision which has killed more than 47 million young Americans and left a number of mothers physically and emotionally scarred.
I often find it curious that the nightly news reports a day-by-day count of fatalities in Iraq, yet completely ignores the millions of children killed by abortion. Say what you will about the Iraq war -- in terms of a death count, when compared to America's war against the unborn, it doesn't even come close.
And yet, curiously enough, though publicity about abortion is sparse, it continues to be a key political issue for a number of Americans. I would argue that that is, in fact, good news. It means that many Americans are not satisfied to think about what the media tells them to think about. Rather, they're independent-minded enough to see through the media bias and recognize the fact that abortion represents a devastating American tragedy that has sapped our strength and undermined our greatness.
Pundits may claim that the unborn child is simply a clump of cells, but many Americans have seen the evidence with their own eyes of the humanity of the unborn child, thanks to the development of Ultrasound. They know it's a baby in the sonogram -- even if a news anchor making a multi-million-dollar salary cannot recognize that fact.
My prediction for '08 is that, as it has in other Presidential campaign years, abortion will continue to be a significant election issue.
And the candidate who espouses the pro-life side will win the White House, no matter how hard some members of the media work to push the vote count in favor of the pro-abortion candidate. Pro-lifers are simply more committed to an electoral victory than those who support the destruction of the most vulnerable members of our society. Virtue is, in the end, more likely to achieve victory than vice is.
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Certainly the pro-life candidates did well in the past several elections, except in a few pro-abortion hotspots. Although I think a few of the “blue dog” Democrats may have gotten away with faking it.
One thing is certain, the ‘Rat nominee in 2008 will be openly pro-abortion.
Me thinks the author is right. Abortion is something that just about any reasonable person thinks—yea, knows—is morally wrong, and there is no room for discussion of the matter.
I hope you are right, but the Democrats want a genocides and they have the votes. Genocide for the unborn and genocide for our allies, the people seem to like the sound of it. Where is the funding? It seems a long shot that the Demons will blink.
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Actually, none of them oppose legal abortion.
Let me guess. Frist???
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Please, no more invertebrates!
I disagree.
I think we’re staring President Hillary straight in the face. As of now, there is not a Republican candidate who will unite the party.
Ironically, I think the ONLY person standing in the way of Hillary taking the White House is Al Gore. If he runs, I think he gets the Dem nomination.
Perhaps. I believe that the swing pro-abortion judges have been appointed by Republican Presidents. Two problems for the GOP 1] other issues could make things worse in the Senate 2]strong pro-life people that I have talked to no longer think the GOP is a pro-life party, Giuliani and big state governors have left a bad smell in the big tent.
And THAT is why Giuliani canNOT get the nomination.
Wrong! President Hillary is staring US in the face and demanding,
“WHERE are your GUNS!!? Turn them in NOW, and nobody gets hurt!!”
I’ve said many times on FR, Hillary! will run as a Conservative Southern Baptist Pro-Life Christian.
I honestly don’t know if virtue is going to outwit vice in the next election. I do know the stakes are high and our side needs to win in order to save human lives, that for some inexplicable reason, others are willing to see be literally sacrificed. If you look at history, these battles are usually not neat and tidy and they do not follow a predictable or validating script. Often the right side doesn’t realize their fruit of their work during their lives. Given that, and I’m not trying to be negative, we really have our work cut out for us. But we do have virtue on our side, and eventually, it will win. For the time being, we can assume nothing, expect nothing, and take nothing for granted. I think the key in our current situation is to keep pushing the envelope (to borrow a strategy) and continue to put the human life being sacrificed in front of people (ie) ultra sounds, conversation, and refusing to be streamrolled. If we lose, we lose lives. If they lose, they lose comfort. That’s our reason, but it still won’t be easy.
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