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“At this point, the sentiment of most pro-life leaders and activists I am in contact with is that this election is about avoiding the unmitigated disaster of a second Obama term," said Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life. "This is not the first nor the last objection that will be raised against Governor Romney, and I don’t dispute the seriousness of it. But what is often called the choice of the lesser of two evils is not a choice for evil; it is a choice to reduce evil. And to reduce evil is a good."

But what is often called the choice of the lesser of two evils is not a choice for evil; it is a choice to reduce evil. And to reduce evil is a good," Father Pavone told the Register. ...

Not only will such a choice reduce evil, but also it will signal a new direction toward good. Our country needs to start moving away from the culture of death and its ultimate chaos.

Conservatives must realize that we will not “fix” America with one election.
It is going to take several elections, combined with constant, full-court pressure on our Reps and Senators to legislate from the Right.

The idea is to first take the Senate and the White House and then increase the margins with true Conservatives...veto-proof margins.

It may take 20 years to achieve this, but remember, the decline of the nation didn’t happen overnight.

Restoration will not be swift....but it IS certain.

Actually, I’ve always liked Fr. Pavone. But I don’t agree with him on this. And I’m not even sure if Romney is the lesser evil, in this regard.

He was the PIONEER of gay marriage. The first gay marriage in America was IMPOSED by Romney on Massachusetts, in violation of the usual understanding of the law.

And he was also the PIONEER of taxpayer funded abortion. Yes, Obama is following in his footsteps. But Romney was the first. He put through subsidized abortion as part of his Romneycare, and now it’s free for those who qualify, which was predictable. Obama wants to do the same thing, but he is following in Romney’s footsteps.

Same with government controlled healthcare. Romney was first, and is very unlikely to reverse Obamacare—including its insistence on taxpayer funded abortificients. Romney already has gone a step further than that in Massachusetts—taxpayer funded abortions. And he put a Planned Parenthood executive on his Romneycare board, ex-officio. The only ex-officio board member on Romney’s board is from Planned Parenthood.

Obama is an abomination. I wish I could vote for Romney, instead. But I cannot, in good conscience. Romney is the death of the GOP, the last step down into immoral corruption, just like their Whig predecessors. The Whigs lost the Christian vote. The GOP has decided to do the same.

I am extremely sorry to hear Fr. Pavone making this argument. I no longer trust him.

Paul Rondeau, executive director of American Life League, told the Register that nobody knows if Romney's staff investigated all the products that Teva manufactures before the fundraiser was held. Rondeau added that it is also unknown whether the actual donors present at the fundraiser were pro-life. Rondeau also said it was his understanding that the fundraiser did not involve any money from Teva.
. . . Rondeau of the American Life League noted that, in 2005, then-Gov. Romney vetoed a bill that would have required hospitals in Massachusetts to offer the morning-after pill to rape victims, as well as requiring pharmacies to sell them without a prescription. The Massachusetts Legislature later overrode Romney's veto.

While it is right to question the wisdom of Romney's fundraiser, Rondeau said there was still "no question" that Obama is the "abortion president". . . .

That's about where I am on this right now. I think that that fundraiser could have been handled better to make clear this was not a "pro-abortion event." But Romney is campaigning on a pro-life platform, calling for the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Plus, we know what Obama is.