Posted on 10/14/2004 11:09:48 AM PDT by Jerrybob
I know how I am going to vote.
Tied up in all such issues is the nomination of Federal Judges. Who among us would want the likes of Ted Kennedy selecting federal judges? Vote Bush and for a significant Republican majority!!!
Surely this is what is driving the catholic surge to Bush.
I am more worried about whether or not Islamists are going to kill my children than whether or not liberals are going to kill their own.
Illegal immigration.
Abortion is no where near the top.
I disagree with you.
I think the war on terror is the main issue of the day.
If we lose, we lose everything: our country, our religion, our way of life.
"I am more worried about whether or not Islamists are going to kill my children than whether or not liberals are going to kill their own."
True, but that is like saying you are more concerned about your spouse abusing you than about your neighbor sexually abusing her/his child. It is wrong in both cases.
ANYONE -- even a Presbyterian like myself -- who cares about the most vulnerable among us, would, I think, have no doubt about which of the two major candidates to vote for.
Very good... I agree with both issues... You will never change the Pro-choicers but there should be alternatives and non of it should be tax dollar funded. I am not paying for someone elses irresponsibility... anyway on the issue of our children... Even if Islamist militants seized control of elementary schools in the US and raped and burned our children this would not pass Kerry's test to respond to the country that sponsored the terror.. he would go to the UN and ask for resolutions... as our kids suffered. The UN had too many last chances for my liking. We did exactly what we needed to do in Iraq and I am glad we are there. War is hell but in the end we are safer for it.. Liberty and Freedom strike at the root cause of the evil.. Oppresion and Dictatorship was the spawn of terrorism in the first place only by attacking the root of the problem can we truly fix it... It was never a nuisance ... tell 3000 family's that they died because of a nuisance ... unless you kill the root terrorism will never be a nuisance. The next time we get attacked it will be a complete and utter failure of our government to protect us...
I am glad I am not so narrow minded, to vote only on one issue otherwise I would have to vote for the phoney, fraudulent, two faced, gutless flip floper Kerry.
As, in one sense, we should be . . ..
But you remind me of my own first callous reaction back in '71 when Roe v Wade was decided: Fine with me--that'll mean fewer OF them.
It's so much more significant than that puerile (referring to my own) response. Bush defines it rather simply, even simplisticly with "hospitable society." At the moment, the right to abortion is the ethics-check we ignore at not just the unborn's, but our own, peril--not to mention that it's abominably weak, fallacious, and improperly adjudicated LAW.
Yes, it's every bit as important as defending ourselves against terrorists. Exactly the same ethic is at stake: the right not to be killed supercedes all other rights; or no other rights--like freedom--have meaning.
I can think of nothing more significant to base one's vote for president upon than the issue of abortion.
I disagree. I think that the War on Terror is more important an issue for the present election than abortion. Saying "but both are worth paying attention to" is beside the point.
I agree. Although I must say that the Catholics have been in the forefront on the abortion issue from way back. Judie Brown comes to mind.
I would be hard pressed to say what one issue is the most important. For me, they are (in no particular order): Terrorism, immigration, abortion, and preserving the Constitution.
Memo to SKerry: Show me where in our Constitution it gives the right to abortion. Sign Form 180 to release your military records if you have nothing to hide. Refute the Swifties' claims with evidence.
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I'm not sure Kerry answered the question. It's not rather someone is pro-choice or pro-life. The question was about tax dollars supporting abortion. I'm not sure why anyone's tax dollars should support abortion and what that has to do with constitutional rights.
Roman Catholics -- and the Roman Catholic Church -- have been in the forwfront of the abortion issue from way back.
Still, there are many non-Catholics (some of whom, like myself, are members of denominations that actually support abortion) who pray and work hard for the day when abortion will be a thing of the past. It always somewhat pains me to see abortion portrayed only as a Catholic issue. It isn't. But that is not to say that those of us who are pro-life do not owe a great deal to the Roman Catholic Church and to members of that church.
And we also agree one the four major issues in this campaign.
One more thing -- I love your "fish"!
>>>>It always somewhat pains me to see abortion portrayed only as a Catholic issue. It isn't. But that is not to say that those of us who are pro-life do not owe a great deal to the Roman Catholic Church and to members of that church.<<<<
True. (BTW, you are very articulate, if I may say so.)
For the record, I was raised Roman Catholic, but am now a Christian who attends three churches on a regular basis (a church hopper! *GASP*): Baptist, First Assembly, and Calvary (non-denom).
"My" fish loves you, too!!
Romans 5:5-8
God Bless America and God Bless our beloved Swifties!
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Main issue:
President Bush would rather DIE than LIE to WIN.
sinator sKerry would rather LIE and have YOU DIE to WIN.
Bush should use the line "Do Americans feel safer fighting the terrorist threat with the military or with trial lawyers?"
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