Posted on 09/09/2008 12:54:43 PM PDT by mnehring
Alan Keyes, America’s Independent Party nominee for President, has written a commentary for WorldNetDaily which takes a concerned tone towards Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s soul. In reply to commentators he says claim guidance from the Bible, Keyes cites 2 Corinthians 6:14-16 (chastising believers not to be “unequally yoked with unbelievers”) and argues that these same commentators should take note of the spiritual implications of Palin’s place on John McCain’s ticket:
With these words in mind, their first concern should be for their sister in faith, who may be risking her moral and spiritual integrity by placing herself under the authority of someone who has provably abandoned God’s will on the most fundamental moral issues of our times. Perhaps they have not given much thought to the yoke involved in accepting the office of vice president. At the very least, it implies a pledge of personal loyalty to the president with whom you serve, a pledge that means nothing if it does not extend to situations where you disagree with his decisions. What happens when President McCain joins forces with the pro-abortion Democrats to remove restrictions on research that involves destroying embryonic life? If Vice President Palin speaks out publicly in disagreement with the decision, she will violate her pledge of loyalty to the president. She will also risk introducing divisions into the executive branch that are inconsistent with the clear language of the Constitution. If she keeps silent, she risks giving scandal to fellow Christians in the way St. Paul warned against in his first letter to the Corinthians [1 Corinthians 8: 10-12]
Keyes goes on criticize Palin for her record on separation of powers, which does not match his own views on the correct relationship between the branches of government, discussing her veto of an act of the Alaskan Legislature that effectively gave homosexual state employees marriage benefits:
One of her advisers, Kevin Clarkson, claims that she did so on his advice, on the specious grounds that the law would have made permanent the changes ordered by the Alaska Supreme Court. But in Alaska as elsewhere in our republic, the Judicial Branch has no constitutional authority to carry out the laws. The executive power, which is to say the force of law, is entirely vested in the chief executive. Therefore, no regulations issued by the Alaska Supreme Court have the force of law. Where the chief executive and the legislature agree, as they did in this instance, that the judiciary had superseded its legal and constitutional boundaries, the Court’s preferred regulations were a dead letter. However, Gov. Palin’s veto gave credence to the Court’s usurpation.
Keyes sums up this argument suggesting that Palin might make a good fit for McCain after all. The complete article can be read here.
You don’t see Keyes implying McCain is not Christian, and Palin’s agreeing to his being his running mate somehow satanic somehow simply a perseverance of ‘conservative values’? It will be up to the mods but if anything is worthy of a Barf Alert, it is Keyes speaking for God and decrying ones salvation based on political differences. His statement could easily be turned and be called blasphemy. All I see is the rant of a bitter man who once was a great orator of Conservationism and now, sounds no different than Chuck Baldwin.
It also seems, based on the posts, your thought is outnumbered over 10 to 1 by a lot of good Conservative FReepers.
BASHING Palin? His critical position is entirely correct, not only from a Christian point of view, but from a libertarian, and Constitutional point of view as well.
If this information is confirmed (which it undoubtedly will be) regarding Palin's compromise on homosexual rights, it is a huge black mark that socon conservatives will not overlook. Her explanation thereof had best be forthcoming.
As to Dr. Keyes "turning on Conservatives", I find that to be a ludicrous assertion. Dr. Keyes position has not changed one bit in the ten years that I have followed his career.
If anything, it is those who claim to be conservatives who have turned on him, in their mad rush to "run to their prophets with itching ears".
That seals the deal for me. If Keyes is against it, I’m all for it.
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I admire Alan Keyes for sticking his neck out like this. Most of our national Christian leaders appear to have accepted their thirty pieces of silver in exchange for a place at the table.
Me too. If nothing else, Alan Keyes represents true Conservatism on the ballot.
Those Conservatives who would compromise themselves and vote for the very nemesis who had betrayed them, who had gained his position by treachery against them, Who consorts with, and is funded by their enemies... Those Conservatives will have to look across the name of Alan Keyes to complete their transaction, against all honor and against all principle.
When the deed is done they will have no excuse for their actions. God had raised up the statesman they clamor for, and had given them the choice for "real change" that they profess to desire. That they did not possess the courage of their convictions, as did their fathers before them, let that choice be upon their own heads.
I hate to see the Right cannibalize it’s own. So tacky/innappropriate for him to do it now! Left is doing such a great job attacking Palin, no need for any Republicans to pile on!
This is harsh & many may disagree, but in my opinion, it is really too bad Keyes did not do some soul searching looking in the mirror before his terribly unsuccessful attempt to convince people in Illinois that he was a bonafide Illinoisan thereby allowing Obama to win Illinois Senate in first place. How long did he live in Illinois prior to announcing?
Sad, I really used to have respect for him before he came to Illlinois.
That’s funny. I consider his campaign against Obama to be a badge of honor. He was willing to lay it all down to expose the marxist, and he had the courage to do it.
Just to be clear, I’m not a Keyes for President supporter.
Unfortunately, I don’t believe that God intends for raise up a statesman for us at the moment. There needs to be a great (Christian) re-awakening and repentance first, I think. There is going to be far more hardship before that happens.
Baldwin for President 2008!
That is certainly your choice. Those who would support Barr or Baldwin are thoughtful enough- They have not succumbed to the rantings of the jeering mob, as have those who adore the Rinossiah.
My particular support of Keyes stems from my firm support of Reagan Conservatism. As the only Reagan Conservative on the field, I find him to be the only one capable of embracing all three pillars of Conservatism. On principle, I must support him for that reason. As I tend to lean toward socon issues, his strong Christian positions don't hurt him much with me either, and especially his unassailable Pro-Life credentials.
Unfortunately, I don’t believe that God intends for raise up a statesman for us at the moment. There needs to be a great (Christian) re-awakening and repentance first, I think. There is going to be far more hardship before that happens.
I agree, that is the likelihood, but that does not mean that the choice has not been before us all the way along- and in a multitude of ways. The choice between light and darkness is always there.
Unfortunately, on the political right, "electability" (another name for fear) so often leaves us nothing but rampant, straining, RINO herds of Republicanism, run amok.
Good article.
Two other things which Sarah Palin neglected to mention:
1. The explosion of federal spending, much of it unconstitutional, even under R Congress and R executive branch control
2. The Federal Reserve and the inflation tax (now heading north of 10% y-o-y)
Since you didn’t mention them either, where does Alan Keyes stand on these issues?
Keyes is an entirely different subject.
However, I agree with you.
Pinging you to post #92.
Restoring limited government
We seek to restore the intended balance between the three separate branches of our government, and to strictly limit government to the Enumerated Powers granted and expressed by the will of the people of the United States in our Constitution.
All existing functions of the Executive branch that are outside of those Enumerated Powers must be eliminated.
All spending and regulation by the Legislative branch that lies outside the Enumerated Powers must cease.
Judges who attempt to legislate from the bench, or who abandon the clear principles of our Constitution, must be checked if liberty and justice are to prevail in our society once again.
We demand a return to adherence to the provisions of the Tenth Amendment: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
http://aipnews.com/mxPage.asp?ID=3
We often point out that the Constitution itself describes its ultimate purpose: “to secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity.”
The monetary policies you describe, and which any sensible person knows that John McCain or Barack Obama will do nothing to change, at least for the better, are a complete abrogation of that purpose.
Instead of securing our posterity, we are enslaving it.
What could possibly be more selfish?
Alan the boys of the GOP have failed. Now she gets a turn.
He's managed to live for 20 years without a job*--you've got to admit that's pretty impressive. *I do not consider "Perennial Candidate" to be a legitimate job. Nor do I consider flitting from one conservative cause du jour to another to fleece the gullible to be a legitimate job.
I have no reason to dislike or distrust Palin. She’s more conservative that McCain is. She may not know how to stand up to the judiciary, but that puts her in company with 99.5% of the House, Senate, and 100% of the executives in this country, holding state or national, elective or administrative office.
In fact, there is much to like about Palin, and I wish her a long and meaningful political career.
But the sad fact is that it is McCain who is running for President this year. It will be his policies — ala Amnesty, Campaign Finance, Global Warming, etc. — that are pursued by the administration, not Palin’s.
So say what you will about Keyes’ commentary here. “Unequally yoked” hits just about the right note.
Keyes ‘08: God, I Thank You That I Am Not As Other Men.
Ouch, good one..
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