The devotion to this politician without any hesitation is one of the things that turns me off to the Palinbots of whom I used to belong. It is ironic that this is the same type of unquestioned devotion we criticize of the hussein utopians.
I agree. The Palin euphoria is very disconcerting, and is a cult of personality just as Obamania is. However, I think people are confusing two different motives here. One is the rush to defend The (Other) One, and the other is the rush to defend a strict constructionist reading of the Constitution. I am firmly in agreement with the latter, and not the former. I don't think people should presume otherwise for the others who may disagree with Mr. Keyes on this issue.
Generally I think Alan Keyes is solid, and even though I haven't really followed him lately, I did vote for him in the GOP primary in the past. But, for me this discussion is not about Palin or Keyes, but the Constitution. Abortion simply does not fall under Federal jurisdiction. I agree that abortion is homicide and is wrong, always wrong, but it still belongs to the States to define and enforce. There is no way around that.
The protection of innocent human life is at the very core of our Constitution, which is the Supreme Law of the Land. Securing the Blessings of Liberty to our posterity is the Constitution's own stated ultimate purpose. Every sworn officer of government swears before God and man to uphold this. And so, not only is it within their jurisdiction, it is their very reason for being, as the Declaration of Independence asserts plainly. This is true at EVERY level of government in these United States.
Sure there is. All that need be done is to define life as beginning at conception, or even the implantation of the embryo in the uterine wall, and that "little lump of tissue" is now defined as a human being instead.