As I also said, if Mitt is the nominee, I'll have no trouble supporting him, I just am working for Fred to be the nominee.
I won't back myself into a corner, do or die. I'm a pragmatist when it comes to politics. I'd rather have half a loaf with which we can work, than have none at all, and starve. A Democrat in the White House will do nothing to advance the pro-life cause, and will work hard to overthrow all the gains we've made in the last 7 years. That means that the slaughter of the last 35 years will continue, unabated. Even the more liberal of the possible nominees won't do the damage a Democrat would do, because he knows that to go against the mainstream of the Republican party, which is conservative, would damage his chances of re-election.
When it becomes clear who the nominee will be, and frankly, even before that, we all must work within our states to make sure that the most conservative candidates are elected to Congress. This will support and bolster our pro-life cause, so that even if a liberal Republican is elected, the legislation that is sent to him will be pro-life, and the conservatives out here can keep the pressure on him to pass it.
That the above is true about Catholics and conservatives, I have understood from day one. It is the realization there exists Catholics who oppose Romney primarily because of his religion, that is a new one for me.
Except for our current differing choice of candidates, there is nothing else about your post with which I disagree. Well said. I will have great difficulty supporting Giuliani if he is the nominee however, and find myself continually vacillating on whether I will vote for him or not. While I generally support the Republican nominee, in very rare instances, at least for me, there is an exception. I am concerned in the very, very small chance that if Giuliani should win the nomination and then the general, social issues will be relegated to the dust pan of American political history, as they have been in Europe.
That the above is true about Catholics and conservatives, I have understood from day one. It is the realization there exists Catholics who oppose Romney primarily because of his religion, that is a new one for me.
Except for our current differing choice of candidates, there is nothing else about your post with which I disagree. Well said. I will have great difficulty supporting Giuliani if he is the nominee however, and find myself continually vacillating on whether I will vote for him or not. While I generally support the Republican nominee, in very rare instances, at least for me, there is an exception. I am concerned in the very, very small chance that if Giuliani should win the nomination and then the general, social issues will be relegated to the dust pan of American political history, as they have been in Europe.