Posted: 09 Jul 2008 09:00 am
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Bill Bala
As usual, you missed the point. I wasn't defending abortion. I was pointing out that the Federal Government doesn't fund abortions unless or in case of rape, incest, or the life of the mother is at stake.
I then pointed out that when voting it is wise to consider a candidate on a variety of issues, not just one. To vote one-issue seems to be a simple-minded approach and fails to take into account the well being of the nation as a whole and the well being of those less fortunate.
Remember the saying "Whatsoever you have done unto the least of these, ye have done unto me". Social issues and programs should be as important an issue as abortion and taken into account when chosing an elected representative (my opinion).
Posted: 09 Jul 2008 01:06 pm
Post Subject: Re: You missed the Point
The well being of the nation is not served by a democrat who can't stand up for the smallest victims of his party's dogma because it will put him at odds with supporters. As usual, Mr. P when they say jump, you usay How high? and flub along for the ride.
Posted: 09 Jul 2008 02:26 pm
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Bill P.,
The largest provider of abortions in this country is Planned Parenthood, which does receive FEDERAL FUNDING which means tax money which means all of us are paying for it, no matter how opposed to it we may be. You also wrote about the "well being of the nation as a whole and of those less fortunate." A nation that aborts over a million of its citizens every year should not rest too comfortably and who could be less fortunate than an innocent baby that is killed before it has a chance to take it first breath? You then curiously mentioned a "saying." That was not a "saying," it is scripture quoting Christ as he held a child (Oops! You just made an argument for the pro-life position). You who follow the "Social Gospel" should not get into using Scripture because you will get shredded when you start a back-and-forth with people who believe in the real Gospel. Barack, incidentally, believes in the Social Gospel (those are his words, not mine).
You also said that social issues are as important as abortion. Abortion is a social and a moral issue; who better to provide for than those who have no voice of their own. It has also been shown that conservatives are much more generous with their own money than liberals. (This was a nationwide study. People here in the south seem to be generous regardless of what political stripe they are. We East Texans are very generous as a whole). When liberals (most, not all) talk about social programs they are referring to what the government is or should be doing for the needy. Conservatives pay the same taxes as liberals but also believe in giving out of their own pockets (Bill P. I know you are generous). Remember when ALGORE ws running against Bush in 2000? I know you Dems. would rather not but when Gore's latest tax statements were checked it showed that he and Tripper only gave a little over $200 to charity (part of that was donated used underwear). George W. and Laura gave over either $20,000 or $200,000. It may have been a different year but one of the media looking into the (evil) Cheney's tax returns found that he and Lynn gave over $2 million to charity. Another study I saw revealed that Americans as a whole are the most generous people in the world.
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