February 7, 2008
NARAL on McCain… he's "extremely anti-choice"
Some think pro-lifers who've "signed on for McCain" would be embarrassed by yesterday's announcement that Republicans for Choice have endorsed McCain.
Republicans for Choice founder and Chairwoman Ann E.W. Stone told Cybercast News Service that McCain's pro-life position wasn't an issue. "(McCain) is (pro-life), but it's not at the top of his agenda, not like Huckabee or the born-again Romney," Stone said. "He's shown his willingness to reach across the party, and we look forward to those discussions."
First off, Romney isn't "born again." Far from it. He's a Mormon. Second, Republicans for Choice endorsing McCain tells me they really care more about other things than they do "choice." Far more telling regarding McCain on the LIFE issue is NARAL's Nancy Keenen saying McCain is "extremely anti-choice." McCain has a ZERO rating on NARAL's Congressional Record of Choice.
This just in from Keenen's most recent fundraising letter:
We can't afford John McCain and we cannot take anything for granted… it is wrong for abortion proponents to assume that Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama will win in November… Some are talking as if this election is a foregone conclusion — that Americans will elect a pro-choice president in 2008… But know this: Most Americans don't know that John McCain is extremely anti-choice. That is why it is vital to reach and educate this important voting bloc about McCain’s long-held hostility to a woman’s right to choose…You and I know the truth. But we cannot assume that others know just how extreme John McCain is. I need your help to expose his anti-choice record… (Quoting Sen. Sam Brownback who read a statement for John McCain at the March for Life last month in DC): “If I am fortunate enough to be elected as the next president of the United States, I pledge to you to be a loyal and unswerving friend of the right-to-life movement." (Keenen again): Pro-choice supporters like you and I cannot let the fate of a woman’s right to choose rest in the hands of this man.
NARAL has put together a helpful fact sheet of McCain's pro-life record. Check it out if you have any doubt that a vote for McCain is a vote for LIFE. (Note to self: it's okay to vote for anybody NARAL hates.)
Comments on NARAL on McCain… he's "extremely anti-choice" »
McCain for President or We're Really Screwed @ 2:17 pm
We've got to vote for McCain because the alternative would be a complete disaster.
Danny Vice @ 11:53 pm
While I fully understand the angst of Conservatives in their policy opposition to John McCain blunders like Illegal immigration, Conservatives are beginning to amaze me in their inability to see the larger picture.
Many talk radio hosts have battled a McCain nomination. Even Focus On The Family Director Dr. Dobson (who I admire ) has declared his refusal to vote for McCain. This astonishes me because it’s the same as saying “if I don’t get the conservative I want, I’ll let the country go to hell in a hand basket:” This, in my opinion is very naive and unthoughtful - since our children will be growing up in the aftermath of such a decision.
Anti McCain pundits and commentators such as Rush Limbaugh have ventured the idea that perhaps we should sit this election out and let the Dems have a term in office, claiming it might pave the way for a future shot at a candidate he and others will like in four years.
While I understand these expressions of dismay, I think it’s shortsighted. Imagine the damage our country will endure if Democrats control all three branches of government for 4 to 8 years. .
This would give liberals what they will treat as a clear sign from America that is it ready to move sharply to the left. Conservatism will lose most of it’s teeth and the liberal agenda could easily reverse all of the progress we’ve made in the war on terror, Tax reduction, Pro Life, and other extremely important issue.
We can always address the issue of immigration again in 4 years. What we cannot afford to see happen is a liberal agenda that makes illegal immigration the least of our country’s problems. Our country may be so torn up, it won’t have the time to even visit the issue, like we can today.
There is no such thing as a quick recovery from 4 years of liberalism unchecked. We may be facing what will take years and years of damage to undo. What’s more, there’s no guarantee that it WILL be undone. The passage of even one single liberal law is extremely difficult to outlaw - as if Roe V Wade hasn’t taught us this already!
Rush Limbaugh and others may revel in 4 years of liberal destruction as a talk radio host who can use the material, however all it takes is one liberal judge appointed to the Supreme Court to unravel the one ace we’ve achieved in the last 8 years. This doesn’t occur to me as a smart decision for Conservatives to be making..
As Evangelical Conservatives know, Pride commeth before the fall, and I hope they will study that verse before deciding to approach this election with dismay rather than enthusiasm.
Questioning McCain was right and highly useful for a time and a season. But there are greater threats looming on our horizon than John McCain.
It’s time to put our differences aside and get with the business assuring our children, they will not grow up in a socialist, liberally dominated world. This may be our cross roads, and it is certainly no time to be staying home on Election Day.
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