| Ultimatem |
| I've thought of many things I could write about... Tradition and the Church (turning around from a position I took only a year ago), tax evasion, other stuff... But, I decided on a warning.
I voted for President Bush. One big reason: abortion. I now present to you a portion of the last Presidential debate: "SCHIEFFER [moderator]: Mr. President, I want to go back to something Senator Kerry said earlier tonight and ask a follow-up of my own. He said -- and this will be a new question to you -- he said that you had never said whether you would like to overturn Roe v. Wade. So I'd ask you directly, would you like to? BUSH: What he's asking me is, will I have a litmus test for my judges? And the answer is, no, I will not have a litmus test. I will pick judges who will interpret the Constitution, but I'll have no litmus test." NO LITMUS TEST. Ladies and gentlemen, if I were appointing a Supreme Court judge, I would not hesitate to have the following litmus test: "Is against the so-called 'right' to slaughter unborn children". But, our President, much loved by the Christian Right, wouldn't defend that position. So, I issue an ultimatem. (Yeah, I know President Bush doesn't read my blog, but here goes.) President Bush, if you are elected and have the opportunity to appoint a Supreme Court Justice, and you DON'T appoint someone who is firmly pro-life, I will never vote for another Republican. Ever. Mr. President, you have already tarnished the name of the Republican Party in my eyes. In the name of free trade, you gave us tariffs. In the name of "fiscal restraint" you gave us a larger growth in the budget than anyone since LBJ. So, I can no longer vote "R" for economic issues. That left social issues. There, I'm a libertarian. Which means, I'm basically lost. I don't want to ban things like the Rs do. But, I don't want to subsidize them like the Ds do. So, I'm caught. Except on one issue. Abortion. This is one issue where I think the Libertarian Party is dreadfully wrong. There is no "right" to kill a defenseless person. Period. So, I voted for you, President Bush, with a single hope: that you would do everything in your power to stop the slaughter of the unborn. If you do not, I'm done with you all. You will have proven to me, that, when it comes down to it, I am just as much at odds with the Rs as with the Ds. So, I'll vote for neither. Sad to think that from here on out I might end up just writing my name in for every office, and just voting on issues. But, it's come to that. You'll have to make a choice Pres. Bush, and I hope, not for my sake, but for the sake of the thousands of people being murdered at the hands of doctors who swore to "Do no harm", and by the order of their own mothers, that you make the right one. If you do not, you are just as much a slaughterer of children as those who make it their life's work. And I will refuse to have any more part in it. I have made my decision, President Bush. It's time for you to actually make yours on the single most important moral issue of the day. Do not disappoint the God whose name you so often invoke. |
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