New Stanek WND column: “11/7: Day of disaster for pro-lifers?”
The election news could not have appeared grimmer in the immediate aftermath. South Dakota’s
abortion ban went down. Parental notification lost in California and Oregon. Missourians approved the embryonic stem cell initiative. Kansans condoned child rape and illegal late-term abortions by ousting Attorney General Phill Kline.
Add to that the loss of the GOP Senate majority, which means for starters no more conservative judges, and the loss of the GOP House majority, which means for starters a promised bill within the first 100 hours of the new session to federally fund embryonic stem cell research, and, well …
But as I reviewed and processed, I became angry.
Why? With whom?
Continue reading my column today, “11/7: Day of disaster for pro-lifers?” on WND.com.
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
Thanks for the info. I have no plans on searching the gay websites but it would be nice to know who we can trust.
Jose, I did not want to spread rumors. If those listed as homosexual are, the truth should come out.
As a Missourian, I can guarantee you there are much more liberal wrongs with Jim Talent than his wimpy stand on pro-life. Then there is our Republican governor who has also failed to stand on the firm ground of truth. And as far as Santorum, you and I have also disagreed on the level of support we should give to him, as a result of his compromises on related issues.
It is my belief that what the conservative cause lacks the most is courageous leaders. By its founder (the Creator) and its premise, the conservative cause DEMANDS courage. That courage is non-existent among our so-called leaders. God explicitly commanded it of Joshua, Moses and Peter. David admonished Solomon regarding it. The last act of Elisha was to rebuke the King of Israel for not having more of it.
The Liberals are emboldened, brazen and run together as wolves in a pack, drinking in the support of their similarly lawless peers. Wolves are not defeated by cowards and compromisers.
God commands His people to fear NO man. Where are the men (and women) of such courage?
Good column. This is not a time to become discouraged. This is a time to become en-COURAGED and more driven than ever!
Re: Santorum, I do wish he had been elected, but I understand why pro-lifers abandoned him, and I think there is a strong lesson for he and the GOP to learn from his demise. I hope they do.
I agree many of our conservative political legislators are wimps. Others we now know have been compromised. But then there are those who aren’t who were also defeated, Phill Kline to name one.
Still, I’m not discouraged. I hope you’re not either.
Hi Jill,
Thanks very much for this column. However, I think that ‘outing’ gays is missing the mark. The problem lies not because of a certain perverse lifestyle but that such drivel is articulated in other walks of life as well.
We as humans are called to an almost incredible wonderful existence. Not too long ago a woman said that much of her high-school years was spent trying to fashion a proof for God’s existence. Because SHE failed in this attempt: God did not (could not) exist. So I told her about Thomas Aquinas (reputed to be the ‘smartest’ human who ever lived) and the 6-proofs he derived to prove God’s existence.
This seems not-on-point but with ‘God’s proved existence’ comes the notion that this is secular-philosophy and NOT religious belief. All ‘rights’, Western law and democracy stem from this. This is not a frivolous undertaking by some old religious f**ts.
Too often I seem to be (on this board) debating with people who believe they are smart and believe that the pro-life position is poor. This is not so, but we do a disservice by not understanding this ourselves. Today we often measure intelligence by IQ. A regular person gets around 110; a very smart person 160; a verified genius 190-300; (if in Thomas’ day they had such things) his would likely be in the 400-500 range. [One anecdote: he dictated to six secretaries simultaneously on completely different topics (one secretary for each) and never had to re-read where he had left off.]
[A personal anecdote: One day a prof I knew (one of the smartest men I’d ever met) said re. Thomas. “He(Thomas) penned in the margins that these were written as introductory texts – for beginners. After all these centuries, we still there!”]
Like Jean-Paul Sartre, we ignore that Thomas (or his writings) ever existed. We are stymied by the onslaught of perversity and lewdness. Life is just too precious too squander.
Thanks for the column Jill. The place for lasting p-l victory is in the hearts and souls of the people. That is happening. For the last 8 years I believed that, with the exception of handfuls of people here and there, the most staunchly pro-life people are the unfortunate souls who were forced into abortions and are now speaking out, either in groups such as Silent No More, or whispering their pain in their heart, in prayer and at the ballot box. Keep up the great writing perspective.
You are a true blessing for us all, especially with your insightful columns. Your comments about the alliance between homosexuals and antilifers, regardless of political parties, couldn’t be more timely. Add them to the pacifists and socialists and the 11-7 results shouldn’t surprise anyone.
If we want to win the political battles, we need to be better students of just how the Democrats pulled off these victories.
Actually, the Democrats pulled a great bait and switch. The Democratic Party, nationally to locally, came across as disorganized, clueless, conservative and consistently lied about the scope of their agenda, giving Republicans the impression that they would be easy targets, while they quietly poured big money into their old tried and true “get our the vote” teams, (Acorn, Interfaith, Union rank and file).
Also, the old vote stealing tricks, including computerized voting equipment rigging, still has not been adequately addressed.
Again, it was an excellent article, and you did bring up some interesting points.
Of course, there are many people who are in the GOP because they are fiscally conservative, and the party has not been too good on that issue for the last several years.
There are a few things I must point out about Pennsylvania.
First of all, the GOP in this state is not wolidly pro-life.
Yes, our State Committee Chairman is pro-life. Our Republican State Committee Vice Chair, however, is pro-choice. We also had some prominent local Republican business people doing fundraisers for Casey! That surely helped the rest of the Democratic ticket.
The GOP in this state is not solidly pro-life. That is why you have pro-choice Republican congressman in such places as the Lehigh Valley and pro-choice Republican state legislators in such seemingly socially conservative regions as Venango County in the northwestern part of the
state. That does not mention the various pro-choice Republican state senators and representatives in the Philadelphia suburbs.
Yes, you can show large sections of the GOP that is strongly pro-life. However, compare the
population of Tioga County to that of Montgomery County, and you get the picture.
Secondly, many of the largest pro-life populations in this state are Democratic. The Republican ticket got killed in those parts. Whether it be Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties and their surrounding counties in the Northeast or counties such as Cambria and Westmoreland in the Southwest, the GOP lost the pro-life vote even though Specter carried all of these areas in the general election in 2004. These areas are heavily Democratic.
Elk County, despite its small size, is a perfect representation of the pro-life voters the GOP lost to the Dems. It went over 2-1 for Casey. It is solidly pro-life, and went easily for Bush in 2004. However, this time, many just pulled the Democratic lever, and gave Rendell a 60-40 lead in their county. The same occurred in Cambria and other southwestern counties.
Santorum lost the pro-life Catholic Democrats. He easily won such areas in 2000.
Two differences I noticed between 2000 and 2006 for him. He got killed in the pro-life Catholic areas, and he lost equally heavily in the southeastern part of the state. He could have survived if his only problem was the Specter/Toomey race. However, that problem did not cost him the south-eastern part of the state or the pro-life Catholic Democratic sections of the state.
I have heard that Specter will run again in 2010. If that is the case, people waiting for Pennsylvania to have a pro-life Republican for one of their two senators are going to have a long wait. The GOP will undoubtedly put up the pro-choice Congressman Dent against Sen.-elect Casey in 2012.
The GOP here has an interesting habit of putting up a pro-choice candidate whenever the Democrats have a pro-life incumbent running. They did that with Casey Sr. with Hafer, and they did the same with Casey Jr. in 2004 with Pepper. They are not going to learn by 2012 that it does not work.
I do not mean to be excessively long with this epistle. I merely wished to point out that Santorum would have lost even had he not ndorsed Specter in the 2004 primary.
I also understand why he did it.
For one thing, no one seemed to mind him campaigning for all sorts of pro-choice Republicans in the past, whether it be Gov. Whitman of New Jersey or Congressman Dent in the Lehigh Valley or Melissa Brown in the Philly
area. He has done exactly the same thing in other races.
Secondly, he knew he was going to have to win over those suburbs, which are becoming less and less Republican friendly. If he had either ignored the race or supported Toomey, Santorum would have been killed in those suburbs, and no amount of support from the south-central part of the state would have saved him. It also would not have saved him in the other areas he lost,
where pro-life Catholics in the Democratic Party had a reason to go back home in Casey, something Santorum also understood.
It was a gamble for the one area he thought he could hold onto and win the election. It did not work out after all, did it?
I admire the work that you do for the pro-life cause.
I see some very deep rooted divisions both in the Republican Party and in the pro-life voting population here in Pa. This is especially so after having done a considerable amount of campaign work for the party this past election.
Hey girl, fantastic article! You actually made me feel better about this dark day in history than I had been feeling.
I’m chilled with goose bumps and I have tears in my eyes. Thank you for your optimistic article. Altho I know it was intentionally optimistic, I am still swayed by the positive talk. Thanks, I needed that.
Well put Jill, and thanks for your more than fair treatment concerning the debacle of 11/07.
You bet PA folks didn’t forget about what happened to Pat Toomey (I get insightful newsletters from him from time to time – I hope he runs again).
Perhaps you will recall a similar situation prior to the ’04 elections right here in Colorado. You may recall pro-lifer and former Representative Bob Schafer was running for Senate, a position he almost certainly would have won in this state. However, and during the primary, the Republican bosses led by President Bush, Governor Bill Owens and the obvious big money interests fielded Peter Coors and ganged up on Schafer, and of course, he lost in the primary. Later Coors was trounced by liberal Democrat Ken Salazar. Which leads me to this …
Had the Republican biggies stood aside and let the better, pro-life candidates run unopposed and win easy victories in ’04, there would be two more pro-life Republicans in the Senate and we wouldn’t be talking about a Democratic sweep of both houses last week.
You’ve done your job, Jill. When will the electorate quit aligning itself with big money, phoney politics and the so-called “winning team” and vote for Godly principles? I will be waiting a long time for the answer. Good day.
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Sophia, is Abortion legal in Syria?
It is here in the USA, but some religious fanatics want to change that.
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Now the judge issue is up to another dramatic move. As I write on January 2007, the Tim Johnson situation continues to deliver more drama than expected.
The Coalition Government of 49/2-49 is on the potential of collapse. What the defeated George W. Bush can do in judicial nominations could depend on how Senator Johnson’s health continues, or even how the new liberal coalition could collapse with one anti-war move. One collapse and the pro-life judges will be put on the forefront — a reverse of 2001, which would be the old “turnabout is fair play” adage.
Of course, the media is not hyping the “one heartbeat away” move as they did in 2001, because it doesn’t favour them.