Liberal hypocrisy: Religion is only a political problem if you’re pro-life
Be very afraid of the evangelical Rick Perry, the Nation writes, stay away from the extremely moralistic Michele Bachmann and even the libertarian obstetrician Ron Paul, who had the gall to describe abortion procedures this weekend in Iowa. The Nation is a left-wing outlet for whom the religion of the Republican candidates – whatever that religion might be – is a real problem….
The Liberal media is back to its usual narrative of trying to explain to its readers how… any candidate with strong religious convictions is a frightening potential occupant of the White House, who couldn’t possibly appeal to mainstream voters.
Let’s just remember one thing: each of these candidates for president is running against a guy who for 20 years sat at the feet of an anti-American, racist pastor before disowning him in order to save his own presidential campaign.
~ Abby W. Schachter, The New York Post, August 15
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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.
i thought ron Paul was pro life. he appeared on ‘The View ‘ a while back and took rabid pro aborts whoopi Goldberg and joy Benares to task on the abortion issue. Paul could not break whoopi but he did break joy when he asked her what she thought of an abortion at 5 months. joy’s reply “well yes that is murder”!
typo joy behar
so why. is Paul backpedaling? I’d like to vote for him but if he’s jumping on the pro abort bandwagon i can’t! does anyone know what’s up with him?
I believe he is Pro-Life. What makes you think otherwise?
Ron Paul is pro-life. That’s why the mainstream media doesn’t like him.
because some people are saying he’s not pro life
You’re new here, so let me explain:
There are certain individuals within the Pro-Life Movement who don’t find ANYONE pro-life *enough* for them. They’d cut off their noses to spite their faces, and the fact that we’re currently unable to save ALL of the children in one fell swoop probably doesn’t matter much to those whom we ARE able to save. I’m more concerned about the children than a bunch of self-righteous nutballs, personally.
As a person of faith myself, I’m not against elected officials expressing their religious beliefs, as long as they don’t use them to justify fringe political platforms. Most evangelical protestant right-wing politicians fail that test.
Still prayin’ for ya!
xalisae I’m not new here. it’s me heather
the pro life issue is the biggest and most important to me
just like Obama’s major pro abortion policies were huge for pro death liberals
I’m sorry, joan, but I thought Dr. Paul expressed his reasoning as having to do with his experience in the medical profession, rather than rooted in religion. Don’t you wish it were easy enough for you to just be able to shrug us all off as “fringe” kooks? Too bad the polls are starting to swing our way, and we’re not so “fringe” anymore. Even the people who say they’re “Pro-Choice” aren’t really that supportive anymore, are they?
Joan,
Then it’s a very good thing indeed that abortion is a human rights issue and not a religious issue.
http://secularprolife.org
Is there ANY candidate in the running right now who is a fiscal and social conservative (including pro-life beliefs)?
Not feeling great about the next Presidential campaign. We really, really need someone who will do what’s best for the country, NOT their image. Particularly our out-of-control gov’t spending.
Sorry heather. >_<
xalasie that’s ok I’m too lazy to keep typing in my name lol:)
I am not religious, but I don’t care what religion the candidates express. I care about their views. It does seem to me, however, that strongly religious is almost automatically right wing, which makes it hard to vote for them. So I kind of see their poont. If you aren’t conservative you won’t find much to like about the very religious candidates. It has way more to do with their politics than their religion.
hi Jack we have an athirst in our pro life group. it’s kind of comical because the women on their way into the abortion clinic can’t give him the religious rant because he tells them “i don’t believe in. God and i don’t believe in abortion “
I heard that Ron Paul has white supremacist leanings. Is this true?
Hi phillymiss! From what I can tell, he did receive a campaign contribution from a white supremacist group, did not refuse it. I can’t find anything other than opinion pieces saying he is racist, no hard facts. His policies seem to appeal to the fringe supremacist idiots.
I know plenty of non-Whites who support Ron Paul. I’ve never heard anything of white supremacist leanings.
never heard anything like. that about. him
Wow, I realized the last sentence of my last post made me sound like a total jerk. I didn’t mean that Paul supporters were racist, not at all. I just meant that the supremacist groups tend to like the libertarian mindset, and that’s why Paul gets the accusations. I don’t think that the vast vast majority of Paul supporters or libertarians are any more racist than Repubs or Dems.
Jack do you have proof of that? a link. perhaps
Yeah, it was a story on MSNBC, I am on my phone, but when I get on a computer I can link it.
thanks Jack it would matter to me when it came to my vote. on the other hand i call MSNBC. mslsd- they are liberal in their reporting and could be slandering Paul
I love that we have both liberal and conservative media choices out there. This post seems to make it sound like a bad thing – but I dig having choices. Power to the people.
Yeah, I dig choices too. You know who would really dig choices? The pre-born. They would really like the chance to grow up enough to choose chocolate or vanilla, paper or plastic, zippers or buttons, hoodies or hats, boots or shoes….Power to the developing people!
Ron Paul is definitely pro-life and he has consistently been so throughout his career. And, I think he is pro-life for the right reasons. He doesn’t use the issue to gain votes, and he sees the sanctity of human life as a foundational belief which the rest of his liberty loving platform rests upon. This is clear in everything he writes, and says. The confusion comes in when people believe the anti-paul talking points and do not hear him out or think through what he is saying. For instance, you will hear Paul described as a crazy loon who is unelectable and supports drug use etc etc (switch out whatever the current slur against him is). But what is really the case is that Paul is a very consistent (ie crazy) and principled (unelectable) libertarian (ie the government shouldnt legislate personal morality, that should be instructed by the churches and other moral institutions, etc etc).
I am not a crazy out-there Paul supporter, but it doesn’t take a geniuos to see that the media and political establishments (Dems and GOPs) want Paul to go away and use whatever tactics they can to marginalize or slander him. They cannot have the conversation with him, because it would demonstrate how inconsistent most elected politicians are (both Dems and GOPs).
-Just Sayin. Oh… and uhh, ABOLISH HUMAN ABORTION,
Jay Shepherd
abolishhumanabortion.com
I heard what Jack heard about the old “didn’t return the contribution” story. Many Paul supporters at the debate were stunned when he gave a “What, me worry?” shrug about Iran getting nukes.