I'm trying to disseminate some truth to the Christian who punches himself in the crotch every election cycle...enjoy! I truly hate abortion...I think it is the biggest blight on America.I am also not under the delusion that Bush, McCain, or the GOP in general are doing anything to promote life. As noted in times past, most of our Judges are Republican appointed...note also that Roe vs Wade is an unconstitutional ruling since legislation is not pronounced via *any branch other than the Legislative*. Even if we got pro-life Judges, they can't even do anything about abortion unless a case comes up in which they can rule on it...but that could be overturned by a pro-death controlled Judiciary in the years to come. But how pro-life has our Republican president and Republican controlled Congress been? After all, until recently we have been dominated by Republicans for over 12 years.Well, under Bush (and don't forget: Republican dominated Congress), funding for abortion increased exponentially compared to the Clinton regime. Medicaid coverage for abortion became mandatory at the State level as dictated by our Republican Congress and President...if States did not allow it, they would be denied Federal funds for medicaid. And lest we be deceived again by the GOP, McCain voted in favor of increased funds for Title X, which included abortion. Funding for Title X increased by nearly $30 million in 2004 compared to the Clinton regime...last budget year, while still Republican controlled, the Congress increased Title X funding by nearly $17 Million more. It's amazing when Republicans have been the majority, we still blame Clinton for Title X spending when we could have controlled Title X spending via the Congress...after all, the President is powerless to do anything without agreement in Congress.After the Congress became Democrat controlled, "pro-lifers" began calling on Bush to gag Title X funding for abortion...something that cannot happen when Dems control the Congress, but it does give Republicans something to rally behind to get an (R) into office. I'm not sure what politicians would do if Americans rejected the Republican/Democrat dialectic...why not vote for real change? Regardless of what others say, not voting means something if you don't approve of any Presidential candidate. Regardless of what the media says, there are other candidates running besides McBama: you can always vote 3rd party. |