AmericanPapist Comments
Although I voted in your poll, I take exception to the sanitized term "pro-choice."
They are not "pro-choice," they are PRO-ABORTION.
The very fact that they had to invent the phrase "pro-choice," demonstrates that they know how wrong they are . . .
If McCain picks a pro-abortion VP he'll be dividing the GOP base and won't pick up that many democrats or 'independents'.
Put it this way...would he pick a VP who doesn't think we ought to win in Iraq first? Or how about a VP who thinks raising taxes is a great idea?
It's a non-starter. Saying that he believes human beings have rights from the moment of conception but then picking someone who doesn't believe this calls into question his convictions. It'd be tantamount to believing we as a nation ought to "follow Osama to the gates of hell" but being OK with a guy who thinks we ought to just let him go.
McCain doesn't communicate a real connection with the pro-life world in the political arena.
His style has been more of a passionless assurance that his overwhelmingly pro-life credentials should earn him our confidence that he'd tip the Supreme Court if given the chance.
It seems he'd do nothing to strike a different tone on the issue through leadership.
Yet, I'm willing to side with him if his lack on engagement will made up for by pro-life justice appointments.
He'll have lost me, though, if he takes on a pro-abortion VP.
In my opinion, it would put into serious doubt his commitment to the pro-life cause. Also, the veep would have a better chance at easing into the presidency at the expiration of McCain's term.
It's not a deal-breaker for me all by itself. Even with a pro-abort VP, I might calculate that a McCain administration will do less damage to the country on that issue than Obama, given that Obama manages to out-NARAL NARAL. But it would certainly give me serious pause; the life issues are *the* main reason why my voting record has skewed so strongly Republican.
Peace,
--Peter
Look it. I only worry about the Pres. candidate. I know the Dem. is a liar and a murderer. That's what I know. And that's how I'll vote. If you refrain from voting for McCain for his choice of veep (basically a non-entity) then you're not making any sense and you'll help put in office one of the worst genocidal thugs since Adolph Hitler.
I would still vote for McCain if he choice a pro-choice VP (which I highly, highly doubt he will). Why? Because the alternative is Obama.
Voting for 3rd parties only ensures that Obama will win, and I don't want that on my conscience.
McCain's age makes his VP choice more important that what it usually is, namely, zip.
There's nothing morally repugnant in voting third party - particularly if you live in a state like California where it doesn't really matter how you vote.
If McCain chooses a pro-abortion VP, I will not vote for him. The VP is very important, given McCain's age, plus the VP's often next in line for the presidency in later campaigns. It will also say McCain is not really pro-life, but just out to get votes, which I don't think he'll get.
I would either not vote or write-in. Perhaps it's time, real Catholics, pro-life people, and Evangelicals (some of those categories overlap of course), really band together and propose a viable candidate.
McCain has my vote as the lesser of two evils (barely).
A pro-choice Veep is a deal breaker.
If the person is pro-life, or is even neutral (if that's possible...such as the person just has never weighed in on the issue) then I will still vote McCain. I will accept him if he shares McCain's ESCR position. The more pro-life he is, the better.
If he is super turbo pro-life then I will even consider donating money, which I have not yet done.
While I apparently agree with 82.2% of people who have voted so far that a pro-abortion VP is a serious concern, I must take a moment to address a side-issue, so forgive me in advance.
In a democracy ("rule of the people"), the voice of each individual supposedly counts for something in the governing of society. In America, a representative democracy, the ways that our voices are heard are manifold, and yet voting is one of, if not the single most important way to be heard, because our vote is a call for a particular person to represent our voice in the government (no matter the level: local, state, federal) on a day-to-day basis.
Therefore I am completely discouraged by those who accept de facto disenfranchisement by our "two-party" system. I especially take issue with those who suggest that voting 3rd-party is like voting for Obama.
I refuse to use my vote to express a lie the same way that I refuse to use my voice to express a lie everyday. And any suggestion that I desire McCain to be president would be a lie.
To those who vote for "the lesser of two evils" I beg of you: use your vote to express the truth about what you believe. And do not let our current corrupt realpolitik discourage your pursuit of that truth being realized.
A vote for a 3rd party is not a vote for Obama. It is a vote for the freedom of real democracy. It is the vote of someone who refuses to be manhandled by our system of "public servants." It is a message to those in office that we will hold them accountable to their promises and won't be afraid to vote them out of office when they don't keep them.
It has just been announced that John McCain has appointed a pro-life candidate for Veep! She is so-prolife that she refused to have her last child aborted because it was going to be mentally retarded!
Congratulations and best wishes, Ms. Palin!
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