Are you pro-life or Republican first?

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Well, we can’t all agree on everything, can we? If so, we’d all be drones, not human’s w/ different personalities. I’m sure there are even things I disagree w/ Karl Keathing about, although I “lionize” him for what he’s done w/ this organization, and I’m sure there are plenty of other people I like that would send you into cardiac arrest, I’ll mention just one: Bill O’Reilly.
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And I can’t even fanthom your religion at this point, but I’ll put a question out there for you, not knowing how you feel about this particular person: How do you think Pope Benedict XVI feels about Soros and his “causes” (in other words, how do Soros’ organizations and causes line up w/ Catholic doctrine)?
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That’s why I am here. I could always go back the IIDB and be with a bunch of yes man liberals, but I rather have some conflict with my views. I am glad you disagreed with me.

Soros and Pope Benedict have different agendas… however I like the former’s agenda better. I am sure the Pope doesn’t like the pro-abortion causes that Soros funds but the Pope will probably assent to Human’s Rights Watch.

And I consider myself a Republican too. In the sense that Lincoln Chafee is a Republican.
 
ribozyme said:
And I consider myself a Republican too. In the sense that Lincoln Chafee is a Republican.
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Oh, you mean in the sense that Noam Chomsky (a Holocaust denier) is a Jew?

As far as Soros is concerned, I consider myself a republican in the sense that Robespierre was a republican. That is to say, “Aux arms, citoyens!”

And Human Rights Watch is very largely a political weapon. It focuses on the abuses of those its paymasters disfavor, while ignoring the (frequently much worse) abuses of those they do not care about or even favor. There’s a word for that, and it rhymes with “Yostitution”.
 
Pro-life. I’m not even Republican, I end up voting mostly for Republicans but that’s on a case by case basis. One of my favorite politicians is a Democrat, Linda Chapa LaVia, but I can’t vote for most Democrats because so many support abortion.

And I’m not a Republican, I support a 3rd party called the Constitution Party.
 
Pro-Life first. I despise party politics, a poison in the national will.
 
Pro-life. I tend to vote more republican but if I had the chance to vote for some pro-life democrats that followed Catholic teachings, I would vote for them.

I voted for John McCain, but I did it with a guilty conscience. I think it is common knowledge that the man is only pro-life because he tried to garner votes. I’m fairly certain he was pro-choice before 2000. However, I liked Sarah Palin a lot and once she became a part of the ticket, I really wanted to see McCain win.
 
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McCain was the lesser of two evils in my opinion.
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The lesser of two evils is still an evil choice. I am always alert to not be placed in that situation.

I seek the “greater good” and not the “lesser of two evils”.

Pax Domini sit semper vobiscum.
 
Pro-Life EXCLUSIVELY! Fr. Frank Pavone (Priests for Life) says, “Those who ignore the victims of abortion are not worthy to hold public office.”
 
Back to the initial question: Really, none of the Parties is that great. But thankfully there are a few good conservative Republicans, tho they never get the microphone. As for the Democratic Party, they may as well change their name to the Socialist Party, perhaps even the Communist Party, because that is the direction its leaders (but not necessarily its followers) clearly want to go. And…um…with that in mind, and with the antilife, hate mongering towards those who oppose their agenda, pro gay ‘marriage’ and taxes going towards their pet projects and cronies, stealing elections, extremism on the environment, etc…why on earth would anyone, particularly a Catholic vote for a Democrat?? This just goes to show how powerful the media and Leftist group leaders have become, and how clever they are at deception. I wish those listening to them would listen to the Church instead and put their faith there, where it belongs.
 
Pro life is the top issue now. No other policy has killed 50 million people in the past ~50 years. I liked Obama’s policies better except for one and ended up voting for McCain because of this issue.
 
mangy_dog said:
The lesser of two evils is still an evil choice.
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This is not correct. The Church recognizes that half a loaf is better than no loaf at all and does not consider choosing the lesser of two evils to be an evil choice.

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I’m pro-life first, anti-loose-morality second, pro-social-justice third. Although I get labelled as Republican, if I were American I would be something like a pro-life Magisterium-obeying Democrat, although I wouldn’t want to belong to the party.

I honestly don’t care about more tax vs less tax or strong government vs weak government so much as I care about the government being honourable and acting honourably and morally, with the good of citizens in mind and in ways capable of achieving that good. Whether they cut the taxes to allow people to afford more goods on their own or they increase the taxes but provide decent healthcare, education and so on for everyone, is not as important as whether what they do will work well or bad. If it will work well, it’s better than a faulty implementation of the opposing model.

Personally, I’m inclined towards a government that leaves people alone but doesn’t allow silliness to rock the place and upholds good mores in the society. That would be a government that doesn’t shy away from necessary action but thinks before acting, doesn’t experiment, respects tax money if it takes it, doesn’t exercise the regulating power just because it likes it.

Give me a government that does its job and does it morally, reasonably and without being oppressive, that’s all I want.
 
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