Then the so-called Republicans had better give us a better choice than they did the last time around. Perry is as distasteful to me as McCain (whom I did not vote for because I never for one moment believed he was really pro-life.)
The key word is “could.” One can just as easily say, “would not.”
Reason is voting for the GOP, I presume.
No such thing as throwing one’s vote away. Even if one’s candidate is unlikey to win, the voter may have a good reason to vote for him or her. No one is obliged to jump on either the Democratic or Republican bandwagon.
If Republicans had backed Ron Paul over John McCain in 2008 you would never have had Obama. By backing an “electable” conservative over a true conservative in the primaries, Catholics compromised and gambled with the life issue and got Obama in return. The ironic thing about this “lesser of two evils” argument that is used by Catholics to justify voting for “electable” conservatives over true conservatives is that it actually has the potential to hurt the pro-life position in the general election. This trend will continue. Prediction: in a general election between Obama and Romney/Perry/Bachmann, Obama wins; in a general election between Obama and Ron Paul, Ron Paul wins.
Still waiting for you to post the parts where the specific Republican candidates are said to espouse major inherent evils.Again, the USCCB Faithful Citizen Guidelines found major Inherent Evils in Each major Candidate. I voted Green Party!.
You posted your interpretation of his statement.
McCain, a conservative? Please…I beg to differ.
So nominating a canidate eho has never been able to garner moe than single digit support would have been the key to Republicsns winning the whitehouse in 2008.!!!
RR- you are really on a roll!Proving my point. I really didn’t think you would, but you did.
I posted his statement his statement verbatim
Show me an official vatican statement that they are just wars. A war is either just or unjust. The Catechism is very explicit about the conditions that MUST be met in order for a war to be called a just war. No one is entitled to their own “diversity of opinion” as to whether a war is just or unjust. The Church determines that. A war is either just or unjust. There is no middle ground.
His statement in no way justifies your position on the matter.
The Church never will make such a declaration.
If the Republican party was truly concerned about the “pro-life” position then they would start throwing their money behind the candidate with the best chance of beating Obama, especially when that candidate comes in second in the Iowa straw poll and has the best polling numbers among conservative Independents. Republicans are not really serious about beating Obama. They have compromised key conservative priniciples and the Democrats know it.
They are -which is why they are wasting little time or money on a fringe canidate who never polls more than single digits.
Never? That’s an absolute statement. Are you absolutely sure?
Where can one find the Vatican’s scorecard declaring which wars are just and which are not?
Rolling is faster than walking, IMO. not everyone agrees though. :whacky:RR- you are really on a roll!