Democratic convention

[CatholcCrusader]

This platform, partial birth abortion. Next platform, post-birth abortion. The party’s love affair with death marches on.

Catholics need to realize that the party of FDR, Kennedy and Truman no longer exists. We cannot vote for these people any longer.

 

[tabycat]

As far as life issues go I don’t think there will be more difference between a Romney or Obama administration than there was between Bush and Obama. Which is to say, not much.

The practical effect of having such exceptions is that one must first qualify an abortion with a lie. Either claim rape, incest, or find a doctor who says it is in the best interest of your health. Not to mention that I don’t think Romney is really pro-life, and even if he is I really don’t think it is a priority for him. It just isn’t something he really worries about beyond the ballot box. He makes all these detailed plans about what he is going to do as far as taxes, jobs, the economy, and other things go, but where is his plan for how he will abolish abortion? Do away with embryonic stem cell research? Oh wait, he’s for that!

Are the Democrats the party of abortion and other grave evils? Yes. That doesn’t mean that the Republicans are the party of great virtue. Slightly lesser evils? Sure. Morally neutral? Most of the time. Good enough for Romney to get my vote? Nope.

If you are not voting for Romney (with all of his problems) you are voting for pre- and post-abort Obama. Maybe we should just shove all new borns who do not come up to Obama’s standerds into a corner and let them starve to death.

 

[_Abyssinia]

LGBT Groups Break With Obama On Choice Of Cardinal

The Obama campaign’s decision to have one of Cardinal James Dolan, the Archbishop of New York and a key force in the fight to limit marriage to one man and one woman, has roiled President Obama’s allies in the LGBT community.

“While Cardinal Dolan has a respected track record in the ministry, his work to undercut the dignity of LGBT people cannot be overlooked. There are many faith leaders who would be an ideal fit to close out the Democratic National Convention — but Cardinal Timothy Dolan is not that leader,” Michael Cole-Schwartz, a spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign, the country’s largest LBGT political group, told BuzzFeed. “There are a plethora of faith leaders who embody the Golden Rule in their daily work – striving to serve those on the margins of society; working to bring comfort to those lacking it; and advocating for faith communities that welcome their LGBT sisters and brothers.”

Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter dismissed questions about the selection

of Dolan to give the DNC closing prayer.

“It’s not about politics — it’s about prayer and reflection and that’s what Cardinal Dolan’s attendance at the convention means and will mean,” she said.

Dolan, who fought the marriage equality bill that passed in New York and has confronted President Obama on his administration’s decision that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional, also is slated to give the closing prayer at this week’s Republican National Convention in Tampa.

Another group, Truth Wins Out — which has spent significant energies tracking anti-LGBT religious activity — compared the selection to Obama’s selection of Pastor Rick Warren to give Obama’s inauguration prayer, a move that had drawn significant criticism at the time from groups worried about the early signal they saw the move as making.
“The Democrats have once again squandered an opportunity to raise the stature of a progressive religious voice, and have instead pandered to conservatives who will never support their party,” Truth Wins Out’s executive director, Wayne Besen, said in a statement. "Rick Warren’s invocation at Obama’s inauguration did not win the President any friends, and rewarding Timothy Dolan with this prestigious platform is unlikely to win Obama many votes.

“We can’t keep bowing down to archconservative religious leaders and then wonder why Americans falsely equate Christianity with conservative political view," Besen added.

buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/lgbt-groups-break-with-obama-on-choice-of-cardinal

 

[Tighty_Whitey]

Where in the world did you come up with those completely erroneous and unnecessarily perjorative comments about the Republican party? It certainly doesn’t sound very humble nor does giving Cardinal Dolan advice seem appropriate.

You are aware that the Democrat party is the party of abortion at any time for any reason right? That their nominee Barack Obama voted multiple times to allow BORN babies to die without giving them any medical aid or help? Do you think there is any defense for that position?

You make specious claims about Republicans but fail to mention that if there is complicity with evil, it is not done by Republicans.

Lisa

Thank you Lisa, you handled that much more charitably then I could have.

 

[Tighty_Whitey]

Don’t be confused. The Cardinal offered to give the closing prayer at both conventions. The fact that he gives the closing prayer is not an endorsement of the party or its positions. Most especially, you can be assured that it is not an endorsement of homosexual marriage, abortion, or restrictions on religious liberty. The Cardinal has in fact filed suit against the president to stop the HHS mandate.

This is why I bristle at Dolan’s decision to invite Obama to dinner and to say a prayer at the DNC. Personally I find both decisions to be much more about Dolan than about securing religious freedoms that are at stake in this election. Obama has scored miserably with regard to his positions and those of the Church. His administration is evil and he should be driven out of office much like the money changers were driven from the temple. If I remember correctly Christ was none to gentle with the money changers.

 

[coachkfan1]

My understanding is that it is a closing PRAYER, not a homily or lecture. As someone else said, Jesus went among sinners, tax collecters and prostitues among others, so the Cardinal has my full support. I only hope that he is not booed by those who disagree with him!

 

[yukonbrad]

Don’t be confused. The Cardinal offered to give the closing prayer at both conventions. The fact that he gives the closing prayer is not an endorsement of the party or its positions. Most especially, you can be assured that it is not an endorsement of homosexual marriage, abortion, or restrictions on religious liberty. The Cardinal has in fact filed suit against the president to stop the HHS mandate.

It’s unfortunate many here do not understand what the Cardinal is trying to do here (Al Smith Dinner and now BOTH conventions).

 

[_Abyssinia]

Hillary Clinton joins slew of Democrats abandoning the DNC ship

networkedblogs.com/BwJSg

 

[CaptFun]

Referecing this article:

TITLE: “President Infanticide: Dem Abortion Platform Does Not Exclude Partial-Birth Abortion”
LINK: breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/08/23/President-Infanticide-Dem-Plank-Partial-Birth

Partial birth abortion is so horrible and so purely evil, does not the failure of Democrats to condemn it tell us all we need to know about that political party?

YES! But now that they’ve been technically overruled on that score - some will sweep the incident from their memories and be “open-minded”.

Being “open-minded” was the prelude to what ended up getting Eve (and then Adam) into such trouble.

Matthew 12:33

"Either declare the tree good and its fruit is good, or **declare the tree rotten and its fruit is rotten, **for a tree is known by its fruit. – Jesus Christ (HIMSELF!) :sad_yes:

 

[estesbob]

YAHOO’S CHALIAN ON ABC WEBCAST: ROMNEYS ‘HAPPY TO HAVE A PARTY WHEN BLACK PEOPLE DROWN’

**UPDATE: Yahoo just announced they have terminated Chalian effective immediately.
ABC News reached out to Breitbart News to name the man heard mocking the Romneys during this ABC News livecast: David Chalian (pictured) of Yahoo! News. Chalian is a former political director with ABC News, but according to ABC News has no association with the network now. The headline has been changed to reflect this update, as has the story itself.

breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/08/29/Shock-ABC-News-Romneys-Party-As-Black-People-Die

I suspect he will have a show on MSNBC before the week is out

 

[Riverton_Grammy]

‘HAPPY TO HAVE A PARTY WHEN BLACK PEOPLE DROWN’

I believe the comment was disgusting.

 

[Erich]

And as the Cardinal addresses and blesses the Republicans and their billionaire buddies,

As if Republicans are the only ones with billionaire buddies

Googling [billionaire democrats] returns about 4,680,000 results, including:
George Soros
Warren Buffett
Ted Turner
Steven Spielberg
Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs
Boston Properties CEO and New York Daily News owner Mortimer Zuckerman
real estate mogul and former candidate for U.S. Senate Jeff Greene
retired chairman/CEO of Loral Corp. Bernard Schwartz
co-founder and current chairman of Dish Network Charles Ergen
Dreamworks founder/CEO Jeff Katzenberg
and plenty of others.

 

[JimG]

“The Democrats have once again squandered an opportunity to raise the stature of a progressive religious voice, and have instead pandered to conservatives who will never support their party,” Truth Wins Out’s executive director, Wayne Besen, said in a statement. . . . .
“We can’t keep bowing down to archconservative religious leaders and then wonder why Americans falsely equate Christianity with conservative political view," Besen added.

He might have added that the party can’t keep bowing down at the altar of abortion and wonder why Catholics view them as the party of death.

 

[estesbob]

As if Republicans are the only ones with billionaire buddies

Googling [billionaire democrats] returns about 4,680,000 results, including:
George Soros
Warren Buffett
Ted Turner
Steven Spielberg
Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs
Boston Properties CEO and New York Daily News owner Mortimer Zuckerman
real estate mogul and former candidate for U.S. Senate Jeff Greene
retired chairman/CEO of Loral Corp. Bernard Schwartz
co-founder and current chairman of Dish Network Charles Ergen
Dreamworks founder/CEO Jeff Katzenberg
and plenty of others.

Soros is particularly egregious having helped his father round up Jews during World War II.

 

[LisaA]

LGBT Groups Break With Obama On Choice Of Cardinal

," ***Truth Wins Out’s executive director, Wayne Besen, said in a statement. "Rick Warren’s invocation at Obama’s inauguration did not win the President any friends, and rewarding Timothy Dolan with this prestigious platform is unlikely to win Obama many votes.

“We can’t keep bowing down to archconservative religious leaders and then wonder why Americans falsely equate Christianity with conservative political view," Besen added. ***

buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/lgbt-groups-break-with-obama-on-choice-of-cardinal

Clipped out the pertinent point. Do you love the idea that praying at the DNC will provide Cardinal Dolan with a “prestigious platform?” Or that in allowing him to pray is “bowing down to archconservative leaders?” A rather warped view of reality I think.

Unfortunately when you lie down with dogs you get up with fleas. Obama has made his choices of affiliations and supporters.

Lisa

 

[CatholcCrusader]

…And as the Cardinal addresses and blesses the Republicans and their billionaire buddies,…

1. Seven of the ten richest people in Congress are Democrats.
2. Obama is a millionaire.
3. Ever heard of the Kennedy’s?
4. Ever heard of George Soros?
5. Ever heard of the Hollywood elite? …all liberals and millionaires?

Stop paroting leftist propoganda and stereotypes.

And besides, who are the worse people in society: Billionaires? …or dope dealing, store robbing crackheads at the other end of the income spectrum.

LGBT Groups Break With Obama On Choice Of Cardinal

What they need to do is go see psychiatrists.

 

[Dawnia]

What is up with the lame and lack luster DNC speaker line up? Instead of a who’s who of the Democratic party, it looks more like the who’s who of has beens & beneficiaries of the Democratic party.

 

[_Abyssinia]

Clipped out the pertinent point. Do you love the idea that praying at the DNC will provide Cardinal Dolan with a “prestigious platform?” Or that in allowing him to pray is “bowing down to archconservative leaders?” A rather warped view of reality I think.

Unfortunately when you lie down with dogs you get up with fleas. Obama has made his choices of affiliations and supporters.

Lisa

Confirmation of Cardinal Dolan praying at the DNC was made after their was a fuss by some bloggers that he would be appearing at the RNC. Did democrats invite him after his RNC confirmation not out of originally wanting him to be their but for another reason

 

[_Abyssinia]

Obama’s pitch to women misses important issues, Alvaré sayS

A law professor at George Mason University believes that in the upcoming election women will focus on more than abortion and contraception, and will consider issues that pertain to the family, the economy and the condition of the American culture when they vote.

Women’s concerns are varied and include issues of “justice at home and justice in the workplace,” said Helen M. Alvaré, who also serves as a consultant to the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for the Laity.

Alvaré told EWTN News on Aug. 29 that her experience has shown her women have broad interests and are not solely concerned with reproductive issues.

In seeking the women’s vote, President Barack Obama is “staking almost his entire message to women on abortion and free contraception,” she observed.

“The pitch he’s making is so narrow,” Alvaré remarked, noting that Obama’s approach is also surprising because polls indicate women are generally slightly more pro-life than men are.

The president’s decision to focus on abortion has the additional effect of drawing extreme followers and attracting criticism that he might not otherwise have to face, the law professor observed.

Highlighting abortion draws attention to Obama’s own extreme record, she said, including his vote as an Illinois senator to permit the infanticide of children who survived an abortion and his failure to condemn late-term and sex-selective abortions.

In February, Alvaré helped initiate an open letter to the Obama administration on behalf of women who wanted to speak for themselves about the controversial HHS mandate that requires employers to offer health insurance covering contraception, sterilization and early abortion-inducing drugs.

ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/US.php?id=6070#ixzz251iOLAIF

 

[Scott_Lafrance]

What is up with the lame and lack luster DNC speaker line up? Instead of a who’s who of the Democratic party, it looks more like the who’s who of has beens & beneficiaries of the Democratic party.

Its the “Who Has Been” lineup.

They are even celebrating “taking” Charlie Crist from the GOP.

Crist stopped being a Republican about 6 years ago.