Comments on: On Voting for Pro-Abortion Candidates

By: SolaGratia

SolaGratia — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:45:47 +0000

As pro-life leaders have been saying for years, the time for us to demand better from our parties is during the PRIMARIES not during the general once our votes have been narrowed down to mediocre vs. abominable. We need to get more active in grassroots politics and insist on patriotism being taught in the public school systems (including universities)! That has been the tactic of the socialists – and they are now actually reaching for the doorknob of the White House!

Who would have ever thought we would be in this position that we are now where a man who has every indication of being a Marxist socialist has a very good possibility of taking the reins of our country? (And those types aren’t real good at letting go of the reins either)

Our Lady of Lepanto, please save us!!!

By: c-kingsley

c-kingsley — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:44:38 +0000

About feeling that your state is safely one way or the other — be careful about that. There’s evidence that polls up to the election tend to be skewed toward the democrat. Read “84% say they’d never lie to a pollster”:
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=78096

Rasmussen Reports has tended to have the most accurate results:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/election_2008_electoral_college_update

By: revueltos67

revueltos67 — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:09:39 +0000

Here’s another telling statistic that’s almost never mentioned. Per the CDC each year approximately 2.5 million deaths occur in the US. Of course, that number does not include the deaths of the roughly 1.5 million children aborted each year – but those children certainly lived and certainly died.

Abortion is, by far, the largest cause of death in this country. Nothing else, not heart disease or cancer, not accidents, crime or war, is even remotely close.

By: PattyK

PattyK — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:50:59 +0000

I agree, James and Dennis- these facts need to be televised.
Is there anything we can do to try to get Dr. Mirus or Mary Kochan or Fr. Pavone, etc) on TV? ok, maybe I’m a bit in la la land here, but shouldn’t we try? Does anyone have a connection with O Reilly or Hannity? Or how about someone at the McCain campaign- I don’t get it- why can’t McCain be educated on abortion, so he can make known publicly that BHO is for unrestricted access to abortion, and exactly what that means. I just don’t get why he is failing to bring this atrocity to the forefront. If McCain wants to win, he should. Everyone in my hubby’s family gives me that glazed over look when I get on my pro life rant- most people I’ve come in contact with are unaware of the realities of abortion.

By: James

James — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:28:34 +0000

The electoral colleges of each state cast their vote winner-takes-all. There may still be an exception, but I think all the states operate this way now. The number of votes in each college is equal to the number of congressional seats for the state. Look up electoral college on wikipedia.

By: vtanco

vtanco — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:23:56 +0000

Who are the people in the electoral college and how do they get chosen? How do they cast their vote? Does my prolife vote count in Texas? Is there a good website that explains all of this in simple language? Thank you very much.

By: tarasz

tarasz — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:37:53 +0000

ciskanik -

Perhaps you could offer it up to God? When I go into the voting booth, I’m going to be honest with Him. My prayer will look something like, “Lord, here we are again: not too many wonderful options deserving of my vote. I’m not a huge fan of this McCain fellow, but of the two candidates You have made available, he and his VP seem to be closer to Your teachings. So I’ll vote for him, Lord, and place my vote in your hands and I trust that you’ll take it from here. Please help us find better and better candidates with each election.”

By: gerimom

gerimom — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:20:38 +0000

I am a staunch republican, and I will be voting for McCain come November. I do not think the President really has the power to change things overnight in ANY of life’s issues, but having someone in our corner is better than having the enemy in charge. And I would rather take a stand and vote for whom I want, even if he does not win, than to assume that my state will overwhelmingly elect the other guy. My vote DOES count in the eyes of God. And miracles can happen.

By: marcey

marcey — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:19:13 +0000

I know that many people do not feel that they can confidently vote for McCain (and although I heartily disagree), yet I pray that the Holy Spirit will help each and every person see that a write-in IS a vote for abortion, plain and simple. This is because each and every vote is needed to at least proclaim that obama’s intent to roll back all pro-life gains is unacceptable and that will only happen if they are cast for McCain. It seems like there are so many other ways to let the Republican Party know of dissatification instead of giving the White House to the obama.

By: Loretta

Loretta — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:59:14 +0000

ciskanik,
I think it does depend on where you live.
Here in Massachusetts, it is a fore-gone conclusion already. I feel “freer” to vote write-in. I would not feel so free if I was in a swing state.