A Bully Pulpit Needs A Preacher

President Teddy Roosevelt recognized what he called the "bully pulpit" of the presidency. The is one of the most significant powers that a President has. It gives the president a huge opportunity to persuade, to influence the hearts and minds of the people of this country.

Bill Clinton said "Abortion should be legal but rare." Yet, in eight years in the White House, he refused to use the bully pulpit to help save one life."

George W. Bush said "America is not ready yet. The hearts and minds need to be changed". Yet in his two terms in office he has refused to use the bully pulpit to persuade anyone not to have an abortion or persuade one doctor not to do an abortion or one legislator to write a constitutional amendment to protect life. He couldn't even persuade his own wife, his daughters or his mother to advocate protecting the unborn.

In the recent debate on Truthtalklive there was the question of which candidate would kill more kids. A better question would be... "Under 8 years of Hillary or Rudy, will either candidate save even one unborn baby?"

What almost every Democrat and Republican presidential candidate now has in common is the fact that they too will never use the bully pulpit to fight the fight for the unborn.

As sincere as Mike Huckabee may be in his position, as a governor his pro-life role has been mostly passive in his pro-life position...besides in almost every other position he's a liberal.

Alan Keyes in the ONLY candidate who will use the bully pulpit the fight the fight for the unborn as long as he has access to the pulpit.

If Rudy Giuliani gets into the White House as a Republican, the the pro-life wing of the Republican Party is dead and the influence the pro-lifers had on the Republican Party will be gone... maybe forever.

The reason why there has been a pro-life plank in the Republican platform is because up until recently many secular Republicans believe that it's been what's needed to get the support of the Christian right.
If they can get the vote support of the Christian right without having to be pro-life, they can then move to be an openly pro-choice party.

A bully pulpit is a terrible thing to waste. Let's vote to use it!

Romans 10:14

How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?

I Was Pro-life Before I Was Pro-choice... or Was It Pro-choice Before I Was Pro-life...?

So Mitt Romney is now saying he is Pro-life? Has he checked his notes to make sure? Not only is he now claiming to be pro-life, but he now says he has always been personally Pro-life! What does that even mean?

Who was that guy who looked and sounded like Romney who has been promoting the legalized murder of pre-born babies for years? Was this an alien life form inhabiting his body? I know that Dennis Kucinich claims to have had alien contact, but is this now also the claim of Romney? In 2002 he was clear on his pro-choice position... except his opponent in debate accused him of being multiple choice.

In October 2004 he re-affirmed this position in a debate with Ted Kennedy.

November 9, 2004 - The day of his claimed epiphany where he later claimed to have changed his mind and became pro-life. On Feb, 7, 2007 Washington Post reports Romney's abortion epiphany took place on Nov. 9, 2004 in a meeting with Harvard researcher Douglas Melvin concerning embryonic stem cell research... but Melvin says Romney is lying about their conversation.

On May 25, 2005 The Boston Globe wrote an article that Romney was hinting at a change in position.... and suggesting that a move in position was positioning himself for a 2008 Presidential run.

Two days later on May 27, 2005 this video catches him saying he supports no change in the status quo for abortions in MA.

On March 15, 2007 on Larry King, he discussed his new pro-choice state by state postion... claiming he has always been personally pro-life.

In August 2007 claimed being pro-choice state by state... he skillfully double talked to avoid being pinned down on the contradiction that he had recently claimed to support a pro-life amendment.

Romney says enough of the right pro-life sounding phrases to convince gullible Christians to vote for him, but he is careful not to totally scare away pro-aborts.
Mitt Romney is willing to say whatever he thinks he needs to say to get elected.

Should a good temple Morman lie? What would Joseph Smith say?

Oops, I forgot... he was a liar and a con man too!

John 8:32

And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

Please Lie To Me!

Even though the 2008 elections are still over a year away, the political wars have begun. In every war there are casualties. In the political wars, truth is almost always the first to fall.

In the Republican party most of the candidates seem more prepared for Halloween than the Presidency of the United States. Each one is wearing his “I'm the real conservative” costume, even though the costume is ill fitted at best, and tearing at the seems at worst.

Lying is common for politicians and we've come to expect it. Now it seems like we not only expect it, we let them get away with it and sometimes we actually desire it. The Christian pro-life right is especially guilty of this. Candidates who have supported legal abortion their entire careers need only say “I'm pro-life” and most of the Christians will just take his word for it. Never mind that the candidate has never done one thing to advocate the saving of even one innocent pre-born baby. Why are these Christians so easily swayed away from the truth?

Sometimes we are just naïve, wanting to give the guy the guy the benefit of the doubt, but often it is lack of effort to seek the truth. Some actually want to be lied to so that they can justify (to man) voting for a bad candidate who they think can win.

If we are going to vote, we must only vote responsibly, because we are responsible for our vote.

A naïve voter is not a responsible one... neither is a voter who won't seek or see the truth.

Matthew 10

16 “Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

Guilt Is Not Diluted By Numbers

We've been hearing about recent water shortages in the south as a result of drought conditions. We all understand that if you have a limited amount of water and a lot of people, the amount of water for each person is reduced.

Guilt, on the other hand is abundant in supply and can be shared without ever becoming diluted.
If one man murders another, the murder is 100% guilty. Yet if a mob of twenty murders a man, each one of twenty is 100% guilty of murder.

When planes were flown into the twin towers by Al Qaeda members, guilt was not limited to the terrorists on the plane, but was properly distributed to all members of Al Qaeda. This is true because all members of a terrorist group are part of the conspiracy to murder. Even a file clerk for Al Qaeda is 100% guilty of every murder committed by them.

According to the current polls, many pro-life Christians are saying they will support Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney or Fred Thompson. Giuliani has been an ardent supporter of abortion. He supported it with his own donations to Planned Parenthood. He supported it by advocating tax payer funding for abortions and for supporting even the the most grotesque partial birth abortions.
While claiming pro-life status, Romney and Thompson have both been against laws that would actually be against abortion.

When government officials advocate the freedom to murder the unborn, they are part of the conspiracy to murder the unborn.
They are 100% guilty of murder. Not just the murder of one, but the mass murder of millions.

If you say you are against abortion but are willing to endorse one of these candidates with your vote, you will have joined the conspiracy to murder and there will be plenty of guilt left for you.

You will be 100% guilty.

Proverbs 29:2

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice;
But when a wicked man rules, the people groan.