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September 3, 2008
Sarah Palin, the "New Energy" of the Pro-life Movement
As I listened to Sarah Palin give her acceptance speech as the Republican Vice-President nominee I found myself filled with hope and joy. Finally, we Americans have a woman's woman. Finally we behold true feminism en route to Washington. What energy, what hope, what change! Barack Obama and his campaign of Change can't touch Sarah Palin with a ten foot pole....seriously.
Watching her daughter, Piper, lick her hand so she could smooth down her brother Trig's hair, I realized that being pro-life wasn't something Sarah Palin did or supported as a politician - being pro-life is what Sarah Palin lives. She didn't have to tell everyone at the RNC, or watching for that matter, that she was pro-life, it was a given.
I believe we are on the verge of something new, a new springtime in our country's history...just as in the domestic Church (i.e. the home) the man is the head and the woman is the heart (see JP II's many writings on the topic and St. Paul's letter to the Ephesians if you need clarity on that), so to in the first house of America, i.e. the White House, we could witness a new dynamic, a new balance of interest, decision, and focus. Sarah Palin's God-given ability to recognize those groups in society - from small towns to parents of special need children, from a former Vietnam POW in the crowd to a group of tough women known only as hockey moms - reveals in her a genuineness and compassion that only a woman can make manifest in this world. She is a mother, she is a wife, she is a Christian (baptized Catholic - let's all start praying she returns home to Rome), she is a real feminist, and she's TRULY pro-life.
We as Catholics have a moral, social, ethical obligation to support with our prayers and with our votes John McCain and Sarah Palin. Let's get consistent with what we profess to believe - let's vote PRO-LIFE!
Posted by joe at September 3, 2008 11:46 PM
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I am a Catholic and have voted Republican in the past, but I'm sick of the mistakes that the Bush administration has made. Palin is a good speaker, but her speech only made me more convinced that Obama is the far better choice. Palin's hard-line pro-life is a bit of a turn-off for me, to be sure, but the real issue is her and McCain's willingness to continue the disastrous mistakes of Bush and company. No thanks!
Posted by: Lori Meyer at September 4, 2008 12:34 AM
I share your hope and joy Joe, as I am sure many people do now. I was thinking along the same lines today ... this woman walks the walk. And when you do that, no one can speak against you. I am gearing up for a brutal attack on her from the Democrats, but I am sure she knows that. Let's pray for her, and as you say, that she return Home to the Catholic Church. I was dreading the elections before, now I can't wait to vote. My countdown begins after I return from Rome from my brother-in-laws Diaconate Ordination.
Posted by: Michelle at September 4, 2008 6:48 PM
Lori,
Obama was against a law that required a doctor to provide medical attention to babies born during a botched abortion. Now that's "hard-line" pro abortion. Do you really want to vote for this?
What are you voting for? Your pocketbook? Obama is tied to everything the Church teaches is wrong: abortion, gay marriage, and almost every other social issue. You should really consider your motives and ask yourself what God would have you do.
It makes me a little ill when you call yourself "Catholic" and then suggest you don't agree with "hard-line pro-life" positions! I'll pray for your discernment.
God bless,
Jay
Posted by: Registered User 
at September 4, 2008 10:52 PM
Lori,
Sarah Palin is a good speaker but more importantly she has been a "good" governor bringing about many good things in the great state of Alaska...just review her track record.
For the record, Obama is a good speaker. But what has he done, as a Senator, that you find so overwhelmingly convincing that he'll be a great leader. As was pointed out at the RNC, he has chosen not to vote too many times to convince me that he has the decisive ability or the strength of character to "stand up" for what he believes. So again, I ask, what has convinced you that Obama is the far better choice?
Also, what's your take on the Faithful Citizenship, the directive issued by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops?
In Christ,
Joe
Posted by: Joe at September 4, 2008 11:39 PM
