Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Obama Spinning His Wheels With Evangelicals
For the first time in his Presidential bid Barrack Obama seems to be pandering. While his clear outreach to Evangelicals this week is a valid idea in concept, it is a huge waste of time.
For a Democrat to think that he or she has any real chance of wooing Christian voters in mass or even chunks away from the Republican party is simply delusional. Evangelicals vote one issue, really. While gay marriage and guns may have crept into the shadows of their decision process, God fearing, church going, Clinton hating Americans vote on abortion only.
Certainly their doctrine is steeped in morals and the candidates own faith, but abortion is the dipstick of the entire package. If a candidate is pro-choice, he can not possibly be a real Christian. Most of them believe that there is no such thing as a Christian Democrat. Religious leaders like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are imposters, practicing an offshoot of real Christianity. In many mainstream Evangelical churches around the country, these guys are considered false profits.
I had a conversation about the issue of voting as a Christian prior to the 2004 election. I was speaking to a smart and wonderful guy who was active and committed to his church. He believed 100% of the Bible and walked the Christian talk. He described this issue as trust issue between himself and God. God trusts him to choose the candidate that most closely represents Christian values and he in turn trusts God to provide the country with the best leader. When I pushed him on the Iraq war and the lies that led us into it, his answer was that this was an extra layer of trust and that God wants some wars to be fought. He concluded by saying that since (nearly) all politicians claim to be Christian, the abortion issue was the only way to tell who really is and isn’t “walking with the lord.”
The medical professionals who perform abortions are ‘abortionists’ rather than doctors whether they have also performed a heart transplant or an appendectomy or delivered a baby. Abortion is the trump card for this demographic, and everything in any election will come down to where the candidate stands on choice – or murder as they call it. It doesn't matter if the election is for city council, school board or the home owners association.
In the mind of Evangelicals, abortion is murder and electing someone who supports murder is out of the question; unless of course it’s the death penalty. That’s okay.
For a Democrat to think that he or she has any real chance of wooing Christian voters in mass or even chunks away from the Republican party is simply delusional. Evangelicals vote one issue, really. While gay marriage and guns may have crept into the shadows of their decision process, God fearing, church going, Clinton hating Americans vote on abortion only.
Certainly their doctrine is steeped in morals and the candidates own faith, but abortion is the dipstick of the entire package. If a candidate is pro-choice, he can not possibly be a real Christian. Most of them believe that there is no such thing as a Christian Democrat. Religious leaders like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are imposters, practicing an offshoot of real Christianity. In many mainstream Evangelical churches around the country, these guys are considered false profits.
I had a conversation about the issue of voting as a Christian prior to the 2004 election. I was speaking to a smart and wonderful guy who was active and committed to his church. He believed 100% of the Bible and walked the Christian talk. He described this issue as trust issue between himself and God. God trusts him to choose the candidate that most closely represents Christian values and he in turn trusts God to provide the country with the best leader. When I pushed him on the Iraq war and the lies that led us into it, his answer was that this was an extra layer of trust and that God wants some wars to be fought. He concluded by saying that since (nearly) all politicians claim to be Christian, the abortion issue was the only way to tell who really is and isn’t “walking with the lord.”
The medical professionals who perform abortions are ‘abortionists’ rather than doctors whether they have also performed a heart transplant or an appendectomy or delivered a baby. Abortion is the trump card for this demographic, and everything in any election will come down to where the candidate stands on choice – or murder as they call it. It doesn't matter if the election is for city council, school board or the home owners association.
In the mind of Evangelicals, abortion is murder and electing someone who supports murder is out of the question; unless of course it’s the death penalty. That’s okay.
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