I wonder if there is a chance she has totally changed her tune. I happened to hear her interviewed on the radio in the past 3 months and it sounded like she was being a faithful Christian and this was on Relevant Radio (Catholic radio). That station doesn’t accept pro-choice types. Of course, I haven’t seen the new book or even her old ones, I just happened to hear the radio program.
I believe she has just recently come back to the church. She might still support Clinton, but during his presidency, she was writing vampire books still.
Why can we not have a fiscal conservative, who is pro small government, has all the fiscal aspects of Conservatism ....and also happens to be pro-life!? It is sickening when the choice is fiscal irresponsibility, but with a pro-life candidate, vs fiscal irresponsibility, but with a pro-choice candidate.
That is not a complete choice, unless instead of Conservatism we simply become the anti-abortion party, with that being the only anchor point. However, my understanding of Conservatism is that it embodies a wide umbrella of issues, with abortion being exceedingly key (since we are dealing with actual lives here), but other issues also existing (e.g. adhering to the constitution, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ....something that has apparently been completely forgotten, small government, personal responsibility, hard work instead of relying on the national teat, pro-business, pro-national defense, etc etc etc). We are more than one issue.
However, it appears that in some races all you have is 2 liberals, one who happens to be pro-choice, and the other who happens to be pro-life. And each liberal is rallying voters who are pro-choice/pro-life (respectively) to vote for them or to vote against the other guy.
That is not sustainable when it comes to the health of the country. Sure, killing the unborn is murder, but as important as that issue is (again, of PARAMOUNT importance) the candidates need to have more going for them than that.
Otherwise in the future you shall see a rise in the number of independents ...people who do not belong to either party, because each party embodies part of what they believe in, but at the same time encapsulates facets that are anathema to them. In which case people become independent (or strongly third-party). For instance fiscal responsibility, proper immigration and small government have been totally forgotten by the Republican party, with only social conservatism taking the king's seat. If it wasn't for the fact that, for now, there is no other genuine/viable alternative, you would see people who are fiscal conservatives, pro-small government and for better immigration protocol sitting out (for instance, the only thing that has added oomph to McCain is Governor Sarah Palin).
All need to go out and vote for McCain, but once he is safely president the Conservative Base needs to start working hard to clean out the Republican party. Let this be the last time people vote for a person who is a Conservative 35%, but Liberal (in some cases like immigration strongly liberal) the remaining 65%.
You’ll like this:
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2008/03/go_tell_it_on_the_mountain_aga.html