Posted on 01/28/2008 9:21:21 PM PST by AFA-Michigan
He deserved every word. I am confounded of having to defend what should be obvious to any man that considers himself worthy to be called such: A man does not compromise the good in exchange for possessing the lesser of evil. A man stands up, gird his loins, and fights... even knowing the contest will cost him his possessions, his family, his reputation, indeed his very life. What profit it a man to gain the world and loose his soul?
I know Dr. Ron Paul is not going to win the GOP nomination... However, he IS the only MAN left on the field of battle. He IS steadfast and courageous, even under derision and mockery, despite the calumny, which the establishment GOP never misses a chance to heap upon him.
Now, in candor, I too have had some fun lambasting Paul, and equally all the other candidates, with the satire of political lyric. However the hour grows short, and I am wont to be most serious about where my country and compatriots desire to take this republic.
I find it instructive that the MSM ignores Ron Paul... Why? I contend that the media and the establishment bureaucracy are terrified of one man whom will not be bought. Paul may be small in stature, soft spoken, and not very intimidating in posture... but he stands head and shoulders above the current cadre of compromising and condescending poltroons whom call themselves conservatives.
I observe that Paul holds true to the principles established by those who founded this American Republic. Men whom knew, from centuries of foregone history, how wolves, singing the sweet siren song of compromise, kill a nation. Those cohorts of the devil whom whisper: “No cause for alarm, it’s just a small evil; Be a good soldier and let it go past.” Once the poor soul has accepted those 30 pieces of silver, then he is all but lost.
To paraphrase Saint Thomas Moore: When a man takes a vow, he holds himself in his own hands like water... If he should then open his hands, he should not hope to ever find himself again.
Those who murder personal conscience are swift to take integrity prisoner and bring individual liberty into tyrannical subjection. Those who accept “little” evils malign a culture until it can no longer be recognized as anything unique worth preserving.
I will not be a part of that force.
“I hope you and your “principles” are pleased when you witness our military forced to salute President Hillary Clinton...and it will be your fault.”
RE: Sir, if you owned some core convictions to begin with, then such an outcome would never have the opportunity to distress you so terribly. Perhaps, if but just once, the throng of souls who dare take upon themselves the mantle of conservative, would actually take command of what they claim to own... then that vaulted bulwark of bedrock principle, the Republican Party, would maybe recover its soul... if such a feat is still humanly possible.
"Put you on the armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the deceits of the devil. For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and power, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places. Therefore take unto you the armour of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and to stand in all things perfect. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of justice, And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace:..."
wow most of that is abortion something which seems evangelicals only care about whenh there are other issues like immigration, ,taxes, spending, war over seas, torture, terroism, feinstein and mc mcain bill, judges
the AFA has been in Huckerbees corner for some time and sending me that mail not telling the truth about Romney was disgusting and if this sort iof things still goes on with the AFA then I along with my family will not be signing anymore petitions or sending money.
Don’t ever quote the Boston globe that is like quoting the new york times, big mistake
Was he for abortion yes but how many times do some of the evangelicals need reminding {hate him because he is mormon) someone close to him years ago had an abortion and he now has changed his mind years ago.
Guess what I was with a girl and she too had an abortion I ma now against abortion does this mean I am not able to change my mind
Romney did try to lower taxes in mass but the legislature wouldn’t
Try and get a christian conservative to the massachusetts bench, I doubt anyone in this world can do that so stating his judge appoinments is hardly fair
of course you never point out how Mc Cain said he would not appoint judges until recently where he flip flopped.
But lets forget him and go for the AFA man Huckerbee who has no chance of winning yet we wastes everyones time and votes
Huckerbee raised taxes without a doubt infact he stated he had no problem doing it
He is soft on immigration he might as well be a liberal, He won’t deport them, would reward them with free education at the cost of my money as a tax payer,
he would give them free health non emergency at the cost of my money as a tax payer,
Has this man ever even been abroad? as I neevr hear anything on forgein policy
does he want Gitmo closed, yes he does, does he want those terrorists to come to these shores and get a civvy trial , yes I believe he does
etc etc
You see most of the republican party cares ore than just abortion, we care about the illegal immigrants burdening this country which huckerbee wants to help
we care about where out tax money goes ,
we care about spending
we care about terrorism
we care about many other things and most of us will not just vote on a man who has no chance of winning because he is a minister
surely even if you thought he would win the nomination you cannnot seriously think he would win the presidency?
forgot to add I am not happy with any ofm our choices at all, for me it would have been hunter, Tancredo or even Newt so I wouldn’t label me as a Romney fan at all
saying that when I look at the ministers record and that is all why he won the first state because he is a minister and wheh I look at Mc Cain then I seem to edge towards to Romney
see issues are more important to me than just one issue or what he preaches in church
I’m against gay marriage yet I don’t gpo to church though liberals seem to think that if you are against gay then I must be a bible readers as they say, how wrong
By the way, I'm not a Sir.
AMEN.
“...America has changed. I agree with you that it’s not for the better, but it’s changed. You want to live in the past, fine...”
RE: Fighting to restore that which was willfully surrendered by poltroons, those who compromise whatever ensures their political survival, is not “living in the past”... It is guarding the gates against barbarians, those whom would deliver America into slavery, so to satiate their vain desire to remain atop the hill... no matter that the edifice is but a heap of dung. Thinking appeasement will save them from the beast, they stand as his passive accomplice, not understanding that in the end the beast will devour them also… when there no longer remain any worthy creatures to defend them, because they delivered all the honorable souls to the unholy holocaust.
“...but don’t make believe that your actions will not contribute to the utter demise of this Country.”
RE: I think you have that quite backwards. Again, each time those whom wave the conservative banner compromise the very ideals they espouse as the core of their existence; each time they surrender to political expediency; each time they prostitute themselves to the pandering consensus of populism... They sear their conscience a little more. They inform the enemy that conservatives are paper tigers, soulless creatures able to be bought, if only to feed on whatever scraps of meat the enemy may toss their way. Worse, they inform those who would take up their cause and befriend them, that such effort is a waste of time, money and fortitude. Cast not your pearls before swine.
“By the way, I’m not a Sir.”
RE: A thousand pardons, Madam.
The Lesser Evil for the Greater Good
The argument of the moral relativist… Choose one evil over the other because the capacity to do harm is relatively less. And that is just the point: “relative evil” is a false perception of evil, its bounds depending only on the restraint of the practitioner, and the docility of those at the receiving end. The lesser evil still brings harm, and to be sure, no one can know where the line will be drawn, since those whose convictions change with the tide of public opinion are “unstable in all their ways”… Holy Scripture informs us “By their fruits you will know them” … Indeed.
The logic of the relativist, carried to its final course, invokes the following case history in the political realm: Hitler trumps Stalin, because Der Fuher did less harm than Uncle Joe; Kim Jung Ill is better than Pol Pot, because the body count is less under Kim’s reign; Hugo Chavez is superior to Pinochet, since the governing style of the former is less repressive; Jim Jones towers over Saddam Hussein, Jones after all only sent 900 souls to their deaths… and so on. In each case the logic of the relativist informs humanity to choose the lesser of evil because “it is the best” under the circumstances. This line of thought is insanity posing as virtue.
Conservatives have been instructed, by their so-called leaders, that they cannot obtain perfection… the conservative ideal is a bridge too far, a mountain too high, an ocean too wide. Really? So then the Ten Commandments, those essential pillars of true liberty, upon which all just Law is based, and through which all power to rule justly derives its proper authority, they too must fall by the wayside if following them is inconvenient?
I alone am the Lord your God, Thou shalt have no other gods before me… (Among these would be money, creatures, things, pagan philosophies, etc) Thou shalt not take the Lord thy God’s name in vain… (More than profanity or blasphemy… Do not make false oaths) … Thou shalt not worship false idols… (The cult of populism would qualify)… Thou shalt not murder (Abortion, euthanasia, unjust war)… Honor thy Father and Mother (those in proper authority, whom I have placed over you)… Thou shalt not steal… nor bear false witness (lie, distort, omit the truth) nor cheat, nor covet anyone or thing.
What is the basis for our core convictions? Our moral principles are either founded upon something greater than we, or else they are in vain. We either follow the God of Isaac Jacob and Moses… or we follow the gods of this world… and make no mistake… that is what choosing “the lesser of evil” actually entails; but those who practice the deception of relativism do not want you to reflect upon that truth.
I'm sure it's hard for a pro-abort like yourself to understand why someone who actually values the lives of children finds that issue to be critical.
Worth reviewing again why Romney is in no way a conservative, can never be trusted, and should be scorned and ridiculed at every opportunity.
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