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Friday, August 06, 2004

Supporting Bush 

I have long known that I could not and would not vote for John Kerry this November. But my support for Bush has been half-hearted. I did not agree with all of his views. I wished his pro-life record, while not bad, was better. I wished he did not support the death penalty. I wished he would have banned all fetal stem-cell research. I was on the fence about the war in Iraq. But reading Catholic Analysis and Peggy Noonan lately I am coming to realize this election is too important for wishy-washy support.
 
I must support George W. Bush whole-heartedly. The president for the next 4 years is either going to be Bush or Kerry, there is no getting around that. While I have my differences with some of Bush's policies, the policies I agree with far outweigh the differences. Added to that is the absolute tragedy of a Kerry presidency.
 
Bush is pro-life, even though I wish he were more so. Kerry is pro-abortion unapologetically. Bush is against unlimited fetal stem-cell research. Kerry is for it. Bush is for a constitutional amendment, preserving marriage as between 1 man and 1 woman. Kerry is not. He gives lip service to being against gay marriage and for civil unions, but it is only for political advantage since he knows few people support gay marriage. Bush stands by the convictions of his faith, even if it is not the Catholic faith. Kerry openly dissents against his faith(which is Catholic), even daring bishops to deny him Communion. He blasphemes the Eucharist, the source and summit of the Christian life.
 
So I will now openly support George W. Bush with vigor. That does not mean I will overlook or try to explain away policies I disagree with, but I will not let them lessen my support. I will put a Bush-Cheney bumper sticker on my car. I will defend Bush to family members and others I cross paths with. I will donate to the Bush-Cheney campaign. And if there is anything else I can think of between now and November, I will do that too. The outcome is too important. Let us pray that it will be a turning point in our country's history, for the better.
Posted by: Dan Jasmin / 10:39 AM

Comments:
Dan, welcome to the team. And be sure you tell the Republican party that you are pro-life. After we win in 2004 the battle for the soul of the party after 2008 starts.
# posted by Patrick Sweeney : 10:31 AM
 
Oh, good point on working for the soul of the Republican party after this election! I hadn't thought of it that way.
# posted by Julie : 1:43 PM
 
Dan, the girls and I were counting yard signs on our walk last night. Rose was worried that Kerry supporters had too many out and that showed he'd win. When we really looked we saw that the Bush supporters waaaaaay outnumbered the two Kerry signs we could find. It made me think of this post.

Miss your blogging, by the way.
# posted by Julie : 2:03 PM
 
So the 1080 dead American soldiers violent deaths and the countless Iraqi civilian deaths(Inclduing..hmm...BABIES) just don't count?
# posted by Anonymous : 11:38 AM
 
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