Wednesday, April 14, 2010

NKRTL and Kentucky politics


So life on the political front is not well. Being involved in the dirty side of politics is not interesting or fun. I have been corresponding with the people at Northern Kentucky Right to Life which has been frustrating and worthless. Here's the bottom line; if you are going to give candidates questionnaires to fill out, make sure they are sort of being honest. When someone says they will not spend public money on abortion related issues, how is it okay if they support the use of Plan B? So it's okay as long as tax payer money is not funding it? That makes a candidate pro life now? Rand Paul says he "probably" would have voted for a partial birth abortion ban, that the morning after pill works most of the time and he has outrageous views on the fourteenth amendment. But he still got a pass from NKRTL. Now my question is, why not endorse the democratic candidate, conservative catholic, Buckmaster? He received a 100% on the questionnaire. Don't endorse a republican. They had to publish an explanation that said "Grayson made allegations". Um, it's more than that. These are Rand Paul's words. These aren't allegations, these are actual quotes. It's as if they wanted to endorse Rand Paul and looked for a way to make that happen.
So that is why I am growing tired of politics. Endorsements, pay offs, riding on coattails, it is all a dangerous game. I am more a conservative now than I ever was before. I have seen how everyone wants to ride the tea party and use it for their own benefit. It should belong to the people. Just as the constitution, the government and our freedoms belong to us, we the people. They are not yours to take, they are God-given. Jim Bunning, another huge let down. Sarah Palin, stay out of our state. I don't want to have to live with your mistake. Stop letting the libertarians of the nation in the conservative movement, they are not conservative. They know the time is ripe to waltz in and play the game and dig in to do what they want. They are opportunists. Kentucky is not a libertarian state, why do you think the man had to switch affiliations before running? Exactly how much more deceitful do you have to get? He supported his father and his father's politics his whole life now -poof- he's a republican AND conservative? Kentucky....are you awake? Did you drink the koolaid? Yes, I'm miffed and fed up. Bunning, you are either unhinged or drank some libertarian koolaid. He is the opposite of everything you have stood for. Meh. I'm done.

8 comments:

Lisa Graas said...

Buckmaster? I hadn't heard of him! Wow. I wish I'd heard of him a long time ago.

Hmmmmmmm.

By the way, I'm sure it goes without saying.......but I will say it anyway. MEGA MONDO DITTO to everything you wrote here.

Joe of St. Thérèse said...

Of course there's no support for him, he's Catholic :p

Elizabeth said...

My husband and I are both very socially and fiscally conservative Traditional Latin Mass going Catholics. My husband is an Iraq War Veteran, we go to the March for life in DC as frequently as we can, we donate our money and sometimes (though rarely) our time to pro life causes. We are 100% pro life (we even hold the unpopular idea that eventually states should make "the pill" illegal again). We are totally disgusted with the Republican party. They had a majority in the Senate, the majority in the House and the President. Was there any truly substantial improvements while they were in office for the pro life cause? NO! Republicans may talk pro life but very very very few seem to remember this once they're elected. So perhaps Rand is more honest than the typical Republican. He admits that he doesn't think anything should be done about it on the federal level. He doesn't think the federal govt should permit abortion. He doesn't think the federal govt should prevent abortion. At least he has a philosophical reason for doing nothing about abortion. Republicans have been cowards, they claim they want to save the unborn but do nothing once elected or even worse they promote the anti life position (think of Bush and embryonic stem cell research). We don't live in KY but we will be voting for Rands father Ron Paul for the presidential election in 2012. As a side note, at the March for Life prior to the presidential elections Ron Paul was the only presidential candidate that could be bothered to speak at the march. Just because someone disagrees with the mainstream idea of the way to end legal abortion in this country it doesn't mean that they are anti life. Sometimes different is good...

The libertarian position on drugs and homosexuality was hard for me to come to terms with at first. I'm not sure I whole heartedly agree with them yet. However I'm starting to think we need to stop being so concerned about making things illegal and start convicting peoples hearts so that they truly CHOSE to live authentically Christian lives. My husband is a State Trooper, he sees how much people use drugs, making it illegal hasn't stopped it (think of the 1920's prohibition of alcohol). Marriage is already a joke in this country, perhaps we should spend more time fixing heterosexual marriages than trying to prevent two people from getting a piece of paper that says they're "married." Catholics know that no matter what the State says two men cannot be married!

The beautiful thing about an authentically libertarian govt would be that Catholic's could live out their own faith however they chose. No fear of the right to homeschool being taken away, no fear of the govt one day telling us how many children we can have, no fear of it being illegal to talk about sin or commit hate speach (think speaking out against homosexuality), no taxes going towards amoral activities (abortion being the first one that comes to mind but our taxes fund all sorts of sin). Having sin be legal isn't ideal, but it sure beats the alternative of having sin be legal and being Catholic be illegal. You may disagree but I firmly believe that BOTH the democrats and the republicans have been slowly chipping away at our freedoms for years now and they will continue to do so as long as we continue to elect them. The Republicans are headed in the same direction as the Democrats they just want to take a little longer to get there!

a thorn in the pew said...

While I agree the Republican party isn't ideal, the libertarian mindset and planks are too extreme for me to accept. Did you know that Rand Paul supports Plan B? Are you aware he does not feel passionate about banning partial birth abortion? He also(along with other libertarians) want to do away with the 14th amendment. This is beyond disturbing(we are to return to pre-civil war days and not allow blacks to be citizens, seriously?) Do you ever question why white supremacists and anti-semites follow the liberty movement? This is not worth the cost of supporting their movement. I think most people are so dismayed at what government has become that they are searching for a party they can live with, even if it means compromising core beliefs(prostitution, gay marriage, drugs, the 14th amendment, right to life). While I respect your decision, I cannot go that route. Good catholics here in KY are being led astray by NKRTL. I hope our bishop can put an end to this nonsense. You put a candidate like Paul through to the November elections, he will lose. All the fringe beliefs as well as the racist ties and endorsements like Adam Kokesh will be fodder for the democrats. Since I have to live in KY and I don't handle those who dismiss Jews and blacks as "non-citizens" I will vote for Grayson. Until the libertarians get their "social conservative" on, I will support those who hold the constitution in the highest regard. I don't think selling out my social values in hope of fiscal responsibility is worth the effort.

Lisa Graas said...

Thorn, well said.

a thorn in the pew said...

KY Right to Life endorsed his opponent, Trey Grayson, for whom I support. Northern KY Right to Life endorsed Rand Paul and if they were properly vetting candidates, would have seen that he has a deadly record, through interviews and written quotes that he is not strong on life issues. This is the point of my blog entry. If a catholic can read that Dr. Paul believes "the morning after pill works most of the time" and still vote for him, that catholic has not been properly catechized. Or he has been and wishes to dilute the arguement with talking points and talk of "better than what we have" which provides no absolutes.

Elizabeth said...

Just curious...did you vote for McCain? He wasn't exactly hard core pro life.

Do you vote for politicians that want to keep contraception legal, specifically the pill? The pill causes more abortions than "the morning after pill" or surgical abortions! The point I'm trying to make is devout catholics vote for abortion in almost every election. I don't believe Grayson is a devout Catholic, Mormon, or Muslim therefore I doubt he cares about "the birth control pill". So are you just voting for "better than what we have"? Is the birth control pill really any better than the morning after pill?

a thorn in the pew said...

I voted for McCain because I refuse to throw my vote away. There have been better candidates but if they aren't electable, you have the "Ross Perot" effect in an election. Is it right to hold non-catholics to our standards? I vote for the best candidate that is electable in a race. It makes no sense to vote for someone who is only going to get 1-3% of the vote because of principal. This is especially true if voting for the lesser candidate will cause a pro-abort to win in the end. I thought you didn't know about the candidates here in KY.