A Catholic Brief for Obama

Catholics and all christians of every faith, listen up! YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS! You're either christian or you're not, and you're either for what God has said in the Holy Bible, or you're for what Obama has said in his speeches, but its NOT a choice of being christian ONLY when its convient. So, make a decision--Jesus or the anti-Christ (NOT saying Obama is, but if you are agreeing with him, you are dis-agreeing with God). Personally, I will chose the one who offers me an eternal life of happiness spent with all my family & loved ones after we leave this life. I will NOT choose the one who paints me a pretty picture that can only be temporary, plus there is no guarentee with it. Jesus has already given me a guarentee of his promise. Careful...its only a step but a giant one, and may be just one step away from something we're not prepared to face.

You liberals are a funny bunch......somehow you wander off the abortion subject (Bush Depression; Sara Palin's $150,000.00 dress, McCain economics, etc) when you've been proved wrong. But I find that is what most do when they are trying to justify a bad position. Get real. Abortion is the outright killing of a human being. If you support Obama, you support abortion.

Proportional weight should indeed be given to each issue, whether it be a candidate's stance on abortion, the war, health care, or the economy. But we need to keep in mind the 49 million unborn children killed by legal abortion here in America. That's a far cry from even the most liberal estimates of deaths due to recent conflicts, and certainly more weighty an issue than insurance costs or the volatility of the stock market.

FactCheck.Org is owned by the Annenberg group of Chicago! Talk about a conflict of interest! And Obama has been telling people on the trail to check out the site to verify his opponents claims. Funny, every time that he endorsed something, it turns out to be a part of his spin machine! Like he raised objections in the primaries when Indiana required photo I.D. to vote. He Protested that It took away people's right to vote! I
knew then and there that he was up to no good! America, wake up from the MASS HYPNOSIS!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWTs1YyhFRg&feature=related

The authors of this article are right on. The truth is that our Faith has been hijacked for political purposes by a Party (GOP) that absolutely couldn't care less about our social teachings, our social justice imperatives and our commitment to the Common Good. The Pope recently issued a decree about "new sins" which include excessive wealth and doing damage to God's creation. Why aren't we judging McCain on these standards? Why aren't we judging McCain on his support for the death penalty, and for the continued killing of Iraqi women and children in our name for crying out loud!? Nearly all of my very large number of Catholic friends and family members -- all who grew up post-Vatican II will be voting for Obama because we are secure in our conviction that he is committed to more of the totality of Catholic social teaching than the GOP ticket, by far.

This is hilarious! The basis of Cafardi, Kaveny and Kmiec's article is not that Obama's position on abortion is righteous, but rather it is the lesser of two evils when considering the totality of the political landscape. Are they serious? Why don't they just come right out and say, "OK, the truth is that Obama really is pro-abortion, but he is still the better candidate for X Y and Z reasons." I would have much more respect for them if they did, but instead they leave me wondering if they themselves are politically motivated or spiritually dead.

In classic debating form, they have avoided the true argument of Mr. Weigel's article by masterfully changing the topic to divert attention from their inability to defend his attack. Even if I were to concede their own argument, that Obama would do more to lessen the incidence rate of abortion, I would be highly suspicious of their avoidance; epecially when tying it to the "black and white" measuring stick of the Catholic church. Obama's position on abortion is, at best, duplicit in classical political form. He states he is, "against abortion, but will not do anything that directly impedes a woman's ability to obtain one." That is absolutely a fine political position, one you may be shocked to hear I agree with, but it is incontrovertibly opposed to the view of the Catholic church - whereby your faith requires action! You either vehemently oppose abortion or you don't. Let's call a spade a spade, Obama don't.

YES .....AMERICAN IS NOT ONLY ANGRY THEY"RE ALREADY MAD........YES THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE MAD.

WALLSTREET FAT CATS EXECUTIVES SPEND LUXIOUSLY US 440,000 FOR HOLIDAY PACKAGE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEY GOT THE PUBLIC TAX PAYER BAILOUT MONEY.

REPUBLICAN MISUSED $150,000 DONATION FUND ONLY FOR THEIR SARAH PALIN DRESSES TO BE USE ON HER RALLY SPEECHESS ,NOT TO MENTION HER CLOSE FAMILIY AND HER KIDS EXPENDITURE.

NO apologies for being off-topic, since telling the truth must be the cornerstone of any faith.

The Republican National Committee is distributing mail which says, 'TERRORISTS' on the front
and opens to a big picture of Senator Obama, saying, 'Not who you think he is'.

John McCain (colleague and collaborator with his opponent in the Senate),
who promised to run a respectful campaign, just yesterday said he was "absolutely" proud of it.

Conscience? Disgraceful and dishonorable is an understatement?

The authors, in their rebuttal to George Weigel, show their naivette if the really think Brack Obama's policies will really reduce abortion. Mr. Obama has done nothing in his career to promote policies that actually reduce abortion. On the contrary, his socialist agenda will lead to a situation similar to that in Europe over the last few decades, which has lead to increased out-of-wedlock pregnancies and more abortions. Further, Mr. Obama's party will immediately reverse President Bush's actions that reduced the availability of abortion on military bases, and that promoted a culture of life at the U.N.

Rather than presenting a failed strategy, Mr. Weigel presents a viewpoint that shows a consistent ethic of life that is in keeping with Catholic social teaching and doctrine. I find Mr. Weigel to be much more persuasive.

I don't understand this thread...the majority of people responding think it's ok to let the republican right push this country into oblivion because they are too dumb to know they are being manipulated. disgusting! Listen people: we don't get a vote on Roe v Wade. The Supreme Court does...obviously! We have three branches of government, and yet people are still intent on voting for the branch that is NOT ON THE BALLOT. I have an idea...why don't you study law, graduate first in your class, get nominated for the Supreme Court by the President, get approved by the Congress, and THEN VOTE! Does anyone know how our goverment works any more? Is this why we're going down the toilet? because people don't understand the simplest of concepts?

A beautiful speech made by Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput regarding this subject.

http://www.zenit.org/article-23964?l=english

As an American Catholic I think about how each candidate will improve life. To me, that means that I must look beyond a single issue and listen to the guidance in my heart as well as from my church. Based on this foundation, I see my only choice as Senator Obama. McCain is just too wrong on too many other issues that, in my opinion, will not improve the life of all for the greater good. If my vote can improve health care, end this war with success for America, restore our standing in the world, then I have to believe I have done my part. If that means Roe v Wade continues on the books, so be it, no one "wants" abortion and I believe I will have saved far more children by improving healthcare and quality of life than will be served by voting on just this one issue. And for my Catholic friends that think otherwise, why are you not so vocal about ending the death penalty? That, too, violates our beliefs.

After 9/11, the US government started rounding up Muslims without cause and without due process of law, like we did to the Japanese Americans in WWII. The Bush administration called it's main internment camp Guantanamo Bay. While there are certainly many guilty terrorists held in Guantanamo, there are also many innocent American citizens who have been held illegally for years without even being charged with any crime. They have been tortured by our government. Some of them have died.

Recently the Supreme Court ruled against the Bush administration in the matter of Guantanamo Bay. The Supreme Court Justices were NOT on the side of the terrorists. They were on the side of the Geneva Convention, that says you can not torture POWs, and on the side of US laws that state you can not imprison a person without charging them with a crime and bringing them to trial. I'm sure that like most Americans, the Justices who voted against the illegal, immoral doings at Guantanamo didn't feel sympathy for the terrorists. They felt sympathy for the laws of AMERICA, the land of the FREE, where even rat finks get a fair trial.

Meanwhile, back in Iraq, the Bush administration is busy trying to build a smokescreen to hide the CRIMES they have committed. Those pesky weapons of mass destruction. Just think, the National Debt went up over 6 trillion dollars under Bush. More than 2 TRILLION of it went directly into the pockets of Halliburton, a corporation owned by the Cheney family. Halliburton is now a DUBAI corporation and therefore is not subject to US taxes. All that money they took out of the US Treasury is going into the coffers of a MUSLIM country.

Did you hear about how the US government is being charged millions for Halliburton deliveries of sand into Iraq from Kuwait? Sand. Like there is a shortage of sand in Iraq? Another contractor shipped sand from Idaho to Iraq at our expense. Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz discusses these and other excesses of our current government's out of control spending in Iraq.

Your grandchildren will be working like slaves to pay off this debt, so that the Bushes and Cheneys can live the high life in Dubai.

Yeah, they're patriots, Bush&Co. They wear flag pins. And hide the money they stole from America in Dubai.

And they want me to believe that Obama is a socialist. Right.

In case you think McCain is any different than Bush, watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdJUCU1UH2w

Thankfully our predecessors recognized that some evils need to be directly confronted. It wasn???t enough to mumble about 'adverse economic and social circumstances' when plantation owners abused human beings as property. It???s absurd to reduce the cattle-cars hurtling to Auschwitz as regrettable side effects 'tied to the nation's economic fortunes'. Would our three authors want to explain to the African-Americans in their community that we???ve shelved their freedom since that 'legal path has not worked to date'? Would they want to tell their Jewish neighbors that shutting down the holocaust is merely an 'intellectual siren call'? We need leaders who recognize their responsibility to defend our rights, first of which is life.

Thankfully our predecessors recognized that some evils need to be directly confronted. It wasn???t enough to mumble about ???adverse economic and social circumstances??? when plantation owners abused human beings as property. It???s absurd to reduce the cattle-cars hurtling to Auschwitz as regrettable side effects ???tied to the nation's economic fortunes???. Would our three authors want to explain to the African-Americans in their community that we???ve shelved their freedom since that ???legal path has not worked to date???? Would they want to tell their Jewish neighbors that shutting down the holocaust is merely an ???intellectual siren call???? We need leaders who recognize their responsibility to defend our rights, first of which is life.