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To: American Spirit who wrote (159)	10/25/2004 9:03:11 PM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 1449

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To: American Spirit who wrote (159)	10/27/2004 10:18:59 AM
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THE FAITHLESS JOHN KERRY Tue Oct 26, 6:42 PM ET Op/Ed - Maggie Gallagher By Maggie Gallagher Last Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) gave a speech about faith and values in which he quoted the Bible really quite often. Maggie Gallagher As in: "My faith, and the faith I have seen in the lives of so many Americans, also teaches me that, 'Whatever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.'" Kerry's private faith is his own, and I do not cast aspersions on it. But any voter has to wonder: Why is it that 10 days before a national election, John Kerry is suddenly spouting Scripture? Fortunately, in these modern campaign days, we are not left to wonder long. Senior Kerry adviser Mike McCurry helpfully explained to The New York Times: "We know that Americans are a very faithful people; the vast majority believe in God and worship. Over 70 percent tell pollsters routinely that they want a president who is deeply grounded in faith and speaks to those issues." Oh. So what is the faith that Kerry is now professing to the 70 percent of Americans who tell pollsters they want a president who speaks about such things? John Kerry is no John F. Kennedy. Kerry did not use his time to combat anti-Catholic stereotypes, but to perpetuate them. In particular, he respectfully disrespected those Catholic bishops who oppose abortion, suggesting they are trying to write Catholic religious doctrine into the law. "My task, as I see it, is not to write every doctrine into law. That is not possible or right in a pluralistic society. But my faith does give me values to live by and apply to the decisions I make." What kind of decisions are guided by Kerry's faith? "I believe we must keep faith, not only with the Creator, but also with present and future generations. ... Will we take action now to cut the cost of energy so that already overburdened seniors in the colder parts of our country can afford heat in the winter -- and here in Florida, stay cool and healthy in the heat of summer?" Kerry's faith leads him to take strong moral stands in favor of ... lower air conditioning bills in Florida? John Kerry is not even a Mario Cuomo, who took some political risks to defend his moral opposition to the death penalty. And Kerry is certainly no Robert P. Casey, former governor of Pennsylvania. In Florida, Kerry asserted: "The ethical test of a good society is how it treats its most vulnerable members." John Kerry claims that life begins at conception, but he cannot even bring himself to vote against partial-birth abortion, or to support the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, which recognizes that when a pregnant woman is killed, two people (not one) have been murdered. To John Kerry, the equal dignity of every human being is just a slogan, a "doctrine" he refuses to impose (read: defend) in a "pluralistic" society. Gov. Robert P. Casey was a Democrat who knew, to the contrary, that "the message of respect for human life is not just a religious message ... much less an exclusively Catholic or sectarian message," as he put it in his famous 1995 Notre Dame speech. "Abortion has not, and never will, take a permanent place in our culture. In a country whose whole reason for being is to affirm the goodness and the equality of all human life, how could such a thing ever fit in? ... No other country began with a promise on its sacred honor to love and protect all human life equally. That's a pledge only one nation on Earth is sworn to keep, and we know it, the people of this country know it." But keeping faith, publicly, is not John Kerry's strong suit. (Readers may reach Maggie Gallagher at MaggieBox2004@yahoo.com.) Story Tools Email Story Post/Read Msgs (59) Print Story Ratings: Would you recommend this story? Not at all 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 Highly Special Feature Missed Tech Tuesday? Don't fall victim to troublemaking hackers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prev. Story: Editorial Roundup (AP) Next Story: THE CASE AGAINST BUSH (Ted Rall) More Op/Ed - Maggie Gallagher Stories · GAY MARRIAGE IN SOUTH DAKOTA (Maggie Gallagher) · FREE PREACH IN CAMPAIGN 2004 (Maggie Gallagher) · DIGESTING THE DEBATE (Maggie Gallagher) · POLITICAL CRYSTAL BALL BECOMES CLEARER AS ELECTION APPROACHES (Maggie Gallagher) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT Ad Feedback

To: American Spirit who wrote (159)	10/27/2004 11:01:56 AM
From: JakeStraw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1449

"Kerry also believes Saddam Hussein’s Iraq was a diversion. But we have learned from the Duelfer Report that Saddam was using the UN’s oil-for-food program to bribe officials in France, Germany, Russia, and elsewhere to finance prohibited goods and weapons that would recreate his banned weapons programs. “Iraq would have been able to produce mustard agents in a period of months and nerve agents in less than a year or two,” according to Mort Zuckerman’s recent column in U.S. News and World Report. Kerry has chosen to ignore all this. He also continues to skirt his so-called “global test” stratagem that would place America’s safety and security in the hands of the UN or Europe. But this is no way to prosecute World War IV, which is really the most accurate context for the current war against Islamic fascism. Finally, with all his pessimism, Kerry seems incapable of understanding that Bush’s vision of freedom and democracy on the march is actually working. Free elections have been held successfully in Afghanistan. In recent days, Carlos Valenzuela, the top UN electoral expert, told the Associated Press that preparations for the crucial January election in Iraq are “on track.” You see, George Bush has a vision and a policy. Warts and all, the execution of that policy is moving ahead successfully. When the president says that there must be no uncertainty or weakness, that there is no place for confusion and no substitute for victory, the U.S. electorate is listening carefully" townhall.com