AMERICAN LIFE AND POLITICS

By Mel Ingram 

Why the moral issues that won the day for President Bush utterly

SHOCKS and BEWILDERS the Democrats ~

 

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ELECTION 2004 AND MORAL VALUES


Howard Dean, in his capacity as newly elected chairman of the DNC, said, “We are definitely going to do religious outreach. Even in my campaign, I was interested in reaching out to evangelicals.” According to an interview with Christianity Today, Jim Wallis, convener of Call to Renewal, has been “calling on Christians to see political involvement beyond the perennial issues of abortion and gay rights.” Wallis says, “They [the Democrats] have become more and more secular, so much so that they’re being portrayed by Republicans as hostile to religion and uncaring about moral values. I think that’s a mistake on the Democrat’s part.”



Jim Wallis, who was drafted by the DNC as “instructor for Democrat press aides on how to reach evangelical audiences”, is a very clever social activist who claims to be an evangelical. In that interview, Wallis also said, “It’s important for the Democrats to change the way they talk about a moral issue like abortion… Yes, there are Democrats who realize in failure and in defeat that they better change the way they talk about this because of demographics… To reduce religion to two issues is not authentic religion... so let’s talk about faith.” 



Well, this writer perceives that John Dean and his employed cohort, Jim Wallis, seek to change the subject. They don’t want to talk about abortion or about homosexual issues like “gay marriage”. Certainly not—they’ve already lost one election on those issues! No—they’d rather switch to a different subject, just like a car salesman and his sales manager, they want to disguise the real issues by talking about “faith”. Dean even mocked the Republicans as family values hypocrites… “The GOP wants to cut the money for feeding kids. They only get two of the values of the New Testament. Do they talk about having walked among the least of these?”



Mr. Dean, I’ve got news for you. You can’t hide the derelict issues of abortion and homosexual sin under the guise of other “faith values”. Talking about “feeding the kids” does not produce a remedy for the shame our society bears for millions of babies murdered by the hands of paid abortionists. Talking about the “poor among us” does not cover-up aberrant homosexual behavior nor does it hide their selfish motives, nor their overt attempts to destroy God’s institution of holy matrimony.



But, you know folks—there is a way that liberal-minded Democrats can change their political fortunes. They can join the thousands of their morally astute fellow Democrats who abhor the free-choice to abort babies without compunction. They can join with right-minded fellow Democrats to denounce the drive to obliterate traditional marriage and they can disclaim immoral sexual violations as being a matter of “civil rights”. In short, they can reclaim their heritage by actually coming to terms with the real moral values established down through the Biblical tradition of the ages.



I encourage you to read Why Democrats Lost, by Foster Childs. His summary says it all:



“The Democratic Party is perceived as the party without moral values because they are the party without moral values. And, as shown on last November 2nd, the majority of America is finally realizing it.”



Mel Ingram



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Why Democrats Lost, by Foster Childs, December 5, 2004 -Tri-County Times

"The devil you know, or the devil you don't." That's how many John Kerry supporters explained their defeat in the 2004 election. Democrats appear to be genuinely astounded that they didn't win. Many blame their loss on the Republican Party’s ability to present itself as representing people of moral values. Clearly that astounds them. "How could we be perceived as the party without values?" they ask.

As one who embraced many Democratic principles as recently as the election of 2000, allow me to answer. Laura Bush has personified elegance and class as America's First Lady for four years. The Democratic Party countered with a vulgar, foulmouthed, brazen billionaire with the grace of a drunken hooker. Teresa Heinz-Kerry insulted every mother in America when in an interview when she snidely stated, "I doubt Laura Bush has ever held a real job." I can't envision a more ill-suited candidate to represent our country as First Lady.

To most Americans Ted Kennedy is a philandering, has-been alcoholic whose money and influence allowed him to get away with murder. To the Democratic Party, Kennedy is their esteemed elder statesman.



The Democratic Party's most vocal spokesperson is Michael Moore, an arrogant ass who holds America, and Americans, in utter contempt. He delights in telling the French and Germans how stupid we are. He mocks our military. He insults our president. His "Joe Average" persona is as bogus as the "facts" in his slanted books and movies. Most Americans despise him as a traitor and a slob. Yet, at the Democratic National Convention Moore was afforded the most honored seat in the house – right along side former president Jimmy Carter.

Most Americans view gay men and women as simply fellow citizens who should be afforded the same respect as any other citizen. The Democratic Party views gay men and women as a minority whose perceived "rights" should supercede the established tenets that have governed society since the beginning of time.

The majority of America understands that we must take a stand against terrorism, that terrorists are the essence of pure evil, that terrorists will always hate America and Americans, no matter what we do. The
Democratic Party seems to believe that if we just turn the other cheek they will go away. Their mantra of "wrong war, wrong place, wrong time" smacks of pacifism.

Most Americans would find an adult male who wears makeup, high heels, a wig and women's clothing to his workplace as not just creepy, but deeply disturbing. The Democratically controlled California legislature passed a law providing fines up to $150,000 for any employer who fires a man for showing up to work dressed as a woman. Every Democrat cast a "yes" vote.

To most of America the entertainment industry is comprised primarily of dull-witted, self-absorbed twits who, under the guise of "artistic expression," fill our living rooms and our children's brains with an endless parade of depraved garbage. The vociferous Tinsel town endorsement of John Kerry merely confirmed what most of America already knows -- the Democratic Party reflects Hollywood's moral values, not America's.

The consensus by Republicans, and a surprising number of Democrats, is near unanimous -- the Democratic Party is in ruins because:

* They have chosen to align themselves with all that is wrong in America;
* They mock people of faith; 
* They endorse special-interest agendas that tear apart the fabric of our Constitution;
* They embrace race-baiting opportunists like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson;
* They support wacko organizations such as the ACLU; and, worst of all,
* They offer America as heroes -- as people to emulate, as role-models for our children -- shameless charlatans like Ted Kennedy, Michael Moore and Bill Clinton.

The answer to the question is very simple: The Democratic Party is perceived as the party without moral values because they ARE the party without moral values. And, as shown on last November 2nd, the majority of America is finally realizing it.

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