>Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: BOUNCE [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Non-member submission from [cecarl ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] >Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 18:33:18 -0500 (EST) > >>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Mar 4 18:33:17 2000 >Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Received: from 293.567.443.40 (01-062.010.popsite.net [208.178.88.62]) > by ns1.vrx.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 78100F0B3 > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sat, 4 Mar 2000 18:33:08 -0500 (EST) >From: cecarl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Echoes of Silent Assent, Part 2. >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 18:33:08 -0500 (EST) > >Unholy Alliance, the Celebrity Christians and the Republican Party > >The Celebrity Christian Right, led by Pat Robertson's Christian >Coalition, which backs Bush, and Gary Bauer's Family Research >Council, which backs Senator John McCain, now have center stage in >the Republican Party power struggle. The Bush-McCain controversy >over Christianity has exploded during the course of this 3 part series. >It provides the necessary background to an understanding of why >Christians, in spite of their acknowledged numerical strength, fail to >elect our own kind to office. > >The Echo syndrome, that we accept whomever the Republican Party >leaders' offering because "He is better than what you have now" >resounded in San Diego in 1992 at the Republican National Convention. >This time the compromised Republican leader was Bob Dole, who gave >a weak affirmation to the pro-lifers but made no real commitment to >the unborn. Again the phantom echo voices pleaded from the clouds: >"Dole is not great, but do you want Clinton again?... Don't rock the >GOP boat." > >The turning point for Bob Dole was the announcement of Christian >Coalition's support followed by Jerry Falwell and James Dobson's >Family Research Council. Again, Pat Buchanan was silenced in >what was one of the most manipulated Republican Conventions ever >held. Some Buchanan delegates were not allowed to vote on the floor, >and several states did not even announce the Buchanan votes. >Buchanan's pro-life speech was again never permitted even though >he was the only serious challenger to Dole. > >In San Diego, as in Houston, the committed pro-life advocates, >though largely excluded from the convention process, marched in the >streets and picketed the convention. Operation Rescue volunteers >hurried from clinic to clinic in buses, sitting in at abortion clinic >doors under constant threat of the new, harsh federal FACE Act. >At that very hour Dole was receiving his party's blessing, the Rescuers >conducted a solemn funeral for a three pound aborted child found in >a garbage can, and also mourned the Republicans' pathetic choice. >None of these events were covered in the news. > >Throughout the campaign to follow, Bob Dole was silent about abortion. >It was later revealed that Dole was guilty of a personal, hidden abortion >experience outside of his marriage, and was effectively blackmailed by >Clinton's campaign to avoid the topic or to face exposure. So Clinton's >abortion record was never made an issue. Pro-abortion William >Jefferson Clinton won another four years and again received less than >half of the popular vote, as a sign of vulnerability that was never >exploited. > >It was widely rumored and undenied that the Christian Coalition received >a $2 million contribution from the National Republican Committee, to help >support the Dole candidacy. Christian Coalition did not deny it, and >pro-life members suspected a sell out. > >Who should the committed pro-life advocates blame for the procession >of pro-abortion Presidents? Should the American people blame the >"Always Republican and never wrong" commercial broadcasters, >Ollie North or Rush Limbaugh? Should we blame Tom Brokow, Peter >Jennings, the "20-20" producers or the opinion molders of the >establishment press that strive to appear balanced while promoting the >internationalists' agenda? Certainly, the propagandists are not to >blame, for we know what they are, and we must expect their conduct. > >Should we blame the party leaders, the local state chairman, the local >elected officials and legislators who go to the conventions as delegates, >and who cast the votes on the convention floors? No, because there >are politicians who blow with the wind and are expected to be >influenced by state power brokers within the parties. None of these >are responsible for the compromise of the Republican Party toward the >pro-abortion forces . They should be influenced at the local level by >pro-life activists. > >Who is responsible for compromising the overwhelming pro-life >sentiment of the rank and file Christian voter? It is the ever present >power traders of the Celebrity Christian Right and who over and over >again accept the compromised Republican party agenda. They elect >the candidates who have time and time again betrayed the pro-life >cause, as did Robert Dole and George Herbert Walker Bush. A >closer look shows that it is the Celebrity leaders of the Christian Right >who have, in every recent election, swung the decision from conflict >with honor, to compromise by shamefully weak candidates. > >In this series of "Heads Up!" we will examine some of these political >Celebrity Christians, several of whom have themselves been >candidates. We will talk about their little understood role as the >Echoes of Silent Assent, the men who always give in. The question >to be answered is why Celebrity leaders accept compromise, and >how the rank and file can set their own political destiny. Heads Up! >Life is Worth Living, no matter how small. > >Republished with permission of We Hold These Truths >To see part 1 of the series goto: >http://www.whtt.org/000302hu.htm > >Publisher's Preview >P O Box 14491 >Scottsdale, AZ 85267 >http://publisherspreview.v12.net/ >480-443-0201 > >To be deleted please type "Remove" in the Subject line of your reply. > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dnso.com It's about travel on expense accounts to places with good beer. - BKR
