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CHRISTIANS & POLITICAL ACTION Folks, I guess a few of you missed the column I referred to the other day, written by Pastor Bill Barnwell, who suggested that Christians should devote less time to working in the political arena and more time building their ministries. THAT is the basis of the current “Survey Says!” question. You should definitely read the column BEFORE voting. If you haven’t read it yet, you can still find it at: http://www.lewrockwell.com/barnwell/barnwell32.html SURVEY SAYS! Is it time for Christians to get out of the political business and back into the social work business? * Amen and hallelujah * When Hades freezes over Cast your vote by clicking the “Survey Says!” tab at www.citizenoutreach.com WHERE’S THE THREAT? “When President Bush, for example, talks about the need to ‘protect’ the sanctity of marriage, his plea is a giant non sequitur because he does not explain what, precisely, he is protecting marriage against. No proponent of gay marriage wants to ban traditional marriage… Defenders of the illiberal FMA should look to their churches, not Congress and the states, to maintain the sanctity of the marriage.” - Prof. Richard A. Epstein of the Hoover Institution KEYSTONE KOPS MEET GEN. CUSTER “Short on votes and beset by internal divisions, Senate Republicans struggled Tuesday to salvage a respectable defeat for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, an issue that President Bush pushed toward the top of the election-year agenda.” - Chicago Sun-Times, 7/14/04 BIG VOTE TODAY The timing of the Senate vote on the federal marriage amendment was rushed and political. Everyone knows it. Those trying to “spin” it otherwise simply are being disingenuous (at best). What the GOP wanted was a vote on FMA to use against candidates in the fall elections and during the upcoming Democrat national convention. They’ve said all along the purpose of bringing up a bill they knew wouldn’t pass was to get everybody on record. And they fully expected the Democrats to filibuster the bill, accepting that, in itself, as a vote against the marriage amendment. Well, as the old saying goes, be careful what you wish for. The Democrats threw the Republicans an unexpected major league curve by AGREEING to an up or down vote on the bill the Republicans said they wanted an up or down vote on. Why? Because it turns out there’s even LESS support for this bad idea among Republicans than GOP leaders thought. What was expected to be a defeat which could be used for political advantage in November’s election started to look like a truly embarrassing defeat which would completely undermine the issue’s potency at the polls. Recognizing the potential for, not just a defeat, but a humiliating Custer-like rout, Republicans begged the Democrats to allow the bill to be amended to new language which wouldn’t be so objectionable. The Democrats, understandably, told them to pound dirt. So what we now have is Republicans, basically, filibustering THEIR OWN BILL. Good grief. So instead of an up or down vote on the FMA itself, we’re looking at a procedural vote on “cloture,” which is likely to pick up more GOP votes than a vote on the bill itself. And Republicans hope to then be able to call their effort a “success,” even though it won’t really be a vote on the merits of their constitutional amendment for which there is little actual support. Ah, the games people play. The vote on *something*...who knows what, furious backroom machinations are going on ‘round the clock...is expected to take place around noon today. Let’s hope Republicans wise up, take their well-deserved loss and drop this constitutionally dumb issue once and for all. But something tells me even Vegas wouldn’t make book on that happening. Stupid is as stupid does. WHERE DO WE SIGN UP? Republican after Republican took to the Senate floor yesterday to wax poetic on the virtues and benefits of marriage. And no one waxed on more than Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama. He rattled off one benefit after another, after another, after another, and after another. Married people are wealthier. Healthier. Happier. Safer. Have better sex lives. Live longer. Get better grades in school. Better jobs. Better pets. Better hair. Fresher breath. You name it; if it’s good, then married people get it. Gee, why would gay couples want in on THAT action? BLACK RADICAL SLAMS BLACK CONSERVATIVES NAACP president Kewisi Mfume told convention attendees on Monday that black conservatives are nothing but puppets on whitey’s string. “Like the ventriloquist’s dummies, they sit their in the puppet master’s voice, but we can see whose lips are moving, and we can hear his money talk.” Gosh, I wonder why the President chose not to waste his time by speaking to this group? REAGAN APPEARANCE COULD BACKFIRE “If [Ron Reagan Jr.] appears at that Convention -- and they politicize it through the Democratic Party Convention -- I think stem cell research is not only dead for the year, but maybe for a long time to come. I hope he reconsiders." - US Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Orrin Hatch (R-UT), speaking Monday on MSNBC's Hardball. WERE SULLIVAN & CHRIS CANNON SEPARATED AT BIRTH? “Congressman John Sullivan (R-OK) is learning what can happen when a candidate has a bitter falling out with a campaign consultant -- especially when that consultant knows a lot more about you than you'd ever want the public to know. “GOP communications consultant Dave Pearson claims that Sullivan never paid him the money he was owed for work on Sullivan's successful primary upset victory in the 2002 special election. ‘I plead guilty to being a disgruntled former consultant. I think you would be disgruntled too if he refused to pay you nearly $20,000 . . . Since I helped elect a dishonest crook and liar, I feel like I must repent for my sins,’ wrote Pearson in a press release this week. “Pearson was so upset that Sullivan has failed to resolve the dispute -- even after Pearson filed an FEC complaint against Sullivan last year -- that he sent a letter to all of Sullivan's campaign contributors. In the letter, Pearson wrote that ‘Sullivan is the most dishonest, disingenuous and crooked politician I have ever known. . . . He is a liar because he repeatedly lied to me and others about his business background, his arrest records and many other things. He is a liar because he and his treasurer knowingly filed false financial reports in order to defraud the voters as to his debt. “…’My only goal at this point is to let as many people as possible know what I know...that Mr. Sullivan is dishonest, a crook and a liar. I hope you will take this letter into consideration when you receive his next letter begging for more money.’ No response yet from Sullivan.” - Ron Gunzburger, Politics1, 7/12/04 BIG JOHN (KERRY) Every mornin' on the Hill you could see him arrive Standing six-foot-four, weighing one-twenty-five Kinda' scrawny at the shoulders and lacking a spine And when he spoke at all, it was mainly to whine. (Big John, Big John) Big Bad John. Nobody seems to know what's in John's soul His 'beliefs' are based on the latest poll Though he'll say what it takes to get your votes It's the leftist agenda that he really promotes Big John. Some one said he came from Boston town Where he joined the Navy and gained renown 'Earning' three purple hearts and one bronze star The home folks said, "This boy will go far" (Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John) Then came a day back in '71 When he renounced all the medals that he had won Then turned against his country and his Navy friends And sold them out for his own selfish ends (Big John) He appeared before Congress and on left-wing talk shows Giving aid and comfort to America's foes It was clear to see whose side he was on Some say he helped cause the fall of Saigon Big John. (Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John). He claims to be for the working poor Yet he owns 5 mansions from shore to shore He never had to work a day in his life ‘Cause he learned it helps to have a wealthy wife! Big John Now he wants to be our next President and Commander-in-chief of those he resents: The American soldiers who fight and die To give him the freedom to tell us his lies (Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John) Thousands have sacrificed their young lives To help ensure that our nation survives A vote for Kerry is a slap in the face To all the brave soldiers that he's disgraced (Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John) - Forwarded by a News & Views reader, author unknown * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Chuck Muth’s News & Views is published by Citizen Outreach, a non-partisan, 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. 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