lifeisgood

Out of the mouths of babes…or, in this case, a 13 year old. My daughter has taken an interest in the presidential campaign and surrounding issues. She noticed that the same people who are against the war also tend to be pro-abortion. She asked me why they want to stop the loss of life in the middle East but not the lives being lost to abortion. I had no good answer, because there is no logical answer to that question.

This issue is personal for us, not only because we are pro-lifers, but because my brother is in Iraq - his second TOD there, third in the middle East - voluntarily fighting for the safety of all Americans, as a Sergeant in the Army Special Forces 10th Mountain Division. My brother was able to make this decision to put his own life on the line in a war being fought for the freedoms and safety of others.  Unborn babies get no choice about whether they live or die.

Whatever one’s beliefs and political leanings, encouraging our teenagers to exercise independent and critical thinking is priceless. Life is good.

This isn’t about ideology. It’s not about platform issues like the economy, national security, or family values. It’s not even about Palin’s federal dollar earmarks, her pregnant teenager, or her inexperience in national affairs. What it’s really about is the fact that she is a woman. Democrats have long enjoyed the lion’s share of the female vote. The nomination of Sarah Palin for VP has thrown the DNC into a panic from which they will be lucky to recover by election day.

In reality, even if the democratic party and base regain their footing from the nomination of Sarah Palin for veep, it is an event which will affect politics forever. This is the crux of the frenzied democratic attack on Palin. Republicans beat dems to the punch in putting a female on the presidential ticket.

Sarah Palin is a woman who can’t be controlled by the democratic party — this scares them more than the most qualified candidate in the world.