Posted by
Sanity 102 on Sunday, November 04, 2007 4:10:16 PM
Relating to Hilary's rant on the War in Iraq, Rudy Giuliani reminded the listeners that Saddam had been trying to build his own nuclear bomb. In fact, it is fairly certain that if we had not taken him down, we would be facing not just the Iran threat, but Iraq AND Libya; Gaddifi surrendered after pictures of captured scruffy Saddam having his teeth inspected was shot around the world.
Those who continued to whine about the Iraqi war didn't understand the threat, Rudy said, and shouldn't be Commander in Chief. (I am paraphrasing).
At that moment, the man EARNED my vote.
Let me explain how momentous this is.
I am not just pro-life; I lectured in schools, meetings, testified in front of legislative committees. I am the person that the most feminist opinionated person has been warned not to take on.
I can tell you about each procedure and how and why each came about.
This is the "principle" upon which I have stood election after election.
It is the first and last question I have asked each candidate seeking my vote.
No, I haven't always voted for someone just because they are pro-life...I'm much too practical for that. But this issue has guided my vote for if a person will not see the evil in the killing of humanity's future, then for me, that person's vision of a future is flawed.
--Then one day, on a September morning...all that changed.
I realized that people I don't even know could destroy the world I knew.
I realized that America alone stood between a world of horror and a world of freedom. Yes, we need allies and partners in finance and trade, but let's face it, the world had come to rely on the military might of one nation--OURS.
I also realized that all the "principles"...all the "causes"...are but facets of the greatest sin...that of pride.
When we stand up for what is right, all too often, it is for what makes us look right...and good...and better than everyone else.
And America makes it so easy to be sanctimonious and self-righteous. We can call our representatives and write comments on TH. We can picket companies and email sponsers.
The next morning we go to our jobs and watch that we don't say anything too political or offend anyone with our opinions.
Every day, we understand and draw the line between our "principles" and "hard reality".
And it works...as long as America continues to survive and win.
Once upon a time, America understood this. But people forget.
And many have forgotten.
They have watched the Commander in Chief of the world's greatest military fight a war not just with terrorists but with the media.
And many have joined the war...standing on the principles afforded by America and her troops.
I have prayed constantly for these "principled" people to understand the nature of war and what we risk if we continue to forget, but I am practical enough to know that America may have to fall before these people get it.
So, I am endorcing the only man that I believe can win ON BOTH FRONTS...the war on terror and the war on our sanctimonious pride.
I pray that he picks someone like Palin to soothe us pro-lifers.
But most of all, I pray that he fights to keep America a place where when "pride goeth before a fall"...one can survive the fall.