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End of Day --8/12/08
 

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

To: Friends & Supporters

From: Gary L. Bauer



Where We Are

 

Columnist George Will gave us something profound to ponder in his column today. With a "peacenik" ready to enter the Oval Office and assume the duties of commander-in-chief while Soviet tanks are rolling through a defenseless democracy, Will had this to say about where we are in history and reminded us about where we have been:

"For only the third time in 72 years (Berlin 1936, Moscow 1980), the [Olympic] Games are being hosted by a tyrannical regime, the mind of which was displayed in the opening ceremonies featuring thousands of drummers, each face contorted with the same grotesquely frozen grin. It was a tableau of the miniaturization of the individual and the subordination of individuality to the collective. Not since the Nazi's 1934 Nuremberg rally, which Leni Riefenstahl turned into the film "Triumph of the Will," has tyranny been so brazenly tarted up as art.

"A worldwide audience of billions swooned over the Beijing ceremony. Who remembers 1934? Or anything."

On November 4, 2008, will America choose a Chamberlain or a Churchill? A Carter or a Reagan? That is the choice we will face just 83 days from now.


Window Dressing On Abortion

Yesterday, CBN's David Brody reported that members of the Democrat Platform Committee have sought input from evangelical leaders to moderate their party platform on abortion with the intent of making the Democrat Party more attractive to people of faith. According to Brody, Pastors Joel Hunter, Jim Wallis and Tony Campolo were involved in the effort.

So, what did they come up with? Here's the proposed new language:

"The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v Wade and a woman's right to choose a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to pay, and we oppose any and all efforts to weaken or undermine that right. The Democratic Party also strongly supports access to affordable family planning services and comprehensive age-appropriate sex education which empower people to make informed choices and live healthy lives. We also recognize that such health care and education help reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and thereby also reduce the need for abortions. The Democratic Party also strongly supports a woman's decision to have a child by ensuring access to and availability of programs for pre and post natal health care, parenting skills, income support, and caring adoption programs."

How "moderate" did that sound to you? I'm curious to know exactly what scriptures guided Pastors Hunter, Wallis and Campolo in their efforts. I certainly doubt that strong and unequivocal support for the abortion-on-demand regime of Roe v. Wade will in any way entice pro-life voters. The promise of taxpayer-funding for abortions will turn off many moderates who may not want to ban it but surely don't want their hard-earned dollars paying for it. Will Christians be drawn to vote Democrat by the idea that little Susie and Johnny will be taught to use condoms in the first grade? I don't think so.

The sad fact is that the DNC could adopt the strongest pro-life language that Jim Dobson and I could come up with and it wouldn't matter. It wouldn't matter because Barack Obama is the most extreme, pro-abortion candidate ever nominated for president.

He promised Planned Parenthood that the first piece of legislation that he would sign as president is the Freedom of Choice Act. That bill would repeal the federal ban on partial-birth abortions and every pro-life state law, from parental notifications to waiting periods. Obama has also promised to appoint ACLU radicals to our courts, liberal judicial activists like Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer.

I know Joel Hunter, Jim Wallis and Tony Campolo have their hearts fixed on God. They are well-meaning men. But I fear their faith is being taken advantage of, and their efforts to moderate the party of Clinton, Kerry and Kennedy on values issues will amount to little more than window dressing.


Huckabee To Host Fox Show

In recent weeks, many folks have emailed to let me know that they strongly support Mike Huckabee's selection as a running mate for John McCain. It seems that isn't going to happen. The New York Post reported today that Governor Huckabee will be hosting a show on the Fox News Channel set to debut in the fall.

When asked what he would do if Sen. McCain won the election and offered him a cabinet post, Huckabee responded, "Why would I want to do that? I'm gonna have a good life out here in the private sector. Why would I go back to telling everybody in the world how much money I make and … barely surviving to have some obscure cabinet post and have some 20-year-old from the White House telling me what I'm gonna do?"

As someone who has dedicated my life to advancing the cause of faith, family and freedom in Washington, D.C., who had the honor of serving eight years in Ronald Reagan's presidency and who has passed up plenty of opportunities for a "good life in the private sector," I was a bit disappointed by Gov. Huckabee's statement. I hope it does not put off many young conservatives from politics and government service. Heaven knows we need good people, such as Governor Huckabee, in government.

I know many people have looked to Governor Huckabee as a future candidate. I think he has considerable potential, especially if he devotes some time to issues of foreign policy and national security. A cabinet post would help give him credentials and experience.


 

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