Brownback Focus on Family Issues, Abortion
Presidential candidate Sen. Sam Brownback in today's news. First from UPI (via GOPUSA):
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas, a declared GOP candidate for president, has kind words for Hillary Clinton and is against the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq.And from the Blogs4Life Conference:
But he says his main effort now involves family issues and getting the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe vs. Wade [ED.: Pres. Bush - arguably, the most pro-life President ever - never did this. He said the country "wasn't ready" to overturn Roe.], the 1973 decision recognizing a woman's right to an abortion.
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He said he thought the former first lady was "very bright ... talented lady, quite committed."
Brownback was in Washington over the congressional break to address the March for Life Monday [ED.: Pres. Bush - arguably, the most pro-life President ever - never did this (at least not in person).].
10:55 am - Sen. Sam Brownback (who is now a presidential candidate) gave a powerful speech, centered on life issues. Among the many points he revealed 80% of unborn children with Down Syndrome are aborted – a staggering figure that ought to be unacceptable in any society. Sen. Brownback passionately addressed those with an unborn Down Syndrome, pleading with them to use adoption rather than abortion. Today, he and 25 colleagues are filing the fetal pain awareness act - unborn children are given anesthesia - informing woman considering abortion makes sense.
The Senator ended his speech thanking bloggers for making a difference.
posted by Pro Ecclesia 12:51 PM
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Didn't Reegan personaly address March for Life? I thought I had heard that but I could be wrong.
As for Bush being our most pro-life President ever, I have a feeling Washington, Jackson, Monroe, Lincoln, Garfield, etc, all the Presidents who never lived in our post-modern, post-sexual revolution, world would find the practice to be barbaric.
I heard Sen. Brownback today and he was just great! I listened at work and prayed Divine Mercy for our sin-sick country and world. I'm reading Saint Faustina's Diary right now, so I know we must BATHE this country in prayer for Divine Mercy to wash over all of us. Thank you for your great blog, Jay.
So what other Catholic qualifications does Brownback have regarding his aspirations for higher office?
Voted NO on $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education.
Just don't get an abortion!
Voted NO on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes.
Ok to beat them after you deny their marriage.
Voted NO on setting aside 10% of highway funds for minorities & women.
Ok - so he is a WASP turned Catholic - you expected more?
Voted NO on repealing tax subsidy for companies which move US jobs offshore.
Know any fellow voters who have been laid off lately? hmmm
Voted YES on ending special funding for minority & women-owned business.
Here we go again with the minorities and women - do we see a pattern?
Rated 100% by the US COC, indicating a pro-business voting record.
Of course.
Voted NO on maintaining right of habeas corpus in Death Penalty Appeals. Apparently Brownie missed the RCIA class where they presented the Bishops campaign against the Death Penalty.
Voted YES on making federal death penalty appeals harder.
Apparently he only took notes in RCIA on a "single issue".
Rated 27% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes.
Elite White Christian Education - diversity not allowed.
Voted NO on banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
hmm - something somewhere in Catholic Teaching about being good stewards of the earth. Do they cover that in RCIA?
Voted NO on including oil & gas smokestacks in mercury regulations.
Ok to poison children - just do not abort them.
Rated 100% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-family voting record.
Note: The Brownie definition of family has a white picket fence out front.
Voted YES on killing a bill for trade sanctions if China sells weapons.
Umm - didn't they just shoot down a satellite with missile?
Voted YES on implementing CAFTA for Central America free-trade.
Despite Catholic Leadership calls for a renegotiation of this treaty. Was this before the conversion?
Voted YES on allowing some lobbyist gifts to Congress.
Maybe a trip to Ave Maria and Disney World for the Brownie family?
Voted NO on background checks at gun shows.
Do terrorists attend gun shows? nah!
Rated 0% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record.
Yep - Senators get the best healthcare available - let the public eat cake!
Voted NO on allowing patients to sue HMOs & collect punitive damages.
So if Grandma dies from cause the insurance company would not allow a treatment that would have helped her - bury her in a pine box.
Rated 0% by SANE, indicating a pro-military voting record.
Something in the Gospels about peace? love?
Voted YES on killing an increase in the minimum wage.
Missed that RCIA class on Catholic Social teaching as well.
Rated 0% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record.
Leo XIII - Rerum Novarum is not an actor the movie Gladiator Brownie!
Religious affiliation: Methodist. (Nov 2000)
80 Million Catholics - large swing voter block - conversion - Brownie becomes Catholic. Maybe it was the Bush war in Iraq that turned him off from the Methodist Church?
Rated 0% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record.
So much for Grandma
Voted YES on authorizing use of military force against Iraq. (Oct 2002)
Guess it was not the Methodist faith after all. Didn't JPII, the Vatican and the Methodist Bishops all condemn? hmmmm
I didn't realize the Catholic Church had taken a position on all those issues, Eamon. All of those issues might be litmus tests for being a good little Democrat Party sycophant, but they're not necessarily reflective of what makes one a good Catholic.
As for the death penalty (just to address one of the issues you raise), you might want to read a little more about Sen. Brownback's reconsidering his position on the death penalty (not that favoring the death penalty under certain circumstances or voting in favor of the war makes one a bad Catholic (promoting abortion, euthanasia and ESCR, on the other hand, does) - see then-Cardinal Ratzinger's 2004 letter to the U.S. Bishops)
Finally, your post drips with contempt for Catholic converts. Converting to Catholicism does NOT equal becoming a Democrat Party sycophant (but then, that's really ALL you care about is electing Democrats).
Show such contempt for converts again, and I will remove all of your comments from this blog.
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