November 10, 2008
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NaBloPoMo Day 9
I’ve spent all day trying to cram Greek back into my head. It is not working all that well. It would help if I didn’t have to keep turning back several chapters from the material on which the current exam is going to focus. Why can’t I remember autos? Curse you, autos!
Anyway, since no one has tried to pull me away from the microphone…
I’m going to speak again to a limited audience – social conservatives, especially Christians, that keep voting Republican. Everyone else can listen in if they want to, and feel free to participate.
It has also occurred to me that we keep overlooking some rather grievous problems with the Republicans. To an extent, this is true of all politicians, but I don’t vote for all politicians, so I’ll talk about the ones I vote for or am expected to vote for. Have you noticed just how corrupt the Republicans are? Jack Abramoff, anyone? Or how about the Bush White House claiming “executive privilege” for so many things during this administration? How about the obviously bad intelligence that was used to justify the war in Iraq? How about Senator Ted Stevens from Alaska who was just convicted for accepting illegal personal gifts? How about Sarah Palin and the problems with the firing of her public safety commissioner? How about John McCain of the Keating Five?
Do we really need to put up with this? At this point, given our lack of success working with the Republicans, is it doing us any good? That is to say, is it helping us meet our goals?
Here’s a hard question – how much do fiscal conservatism, Republican immigration policy (the “build a fence on the border” type, not the amnesty type), and hard lined foreign policy really mesh up with OT and NT teaching on hospitality, caring for orphans and widows, and living at peace? I’m not *saying* that they don’t, I’m just trying to spark a discussion.
Comments (2)
Regarding Republicans: as I’ve been telling others, I think the Republican party has a wonderful platform, and it’s a shame that no one stands on it anymore.
Regarding your last paragraph: it’s a church-state separation for me. It should be the church’s job to be hospitable, to care for orphans and widows, to assist the poor, to stand for traditional values (all as secondary goals after evangelism). That we’re looking to the state to solve these problems shows that (a) the body of Christ is rejecting its mission, and that (b) America is creating a new secular church in the state.
I voted, but for President I wrote in a non-candidate.
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“Ouch!” says the nail as it is hit on the head.