Bryan Fischer
McCain makes outstanding VP choice
By Bryan Fischer
Aides for Sen. McCain indicated this morning that his choice of a running mate is the Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska.
The 44-year-old Palin, by the way, was born in Idaho and graduated from the University of Idaho in 1987.
Palin said on her 2006 campaign website, "I am pro-life." She gave birth to a baby this year who had been diagnosed while in her womb with Down's syndrome. Abortion, she said, was never an option for her and her husband Todd.
"We've both been very vocal about being pro-life," she told the AP. "We understand that every innocent life has wonderful potential." One day after his birth, she said, "[W]e feel privileged that God would entrust us with this gift and allow us unspeakable joy as he entered our lives. We have faith that every baby is created for good purpose and has the potential to make this world a better place."
The choice may well be an inspired one on McCain's part. The contrast between Gov. Palin and Sen. Obama on the sanctity of life could not be more stark.
Sen. Obama supported infanticide while an Illinois state senator, and in effect said that an unwanted child deserves to die. Meanwhile, Gov. Palin believes that every child in the womb, birth defect or no, has been made in the image of God and deserves to live.
The choice for American voters on Nov. 4 could not be clearer on the fundamental moral issue of our time.
Abortion is our national sin, as slavery was 150 years ago. One presidential ticket will defend this sin and call it a virtue. The other ticket will resist this sin and call it a moral blight, and lead us toward national righteousness and true virtue.
As columnist Nat Hentoff wrote, "[H]er presence (as McCain's VP pick) could highlight Mr. Obama's extremist abortion views on whether certain lives are worth living — even a child born after a botched abortion."
A pro-abortion website refers to her as "anti-choice" and "a heroine of the 'pro-life' movement.'" The American Spectator describes her as "strongly pro-life," and adds, "She is the perfect antidote to Sen. Obama's cheap thrills, and would help rejuvenate conservatism."
On other matters, she stated, again on her 2006 campaign website, "I believe that marriage should only be between (a) man and a woman." (Alaska passed the first marriage amendment in the nation in 1998.)
Regarding the death penalty, she said, "If the legislature passed a death penalty law, I would sign it. We have a right to know that someone who rapes and murders a child or kills an innocent person in a drive by shooting will never be able to do that again."
She is a supporter of the Second Amendment and is a lifelong member of the NRA.
She differs with McCain on drilling in ANWR, referring repeatedly to the need to "getting ANWR open," and adding, "[W]e're trying to convince the rest of the nation to open ANWR." Perhaps she can begin with the man at the top of the ticket.
She supports "flexibility in government regulations that allow competition in health care" which "will drive down health care costs and reduce the need for government subsidies."
Bottom line: social conservatives will find much to like in Gov. Palin. She would not bring only strong convictions on social issues, but youth, beauty, charm and pizzazz to McCain's campaign, and make it even more difficult for Obama to attract the female vote, where he lags behind previous Democratic presidential candidates. On the whole, a boffo choice.
© Bryan Fischer
Aides for Sen. McCain indicated this morning that his choice of a running mate is the Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska.
The 44-year-old Palin, by the way, was born in Idaho and graduated from the University of Idaho in 1987.
Palin said on her 2006 campaign website, "I am pro-life." She gave birth to a baby this year who had been diagnosed while in her womb with Down's syndrome. Abortion, she said, was never an option for her and her husband Todd.
"We've both been very vocal about being pro-life," she told the AP. "We understand that every innocent life has wonderful potential." One day after his birth, she said, "[W]e feel privileged that God would entrust us with this gift and allow us unspeakable joy as he entered our lives. We have faith that every baby is created for good purpose and has the potential to make this world a better place."
The choice may well be an inspired one on McCain's part. The contrast between Gov. Palin and Sen. Obama on the sanctity of life could not be more stark.
Sen. Obama supported infanticide while an Illinois state senator, and in effect said that an unwanted child deserves to die. Meanwhile, Gov. Palin believes that every child in the womb, birth defect or no, has been made in the image of God and deserves to live.
The choice for American voters on Nov. 4 could not be clearer on the fundamental moral issue of our time.
Abortion is our national sin, as slavery was 150 years ago. One presidential ticket will defend this sin and call it a virtue. The other ticket will resist this sin and call it a moral blight, and lead us toward national righteousness and true virtue.
As columnist Nat Hentoff wrote, "[H]er presence (as McCain's VP pick) could highlight Mr. Obama's extremist abortion views on whether certain lives are worth living — even a child born after a botched abortion."
A pro-abortion website refers to her as "anti-choice" and "a heroine of the 'pro-life' movement.'" The American Spectator describes her as "strongly pro-life," and adds, "She is the perfect antidote to Sen. Obama's cheap thrills, and would help rejuvenate conservatism."
On other matters, she stated, again on her 2006 campaign website, "I believe that marriage should only be between (a) man and a woman." (Alaska passed the first marriage amendment in the nation in 1998.)
Regarding the death penalty, she said, "If the legislature passed a death penalty law, I would sign it. We have a right to know that someone who rapes and murders a child or kills an innocent person in a drive by shooting will never be able to do that again."
She is a supporter of the Second Amendment and is a lifelong member of the NRA.
She differs with McCain on drilling in ANWR, referring repeatedly to the need to "getting ANWR open," and adding, "[W]e're trying to convince the rest of the nation to open ANWR." Perhaps she can begin with the man at the top of the ticket.
She supports "flexibility in government regulations that allow competition in health care" which "will drive down health care costs and reduce the need for government subsidies."
Bottom line: social conservatives will find much to like in Gov. Palin. She would not bring only strong convictions on social issues, but youth, beauty, charm and pizzazz to McCain's campaign, and make it even more difficult for Obama to attract the female vote, where he lags behind previous Democratic presidential candidates. On the whole, a boffo choice.
© Bryan Fischer
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