The Naked Emperor
The hypocrisy of John McCain is breathtaking.
Recently, he told pro-lifers that we should state our opinions on abortion and then go home and shut up. This week, he is saying that America should take military action against the dictator of Syria if he starts using Sarin gas on his own people.
My question is: Why isn't he now saying to the American people that we should just express our opinions about this despot gassing his political opponents, and then go home and sit down in front of our televisions and watch it happen? I mean, this guy claims to be pro-life, but then advises his fellow pro-lifers to be good little Republicans and just sit back and let the holocaust continue.
The fact is, most of us in the pro-life movement always knew that McCain's pro-life rhetoric was hollow and motivated only by his political ambition. In this way, he is virtually indistinguishable from almost every other Republican in the country. They see the plight of the unborn as something that can often be exploited for political gain, but is otherwise to be ignored.
The bottom line is that McCain and his fellow travelers really see the unborn child as nothing more than a political inconvenience that they wish would just go away.
Our job is to make certain that never happens so, no, we will not just sit around and do nothing. We are not that cowardly.
From the right to life perspective when I look at the pro-life politicians in my area, I can say the best that we have really isn't very good and if that is what we have in my neck of the woods then it is likely representative of other areas of the country. And when I see committed right to lifers go to bat for politicians who have no vision, who are more committed to team republican than upholding and defending the Constitution and who are, at best, lukewarm in terms of Right to Life, it is disheartening and understandable why we are not even close to returning legal protection to the unborn. And the point of all this isn't so much to focus on the past but rather to see where we are headed. There are some bright spots in the political landscape but they are far and few between. We need for many of our current politicians to go away to be replaced by people of greater principle and conviction. And our job should be to advance the cause of the unborn and not advance the careers of the lukewarm pro-life politicians by making excuses for them or by making them into something they are not, otherwise if we keep doing what we have always done, we will keep getting what we have always got.