Lying to the Catholics...again.

"He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death" Proverbs 21:6

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Get informed, take responsibility for your vote. Catholics do not have the luxury of  "sitting this one out" --you have a duty before God to make an informed and responsible vote. No excuses.

"It is necessary that all participate, according to his position and role, in promoting the common good. This is inherent in the dignity of the human person ... As far as possible citizens should take an active part in public life" (CCC nos. 1913-1915).

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Ten Ways Catholic Voters Will Be Misled in 2012

By Deal W. Hudson & Matt Smith

1. In spite of the new "Introduction" to "Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship," the bishops’ document will be cherry-picked and repackaged into sound bites to justify voting for a candidate who supports abortion and same-sex marriage.

2. Pro-life Catholics will be labeled as "single issue voters" who don't care about the larger social teaching of the Church, especially concern for the poor and vulnerable.

3. The budget passed by the House of Representatives, led by Rep. Paul Ryan (R, WI-01), a Catholic, will be relentlessly attacked as not caring about the poor because it proposed cuts and spending freezes to reduce the growing U.S. deficit that is hurting the economy.

4. "Progressive" Catholic groups will produce polling that supposedly shows Catholics disagree with Church teaching on the sanctity of life and marriage, implying those who agree are in the minority and "behind the times."

5. Catholic politicians and leaders who support abortion and same-sex marriage will not be termed "dissenters" or "liberals" but "progressives" in order to make them sound more attractive to independent voters.

6. Catholic voters will be told the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obama-care) did not contain federal funding for abortion.

7. Catholic voters will be told the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obama-care) does not pose a threat to religious liberty, for example, the conscience of a Catholic health care worker.

8. Anyone supporting state collective bargaining reforms with public-sector unions, such as Wisconsin, is ignoring the importance of worker's rights in Catholic social teaching.

9. Those Catholics who opposed President Bush and Senator McCain over Operation Iraqi Freedom will not make the same argument against Obama who increased the U.S. military in Afghanistan and the use of drone aircraft to perform executions.

10. The issue of immigration will be elevated to a level of importance equal to abortion and marriage with the only acceptable 'Catholic' position being support for specific pieces of legislation such as the 'DREAM Act' (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors).

An interview with Sarah Palin

This is an exerpt of an interview with John Ziegler. As always, I appreciate Sarah's candor. Media bias? What media bias? This whole thing would be funny if it didn't have such tragic consequences for our country.



and then underscore it with this amazing demonstration of "informed voters"...I'm being sarcastic...they weren't informed. Oh... you get that part, sorry. :)

Catholic voters guide---bump

I'm bumping this previous post up a notch or two...just in case one of your catholic relatives hasn't already sent it to you :)
Pray.Often.

Article: " Time for a Gut Check America"

Ok, if you still aren't sure about voting for John McCain, then think about this article from James Edmund Pennington "Time for a Gut Check America" http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/10/time_for_a_gut_check_america.html

"If Obama wins, the left wing of the Democratic Party will have no effective opposition, and it will be able to do all of the following, most of which Obama and his allies have already explicitly promised to do:

1. Massively raise taxes on all productive people, including and especially the middle class, solely for the purpose of redistributing Americans' wealth (anyone who doubted Obama's identity as a radical redistributionist has been disabused of that illusion after Obama's just-discovered 2001 radio talk);

2. By Presidential decree, eliminate every single state restriction on abortion, including late term abortion, "partial birth" abortion, parental notification for minors, and the right of physicians to refuse to perform abortions for reasons of conscience;

3. Drive talk radio off the air, thereby grossly reducing free expression and eliminating one of the most important private sphere checks on government power;

4. Appoint activist United States Supreme Court Judges, who, like the judges Obama supports in Massachusetts and California, will impose homosexual marriage on the entire country, against the will of the people in virtually every state;

5. Permanently alter the socio-economic, cultural, and political makeup of our country, by leaving our border to the south open, halting ongoing federal efforts to encourage return of illegals to their countries of origin, and, worst of all, granting fast-track citizenship to illegals; and

6. Intensify the ongoing use of our public education system as a tool for the indoctrination, rather than education, of our children; and

7. Project a world-wide image of timidity and self-doubt that will only encourage our enemies, as Joe Biden said, to "test" our weak president, thereby increasing the probability of attacks on America and our allies, all of which makes war more, not less, likely under an Obama Presidency."

A Clean Heart

Now here is something to think about if you are still considering voting for Obama.

“What is a proportionate reason when it comes to abortion? It's the kind of reason we will be able to explain, with a clean heart, to the victims of abortion when we meet them in the next life – which we certainly will. If we're confident that these victims will accept our motives, then we can proceed." - Bishop James Johnston of Sprinfield-Cape Girardeau

Catholic voters Guide.

I don't know if any of my two or three daily readers (heh) are Catholic. But I found this video that is a basic refreshers course in how to determine which candidate is the one...pun intended. ;)

OH.MY.GOD

http://hillbuzz.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/howard-stern-exposes-black-racists-in-harlem/

Ok, file this one under the "see I told you so" category. It seems that blacks are voting for Obama because he is black! ssshhhh....
I found this article on Hillbuzz. It seems Howard Stern sent a reporter out to question voters. Pay attention to the questions. It's astounding. God, please bless America.