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How the Left has Forfeited the Democrats’ Right to Political Power

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Politics of Division

“Boy, you all want power. God, I hope you never get it.” ―Sen Lindsey Graham. This fiery rant from a normally mild-mannered senator crystallized for many on the right their thoughts on the Democrats’ unbridled lust for political power at seemingly any expense.

It used to be “which party has the better ideas”, now it’s “which party deserves political power”. That’s the question we must ask ourselves this November. Do we reward the Party that represents the Leftist ideology, one that is obsessed with race, sexual orientation, and power, or the one that represents people who believe in limited government power, and are not obsessed with dividing Americans into grievance groups? Do we give power to those who make outlandish claims of being stripped of their rights, while exercising those same, exact rights? Should people who don’t believe in the fundamental legal tenant that everyone is innocent until proven guilty control the courts? Should a party aligned with people who chant “What do we want? Dead cops! And when do we want them? Now!” be in charge of the nation’s law enforcement apparatus?

Capitalism has raised more people out of poverty than any other system in the history of the world. Socialism and communism have killed over 100 million people in the last hundred years and have destroyed the economies of many a nation. Socialists should not be given more economic power.

The U.S. Military has been a force for good for over two hundred years, freeing oppressed people in every corner of the globe. People who would diminish its might should not be given more power.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” People obsessed with the color of people’s skin and not the content of their character should not be given political power.

“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” ― George Washington Groups like Antifa are for taking away free speech hoping to accomplish just this.  They are modern-day fascists. Those who support them either actively or passively by their silence should not be given power. The mob should not be given power.

The United States is an exceptional nation. Though imperfect, it has overcome its original sin of slavery to become a beacon of freedom for oppressed people around the world.  Its people have achieved some of the greatest military, humanitarian, and technological achievements in the history of the world. It is still the only nation to have sent humans to the moon. From building the Panama Canal, the Hoover Dam, and rebuilding Europe after WWII, Americans have literally changed the world. Americans are some of the most generous people in the world, contributing more to charity than any other country. People who don’t believe in American exceptionalism should not be given more political power.

It used to be that both the major parties, Republicans and Democrats both wanted to do what is best for America within the framework of the Constitution and guided by the principles set forth in the Declaration of Independence. They only varied on how best to accomplish this and how fast a pace we should take in changing things. In recent years, it has become increasingly apparent that the Democrat party lead by a small but exceedingly vocal minority of leftists has abandoned those common values and replaced them with ones foreign to our shores, and diametrically opposed to those of our Founding Fathers. They have contempt for the basic tenets of our democratic republic namely, free speech, free trade, nonviolent protests, and the rule of law. Some of the party leaders give tacit approval of mob violence to change policy, while others have explicitly called for incivility. That party, having strayed so far from the moral, economic, and legal principals that make up the norms of a Judaeo-Christian, capitalist, libertarian nation has forfeited its authority under those principals to govern.

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Democratizing Catholicism? I think not.

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Progressives v. CatholicsIn a world where the words “offend, offended, and offensive” are so overused, I have to say that I’m properly offended by the casual anti-Catholic bigotry on the left and particularly that of current senior members of the Clinton campaign staff.   You’ve probably heard now of the leaked emails of Hillary’s campaign chairman John Podesta. (For a good synopsis, check out: WikiLeaks: Podesta and Left-Wing Activist Plot ‘Catholic Spring’ by Edmund Kozak)  The leaked emails from  talk about subverting Catholic doctrine with the idea of bringing about a “Catholic spring”.   Let me rephrase that:  Leaders of the Democratic party because so much of Catholic doctrine specifically when it comes to issues of pro-life and marriage, goes against their liberal agenda, decided to subvert the Church in America and replace its core doctrines with ones more in line with their political goals.

“There needs to be a Catholic Spring, in which Catholics themselves demand the end of a middle ages dictatorship and the beginning of a little democracy and respect for gender equality in the Catholic Church,” wrote left-wing activist Sandy Newman to Podesta.

How does one democratize a religion?  Would the members get to vote on Church doctrine?  Cardinals get to vote for the Pope, should they act like delegates as if the conclave of cardinals were some sort of political convention?  Here my message for Podesta and friends:  Catholic doctrine was created by Christ.  It was codified a long time ago by Emperor Constantine I in the fourth century.  That is the basis of the Catholic Church, now and forever, unless the Big Man Upstairs orders a change.  If He does, you can bet it won’t be the  purposes of facilitating your political gain, your pro-abortion, anti-life agenda.

The leaked emails show utter contempt for Catholics, suggesting them backwards in their beliefs. The writers of these emails show a complete lack of understanding about the Vatican and the Church at large. The fact is, progressives such as those quoted in the emails see the Church as a hindrance advancing their social agenda.  The words of St. John Paul II hint at why the teachings of  Catholic Church might prove problematic to Progressives:

“True freedom is not advanced in the permissive society, which confuses freedom with license to do anything whatever and which in the name of freedom proclaims a kind of general amorality. It is a caricature of freedom to claim that people are free to organize their lives with no reference to moral values, and to say that society does not have to ensure the protection and advancement of ethical values. Such an attitude is destructive of freedom and peace.”
― Pope John Paul II

Progressive Democrats can’t have an entire voting bloc that thinks like that.

Every American has the right to ‘vote’ to be Catholic or not, to be religious or not, but the essence of what it means to be Catholic is not up for a vote. The Church’s essential teachings are not up for negotiation like planks in some political party’s platform.  The best way to teach and practice those fundamental doctrines of faith and life can and will be debated, but what those core doctrines themselves are will not and cannot be determined by the democratic process.