Sep 02 2008
Can McCain Still Win Over Conservative Christians?
Governor Palin has announced that her 17 year old daughter is pregnant out of wed lock. While the Christian Coalition has stated that this should not hurt McCain’s image with Conservative Christian voters, in other words republicans, I beg to differ.
McCain has aligned himself with values that are not and can not be supported by conservative Christian’s. Does not the Bible tell us not to be yoked with those who do not share our values? Not only this, but Governor Palin has yet to apologize for this or publicly say that her daughter getting pregnant so young and out of wedlock was a poor choice. Rather, she has said that she and her family fully support their daughter and are “proud’ to be grandparents.
While the fact that the daughter is planning to keep the child and marry the father may please the conservative Christians on some level, I suspect it will not be enough to convince all to vote Palin in as vice president. Indeed, the fact that Palin seems so calm about the situation must seem to conservative Christians a fatal failing both morally and as a mother. If she can not run her home better than this how will we she run our country? How can a woman with such values be expected to make national moral decisions? Granted it may show an anti abortion stance, but it makes much more of a statement about how Palin and her family view marriage, family, and abstinence.
Can the McCain campaign recover from this moral issue when the majority of republican voters are indeed conservative Christians? That very much depends upon how the campaign chooses to deal with the issue. Were McCain and Palin both to admit publicly that the girl had made poor choices that they are ashamed of but that now the family will do what it must to keep Palin’s grandchild, the campaign may have a chance. Yet so far they have not done this. The media reports that McCain’s view of the situation will remain private and Palin has said she fully supports her daughter and is indeed proud to be a grandparent. If they continue with this type of response I believe that they will lose conservative Christian votes and churches nation wide will stand against this mockery of Christian values.
To support this and to say one is proud to be a grandparent may play well for a liberal candidate but Palin and McCain play a dangerous game making such statements when the majority of their votes come from conservative Christians. This may be just what us democrats have been hoping would happen. Finally, something to turn conservative America against the republicans.
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It does not concern me that her daughter has had a child out of wed-lock, but I am still not voting for McCain. I know that this country cannot take any more of what has been feed to us these past 8 years and we must move on with getting all of those out of office who are no longer in it for the people, just in it for the big business.
But one question I have and will continue to have is, “are votes really going to count”. I have watched, read, and did some research on how votes are counted and I just do not trust the system we have in place today. There is so many flaws with the current voting methods and would like to know what our politicians are going to do about this problem. I have yet to hear anyone speak on the issue, have you? If so let us know if this is going to be a problem yet again for another election.
I will still continue to vote but I will want to know that my voice is being heard.
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I think you’ll find that conservative Christians understand sin and forgiveness more than you give us credit for. This has nothing to do with how she raised her child. Each individual is responsible for their own choice and to rush to judgment on her parenting speaks volumes. You certainly can’t expect her to call her daughter out in national and world wide media?
Speaking of votes counting. Here in Milwaukee they are prosecuting Democratic voter registration getters for falsifying registrations. Our votes may never count.
McCain is walking a fine line with Palin.
He is also removing himself from MUCH scrutiny by choosing her. A rather deflecting move if I ever saw one.
But, I am afraid, is a highly effective move in this chess game of an election.
Knowing full well that there are people who ONLY vote for a candidate on one issue, ~and this issue will be the sympathy vote for (against) abortion.
I have said it many times:
The Moral Majority is NEITHER.
Conservative Christians?
You are right, they are “aka (generally) Republicans”
Let me add one more… “aka Catholics”
What WILL the entire Catholic Church say about this all?
Personally, I cannot wait to find out!
You have said, “McCain has aligned himself with values that are not and can not be supported by conservative Christian’s. ”
But these votes will NOT be then cast Democratic either…
It’s a fools game this year…
Never has been this bad before…
But I will give it “interesting” too.
Khoolaid has stated, “You certainly can’t expect her to call her daughter out in national and world wide media?”
No.
But in all reality, she HAS thrown her to the lions (in the media).
Then again, keep in mind that this girl is her mama’s daughter, and I think she can handle just about anything anyone throws at her too.
You have asked, “If she can not run her home better than this how will we she run our country?”
In Alaska, the age of consent is 16. (But not the age of majority). Therefore, can Palin really be adjudged by her daughters (failed or not) choice of birth control?
I raised my children to be moral upstanding citizens, and yet I still held my breath during their teenage years…
kids are kids. Sometimes we are not responsible for all of their actions.
Failing that, we have failed our children if these values have NOT been instilled from a tender age. (10, 11, 12, 13 is WAY TOO LATE to be having these talks).
But none of this negates the fact that the girl carries an innocent child.
Mark my words, there are still people that will damn the child.
And that is ever so wrong too.
Can she run the country?
Probably. (And she, if McCain wins, will always be one single heartbeat away from the Presidency).
Do I wish to find out right now?
Not really.
Good post.