I was looking through the blogs I usually read daily and found that a few of them were about politics. Some of them looked into who they would be voting for in their own primaries where others looked at the political system in general, questioning the Catholic place with in the political system.
I have a problem with a lot of what people are saying and I agree with some. I agree with the fact that hardly any of the Republican candidates have aligned themselves with conservative principles. That is a given. The few that are truly conservative, Duncan, Thompson, Brownback (to some extent), have dropped out of the race leaving us with poor alternatives. Huckabee, a conservative only on social issues, Romney, on economic issues but supports Stem Cell research and abortion of babies that are products of rape, McCain only in foreign policy, and Paul, who's position on the war in Iraq is troubling to say the least. Right now I am flip flopping between Huckabee and Romney knowing that it is only a matter of time before Hackabee is forced to throw in the towel.
However, I do think that the Republican Party is a place for Catholics. Do I think that the Republican Party is the home of Catholics, giving into blind loyalty? No, I have no loyalties to either party. The Republican Party's philosophy closely aligns to my own philosophical and religious views and thus I believe that the Conservative philosophy is very complimentary to a Catholic lifestyle.
To Be Continued after I finish my homework....
~Emma
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Just to clear it up, Romney does not support embryonic stem cell research. In fact, that issue made him pro-life. He's said many times when that bill came through the Massachusetts congress that he could only see it as the "harvesting of children."
Also, on the issue of abortion when rape is involved... while I don't agree, the fact is it doesn't really matter if he draws the cutoff there. What matters is what justices he would appoint to the Supreme Court, and they would most certainly be pro-life.
Anyway, fun read ;)
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