Politics, pragmatism, and the lesser of two evils

[carpro]

I again pose my question - how evil does the Republican have to be before he loses the conservative evangelical vote? When does the lesser of two evils become too evil to vote for?

Are you ready to offer proof that the Republican candidate is, in fact, evil?

It has already been proven here that Obama is.



http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18632802

And while now former candidate Fred Thompson, the former senator from Tennessee, won the coveted endorsement from the National Right to Life Committee, McCain's voting record on the issue is just fine, says David O'Steen, the group's executive director.

"He's been very consistent; he hasn't changed his position," O'Steen says. He says that his group has supported McCain in every one of his senate races. "We've always considered him pro-life," he says.

Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, says her group has always considered McCain pro-life as well. And it's not just abortion, she says.

"He voted against family planning, he voted against the freedom of access to clinic entrances — that was about violence against women in clinics," Keenan says, adding, "He voted against funding for teen pregnancy-prevention programs, and making sure that abstinence only was medically accurate. This is very, very extreme."

 

[Pastor Larry]

This isn't true. Some of us have voted every election and the candidates usually say whatever it takes to get them elected, but once in office, forget about the needs and desires of the electorate. They are nearly all corrupt & even though we did not believe we were voting for corruption, that's what we got anyway. The kind of government we have is not what we voted for through the years, but it's what we got handed against our wishes. I will not give up my principles just to vote the lesser of two evils because the worst evil might win.

First, this hardly invalidates my point. Second, I am not asking anyone to give up their principles. I am suggesting we should have a higher principle.

 

[Ivon Denosovich]

Are you ready to offer proof that the Republican candidate is, in fact, evil?

That's a great point. I don't see McCain as being evil. I think he's wrong on certain issues, but evil? No, I don't think so. IMHO, it's entirely possible to be sincerely mistaken without wishing to be wrong, and at least to me, evil implies a desire to be wrong.

 

[Revmitchell]

The phrase lesser of the evils simply articulates that there is no ideal choice to be made. It does not necessarily or automatically indicate that someone is actually evil.

 

[dragonfly]

Yes, that is what I intended to say....:thumbs:

Such arrogance!

 

[Pastor Larry]

Could you explain why it is "such arrogance" to suggest that being a true Christian is incompatible with voting for someone like Obama whose record on moral issues is distinctly anti-Christian?

 

[just-want-peace]

Could you explain why it is "such arrogance" to suggest that being a true Christian is incompatible with voting for someone like Obama whose record on moral issues is distinctly anti-Christian?

May I hazard a guess?

OK, they aren't "one issue" voters!

I know, don't fly with me either, but that's what "they" say!:BangHead: