God is like GOP butter to grease the Christian right:
Bush talks to Right-to-life Group Over Phone from New Mexico
This is not to mock the good intentions of Christians..it is to point out the pandering hypocrisy of WHITE Republican male Representatives of America.
The March for Life Education & Defense Fund, which took place today in Washington, D.C. received a special phonecall from the President.
Let's start at the beginning.
The group's representative Nellie Gray began the rally by claiming that "
homegrown terrorism" started with Roe vs. Wade.
(My! What a sweet, unifying, and loving message).
President Bush called and spoke about abstinence education, adoption, faith-based programs, he talked about the Unborn Victims of Violence bill just approved by the Judiary Committee yesterday. He demanded that the Congress approve and sign it into law. He spoke of banning human cloning, he invoked the Declaration of Independence, he said that he hoped for a compassionate society where every child would be born into loving family (uh-how can government handle
THAT one?). He spread the word "God" around like butter.
After he spread the word of "God" like butter,the rest of the guest speakers (mostly male Republican representatives) followed suit.
Rep Steve Chabot(R)- spoke to the crowd and talked about pro-choice Americans as perpetrators of slaughter. He ragged on the Clintons and the crowd went wild. He called Bush a friend and the crowd went wild.
He touted the "Born Alive act"..he invoked Tom Daschle's name..the crowd booed loudly, but cheered upon hearing about the day Tom became "minority leader". Chabot invoked Ronald Reagan's name..and got wild cheers.
Chris Smith-(R)-NJ: Within three minutes, he used words such as "terror", "dismember", "mutilate" "decapitate" "holocaust", "destruction", "violence","slaughter", "killed", "expoliting women", "breast cancer", "hurting", "deleterious", "devastation","tragedies", "regret", "big lie,"wounded", "heart-wrenching", "predators","anguish", "dramatic", "agony"..all in less than
three minutes.
Rep Todd Tiahrt(R)Kansas-spoke briefly...only to push a Republican candidate named Toomey from his state.
Rep Roscoe Bartlett(R)MD--a very old man who said he's the only MD. representative who's a pro-lifer. He downed the issue of RU 486.
Scott Garrett(R)-NJ--prayed and harped on scripture. Downed cloning. Downed the chosen "lifestyle" of a woman who chooses abortion. Prayed again. He said might and right is on the Republican's side, (
really-this is what he said).
Rick Renzi (R )-AZ- he yelled a lot..whew. He said that
true sons of America march for life. He ragged on American men..calling them cowards if they don't fight against abortion. He called young men of America "cowardly", "spineless", "soft", "pushers", "pressurers of death", "non-patriotic" (
I'm not lying)..he yelled again...and again. Why yell? Sheesh.
Mike Ferguson(R)- NJ- He said that every Democratic Presidential candidate supports a woman's right to choose, so it's important to re-elect Bush.He said that baby turtles are protected..why not humans? He mentioned "Lacy + Conner's Law"(Unborn Violence Act)...crowd cheered. He credited prayer..spreading the God-butter again. The crowd licked the butter enthusiastically.
A woman..whoa!!! I'm shocked..she is
Melissa Hart(R)-PA- She talked about being on the bus with her religious parish. More God-butter.
Mike Pence(R)-IN-invoked the name of Martin Luther King whose niece was in the crowd. He said Roe v. Wade is a "lie"..suggested an amendment to the Constitution to end Roe v. Wade. He said 2004 will be a divided election..so
be sure to re-elect Bush!
He criticized Clinton... praised Bush. Clinton bad/Bush good. He pointed out the Jefferson memorial...invoked the statement "
God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot sleep forever." (He failed to say the next line, which is:
"Commerce between master and slave is despotism." Is a woman chained to unwanted pregnancy
not a slave? Is slavery
not a sin?)
Todd Aiken(R)-MO-He claimed Right-to-life is a "calling" and a "cross to bear". He asked" Tell me.. in one sentence..the basic principle of what America's about?" He answered with the Declaration of Independence statement: "We hold these truths to be self evident...etc. Life' liberty, pursuit of happiness...( ...). He compared terrorists to women who have a right to choose.(
He is a miserable and hypocritical louse, in my humble opinion. A poster child for what is wrong with keeping a woman a slave on behalf of the God-butter.)
Jim Ryan (R)KS- He brought his teenage sons (
I said sons..not daughters) to talk. One said the GOP
I guess a woman made miserable and ruined by being forced to bear a pregnancy to completion will make her very free..very happyis the party of "life"..Democrats are the party of "death". He said America was at cultural war. (
How unifying). Another son came up to get younger folks in the audience to register Republican.
Steve King(R)IA--He was determined to overthrow Roe v. Wade. He talked about a homily at church..the crowd went wild. (
More spreading of the word "God"... just like butter.) He called Roe v. Wade the "Dred Scott of our time."He said we must not infringe on another's liberty. (
HELLO?) He invoked the word
SIN. (
Geez-where's that in the Constitution?)
Sam Brownback(R)KS-He stated all human life at any stage is "sacred" (which has
what to do with law, again?) He asked: "If any of you were researched on as an embryo, how many of you would be alive today?(
DUH!!) He said: "PRAY PRAY PRAY!!" (
God-butter). He invoked a Jesus-prayer. Invoked the word of SIN again. Last words were: "God Bless America".(
Whose America?)
Norm Coleman(r)MN- He said there was "a lot of love there" in the crowd (love for
whom?)..the phrase "better angels" was invoked. (
Where?) Congress needs the crowd, so he said. He used the quote of Jewish Rambam (
He changed the words so Rightwing American Christians might understand)..the original went like this: "
A person must constantly view the entire world as if it is half meritorious and half guilty. If the individual performs one sin, he tips the balance for the entire world toward the side of guilt and brings destruction to the world. If he performs one mitzvah, he tips the balance to the side of merit and brings salvation."
He strongly encouraged marches on clinics. Last words: God Bless America. God-butter.
They wrapped up the rally with a resounding rendition of the Lee Greenwood song: "God Bless The USA".
Just like buttah.........God buttah.
I got bored with all these Republican
WHITE MALE representatives. As a woman, I was appalled and shocked to understand that even Sam Brownback is a panderer. I was not surprised that so few women would attest. Only ONE woman spoke. They obviously couldn't get any others, or they surely would have. This is very "telling".
You know, it's mostly White Republican men I see speaking at this rally. Where are all the women? Their absence speaks louder than
any man using negative words while invoking God like butter and sin like stop-signs at every turn could ever say.