Barack, BIG OIL and newborn life!

I am really at a loss as how to explain, much less vote, in this Presidential Election. One the one hand, Barack Obama has impressed me with his poise, his intelligence, his generally good read of the economy, etc. BUT, through supporting Roe v. Wade any Christian should not vote for him! Since 1973, when Roe v. Wade overturned state law after state law barring abortions (judicial usurpation of democratic process as noted by Fr. Richard Neuhaus and others!), over 1 million children per year (40 million plus!) have been brutally and grotesquely murdered by their mommies.

Then in steps Presidential candidate John McCain, an "old, old timer" who has been a staunch advocate against military abuse (i.e. opposition to various torture bills!), is not in support of abortion, and sensing how far the Evangelical and Catholic Right had drifted from supporting the Giuliani-G.O.P., selected a staunch "family values" candidate in the Pro-Life governor from Alaska Sarah Palin.

But, an easy vote for the G.O.P. I am still reticent about . . .

The same Sarah Palin who rightly opposes child-murder (e.g. abortion!) is also the same Governor Palin who abused her position as an elected official to settle a family score in trying to get her ex-brother-in-law (a state trooper in Alaska!) fired due to a messy divorce proceedings! Should we not call her "Governor Stalin?" Sarah Stalin the new voice of women's liberation.

Okay, here the concerned Catholic (and Islamic, Jewish and Protestant) voter is left in a moral quandary.

A vote for Obama is a vote for killing babies.

A vote for McCain-Palin is a vote for dictatorial abuse of power.

In my camp lie the religious voter, the secularist who can actually think (i.e. a baby has unique D.N.A. at the moment of conception, brain waves and a heart beat, limbs, etc. in the FIRST TRIMESTER!) and it seems any and all who really care about people, rather than just cheap votes.

So, although a minority voice, once again, my support can be found neither among the Democrats nor the Republicans.

Alan Keyes, a staunch Pro-Life advocate, an African American Leader with a Ph.D. from Harvard and a moral exemplar is who will receive my vote.

Am I wasting a vote?

Well, only time will tell!

VOTE PRO-LIFE.

Love in Jesus the Christ,
Rob J. King