User: Young American Philosopher

Hi shadowwatcher,

I am in fact a former Republican who is now independent, as evidenced by my posts on the Iraq war, criticism of President Bush's foreign policy, and my prime choice of "Average Joe" Schriner, independent candidate for president. I regard abortion as the fundamental issue of our time and support the reversal of Roe v. Wade but I am far from lock step with the Republicans on many other issues.

I also support Dr. Ron Paul for his positions on abolishing the Federal Reserve, eliminating the income tax and restoring the gold standard, among other things.

I also support John McCain and Sarah Palin on domestic oil drilling, environmental issues, cleaning the gargantuan corruption out of Capitol Hill and Wall Street, shrinking the size of central government and cutting federal spending drastically.

Finally, I am pushing some altogether independent ideas, such as repeal of the Twenty-Second Amendment based on what our founding Fathers wrote against term limits on the presidency, and amending Article II Section 2 of our Constitution to reform the Electoral College system by establishing a proportional electoral vote method that would do away with the unfair winner-take-all system (I did polls on both these ideas here).

I think Obama made a crucial error by picking Biden--a Washington insider who said Obama is not ready to be president.

So Nina, what do you think of the vice-presidential candidates?

totoro,

Yes, infanticide is illegal and unethical by practically anyone's standard--except Senator Obama's. He voted against the Born Alive Act of 2005 that prevents such infanticide, when virtually all of Congress (even Hillary Clinton) voted for it. Obama actually thinks infanticide is OK! (And that an unplanned pragnancy is a "punishment" and starvation of a newborn baby can bring "comfort.") I find this revolting in the extreme.

No wonder Archbishop Raymond Burke recently called the Democratic Party the "party of death." I also wish there were a lot more pro-life Democrats (their number in Congress did increase from twenty-nine to thirty-six in the 2006 election).

If the polls are correct, and McCain wins all the currently close states, he will win the election by 4 electoral votes.

I forgot to mention Eduardo Verastegui. The Mexican-American film director and actor in the movie Bella has been showing in front of abortion clinics in Los Angeles a video he made explaining Senator Barack Obama's abortion record and how abortion facilities target Hispanics and Blacks. When he did this a recent Saturday, showing the film to seven young women (all Hispanics) coming to a clinic, they all wept and four turned away.