There are also many quotable lines. This is my favorite:

“I am writing because we stand in an apex of cultural and political history, and I am convinced that a group of influential though unsophisticated people do not understand what is at stake.”

On my theory, what would the purpose be of the public posturing about “continuity of foreign policy,” blah, blah? Simply this: to take the Israel question off the table in the election. If there’s one thing we all agree about, even both parties, it’s that the purpose of America is to spend money and spill blood for Israel. So children, none of you are to raise that question now.

Conversely, this is why both sides hate Ron Paul so much.

This was the recent headline from the Sunday Times.

Looks like the fix is in. I propose that my colleague buy me that steak now. Given the run-away price of food (and it is going to get worse over the next year), he may have to plink down several hundred shekels if he insists on waiting for the rigged 2008 election results.

Toomey had all the credentials of conservatism, including a pro-life record, but George Bush and Rick Santorum ran pro-Specter ads in major Pennsylvania markets.

The result? Specter wins by a nose, and the Patriot News (our local rag) admitted that these ads pushed Specter over the top to victory.

Of course, as long as Christians remain devided, the worldlings will get away with this stuff.

Brother Ed

(1) Suppose my enemy owns the race horse, Hilary’s Revenge. I come to the conclusion that HR has a 50/50 chance of wining the derby. The stakes are currently 5:1 so, as a good Bayesian, I place a bet. Am I supporting HR or its owner? No, I’m interesting in gaining a few shekels.

(2) Do you really believe the following?

Voting is to serving my country as

being a deacon is to serving my church.

I can’t believe you have really thought about this.

1. Where did I say I would rather vote for Hillary?

“I have to admit that I am rooting for Hillary.”

I think that 99% of the human population would take this as a comment in SUPPORT of Hillary, and seeing as the best way to support a candidate is to vote for them…

“2. Exactly how is voting “doing my country a service”?”

It’s a service in the same way that being a deacon, a pastor, an apologist, or an evangelist in the local church is a service.

In the link you gave, you do say that you agree with libertarians on many things. Based on your views on Bush I am very inclined to use old ‘if it looks like a duck and smells like a duck’ quip. Nevertheless, if you say you aren’t libertarian then I’ll take your word on it.

Thanks again for your response.

I’ve already hinted I’m not a “lesser of two evils” kind of thinker, and I would encourage you to look back at the reformation. I don’t know your theological persuasion, but I am quite thankful that I do not languish in the darkness of Popery all because some really committed brothers of mine finally decided that the lesser of all evils was not good enough and they gave up everything to hold fast to what was good and true. If we continue to say, “well, that’s all there is so we might as well make the best of it,” then that’s all there will ever be. Every great reformation from the Old Testament on started when the people of God finally stood up and said, “that’s enough; no more broken cisterns; the status quo will not due.” The church can be politically active and our voice ought to be heard, but our voice ought to be, “pox on both your houses; we’re not supporting or siding with either of you, and unless you both (republicans & democrats) repent, you will each likewise perish. We don’t have to settle for the lesser of two evils. It’ll cost us our coveted influence in the short term, but it will bring God’s covenant blessings in the long term, and that’s what we’re shooting for, always and only.

As for myself, I can’t see the moral difference between either of the two major parties, and therefore my political activism will consist only of whatever I can do to be apart of a wholesale change, and that is govern myself according to the Law of God and teach my household to do the same, and maybe, just maybe, the Lord will see fit to remove the tyrrants that rule over me now. If not, then maybe he’ll see fit to remove them for my children.