September 16, 2008

Editors Note:  The PS editorial has passed with a super majority of 12-1 as quorum was met by 7:00 p.m. on Monday, Sept 15, 2008.

We are extremely excited that Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain has Alaska's Gov. Sarah Palin on his ticket as his vice-presidential nominee. She has definitely energized the Evangelical Conservative Christian base of the Republican party.

Before her pick was announced, religious conservatives were fearing that McCain would pick his long time friend and Vietnam veteran Tom Ridge, a former Pennsylvania Governor and Director of Homeland Security or his good friend and supporter Joe Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut who both are Pro-Choice.

This would have devastated the Evangelical Conservative Christians who in good conscience would not have been able to support McCain wholeheartedly if the hot button issues of abortion and gay marriage were issues they were most passionate about to fight for if McCain had gone for a vice-presidential nominee who is Pro-Choice and Pro-Gay Marriage.

The energy level of the base of the Republican Party to go out and volunteer for McCain and support him would have been highly depleted. It could have also kept many Evangelicals at home becoming disenfranchised with both parties and politics remembering how McCain not only picked Pro-Choice candidates to his platform but also shunned the endorsement of Evangelical pastor and passionate supporter of Israel, the Rev. John Hagee.

McCain’s maverick style did what no one expected except a very few close advisors. McCain bypassed Ridge, Lieberman, and others the media expected to be on his short list and chose a woman but not any woman.

He chose a woman who is Evangelical in her beliefs when it comes to the Bible rallying the Evangelical base of voters who were either dormant or disenfranchised with McCain. Their disenfranchisement had shown during the primaries when a segment of voters still voted for former Evangelical pastor and Gov. Mike Huckabee rather than support McCain even though they knew Huckabee could not get the nomination.

Now after his surprising pick of Palin, a loving wife and mother of five children who managed to also be the Mayor of Wasilla in Alaska and its current governor with an approval rating of 80%, McCain’s donations had increased 3-fold on the day of his pick. When McCain could not attract crowds of more than 2,000, Palin brought in so many others to McCain-Palin rallies that sometimes there was no room that people had to be turned away.

Palin is not only Pro-Life by words but by actions reflected in her own life when she found out that she and her husband were going to have a baby with Down Syndrome! She chose life to bring the baby into this world.

Being an Evangelical Christian, she could have remembered the words of the Psalmist in 139:13-18 which says, “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you.”

Palin has lived out her Pro-Life beliefs in her own life by having the baby with Down Syndrome. This is not to say that all Pro-Choice women will abort babies if they find out that their baby has Down Syndrome but it does say that Palin has lived her Pro-Life beliefs for the sanctity of life for the unborn.

It also shows us that McCain is serious about being a Pro-Life president when he said, ‘I will be your Pro-Life president’ at the Saddleback Forum moderated by Evangelical pastor Rev. Rick Warren of the mega-church Saddleback in California.

McCain once again true to his word came out with flying colors on the pick of Palin who strongly speaks out for the Pro-Life cause as governor of Alaska and as a mom. The issue came to the forefront of the Republican convention when it was found out that her daughter became pregnant.

We are glad that Evangelical Conservative Christians did not abandon Palin or the McCain ticket after finding out that her daughter became pregnant out of wedlock. Evangelical Christians would be familiar with the saying of Jesus, ‘He who has no sin cast the first stone.’

We are glad that the mainstream media’s (MSM) smear and tear campaign against Palin and her family has backfired and generated more interest in the McCain-Palin ticket. When Palin and her family were going through the smear and tear from liberal media posts, she may have remembered the words in the Bible that say, "What the enemy meant for evil, God can turn it out for good"

This has happened since the attacks on her by propelling talks of sexism against the MSM making more women come to her defense including Democratic strategist Kirsten Powers who does not agree with her policies supporting the sanctity of life and sanctity of marriage but values her as a woman who can not only have a career in politics but be a loving wife and mom to her husband and children.

Palin’s amazing speech at the Republican Convention was received and watched by more than 37 million households which is unprecedented for a vice-presidential nominees speech.

Palin’s demeanor and attractiveness have attributed people to call her ’Ronald Reagan in a dress’ which is an exceptional compliment to her as a governor, mother of 5, and vice-presidential nominee because she does inspire with her speeches drawing crowds to rallies that McCain could never do on his own like Reagan had done.

Since the McCain-Palin announcement and the Republican convention where Palin electrified the crowds giving McCain a tough act to follow, the McCain-Palin ticket has gained such a momentum taking leads in the national polls for the first time in a long time.

Those who believe that the Evangelical Conservative Christian base will abandon the McCain-Palin ticket because there are those that believe a woman’s place is in the home are mistaken because God can use women leaders to make an impact in this world just as God has used men leaders to make an impact throughout Scripture.

God chose Deborah as a judge of Israel. We hope God would be pleased to choose McCain-Palin into the White House and we can be His instruments to make that happen.

We hope the citizens of the United States would be proud to choose Palin as the first and next vice-president of the United States regardless of their political affiliation, their political views, or unaffiliated voters who can find a champion in McCain-Palin.

We encourage you to hear Palin speak at a rally in Washington, PA before her electrifying speech at the Republican convention by clicking on her picture.

Palin strongly believes that McCain is the right person for the job at the right time and both of them will put ‘Country First’ over bickering politics and Washington mishaps. It is exciting to have a ticket to rally upon and we ask you to join us in supporting the McCain-Palin ticket into the White House.

Photo by Ramesh C. Reddy

We have never hid the fact that we support McCain for the presidency of the United States who has shown his fight on many issues including the Pro-Life cause by choosing Palin.

Sen. Barack Obama who responded to the question of ‘When does a baby get human rights?’ with the response ‘Well, uh, you know, I think that whether you’re looking at it from a theological perspective or, uh, a scientific perspective, uh, answering that question with specificity, uh, you know, is, is, uh, above my pay grade.”, did not even answer when life begins but dodged the question.

As an Evangelical Christian, Palin would definitely disagree with his statement knowing that Psalm 139 is clear when life begins and when a baby does have rights.

We are tremendously excited that Palin's position on abortion puts not only the Evangelical bloc of voters in play but our brothers and sisters in Christ in the Catholic voting bloc who are also energized.

We also believe Palin has more experience in making executive decisions by being governor of Alaska than Sen. Barack Obama has had in his entire career including his days in the senate as the Democratic presidential nominee.

We ask you to vote for McCain-Palin ticket this November and promote their candidacy with us.

Dissenting Board Member, Mon, Sept 15, 2:05 p.m.

Concurring Board Member, Sun, Sept 14, 9:46 p.m.

Concurring Board Member, Sun, Sept 14, 9:38 p.m.

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Concurring Board Member on Sun, Sept 14, 8:25 p.m.