Thursday, December 20, 2007

Ron Paul, not Tancredo


by Matt Miller

I had been on the fence between two candidates for President, but I have now firmly made up my mind, at least as far as the primaries are concerned. I had already eliminated the other contenders based on their compromising positions on abortion, social liberalism, or a combination of other factors.

Tom Tancredo spoke to League of the South while there was reportedly a portrait of Robert E. Lee and Confederate flags in the background. He has taken campaign contributions from FAIR which is alleged to be a racist organization. He is said to have had ties with Margaret Sanger and helped found some chapters of Planned Parenthood. He is said to be so much against illegal immigration, that he would be willing support funding of abortions and/or sterilizations internationally to reduce the number of potential candidates for immigration.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Tancredo

OK, just because Tancredo spoke before the LoTS, doesn’t mean that he agrees with their positions. I couldn’t find anything on the FAIR website that indicates that they are racist, so even if they are, how would Tancredo know? FAIR supports Tancredo’s favorite cause and the amount he received was probably less than 1% of all campaign contributions he received (for Congress and President). Even if Tancredo had connections with Margaret Sanger, that would have been 47 years ago. The rest is probably just rumor and speculation, and Tancredo’s voting record would seem to suggest that it is.

I cannot, however, just dismiss a recent Tancredo statement. He said that the United States should threaten that, if there was another terrorist attack, then we would bomb Mecca and Medina. This is an outrageous, unjust, unchristian threat. Thousands of people, some who aren’t even Muslims, would be killed. These would be people who would have had nothing to do with any of the terrorist attacks. Islam may be a religion with a propensity for violence, and certainly there is no salvation in it, but this does not justify killing them just because they are Muslims. In fact, it is all the more reason not to. Having done nothing to violate any U.S. law, but being lost without Christ, most, if not all of these people would die and burn in hell for all eternity. We would show the Muslims that our philosophy is no different than the terrorists. Being pro-life means more than just being in favor of criminalizing abortion.

Peter says, “Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously. Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled.” (I Peter 2:23, 3:9, 3:14) This is not to say we can’t bring murderers to justice, but “it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.” (I Peter 3:17)

Therefore, after much research, prayer, fasting, and discussion, I hereby endorse the candidacy of Ron Paul for the Republican nomination for President of the United States. I don’t, however, agree with everything that Ron Paul says. I call upon all Bible-believing Christians to pray:

1. For Ron Paul, that he would change his mind about saying that abortion is too “difficult” of an issue to be decided nationally (preferring all abortions be banned by the states instead). It is not a “difficult” issue, but it is rather clear from the Constitution that they should be protected by law.

2. For Ron Paul, that if he believes in the general theory of evolution as it is taught in the state universities and public schools, he would then have a change of mind. This idea trivializes sin and damages a person’s ability to put sin in a proper perspective.

3. For Tom Tancredo, that he would repent of his vengeful disregard for the lives of Muslims. Pray that he would see that the best thing is to reach out to them in love, while at the same time executing justice against ONLY the ones who are guilty of violating U.S. laws.

4. For other candidates who have such an utter disregard for lives of the unborn, that they would repent and discontinue forbidding that they would be protected under the law.

5. For those in the general population of the U.S. who have been deceived by these various falsehoods.

4 comments:

  1. Anonymous7:49 PM

    Not that I agree with your opinion on the matter, but you might as well know:
    Ron Paul on evolution: http://youtube.com/watch?v=yPoCsC8VT9g

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  2. Anonymous7:51 PM

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=yPoCsC8VT9g

    While I don't agree with your position, you might as well know about Ron Paul's stance on evolution.

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  3. I went ahead and posted this even though Tancredo dropped out. Its true that he is endorsing Mitt Romney. What a confirmation that TT was not a Good Choice! I guess Duncan Hunter is your candidate now, my friend.

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  4. Good article Matt. I do not agree with your conclusion, but Representative Tancredo's endorsement of Mitt Romney was extremely disappointing to say the least. I know Rep. Hunter would do much better on the issue of immigration than the liberal-turned neo-conservative Romney.

    Rep. Tancredo did a valiant job raising and pushing the debate and giving exposure to the illegal alien issue.

    I hope he runs for Senate, which I understand he is considering. We need more right-minded people on this issue in the Senate. He would continue to eloquently "preach" on the dire effects of doing nothing about the illegal aliens here and still coming here . . .

    I have serious reservations about Ron Paul especially in matters of foreign policy. However, he is better than all the so-called top tier candidates, Giuliani, Thompson, McCain and Romney.

    But I still support Hunter and to a lesser extent Huckabee. I really like a lot of what Alan Keyes is saying. . . compared to any Democrat or any other GOP candidate with the exception of Hunter and Huckabee . . .

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