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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Social Conservatives
	Date:	2/16/2012 9:42:02 AM

OK, let me respond to this in the nicest possible way because you obviously do not understand why abortion will always be a significant issue to many Americans. First of all, the first and most fundamental right described in the Declaration of Independence is to life. Liberty and happiness came second and third for a very good reason. Without the right to life there is no happiness and there is no liberty. In fact there is nothing. A great many Americans, me among them, believe that the most grave moral issue facing this country is the murder of 300,000 babies every year.

So whether the economy is good or bad, whether Iran has or does not have nukes, whether oil is at $35 per barrel or $135 per barrel, the issue of abortion will be important to many of us. Life is short and eternity is forever. If I had to choose between a politician that was the most conservative and economically brilliant man to ever live but supported abortion and one that couldn't balance his checkbook but was pro life I would go with the latter. You might not make that choice but in my worldview to even passively assent to abortion is a grave moral evil. That is why the relegation of the abortion issue to a "woman's choice with her body" or "in the privacy of the bedroom" doesn't wash with me. This is not a victimless situation. When a woman makes that choice someone dies and that someone is totally innocent of anything.

So do I think the Messiah is trying to distract from his dismal record? Absolutely, as would I if I were as economically and historically illiterate as he is. But don't think that social issues don't drive the voting decision of a lot of Americans. Economic issues may outweigh social issues for a majority of Americans but I can assure you there are millions of us who would never vote for a pro-abortion candidate from any party.