If Only...

I wasn't going to get political on my blog. I once posted about the Gardasil vaccine, and got some pretty harsh and hateful comments from someone conveniently named "anonymous." Who knows what kind of backlash I'll be seeing once I put my words out here. But it is the eve of elections, and I've been inspired by a couple of other Christian women whose blogs I read, and who decided to let their political views be known. So I will follow suit.

If I could vote for the next American president, I would vote for life.
If I could vote for the next American president, I would vote for safety.
If I could vote for the next American president, I would vote for financial stability.

I would vote for John McCain and Sarah Palin.

My husband and friend have been doing extensive research on both parties for the better part of a year, and have made their decisions for a number of reasons, and have influenced my decision as well, (even though mine won't be counted).

The number one reason I would vote Republican is because I am a God-fearing, Jesus-worshiping, Bible-believing Christian, and I cannot justify voting for a man who supports abortion, and even infanticide. When God said, "Thou shall not kill" I think He meant it. There are no exceptions. Just because someone doesn't want the creature in their womb doesn't suddenly turn a living human into a lifeless blob of tissue. It's a baby. It has it's own life. It has its own body, with arms and legs, and functioning organs, and skin and bones. It has facial features. It has fingerprints, and its own set of DNA.

We can't see it in there, it's really tiny, and it can't survive outside the womb, but it is still a being to be nurtured and cherished. I actually don't know where McCain stands on this issue, but I know where his VP pick does stand, and she has the ear of her potential Prez.

To quote Eduardo Verastegui (who speaks out against abortion): "If a president is not willing to defend the most innocent of his own country (which are the unborn babies in their mothers' wombs), then my question is, 'Who is he willing to defend?' "

**To watch the whole video, click here, but know that it is very graphic, and should not be watched by children**

My second reason is that I believe that John McCain's experiences in the military, and in war, make him the best man to defend our country. I highly doubt anyone has forgotten 9/11, and we all know who did it. Stopping those terrorists has been Bush's main focus for the past eight years, and the job is still not done. McCain knows what needs to be done, and he's prepared to do it. Obama has had zero experience in this, and yet he might potentially be our Commander in Chief? That worries me.

Finally, despite the fact that I am considered a middle-class citizen (or perhaps lower), I don't trust Obama's financial plans. Redistribution of wealth is absurd. Taxing only the rich is absurd. Do you know what happens when you do these things? Rich people become poorer, and the poor don't want to get rich because they don't want their wealth taken away from them. So instead of making more citizens richer, you create an entire country of middle-class citizens, who have no means and no desire to increase their wealth. And I'm going to get bold here: communist countries do exactly that to keep their citizens from having too much power. Did I just equate Barack Obama to communism? I'm not the first (nor the last).

I could go on about how Obama's close family, friends, and mentors are suspicious characters who hate white people, who hate America, who bombed the Pentagon, and who are or have been active members of communist groups.

I could talk about how Obama publicly refused to say the Declaration of Independence.

I could say what a coincidence it is that a man who smokes also wants the government to pay for health care, and in general, supports a government that is more in control of its country. (And to that I say: A government who has the power to give everything also has the power the take everything).

But I really just want to end off with this quote by Jo-Lynne at Musings of a Housewife:

"God is on His throne no matter who is in the White House. What's more, He ordains the rulers of this world AND He commands us to honor and obey them insofar as they do not ask us to sin against Him. To act like it's the end of the world when our candidate of choice is not elected is implying that we don't trust God. He is not affiliated with any political party. His ways are not our ways, and He accomplishes His will through people of all colors and stripes and party affiliations."

I am a little worried about what will happen tomorrow. I am worried about the future of this country that is now my home. But I do not put my faith in my country. I cannot put my faith in our president. He is only human. He is not my savior. No matter what happens, I must put my faith in the One who is above all, who knows the beginning from the end, who has only good plans for me, and who said He would never leave me nor forsake me. God, not Obama or McCain, has the final say.