Democrats?

By Joshua R. LeBlanc • Aug 23rd, 2007 • Category: Commentary

I say this tongue in cheek, but apparently Anne Rice has lost her mind.  First she endorses Hillary Clinton claiming the Democratic party best enbodies the values of the Gospel, except for that little one "you shall not kill," and secondly has the audacity to have "Ave Maria" as the background music!  As we used to say in philosophy class, "O square of opposition, come to my aid." 

While I respect the fact that Anne has the right to her opinions, I just don’t get how to you can say the most pro-death party enbodies the values of the Gospel  best.  While I consider myself a Republican, that doesn’t mean I won’t vote for a Democrat if they’re in line with Church teaching more than the Republican candidate is.  Here in Louisiana almost everyone runs as a democrat no matter where they stand on the issues because, in this state, 75% of the people won’t vote for you if you run as a Republican — in other words, if Hitler ran as a democrat and the Pope a Republican, there’s a good chance Hitler would win.

Anyways, I just don’t understand this at all.  It seems to defy logic

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  1. Josh Miller on August 24th, 2007 at 12:37 am:

    Same thought came to my mind, as well.

    I guess one can’t expect all the old ideals to vanish at conversion. Anne is a great writer, certainly one of the best of recent years, but I don’t quite think she’s made the connection that of all “social justice” issues, abortion is the biggest.

    I’d bet that most people vote Democrat in Louisiana because they always have (versus Illinois, where we have no viable Republican Party). I suspect Rice finds it difficult to break away from convention.

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