Ales Rarus

Some commentators on Funky's blog have complained that pro-life Christians have found themselves voting Republican whether they wanted to or not. Mr. Bush's actions in Iraq had me wondering if we could somehow find a pro-life Nader, but unlike Nader, who would have the Democrats become more liberal (at least with economic issues), perhaps our pro-life Nader would help pull the Republicans to a more moderate set of social and international policies—i.e., maybe tug them to the left. Or, this pro-life Nader could rally pro-life Democrats and even encourage that party to get a little more open-minded about its abortion plank.

Well, with that in mind, check out this article in Wired.com about the still-undetermined role of blogs in elections, and the Washington Post article on how Evangelicals often campaigned for Bush independently of the GOP or Bush's own staff. The latter is comforting, since it means that many Christians are not in lock-step with the Republicans so much as they thought that the Republican candidate was a better pick. They worked independently, behold, here is an NY Times article about how the Dems can woo the church-goers yet again. Of particular note are the candid comments from Fr. Richard Neuhaus, editor of the influential journal First Things (and a personal favorite of this contributor!).

So with this in mind, we should draw some hope that pro-life Christians may use their leverage to get a better candidate. The trick is now to work on finding and supporting some good ones.