I'm disappointed in the Catholic vote.  I'm saddened to think that there are so many Catholics who voted for someone who is the biggest pro-abortion candidate.  EVER.  This even after so many bishops stated that it's a grave sin to do so because abortion is intrinsically evil.  There's no way around that. 

Another thing that bothers me.  The end never justifies the means to me.  Too many people voted for our new president because of his race.  To do was not called racist but to vote for McCain because he is white would have been called so.  To me there's no difference.  Voting for our president elect just to have an African American as president despite what his beliefs are is plain wrong.  Race shouldn't have been an issue for the African American community.  Values and ideals should've been.  Don't tell me that race wasn't an issue.  It was.  Check out the Harlem videos of people who had no idea what the issues were.  Oh, and I'm not a racist.  I've been on the receiving end of discrimination and racism.  I know what it feels like and I don't discriminate.  EVER.

One more thing.  In California, they passed a measure that would require egg-laying chickens have bigger cages.  What a great country we live in that the chickens are given more room but the unborn are sacrificed.

ETA:  I feel robbed too because I can't celebrate the first election of an African American to the highest office of this country. 

This morning when Sister woke up, I told her who had won.  Her response?  "Impossible."  She could not understand why people would choose the culture of death over life.  I couldn't even begin to explain to her that people were choosing to sacrifice the life of the unborn for economic policy.

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7 responses to “General Musings about the Election”

  1. Jennifer G. Miller Avatar

    The inconsistency of what it means to be racist has really bothered me, and you put it exactly the way I feel!
    Did you see MicheleQ’s snip from this post? http://churchofthemasses.blogspot.com/2008/11/open-letter-about-being-one-issue-voter.html Kind of along the same lines. Don’t open with children around.

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  2. Jennifer Avatar

    Brilliant. To hear people celebrate that “race didn’t matter”. It DID matter to a lot of people – it was the only thing that mattered to a lot of people. And I feel cheated too because I want to think that is a wonderful step forward for us to have an African American president, but I just feel sad instead. You said all of this very well KC.

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  3. shelly Avatar
    shelly

    you are so right. spot on! even some family of MLK didn’t vote for O… b/c of his character. Don’t you think they’d be the first to vote in a black man if he was worthy? Of course! I just shake my head, but continue to hope in God.

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  4. Tina Avatar

    I couldn’t agree more. I have some understanding of people voting for Obama out of ignorance, but we Catholics know better. Very frustrating and very sad.

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  5. Tina Avatar

    Just checked out the letter that you linked to, Jenn. Wow. Very intense. Very brave. Very true.

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  6. Cheryl Avatar

    I completely agree with you, KC.

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