A Call to 'Win This Culture War'

[Judi Lynn]

A Call to 'Win This Culture War'
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK

Published: September 1, 2004


At a closed, invitation-only Bush campaign rally for Christian conservatives yesterday, Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas called for a broad social conservative agenda notably different from the televised presentations at the Republican convention, including adopting requirements that pregnant women considering abortions be offered anesthetics for their fetuses and loosening requirements on the separation of church and state.

"We must win this culture war," Senator Brownback urged a crowd of several hundred in a packed ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, reprising a theme of a speech by Patrick J. Buchanan from the podium of the 1992 Republican convention that many political experts say alienated moderate voters in that election.

Called "the Family, Faith and Freedom Rally" in e-mail invitations sent to Christian conservatives in New York for the convention, the event was organized by the Bush-Cheney campaign "to celebrate America and President George W. Bush," according to a copy of the invitation. The e-mail called Mr. Bush "a conservative leader who shares our values, who takes a strong stand for his faith."

Ralph Reed, a senior campaign adviser and liaison to conservative Christians, also addressed the crowd. Several campaign staff members, including the deputy political director, Christian Myers, attended, along with Timothy Goeglein, the White House liaison to Christian groups. One invited participant said the rally, which was closed to the news media, was the main event sponsored by the campaign for social conservatives attending the convention.
(snip/...)

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/01/politics/campaign/01faith.html
(Free registration required)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

On edit, adding Kansas City Star article:

Posted on Wed, Sep. 01, 2004

Kansas senator goes prime time

Brownback speech extols Bush policies on abortion, AIDS

By STEVE KRASKE
The Kansas City Star


NEW YORK — U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback, a Kansas Republican, gave a prime-time speech Tuesday at the GOP convention extolling President Bush's commitment to the “historic rescue of human life.”

That, Brownback said, is the essence of compassionate conservatism, the phrase that became a cornerstone of Bush's first run for the White House in 2000.

“We do not measure the value of a life by wealth or social status,” Brownback said. “We believe that every person is beautiful, unique, and has great purpose. Every life must be honored and protected.”

The Family, Faith and Freedom Rally was organized by the Bush-Cheney campaign. The invitation called Bush “a conservative leader who shares our values, who takes a strong stand for his faith.”

In his speech at the rally, Brownback focused on such issues as abortion, same-sex marriage, the plight of Christians and other victims of violence in Sudan, human trafficking, events in Israel, and a desire to roll back the Supreme Court's half-century-old interpretation of the separation of church and state.
(snip/...)

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/9548822.htm
(Free registration required)

[Davis_X_Machina]

1. I am sure that they will need to loosen...

...EPA standards on particulate emissions prior to beginning the burning of heretics.

Damn environmental regulations...

[revree]

2. If every life is precious, WHAT ABOUT OUR SOLDIERS AND IRAQI

CHILDREN???? THESE PEOPLE ARE FUCKING EVIL.