{"id":39564,"date":"2012-11-03T15:45:50","date_gmt":"2012-11-03T22:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=39564"},"modified":"2014-12-30T11:01:55","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T18:01:55","slug":"perfect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2012\/11\/perfect.html","title":{"rendered":"Perfect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Over at the American Conservative, there a little symposium <\/a>on how various conservatives are voting. I was particularly cracked up by Jeremy Beers\u2019 contribution:<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sick of these holier-than-thou purists who say they won\u2019t vote for Romney because he was once pro-choice and still supports various exceptions, or because he once invested in a company that made money by incinerating aborted fetuses, or God knows what else. Some pro-lifers even want to drag completely unrelated issues into the conversation \u2014 \u201ctorture,\u201d preemptive war, even economics!<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re pro-life, Catholic, and of a conservative disposition, isn\u2019t it obvious that the Mormon\/Randian ticket is the only choice?<\/strong> I mean, the only pragmatic choice? This is politics, people! It\u2019s all about compromise and getting your hands dirty. And I, for one, refuse to compromise my pro-life beliefs and dirty my hands by refusing to compromise my pro-life beliefs and dirty my hands. Even if that dirt is really blood.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anyway, just do the math. Practically speaking, fighting abortion \u2014 and being pro-life! \u2014 is all about overturning Roe v. Wade. Nothing else matters. So, just multiply the percentages attached to the following outcomes to see that you have a moral obligation to vote Romney\/Ryan on November 6: Chance that Supreme Court justice retires\/dies in next four years (15 percent), times chance that President Romney appoints a justice he believes would vote to overturn Roe (50 percent?), times chance that said justice would actually vote to overturn Roe (40 percent? cf Republican appointees Souter, Kennedy, O\u2019Connor, Stevens, etc.), times chance that Court takes up a case that challenges Roe during term of new appointee (generously, 20 percent), times chance that new appointee remains key swing vote in said case when taken up (again, generously, 20 percent).<\/p>\n

Dude, that\u2019s a .12 percent chance that electing Romney would result in the end of Roe! How can you ignore that, you purists? Did you say something about Iran? Syria?<\/strong><\/p>\n

There you go again, changing the subject. Some of us prefer to be practical.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As is proper and fitting for conservatives, the other contributions are all over the map. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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