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Another view ----------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> Cc: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 6:43 PM Subject: Info from a friend . . . I do no endorse any candidate... > > DATE: February 18, 2000 > FROM: Jerry Falwell > > MORE ON THE BAUER-McCAIN FIASCO: Yesterday, in my regularly- > scheduled Falwell Confidential, I presented my reasons for differing > with Gary Bauer, who has now backed the presidential candidacy of > Arizona Sen. John McCain. While I cannot legally endorse a > candidate on behalf of my ministries, I personally endorsed George > W. Bush months ago. I truly believe he is a man of honor, integrity > and leadership skills. He knows Christ and he lives his faith every > day. I admire him and believe he will be a great president, if God > allows him to be elected. With that said, I was terribly > disappointed that Gary Bauer chose to support John McCain, whose > policies dramatically counter those that Bauer espoused during his > own presidential campaign. Bauer's endorsement of McCain is > terribly alarming. In addition, Dr. James Dobson, president of > Focus on the Family - and Bauer's former boss - has now publicly > stated his misgivings regarding Bauer's startling backing of John > McCain. Following is Focus on the Family's entire press release > regarding the Bauer announcement: > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 17, 2000 > > Colorado Springs - Speaking as a private individual and not as the > president of Focus on the Family, Dr. James Dobson expressed > disagreement yesterday with former presidential candidate Gary > Bauer's endorsement of Senator John McCain as Republican nominee for > U.S. President. The Senator has offered no assurances that he > intends to appoint a pro-life running mate or pro-life justices to > the U.S. Supreme Court. Indeed, he voted for pro-abortion Stephen > Breyer and pro-abortion ACLU activist Ruth Bader Ginsburg for that > Court and for David Satcher for Surgeon General, who supports > partial-birth-abortion. McCain also voted in support of President > Clinton to expand fetal-tissue research. > > Furthermore, McCain has accepted huge contributions from the > gambling industry and apparently is comfortable with the > proliferation of gambling in American society. He has also accepted > large contributions from producers of alcohol. McCain is in favor > of combat assignments for women in the military, and has sought and > received enormous financial and political support from the Log Cabin > Republicans and other homosexual activists. McCain also supports > Most Favored Nation status for the brutal regime in China, and voted > against our nation's monitoring of Communist Chinese commercial > fronts operating the United States. He seeks to appease the bloated > Federal public-school bureaucracy and has refused to support > vouchers. > > "The Senator," Dobson said, "is being touted by the media as a man > of principle, yet he was involved with other women while married to > his first wife, and was implicated in the so-called Keating scandal > with four other senators. He was eventually reprimanded by the > Congress for the 'appearance of impropriety.' The Senator reportedly > has a violent temper, and can be extremely confrontational and > profane when angry. These red flags about Senator McCain's character > are reminiscent of the man who now occupies the White House. > > Gary Bauer's endorsement of the Senator is troubling for another > reason. When Clarence Thomas was being considered for Justice of the > U.S. Supreme Court, Mr. Bauer actively championed his candidacy. > However, Warren Rudman, who is John McCain's National Campaign > Chairman and his most likely choice for U.S. Attorney General, was a > pro-abortion Senator who opposed confirmation of Clarence Thomas, > despite the fact that he voted for him in order to get three federal > judgeships approved. He said about the Thomas decision, "It's a vote > I'm not proud of'." > > Given these concerns about McCain, it is difficult to understand how > Gary Bauer can support him "with great pride and with absolutely no > reservation." This statement is not intended to imply Dr. Dobson's > endorsement of anyone else's candidacy for the presidency - simply > to clarify his lack of support for Senator McCain. > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > I am also reprinting a February 18 chart, published by the > conservative newspaper Human Events, that illustrates why John > McCain is stretching the truth in calling himself a conservative in > the mold of Ronald Reagan. I hope this chart serves as a strong > information tool for my fellow pastors and other concerned people of > faith who are seeking information regarding McCain's voting record. > > WHY LIBERALS LOVE McCAIN (Published by Human Events) > > WRONG ON FETAL TISSUE > > * Voted for HR 2507, April 2, 1992, which would have overturned > President Bush's moratorium on federal funding of human fetal-tissue > transplantation research. (Bush vetoed the bill.) > > * Voted for S 1, Feb. 18, 1993, providing federal funding of human > fetal-tissue transplantation research. > > * Voted against an amendment by Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) to S 1061, > Sept. 4, 1997, that would have denied federal funding to Parkinson's > Disease research that uses brain tissue removed from aborted babies. > > WRONG ON JUSTICES > > * Voted to confirm liberal, pro-abortion ACLU activist Ruth Bader > Ginsburg to the Supreme Court, Aug. 3, 1993. > > * Voted to confirm liberal, pro-abortion former Ted Kennedy aide > Stephen Breyer to the Supreme Court, July 29, 1994. > > WRONG ON SATCHER > > * Voted to confirm liberal, pro-partial-birth-abortion Surgeon > General nominee David Satcher, and then voted to confirm him, Feb. 10, > 1998. > > WRONG ON KOSOVO > > * Voted against a successful tabling motion offered by Majority > Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) that killed a McCain resolution (SJ Res > 20) that would have authorized President Clinton to "use all > necessary force and other means" in Yugoslavia, May 4, 1999. > > WRONG ON HEALTH CARE > > * Voted for an amendment by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) to S 1344 > that would have further socialized medicine under the Orwellian > rubric of a Patient's Bill of Rights, July 14, 1999. > > WRONG ON TOBACCO > > * Voted to kill an amendment to S 1415 offered by Sen. John Ashcroft > (R-Mo.) that would have stripped tax increases from the tobacco > bill, May 20, 1998. > > WRONG ON TAXES > > * Voted to force a vote on an amendment requiring tobacco consumers > to pay $516 billion in taxes, June 17, 1998. The motion to force > the vote failed. > > WRONG ON SPENDING > > * Voted against an amendment to S 1650 that would have triggered an > across-the-board spending cut in case of a deficit, Oct. 6, 1999. > > WRONG ON FREE SPEECH > > * Voted to force a vote on the McCain-Feingold campaign finance > reform bill that would have denied private organizations the right > to express their views on political candidates and issues during an > election period, Feb. 25, 1998. > > * Voted to force a vote on the similar Shays-Meehan campaign finance > bill, Oct. 19, 1999. > > WRONG ON CHINA > > * Voted to kill an amendment by Sen. Tim Hutchinson (R-Ark.) to S > 2057 that would have required government monitoring of Communist > Chinese commercial fronts operating in the U. S., May 14, 1998. > > WRONG ON SOVEREIGNTY > > * Voted to approve the establishment of the World Trade > Organization, Dec. 1, 1994. > > * Voted for a motion to kill an amendment by Sen. John Kyl (R-Ariz.) > that would have imposed lending restrictions on the International > Monetary Fund, Sept. 2, 1998. > > WRONG ON QUOTAS > > * Voted for the Civil Rights Restoration Act, which promoted racial > quotas in private-sector employment, Oct. 31, 1991. >