The much-respected evangelical theologian, Wayne Grudem, weighs in on today's election with an interesting and helpful review of the record of President Bush's administration. Grudem doesn't agree with everything the President has done -- he specifically mentions his dissent over McCain/Feingold and the President's weakness in dealing with wasteful spending -- but overall Grudem gives the administration high marks. And he points to the monumental differences between the President's record and the goals of the Democrat Party.Concerning the President's record, I too would have to give him failing grades regarding wasteful spending, McCain/Feingold, and the fact that the "nanny state" with its ever-increasing government programs grows larger by the day. However, a monstrous failing of the President's that Grudem doesn't mention is even worse; namely, his complicity in the "morning after pill" affair in which the FDA approved these dangerous abortifacients to be sold over the counter.
But, like Wayne Grudem does in this article, I would have to emphasize that a Democrat administration would be much, much worse than anything we've seen from President Bush. On government spending, on ultra-liberal judges, on tearing apart the sanctity of life, on the spread of indecency, on same-sex marriage, on an appeasement policy in foreign affairs, and so much more, the Democrats would most certainly be worse.
So, of course, be angry at the failures of the G.O.P. and dedicate yourselves anew to making them more responsible to the grassroots conservatives like you and I who get them elected. But before you pull the levers in the voting booth today, carefully consider what America would look like if instead of President Bush, we had Democrats in charge.
Again, you'll find useful reminders in Dr. Grudem's article here.
