Megan Phelps-Roper and her sister Grace have left their family's Westboro Baptist Church and apologized for the hurt the church has caused in the name of Jesus. They report that their family and their congregation - which overlap considerably - have disowned them, but they return that rejection with love.
Repentance without further hate is one of the most hopeful changes we ever see in the world.
Thursday, February 07, 2013
Monday, February 04, 2013
What Intransigence Costs Senator McConnell
Mitch McConnell, the senate majority leader and senior senator from my state, is a regular Republican, as establishment as they come. I don't usually agree with him on policy, but I do respect him as an effective politician, capable of making a deal and moving the government forward. When he wants to.
At the beginning of President Obama's first term, Sen. McConnell made a fateful decision to oppose the president on everything, no matter what cost to the country. He said that the highest priority of the Republican Party was to make Obama a one-term president. That decision did not work out very well for the country, or for Sen. McConnell.
A new poll shows that only 17% of Kentucky voters plan to vote for Senator McConnell, even though he is the highest ranking Republican in the U.S. Senate and the head of the Republican Party in the commonwealth. Even among Republicans, only 34% are sure they will vote for him. By contrast, 34% of Kentuckians are already sure they will vote against him. The rest will wait and see who his opponents are. Indeed, he is likely to get a primary challenge from the Tea Party.
I think Sen. McConnell can improve his chances of re-election by dropping his policy of obstruction and going back to ordinary politics. He has already made a promising beginning in the compromise to raise taxes on the rich and to raise the debt ceiling. More of that will be better for him, and for the country.
At the beginning of President Obama's first term, Sen. McConnell made a fateful decision to oppose the president on everything, no matter what cost to the country. He said that the highest priority of the Republican Party was to make Obama a one-term president. That decision did not work out very well for the country, or for Sen. McConnell.
A new poll shows that only 17% of Kentucky voters plan to vote for Senator McConnell, even though he is the highest ranking Republican in the U.S. Senate and the head of the Republican Party in the commonwealth. Even among Republicans, only 34% are sure they will vote for him. By contrast, 34% of Kentuckians are already sure they will vote against him. The rest will wait and see who his opponents are. Indeed, he is likely to get a primary challenge from the Tea Party.
I think Sen. McConnell can improve his chances of re-election by dropping his policy of obstruction and going back to ordinary politics. He has already made a promising beginning in the compromise to raise taxes on the rich and to raise the debt ceiling. More of that will be better for him, and for the country.
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