I've had some interesting things happen lately, but none so interesting as my run in with my newly elected state senator on Nov. 3rd, the day after the elections. I've written about it several times, both on Facebook and in e-mails, so I will just share with you a synopsis my friend Angela wrote up on Facebook. I'm going to take out the Senator's name though because I do not have tangible evidence (video or audio) to cover myself against slander charges:
The following is an account of a conversation that newly elected State Senator
-- --(D) had with 3 personal friends of mine on the morning of 11/3/10. I will
leave it to them to contribute their names if they wish to.
Sadly, he
eeked out a victory over Senate hopeful -- -- (R). -- -- (D)'s classless and
belittling behavior seems to typify that condescending attitude from many
(especially Democrats) in government that we have all grown tired of. Knowing
the innately truthful character as well as the level of intelligence of each of
the ladies that reported this conversation, I am completely confident in the
accuracy of it.
Today 3 friends were having coffee at a local shop when
-- -- (D) was spotted in the establishment. As politically savvy citizens, they
decided to take the opportunity to try to engage in a conversation with their
new representative about a topic they hold dear to their hearts. They are
pro-life and they voted for -- -- (D)'s opponent, a Republican who is also
Pro-life. They hoped to impress upon him their views and maybe just show him
that reasonable, educated, lovely people who are Pro-Life abound in his
district. After all, is this not their right? To ask for an audience to our
concerns from an elected representative is our right. What they got, instead,
was a rambling, raving, lecture from an unhinged, overconfident EMPLOYEE.
C. [name withheld] states that after she and her companions noticed him
they invited him to their table “to ask him to please reconsider his stance on
Respect for Life and this is what we got:
‘if Republicans cared about
the babies after they were born we wouldn't have a problem, because I have seen
all the black babies in the hospitals in [Big City] that no one wants.’
When they responded that “those babies would CERTAINLY not be better off
dead”, -- -- (D)inquired:
"So you want to wait 'til they turn 15 and
kill someone, then you will want them dead?"
Then, when the conversation
turned to the topic of their religion, (all three ladies are Catholic) he
proclaimed that there wouldn’t be an abortion problem if it weren’t for the
Pope. C. was appalled at his demeanor and lack of respect for his constituents
and their religion. She says “He attacked the Pope when he said;
‘It’s
[abortion] all his fault because he preaches against birth control.’
Some of the ladies pointed to the fact that statistics show that there
are countries in Africa whose AIDS rates actually increased after programs were
put in place that widely distributed condoms. The fact is that while condoms are
useful in preventing pregnancy they don’t seem to have had a positive effect on
the number of people contracting AIDS, so maybe abstinence really is a better
policy all around. And maybe strengthening the foundations of family and
marriage in our society creates an environment where more children are born into
loving homes where they are, in fact, wanted. But who are we to have a point of
view. Oh, and lest I forget, here is ---- (D)'s answer to why condoms have not
been so effective in those programs in Africa:
"That's ‘cause they are
stupid."
Yep, you read that right. To quote C.: “So to sum it up, -- --
thinks the black babies in [Big City] are better off dead, abortion is the
Pope's fault and the people of Africa are stupid. There's your State Senator
[State] district 3, hope you're happy.”
Next up on -- -- (D)'s chopping
block? Jews. Apparently he speaks for all of them. Here is what he has to say on
the topic of Jews and Abortion.
“…all Jewish people are pro-choice
because they don't believe a baby is a baby until it can function on its own”
Someone should get Senator elect -- -- in touch with Rabbi Yehuda. I
smell a “teachable moment” here.
C. points out that Senator -- (D)'s
point about Jews simply ignores the fact that [State] allows Late Term
Abortions. That is, abortions taking place long after the 21 week point of life
where there is living breathing evidence all over the country that these tiny
Americans are surviving thank-you-very-much. Mr. --, are you saying that full
term babies that are born and in need of respiratory assistance or other
life-saving interventions are not, according to Jews, actually a baby “yet”? I
think I need some clarification.
The conversation goes on with Senator
-- and 3 of his many employers. Unbelievably, he doesn’t have the good sense to
stop while he’s…well, already shoved his foot in his mouth. Whether it’s
appropriate or not, he’s going to unleash on these 3 unsuspecting citizens who
are, unfortunately, not armed with microphones or cameras. K.(name withheld)
says of the conversation: “it was very surreal. I think I'm still in shock over
what he said and implied. He was not gracious at all. Very combative. You would
think he'd be more polished than that. I am dumbfounded. “
M.(name
withheld) expressed her reaction to -- -- (D)'s ill temper and lack of
professionalism too: “the man was arrogant, disrespectful and rude. You would
not believe the things he said! He basically offended Jewish people, the Pope,
Africa and African American babies in [Big City].”
Additionally, -- --
has it out for -- -- even after the election results are in and -- is the (badly
behaved) victor.
“And he felt the need to keep trashing his opponent
when, not only had he already won, but we asked him very kindly to stop. We had
not said one negative word to him but he could not stop ranting about -- -- (R).
He was unbelieveable.” Says C. of the incident.
When asked why someone
amongst them didn’t pull out a phone and record the conversation, M. stated that
“I think if we knew he was going to act the way he did we would have. He
obviously didn't like some of our opinions!“ while C. answers: “We were stunned,
no one was even thinking that way at the time. I doubt he would have spoken so
candidly were we taping anyway.”
Yes, that really happened. A lot of people have asked me if he was drunk. Drunk on power maybe; it was 9:00 a.m. the morning of his big win. From that experience my friends and I have begun a Rosary chain, for this Senator in particular, and pro-choice politicians in general. We've had a wonderful response and have 4 whole Rosaries going - all 20 Mysteries covered! Even better, people continue to join! We will completely cover these lawmakers in prayer! If you'd like to start the same type of thing in your area, and would like to know details, feel free to contact me.
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