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Today on Conservative Christian Movement, I’ll

go over what we know so far on the 2020 presidential trail of tears, Democrat

style.  I’ll talk about what we can learn

from Frank Stephens, actor, speaker, writer and survivor of Downs Syndrome.  I’ll go over a couple of liberal meltdowns

from the past week.  Links can be found at

ccmpodcast.com.  Thanks for joining me.  I am Jeff Stipe, your host.

Let’s get started.

The

verse of the Day:

Matthew 12:34 (NIV)

“You

brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the

mouth speaks what the heart is full of.”

You don’t have to watch the news very long

to see how this verse is so appropriate today. 

Honestly, even Fox News struggles at times to report “fair and balanced”

news.  When you look at CNN, MSNBC and

other networks, the bias is amazing.  We

have many “Broods” of vipers in our nation and in our world.  Even within the churches. 

The verse of the day, at least to me and

my podcast, means what is buried deep within your core will come out of your

mouth.  Hate for hate, love for love, your

bias shows.  Gone are the days when you

would never guess someone’s political belief.  It is put out on display every day, full

screen which is sad.  News should be rooted

in fact. 

Today’s political environment is no

different.  I talked last week about the

train wreck of the Democrats sitting on their hands with disdain on their face as

the president spoke.  It’s really sad to

see.  The divisiveness is thick and growing

thicker.

Den

of Vipers

It’s President’s Day in the US.  It’s only fitting to discuss the list of

those who currently seek the nomination for president on the Democrat ticket

for 2020.  The list is long, familiar (in

most cases) and unsurprising.  Already

the press is picking winners, yet pushing positive news for most of them.  All, of course in the name of ridding our

country of the 45^th president.

Some are posting on Facebook (nameless of

course), we celebrate 44 out of 45 presidents for obvious reasons.  This might be true for me but the one left

out isn’t President Trump.  It’s sad as I

said, the hatred for one man who beat out 16 others to become #45.  That is some feat, yet defeating him is some

major goal in most liberals, both in congress and in the public.

Since the State of the Union address,

there have been 9 Democrats fully announce or explore the idea of running

again.  To date, the three missing names

are perhaps the most expected; Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders (though

he is an independent).  I did not link to

the article, but somewhere I saw up to 450 people have considered a run on the Democrat

ticket in 2020.  I’m not surprised as

there is a feeling of hope to run in the face of hatred for the president.

The Hill listed the top 10 Democrats for

2020: Some have announced, others have not.

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)

Representative Beto O’Rourke (D-TX)

Former Vice President Joe Biden

Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA)

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)

Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)

Senator Corey Booker (D-NJ)

Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)

Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)

There are many who are considering a run

in 2020.  Andrew Yang has thrown his hat

in along with others.  This will by no

means be the final list.  In fact, some

have already considered and turned away from the challenge.  I talked at length about using data which has

been compiled for you in episode 7- Know your Hot Button Issue.  Planned Parenthood is happy to tell you who

shouldn’t be elected.  Bad politicians

receive a perfect 100% rating.

Incidentally, each and every member of the

top 10 received 100% ratings from Planned Parenthood.  Each also received very low ratings from the

NRA, though I did not feel the need to find them for sure.

What I will say, following up from my last

episode (#16), the Democrat Party Platform, if not the as I described, will build

a socialist utopia.  The candidate

standing at the end of the bloody feud must embrace LGBTQ, must be pro “anything

Planned Parenthood wants”, must give freebies to the underserved (including

illegal immigrants), and be absolutely for gun control.

You and I are witnessing this on a daily

basis.  As time goes on and the field

gets more clearly defined, I’ll take a deeper look at the candidates and call

the shots as they march toward 2020. 

It’s only February 2019, and with nearly

two years to go, the rhetoric is priceless. 

Amy Klobuchar announced her candidacy in her home state of Minnesota,

pitching climate change in a snow-storm. 

Elizabeth Warren told the crowd in her home state of Massachusetts, not

only might President Trump not be in office in 2020, he might not be free in

2020.

I might add, the list above and the future

of American politics will be heavily shaped by you!  Christians have to vote.  If you stay home in 2020, more of what

happened in 2018 will occur.  It’s already

a down hill slope we’re on.  That needs

to change.

Frank

Stephens

I’ve come to know of Frank Stephens

through a tween recently crossing my news feed. 

Frank has made multiple speeches regarding his value to society as he

survives Down Syndrome.  Ashton Kutcher

called attention to Frank’s address to congress in 2017.  In this speech (as well as one to the United

Nations) he talked about the extra chromosome and how his difference makes him

special.

He made his impassioned goal to seek solutions

to cancer, Alzheimer’s and downs syndrome. 

I admire his courage for driving change though I do not agree with

everything he says.  When would anyone

agree 100% (except with Planned Parenthood of course?)  But what, aside from abortion can we learn

from his speech?

Early in his speech to the United Nations,

he made this statement:

“I am a man, see me as a human being, not

a birth defect, not a syndrome, I don’t need to be eradicated, I don’t need to

be cured.  I need to be loved, valued,

educated and sometimes helped.”

On Fox News recently, he made an additional

statement which I thought was uniquely simple, yet well said:

“I don’t want to make abortion illegal, I

want to make it unthinkable.  Politicians

change laws, I want to change people’s hearts”.

Women make the choice for abortion for any

number of reasons.  Obviously, as a man,

I do not know that feeling.  Perhaps we

should rethink what life means.  Some

people value life differently than others. 

Our nation has a problem with the definition of life.  The left changes the definition to fit their

needs while a social conservative like us see it deeper than they do.  Life is a process.  The process has a definite beginning and a

definite end.  We all will go through the

entire cycle (unless God sees fit to take us home early).

Whether it is a healthy baby but

inconvenient, or a baby with testing which shows a problem or a known and

confirmed defect, women make the choice sometimes.  They ignore the alternatives which are not

talked about, not endorsed by government and are not nearly as publicized as

they could be.  With the number of couples

who can not conceive, adoptions are an excellent alternative to abortion.  After the recent vote in New York, a baby

could be aborted one minute before being given for adoption.  A clear example of a lack of value for human

life.  It’s only a matter of time, YOU

will need to meet the requirements to remain alive.  Just something to ponder.

Meltdowns

Last Weeks Question of the week

I received a couple of comments about this

question.  First, it seems you as Christians

tend to agree with my thinking.  We are

not interested in Theocracy in the least. 

However, my opinion on the matter is simple.  Our leaders must be of a praying mindset.  This prayer should be used to seek wisdom to

make choices based on the data available. 

God can help anyone make better decisions.  This is true in the face of those who will

not like your decisions.  You can’t make

everyone happy, but you can make God happy.

Question

of the week: Are you supportive of prayer for opening a

session of congress?

It’s been a busy week this week.  I haven’t formatted the plan for the next

episode, but suspect it’s time to get into the Israel issue, the capitol-

Jerusalem and why they are so hated.  But,

with the news environment, and my wish to remain relevant into the future,

perhaps calling out next week’s episodes in advance is problematic.  I’ll play it by ear and see how it goes.  I sure missed in from last week.  But I will be sure to include those

meltdowns.

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