Voters Have a Vax to Grind With Dems
By: Tony Perkins
This self censored article is right on. It is democrats and the left that is creating vaccine reluctance in America. Go to the source for additional source material.
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Voters Have a Vax to Grind With Dems
The New York Times wasn't laughing at Joe Biden's infrastructure plan. But the host of the paper's podcast was laughing at how popular the president's team thinks it is.
In a sit-down with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the former candidate estimated that "20 or 30" Republicans might vote for the president's $2 trillion dollar joke of a public works bill.
"Thirty?" host Kara Swisher guffawed. "Thirty?" she repeated. "Well, Secretary Buttigieg I'd like to be five-foot seven, but it's not going to happen," she joked. And maybe, the White House is starting to realize, their 13-digit spending dreams won't either.
On Tuesday, the president's team seemed to take a step back from their big-money proposals and return to safer ground. Instead of harping on "infrastructure" and government daycare, the White House went back to the one area where they had the public's backing: the coronavirus. And yet, after a series of missteps and mixed messages, even that support may be starting to wane. There's abundant frustration over the CDC's insistence on outdoor masking, even for people who've been vaccinated or kids at summer camps. Then came the rolling outrage over new rules in some places: a wedding reception dance ban in D.C. and continued school closures in others.
Voters Have a Vax to Grind With Dems
The New York Times wasn't laughing at Joe Biden's infrastructure plan. But the host of the paper's podcast was laughing at how popular the president's team thinks it is.
In a sit-down with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the former candidate estimated that "20 or 30" Republicans might vote for the president's $2 trillion dollar joke of a public works bill.
"Thirty?" host Kara Swisher guffawed. "Thirty?" she repeated. "Well, Secretary Buttigieg I'd like to be five-foot seven, but it's not going to happen," she joked. And maybe, the White House is starting to realize, their 13-digit spending dreams won't either.
On Tuesday, the president's team seemed to take a step back from their big-money proposals and return to safer ground. Instead of harping on "infrastructure" and government daycare, the White House went back to the one area where they had the public's backing: the coronavirus. And yet, after a series of missteps and mixed messages, even that support may be starting to wane. There's abundant frustration over the CDC's insistence on outdoor masking, even for people who've been vaccinated or kids at summer camps. Then came the rolling outrage over new rules in some places: a wedding reception dance ban in D.C. and continued school closures in others.
But it was the president's address to a half-empty Congress that really set conservatives ablaze. It was, as John Nolte wrote in a scathing rebuke of the Democrats, "a nationally-televised piece of performance art with one blaring message: The coronavirus vaccine does not work! Do not get vaccinated! Look at us! LOOK AT US, we're vaccinated and nothing's changed!!!" From the president to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), everyone in the chamber has been vaccinated, and yet, Nolte goes on, "through their own actions they screamed out their belief that the vaccine is, at best, worthless."
Just yesterday, Biden said his goal is to have 70 percent of adults through at least one dose of the vaccine by the Fourth of July. But you can't blame people for wondering, what's the incentive? Even if we're vaccinated, the government will still make us wear masks. (Maybe two!)
"It's like having someone tell you the local water is safe in between sips of bottled water," Nolte mocked. And yet, Joe Biden, the same president who pooh-poohed the vaccine under Donald Trump, insists now that he's in charge, "you do need to get vaccinated." But once you do, he says, wearing your mask will still be your "patriotic duty." To most people, it just doesn't add up.
And now, to add to the absurdity of it all, the Left is blaming evangelicals for creating distrust about the vaccine -- when it's the Democrats' own optics that make everyone wonder: what's the point? People get vaccinated and the ridiculous government restrictions remain unchanged. Now, let me just say up front -- I'm not opposed to the vaccine. I think if you're in an at-risk category, you should strongly consider getting one of the ethical shots (Moderna or Pfizer). I'm not opposed to the science either. What I am opposed to is any government forcing people to get the vaccine -- or shaming them into getting it, which is what the New York Times , MSNBC, and others are trying to do by claiming Christians are putting the entire nation at risk. That's just another attempt to marginalize believers in the eyes of the broader community.
Of course, there's plenty of blatant hypocrisy in the Democratic Party that isn't helping their cause either. Increasingly, Americans are noticing that those who advocate for science on one hand happily discard it when it's not convenient.
The Family Research Council's David Closson pointed out the double standard late last month.
"People are talking about climate change and global warming. That was a big focus of the White House. But again, this is the same White House through executive orders and public statements that is radically pro-abortion, and that doesn't recognize the personhood of the unborn."
This is the same administration, he argued, that insisted on "executive orders that don't recognize that the biological sex of male and female. So when you're so selective in the reading of the science, well...it just doesn't engender very much trust among [anyone]" -- let alone conservatives or evangelicals.
Truth is truth. It doesn't change with whatever crisis we're facing, or which party is in office. That's why as Christians, we can't shrink back in silence or hide in the shadows. We have to stand up and speak up when our faith is challenged.
it was the president's address to a half-empty Congress that really set conservatives ablaze. It was, as John Nolte wrote in a scathing rebuke of the Democrats, "a nationally-televised piece of performance art with one blaring message: The coronavirus vaccine does not work! Do not get vaccinated! Look at us! LOOK AT US, we're vaccinated and nothing's changed!!!" From the president to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), everyone in the chamber has been vaccinated, and yet, Nolte goes on, "through their own actions they screamed out their belief that the vaccine is, at best, worthless."
Just yesterday, Biden said his goal is to have 70 percent of adults through at least one dose of the vaccine by the Fourth of July. But you can't blame people for wondering, what's the incentive? Even if we're vaccinated, the government will still make us wear masks. (Maybe two!)
"It's like having someone tell you the local water is safe in between sips of bottled water," Nolte mocked. And yet, Joe Biden, the same president who pooh-poohed the vaccine under Donald Trump, insists now that he's in charge, "you do need to get vaccinated." But once you do, he says, wearing your mask will still be your "patriotic duty." To most people, it just doesn't add up.
And now, to add to the absurdity of it all, the Left is blaming evangelicals for creating distrust about the vaccine -- when it's the Democrats' own optics that make everyone wonder: what's the point? People get vaccinated and the ridiculous government restrictions remain unchanged. Now, let me just say up front -- I'm not opposed to the vaccine. I think if you're in an at-risk category, you should strongly consider getting one of the ethical shots (Moderna or Pfizer). I'm not opposed to the science either. What I am opposed to is any government forcing people to get the vaccine -- or shaming them into getting it, which is what the New York Times , MSNBC, and others are trying to do by claiming Christians are putting the entire nation at risk. That's just another attempt to marginalize believers in the eyes of the broader community.
Of course, there's plenty of blatant hypocrisy in the Democratic Party that isn't helping their cause either. Increasingly, Americans are noticing that those who advocate for science on one hand happily discard it when it's not convenient.
The Family Research Council's David Closson pointed out the double standard late last month.
"People are talking about climate change and global warming. That was a big focus of the White House. But again, this is the same White House through executive orders and public statements that is radically pro-abortion, and that doesn't recognize the personhood of the unborn."
This is the same administration, he argued, that insisted on "executive orders that don't recognize that the biological sex of male and female. So when you're so selective in the reading of the science, well...it just doesn't engender very much trust among [anyone]" -- let alone conservatives or evangelicals.
Truth is truth. It doesn't change with whatever crisis we're facing, or which party is in office. That's why as Christians, we can't shrink back in silence or hide in the shadows. We have to stand up and speak up when our faith is challenged.
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I’m sorry, but I need to deconstruct a mess . . . And rant a little.
You mean like “human?” Because there is no category of people who are not “at-risk” to this virus. There are some groups (like little kids) with substantially less risk than others, but it has touched - and killed - every demographic. There are no guaranteed safe categories.
Furthermore, it’s not just about you. You might get the virus and handle it very well, but then because you are infected and the virus is multiplying inside your body, you are likely to transmit it to someone else - and those people will transmit it to still other people - and they might die from it or suffer permanent internal damage.
Do you really want to take responsibility for that by not getting vaccinated?
Global deaths (at minimum, that we know of) is over 3.2 million, and there are still over 800,000 new cases every day. Many thousands more people are going to die and we increase the chances of death for more and more people every day that we hold off on getting vaccinated.
What makes a shot “ethical?”
Then you don’t have a problem. So far, the government isn’t forcing people to get the vaccine. Although, schools might require it one day, we haven’t reached that point, yet. But that wouldn’t be anything new. Schools have been requiring vaccines for generations and so far, it has been a pretty good thing that they do. Don’t believe me?
Remember when you were growing up and you got Polio? Measles? Mumps? Diphtheria? Tetanus?
No? Yeah, me neither. Ya know why? Vaccines!
Well, good! If you are resisting getting the vaccine or encouraging others to skip it, you probably should be ashamed of yourself. You’re helping to kill people. I just can’t make it any more plain than that.
It’s not about Christians, so stop acting like it is. I’m a Christian, and I got vaccinated. So did my family, and everyone I know in church. So now what?
I doubt that. If they’re anything like me, they just want everyone to get the vaccine so that we can save lives and then get back to normal life.
You know what does marginalize believers in the broader community? I’ll tell you. It’s bullshit claims that somehow skipping an important vaccine is something you learned from the teachings of Jesus Christ. It’s this ridiculous nonsense that someone urging you to get a vaccine somehow threatens your religious freedom. Bogus claims like that make non-Christians think that all Christians are insane lunatics. And then you wonder why people don’t want to come to church.
No one is challenging Christian faith and there is nothing Christian in avoiding vaccines and thereby contributing to the extension of a deadly pandemic. A Christian is supposed to care about others. Being selfish and insisting that you don’t have to get the vaccine just because you think that you personally aren’t “at-risk” is one of the more un-Christian things I can imagine.
What are you afraid of, anyway? That you might get to meet Jesus sooner than you planned?
You want to do something Christian with the vaccine? Find somebody who can’t get themselves to a vaccine site. Maybe it’s an old person who hasn’t figured out how to make an appointment on the internet. Go to that person, help them get an appointment (if necessary) and then drive them to the site, so they can get their shot.
rant over