I do not know what it is about a Christian conservative speaking about his faith and about public policy issues that so much enrages the secular liberal left in America but recent writings by the undersigned in this space have generated more personal insult, attack and strawman arguments attempting to demonize what we say than anything I have written during the last seven weeks of 5x a week essays I have posted, and this one – number 37 and sending my count to over 80,000 words – may create a few aneurysms.

I pray for calm among my liberal-left, secular left audience who monitors these pages on the lookout for places to attack Christians.

One of the purposes of today’s report is to support the call of two men of the cloth in south Central Pennsylvania, who began and ended their meeting with State Representative Scott Perry with a prayer.

The two Christian pastors are advocates of the “Women’s Right to Know” bill that is stalled in the State House of Representatives.

The meeting was held to ask Rep. Perry why he had withdrawn his sponsorship of that bill which would most certainly have cost Planned Parenthood a few dollars in lost abortion fees if it were enacted.

If Planned Parenthood is forced by legislation being considered in Harrisburg, to allow the expectant mother to actually see the ultra sound image that is already being taken in 99% of all abortions in America, the fear that the abortionists have is that some of those mothers will get all queasy and change their mind.

In other words, the sight of their own real life baby in an ultra sound image, even as the smooth talking Planned Parenthood operator is telling them it’s just a blob, may cause a few mothers to say “oh its my baby” and cancel the planned abortion.

This fear is so very real that it generated a massive campaign by Planned Parenthood to prevent Pennsylvania from becoming the 24th state in the U.S. to compel them to offer the mother the chance to see the ultra sound image.  The campaign used a series of lies, including the claim that the Republican legislator was going to “rape” women with a “vaginal probe.”

Of course, those writing heated letters and angry phone calls are completely unaware that in 99% of all abortions in America Planned Parenthood already DOES an ultra sound image and in 93% of all cases, does an ultra sound using that vaginal probe.  The major issue is, will Planned Parenthood be forced to allow the expectant mother to see the image if she wants?

Father Samuel Houser of St. Patrick Catholic Church hosted this meeting at his parish conference room in York City, presided over by the Chairman of the York County Chapter of Americans for Christian Traditions in our Nation (ACTION of PA), Pastor Ken Gibson, to pray that their state becomes the 24th to allow women to see that photographic image of their own baby, despite Planned Parenthood’s vehement objections.

In attendance at this meeting was State Representative Scott Perry, one of the 40 state legislators who had originally sponsored House Bill 1077, the “Women’s Right to Know” bill, but who then withdrew his sponsorship.

Rep. Perry sent an email to the legislators – which I reported last week – saying he followed Sarah Palin’s example of last year – he hadn’t retreated, he was reloading.  But he will had some explaining to do.

Rep. Perry is a candidate for the Congressional seat of retiring 6 term Rep. Todd Platts.  The April 24 primary will select a Republican nominee for this strongly GOP district and there are seven candidates.

Rep. Perry went into this meeting very much in “the hot seat” with the two Christian pastors.  They did not understand why he had withdrawn his sponsorship of a bill they consider so important.

But Rep. Perry came out with two much more informed Pastors, and with a bounce in his step.  It isn’t every day that two men of the cloth pray for you as Pastors Houser and Gibson did this past Wednesday.

In fact, the two Christian Pastors were so “fired up” by what they learned in their one hour meeting with Rep. Perry, that they stayed overtime after their meeting, to draft up a “statement” about their meeting with him.  And they then issued a news release about their meeting along with the statement.  I will conclude today’s column with the full, unedited text of both.

But the real news is this.

Father Houser and Pastor Gibson, both members of ACTION of PA, invited Rep. Scott Perry to speak to a campaign rally of their group tonight – Friday night – and to explain what is needed to secure passage of this “Right to Know” bill.

Both men of the cloth now better understand that the liberal-left is far more organized than conservative-minded Christian members of their congregations.  They pray that their congregations will help change that so that legislators don’t hear such a one-sided email and phone response when bills such as HB 1077 are heading for a floor vote.

Rep. Perry told the two Pastors that his side in this battle was outnumbered with some of his colleagues reporting the mail and phone calls running 5 to 1 against them.

When a bill goes into committee for “markup” it doesn’t always come out for a floor vote.  So often, it is “bottled up” in the committee.

If the bill does come out it is most often because a consensus of committee members has formed and a vote to release it out of committee – sometimes with changes – has taken place.

But at every step along the way, hearing from constituents who are interested in a bill – whether it is for or against it – can make a huge difference.

But the HB 1077 bill that came out of committee was very different from what had been endorsed by a majority of the GOP controlled State House of Representatives, on its way in.

It was so different from what had been earlier endorsed, that the liberal-left attack on the newly revised bill, was very effective – and caught friendly forces by complete surprise, since they’d never been consulted about or appraised of the changes in advance.

This was Rep. Perry’s explanation when he had more than a few minutes to explain the action that was promised in support of the “right to life” cause.  Between the unexpected changes, the enormous outpouring of opposition to the bill, and the relative silence of our side, the “Right to Know” bill is now in danger of defeat.

40 Republicans withdrew their support of a bill because it was totally changed.

What then, would Rep. Perry support?

Father Houser and Pastor Gibson won’t say, beyond the statement they released and which is below in its entirety.

They will only say that they left the meeting smiling and pleased, and that they have a commitment from Rep. Perry to speak at their campaign rally tonight (Friday night), and to work diligently to lead the charge for a “Women’s Right to Know” bill.

Tonight Rep. Scott Perry will speak at the ACTION of PA campaign rally – more than 18 candidates running for U.S. Senate, other statewide offices, for Congress and for state legislature – will be speaking.

But Rep. Perry won’t be speaking merely as a candidate who wants our vote for U.S. Congress on April 24.

He won’t be speaking merely as the candidate who finished in first place at the ACTION of PA candidate forum’s “straw poll” back in February.

Rep. Perry has promised to help ACTION of PA kick off a new push to enact “The Women’s Right to Know” bill in the Republican controlled House of Representatives.

That is why the two pastors – Father Houser and Pastor Gibson – ended the meeting with a prayer for Rep. Perry’s success as their champion.  And why they left the meeting happy.

No endorsements have been made in this race, not by either Pastor and not by ACTION of PA.  And we know of at least one candidate (Ted Waga to be specific) who has been VERY outspoken on the issue of the Women’s Right to Know bill pending in Harrisburg.  In fact, Waga has telephoned and has spoken to several legislators about this topic, and has been one of our information sources for some past reports on this very topic.

No, it is entirely appropriate that the prayer this past Wednesday was not for Scott Perry the candidate for Congress, but for the State Representative who may as a champion of this cause, help rally support to see “The Women’s Right to Know” bill enacted into law in Harrisburg.

I join Father Houser and Pastor Gibson in being thankful for this turn of events, and look forward to what Ted Waga and Scott Perry will have to say on this topic at the Friday night rally – free to the public – of Americans for Christian Traditions in our Nation in York, PA.

Here’s the news released late this afternoon (followed by the full text of their statement):

Christian Pastors Urge Rep. Scott Perry to speak out on “Women’s Right to Know” Bill, urge passage in Harrisburg

Pastor Ken Gibson and Father Samuel Houser meet with Perry, who seeks GOP nomination for U.S. Congress, invite him to speak at rally tonight

Meeting with State Representative Scott Perry, a candidate for the GOP nomination for U.S. Congress to replace the retiring Rep. Todd Platts in the May 24 GOP primary, two Christian pastors urged passage of “Women’s Right to Know” legislation to force Planned Parenthood abortion clinics to allow expectant mothers in their care to see any ultra sound image taken of their baby and urged him to speak out at a campaign rally they invited him to speak at tonight.  Perry accepted their invitation.

Pastor Gibson and Father Houser, who are leaders of “Americans for Christian Traditions in our Nation (ACTION of PA) said “We pray that clear statements of support will be forthcoming from Representatives such as Scott Perry favoring the “Women’s Right to Know.”

We believe it is critical that a bill should be passed and signed into law in this session, which guarantees that the mother have the right to see the ultra sound image already being done in 99% of all cases of abortion in the United States.”

Pastor Gibson, who is Chairman of the York Chapter of ACTION of PA and Father Samuel Houser, met with State Rep. Perry at Houser’s St. Patrick Catholic Church conference room on Beaver Street in York City this past Wed. for one hour.  They released a statement after the meeting in which they said that one political party which won control of the State House and Senate and Governor’s mansion “…promised in the last election to give results” but this “Right to Know” bill is stalled.

Pastor Gibson announced that one of their key advisers on this issue is Michael Geer, President of the Pennsylvania Family Institute with an office in Harrisburg who was in contact with them in the hour before their meeting.

Both Pastors pledged that they will redouble their efforts, together with other pastors they are in contact with, to urge their congregations “to register to vote, to express their opinions to their legislators on public policy issues and to vote only for those candidates who clearly express that the centrality of faith is of prime importance to them as they determine public policy questions.”

ACTION of PA (York County Chapter) is a conservative Christian political action committee which endorsed three candidates for state legislature and will hold a free rally for them today April 13 at 7:15 PM at the Heritage Hills Golf Resort and has invited the public to attend.

Details about the free candidate forum and rally tonight (Friday) at 7:15 PM and the one hour reception preceding it (6 to 7 PM) are at http://www.yorkcountyaction.com.

(full text of their statement follows)

Statement of 4/11/12 regarding

Rep. Scott Perry & “Women’s Right to Know” Bill

Statement of Pastor Ken Gibson and Father Samuel Houser, after their meeting with PA State Representative Scott Perry, candidate for the GOP  nomination for U.S. Congress to replace retiring Rep. Todd Platts.  The meeting took place at the St. Patrick Church Conference Room in the city of York on Wed., April 11, with the two pastors joined by several members of St. Patrick Church. 

All of those in the meeting are members of “Americans for Christian Traditions in our Nation (ACTION of PA), with Pastor Gibson serving as the York County Chairman.  Rep. Scott Perry had been one of the original sponsors of House Bill 1077, the “Women’s Right to Know” bill which was reported out of committee with significant changes to the original proposal.  The changes to the original which caused some 40 GOP legislators to withdraw their sponsorship, including Rep. Perry.

“We commend State Rep. Scott Perry for taking the time to meet with us today and for his work in the legislature representing his constituents and his beliefs.  We recognize the possibility that his work may continue in Washington if he is successful in his quest for a Congressional seat where he would represent more of us.  We met to express our concerns about the threat to religious liberty in America today, seek ways in which we can work together to influence public policy and learn more about the process.  We come away from our meeting convinced that Rep. Perry is a good man and faithful to important moral principles which should always guide all public policy.

“We remain concerned that the passage of important legislation such as one that would guarantee the “Women’s Right to Know,” is still in question in the state capitol of Harrisburg, despite the control of both chambers of the legislature and of the Governor’s mansion by a political party that promised in the last election to give us results.  We pray for a more favorable outcome in both the national and state public policy arenas and we continue to urge our congregations to register to vote, to express their opinions to their legislators on public policy issues and to vote only for those candidates who clearly express that the centrality of faith is of prime importance to them as they determine public policy questions.

“We pray that clear statements of support will be forthcoming from Representatives such as Scott Perry favoring the “Women’s Right to Know.”  We believe it is critical that a bill should be passed and signed into law in this session, which guarantees that the mother have the right to see the ultra sound image already being done in 99% of all cases of abortion in the United States.

“And we thank Rep. Perry for taking the time to meet with us today, and were especially pleased to pray for the success of all public policy leaders in doing what is right for America, right for their constituents and right in the eyes of our almighty Father.

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People are constantly faced with choices in their lives. At times the choice which appears to be the correct one to make may in the long run reveal itself as not that good of a decision and the same is true vice versa. This is especially so when faced with the choice of whom to support amongst several candidates during a primary. Although some folks have become discouraged over the years when the choice they’ve selected turned out to not be as originally envisioned, it’s important to continue making decisions and choosing the candidate which appears best at the time. At other times, one choice is obviously negative and although the other option may not be perfect, it is definitely the better of the two – as explained all the way below.

Since no-one is perfect and it is impossible to agree with one’s candidate/supported official 100% of the time, even when making a correct choice it is often accompanied with many gray areas which at times overshadow the white. Prior to the 2010 elections Arlen Specter, Republican Senator of purple-blue Pennsylvania was approaching a reelection and wavered on a decision before ultimately shocking and angering Republicans when he cast his vote in favor of Obama’s stimulus plan. This was the first time he sided with the Democrats on a major bill and his action resulted in conservatives and Tea Partiers to declare war on Specter at every cost. Their mission appeared noble and correct, and Pat Toomey is now the Republican Senator of Pennsylvania after barely winning the general election with a single point in the 2010 mid-term elections; a year in which Republicans swept victories across the country. He is surely a better representative of conservative values in the Senate than Specter had been.

However, the price tag it had cost for conservatives to place Toomey in the Senate had turned out be unexpectedly sky-rocketing expensive and resulted in many to question whether the goal was worth the consequences. When Specter saw he would be unable to win the Republican Primary, he made a mad dash to save his seat, switched parties, and provided the Democrats with the 60^th vote which led to the passage of their infamous Obamacare. Thus, although we now have a solid conservative in the Senate who replaced a RINO (not an outright liberal) we are now weighed down with Obamacare which threatens to overtake a sixth of the private sector and is currently awaiting judgment on its constitutionality by the Supreme Court Justices.

Incidentally, two of our current conservative Supreme Court Justices, Roberts and Alito, are currently on the bench thanks to Specter, after Senator Santorum had made the choice to support Specter for reelection in ’04 when he was challenged in a primary by Pat Toomey. At the time, Senator Santorum was faced with the difficult choice whether he should support the incumbent Senator Specter and his senior colleague who although was a less conservative choice than Toomey, was far more probable to be successful in keeping the seat red during an election where the balance on Senate was up in the air and anti-Republican emotions were thick. This surmise turned out pretty accurate since Toomey barely managed to eke out a 1% victory in 2010 when the public was outraged at Obamacare and looked favorably upon the Tea Party candidates.

Maintaining the Republican control of the Senate was by far not the only factor which Santorum focused on when making his decision. He was also strongly aware that Bush would be nominating at least two and possibly three justices for the Supreme Court and that Specter who headed the judiciary committee would be extremely influential whether Bush’s proponents would ultimately be approved by the Senate. Santorum therefore opted to support Specter after receiving his word that he would support the conservative candidates for the Supreme Court which Bush would propose, something which will influence U.S. history for years to come as is visible now with the Obamacare hearings.

Santorum’s support of Specter indeed resulted in two strong conservatives on the bench, although it may have likely cost him the nomination in the current GOP presidential primary. In addition to having been hammered for supporting Specter in’04 for actions taken years later and were impossible to foretell six years earlier, his act resulted in Specter’s former opponent and the current Conservative Senator of Pennsylvania and Santorum’s home-state, Pat Toomey, to act favorably towards Santorum’s opponent – the author of Romneycare. In fact, immediately after Santorum announced he was suspending his campaign yesterday, Toomey released an official endorsement endorsing Romney, causing many to speculate whether the endorsement would occur regardless prior to Pennsylvania’s primary and whether it was one of the causes which led to the Santorum campaign suspension.

The above two examples clearly illustrate how when one makes a choice which appears to be good, it isn’t necessarily all good as is later revealed. It shouldn’t however leave us disheartened for ultimately many good also emerged from those choices. Additionally, many decisions are pretty clear-cut where one option is definitely bad. Even if the other one doesn’t necessarily turn out to be all that good, we still know it is better than the alternative.

Supporting a candidate doesn’t necessarily mean that one agrees with all they’ve done or stand for, although a candidate usually will have some supporters who do identify with them to an extreme. Many supporters of a specific candidate usually support the candidate because they identify with them on a single issue while many others don’t even have that. They simply support a certain candidate because he’s the better choice than the alternative. This was visible numerous times amongst this primary and is very typical. After Palin chose not to run, a majority of her supporter split between Cain and Newt. After Bachmann, Cain, and Perry exited the race, their supporters too turned to find a second or third ro fourth choice amongst the remaining candidates. This led to the momentum to shift from Perry to Cain to Newt to Santorum as voters were forced to reevaluate the field once it was clear the person they supported wasn’t running at all or any longer. I too have first supported Palin, and when she announced she wasn’t running though long and hard until turning to support Santorum approximately a month prior to the Iowa caucuses.

With Santorum now having suspended his campaign, the primary is sort of wrapped up despite the many voters including myself who haven’t yet received the opportunity to cast their ballots. Unlike the primary where the choices were plentiful – at least at the start, the general will boil down to two choices; four more years for Barack Obama or Mitt Romney. Obama has already been in office long enough for everyone with an open mind to recognize the damage he’s wrought upon this country. Obama is clearly not only the bad choice but an utter disaster for this country. Any alternative will be far better and less to the left than the Marxist Obama.

Romney’s Attorney General will not be someone like Eric Holder who looks the other way when the Black Panther sets a price-tag of a million dollars on Zimmerman’s head and refuses to take responsibility or even answer basic questions regarding Fast & Furious. Nor will Romney chose the dopey Kathleen Sebelius as Secretary of Health and Human Services, the unqualified leftist Janet Napolitano as his Secretary of Homeland Security, and so on and so forth.

The choice now has boiled down between two people; Obama and Romney and it is time to unite under the better of the two – Mitt Romney. There are many who have announced that they refuse to vote for Romney and are planning to sit out the 2012 election, all the while talking of setting him up with a conservative in 2016. It is okay to talk of 2016, but only after the 2012 elections have taken place and giving Romney a chance at the presidency, if he reaches it. He may or may not make a good president but he’s not a definite Obama, and if conservatives will dislike him so greatly we can challenge him in 2016 just as we would put out a conservative against Obama.

We conservatives have proven our power the last couple of years by successfully challenging lots of  incumbents in primaries and Romney is aware of it.. He won’t want to face a primary from his own party and will probably go along with whatever conservatives in Congress present him. Obama, on the other hand, is aware it’ll be his last term and will have no need to appease to any voters except for his leftist base who will replace Karl Marx with Barack Obama. If we thought he was radical in his first term, a second Obama term will be so much more disastrous it defies description. I plead with you fellow conservatives, w can look ahead to the future but at the same time we MUST REMEMBER THE HERE AND NOW AND MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR 2012. WE MUST SAY NO TO OBAMA AND THUS SAY YES TO MITT ROMNEY.

Abie Rubin blogs at The Thinking Voter and can be followed on Twitter.

PCW Politics is War on P-SPAN Report
Benton Harbor High School
Benton Harbor, MI
Thursday April 5th, 2012
Host: Johnny Suave

REPLAY: End of Tuesday Night’s PCW Wild in Wisconsin
Olbermann again starts going off about various things.  Finally…

*Def Leppard’s Tear It Down plays*

Suave: YES!

‘The Extreme Equalizer’ Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Suave: IT’S THE EXTREME EQUALIZER- WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT!

Tear it down – There’s got to be a better way
Tear it down – I can’t wait another day
Tear it down – There’s got to be a better way
Tear it down – If only you could stay
All night long

Crowd: What the @#$#!…What the @!##!

WTF: Keith.  You’re fired.

WTF grabs Olbermann by the throat…lift…CHOKESLAM!

Crowd: PCW…PCW…PCW!

*Fleetwood Mac‘s “Don’t Stop” begins to play*

‘The Extreme Environmental Hardcore Icon’ Al Gore (D)

Suave: “IT’S HIM! HE’S HERE! THE TREE HUGGIN’, MOCHA CHUGGIN’, TOBACCO COMPANY BUGGIN’ ALPHA MALE AND ENVIROMENTAL EXTREME HARDCORE ICON…

The crowd sings the chorus “Don’t stop, thinking about tomorrow.” Gore holds up his mocha, inside an environmentally friendly biodegradable container of course, and chugs it down. Then he spews it out of his mouth into the crowd and then crushes the paper container on his forehead in a manly fashion.

The Environmental Extreme Hardcore Icon walks down the steps to the main floor. At the bottom of the steps, Gore pulls out another container of mocha, guzzles it down, spews it into the crowd, and then smashes the container on his forehead. Gore then wades through the main floor crowd to the ring.  He climbs up on the apron, pulls out yet another cup of mocha, guzzles that one down, spews it into the crowd, and then smashes the container on his forehead.

Gore in the ring.

Gore: I suppose you all want to know what went down between Keith Olbermann and Current TV.   All I can say is that Mr. Olbermann, who was paid a lot of money for showing up periodically to do his show and didn’t keep up his end of the bargain, apparently wants tens of millions more for not working.  As the old adage says, when the law’s on your side you argue the law.  When the law and the facts aren’t on your side, you pound the table.  Let’s just say that Mr. Olbermann is well versed in pounding the table.

Voice: Hold on a second, Al!

Keith Olbermann and the minions of his Olbermann Broadcast Empire, formerly known as  FOK, David Schuster and Shannyn Moore, walk out.

Olbermann: The Mets put Andres Torres on the DL today. That seems to have as much relevance to my lawsuit as anything you just said, Al.

Gore smiles and hands Olbermann a piece of paper.

Gore: This has plenty of relevance, Keith.  Consider yourself served.

Suave: OLBERMANN JUST GOT SERVED…OH, SUIT PAPERS!

Olbermann’s face turns red and he tackles Gore.

Suave: CAT-FIIIIIIIIIGHT!  CAT-FIIIIIIIGHT!

The OBE try to separate the two.

BACKSTAGE
‘The Massachusetts Redblood’ Mitt Romney talks with PCW Investigative Reporter Woodward Bernstein.

Romney: It’s time to get going.  It’s time to start focusing on November’s PCW Extreme Election Night 2012 and PCW CEO Barack Obama (D-IL).  It’s enough to make you think that years of flying around on Air Force One, surrounded by an adoring staff of true believers telling you what a great job you are doing, well, that might be enough to make you a little out of touch.

Bernstein: And?

Romney: And…that’s all.

Bernstein: Oh.  You’re not going to screw up the aftermath of a victory again?

Romney: Not this time.

(1) Daniel-San vs. Steve Torino- Used Car Salesman- no contest

Daniel-San was about to slap on the Labell Lock when former allies John Creese and the Cobra Conservatives came out and attacked the former PCW Champion.

The Cobra Cons stomp away at a helpless Daniel-San until the crowd roars and Mrs. Miyagi sprints out with Halitosis- The Insane Luchador with the even more Insane Breath,  to the ring.  Halitosis uses his lethal breath to knock out the Cobra Cons and Creese escapes through the ropes.

Daniel-San sees Mrs. Miyagi and tries to shake her hand.  Mrs. Miyagi turns around and leaves before he can do so.

Bobby Petrino Motorcycle Accident
Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino shuffles to the ring.  He admits that he didn’t fully disclose the fact that there was a 25 year old female passenger riding with him after his recent motorcycle accident.

Petrino: I have been in constant pain, medicated and the circumstances involving the wreck have come out in bits and pieces. That said I certainly had a concern about Jessica Dorrell’s name being revealed.  In hindsight, I showed a serious mistake in judgment when I chose not to be more specific about those details. Today, I’ve acknowledged this previous inappropriate relationship with my family and those within the athletic department administration.

Suave: Apparently, Jessica Dorrell turned down riding First Class to her upcoming wedding and rode Coach… *rimshot*

Petrino then added…

Petrino: Do you know who I am?  This is the freakin’ SEC.  I’ve won 21 games at Arkansas over the past two seasons…

Arkansas Razorbacks fan: Y’all, there’s two college football coaches better than anyone else in the country- Nick Saban and Bobby Petrino.   Sooooo-eeee.

Suave: Bama is ‘Roll Tide.’  Petrino is ‘Stop, Drop, and Roll.’

(2) Scott Walker’s (R-WI) Rangers: Ronnie and John Walker (R) def. Flavin and Tony Dreamboat

The Walkers win when Flavin tried to clock Ronnie Walker with the oversized clock around his neck and missed.  Ronnie then got the roll up pin for the victory.

Post match, the PCW Tag Team Champions Big Union: ‘The Self Described Savior of the Middle Class’ Big Labor and James the Jeep Worker (D) attacked the Walkers.  Once again, Rebecca Kleefisch (R-WI) is cornered- this time by Union Maid, and bombarded with invectives from both Big Labor and James.

*’Can You Hear the People Sing’ from Les Miserables plays*

Charlie Blackwell and Mike the Mechanic aka The American Heartland Coalition run out and make the save for Kleefisch.  Big Union leaves the ring but Blackwell tells them to wait.

Blackwell: The number one problem with PCW is that both the Republican and Democrats have sold their souls to their special interest groups at our expense.  The number two problem is that both Republicans and Democrats have a virtual monopoly on the political processes and have effectively excluded the American people a choice. As of right now, the PCW is going to be stuck with making the following choice for PCW CEO: a Democrat  who promised change but delivered the same hardline political partisanism that he was supposedly against and a challenger foisted up by a Republican establishment totally out of touch with Main Street America.

Big Labor takes a step towards the ring but he’s blocked by Blackwell’s Les Miserables.

Mike the Mechanic:  Charlie’s right.  That’s not democracy. And both parties are so far out of touch with what’s really going on with average Americans that voting for either candidate in the fall when gas prices are ridiculously high, housing values have decreased, jobs aren’t coming back, is basically a coin flip. You can vote for one party who does the bidding of their special interest groups or you can vote for the other. Partisans win- the American people lose.

Suave: Earlier in the night, PCW Television Champion ‘The One Man Hollywood A-List’ Stone Chism quietly signed off on the contract to face PCW’s Queen of Extreme Valora Salinas in June at PCW Loose Cannons unleashed 8.

REPLAY: Tuesday Night’s PCW Wild in Wisconsin
Chism: What did I tell you?  Valora’s a chick.  She’s not a real chick though because everyone knows real chicks support Democrats.  She knows there’s no way in hell that she can beat me.  She’s probably back home washing the dishes or cleaning the house-

Out of nowhere, Valora jumps Chism and blasts him in the head with a lead pipe.

Suave: HOLY CRAP!

Valora busts him open with a second lead pipe shot and then puts the Katahajime on him.

Immediately, Harry Reid (D-NV) and Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) race to the ring and start shouting for help.   Code Pink and Emily S. List run down.  Valora lets go of Chism and then decks both with a double clothesline.  She rams Code Pink’s head into the corner turnbuckle.  Then she flings List through the ropes to the floor.

Chism tries to get up.  Valora hits a running dropkick and Chism goes right back down.  Valora drags the PCW Television Champion to the table and puts her finger in the bloody cut on Chism’s face.  Then she signs the contract with Chism’s blood and as PCW security hits the ring, slides out and heads to the back.

Suave then reports on the Brad Company-Health Care- PCW Super Court situation.  Following arguments made before the Super Court, the matter was now in the hands of the Super Court justices to make their decision.

PCW Hall of Fame Class Announced
Suave announced the inductees to the PCW HOF:
Wrestlers: ‘No Frills’ Chris Escondido (I) and Starz N. Stripes (also known as ‘American Citizen’ Kevin Scott) (R)
Politicians: ‘The American Screamer’ Howard Dean (D-VT) and ‘The Mastermind’ Karl Rove

The class will be inducted at PCW’s Loose Cannons Unleashed 8 PPV in June.

House Show Highlights
Suave reveals that there was an incident last night at a PCW House show between PCW Women’s Champion Kathryn Randall Collins and Miss USA.

KRC came out to cut a promo and then described Miss USA having a child as a ‘career killer.’

KRC: Her career will never be what it should have been because of the choice she made.

Miss USA than ran out and another pull apart brawl ensued.

Suave: It’s going to happen…sooner than later.  KRC vs. Miss USA.

Tom Tebow- Tim Tebow’s long lost, black sheep brother

Tebow is in the ring and rips Peyton Manning once again.  This time, Manning walks out and challenges Tebow to a match.  Tebow accepts but Manning then sends down the Japanese SuperDestroyer Yamamoto Tanaka (R).

Tanaka wins in short order with Manning cheering him on with the Japanese SuperDestroyer.

On the ramp clapping- New York Jet QB Mark Sanchez??????

Points Standings (from Real Clear Politics):
Romney- 655
Santorum- 272
Gingrich- 140
Paul- 67

I don’t dislike Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich and if either of them were the GOP nominee I would happily vote for him against Barack Obama.  And there’s no question that either of them argue splendidly for so many of the mainstream conservative positions on a wide range of issues we care about.

I’m voting for Rick Santorum for President here in Pennsylvania on April 24 because he best articulates our issues and isn’t afraid to speak to the forgotten values voters of the GOP who have been the so often forgotten group yet who vote, work for and donate for every candidate we put up against leftists for the past generation.

I’m for Rick Santorum because above any other issue or quality people in America vote by wide margins for the people they think are good men and women, who live by the principles they espouse, and who are guided by their faith and who, however they stumble and sin, always return to the course set by their moral compass.

I’m for Rick Santorum, not because he merely speaks to the issues but has lived his life in accordance with those principles.

I’m for Santorum not because he has the best voting or track record but because on the issues we conservatives have cared about the most while he was a U.S. Senator, everyone active in our cause knew he was the “go to” guy who could be counted on not just to vote right but to do the behind the scenes work that helps you win.

I’m not “against” Romney or Gingrich.  I am sick and tired of hearing those candidates or their supporters get excessively zealous in extolling the negatives of their competitors.

Yes I already know that Obama can claim some of his ObamaCare ideas – particularly the idea of a “mandate” – came from Romneycare.  And I don’t like it.   I know that Romney has done very little to make the leadership of the conservative cause – national security and economics conservatives but most especially the values voters who he feels don’t trust him – feel comfortable with him.  I know he hasn’t reached out as he should have.

Yes I already know about Newt Gingrich’s indiscretions in his life – what he and Catholics call sin – and also that this is his past, not his present.  More important, I already know that Newt as House Speaker actually cut down some conservative movement initiatives and had the mentality that we could fund activities from the federal government that would get our majority reelected.

I know Gingrich made many of our most important conservative leaders very angry and frustrated to the point that when he stumbled, they deserted him and forced him to resign.

And yes, I already know that Rick Santorum’s labor record wasn’t perfect – even though big labor in Pennsylvania always vigorously opposed him in every election.   And I know that you should never speak about your faith or your belief in Jesus Christ, or refer to the “centrality of faith in your life.”

I know that every one of our three mainstream conservative candidates has issues that conservatives can argue disqualify them.  I don’t buy it.  Any of them would be much better watching on TV, and reading their words in the newspapers, and listening to them on the radio, and seeing and hearing about them every time I connect my computer to the internet for the next four years, than the current occupant of our White House.

It seems every time we hear Barack Obama speak it is some new attack on the free enterprise capitalist system, a new attack on our Constitution, a fresh assault on our institutions, a new justification for socialism.  Or all of the above.

I don’t want to see an entire generation growing up with that kind of influence in their lives so I’m voting for Rick Santorum and whether he wins or loses on April 24 here in Pennsylvania, I’m voting against Barack Obama and for the Republican nominee for President in 2012.

I’m not going to listen to brand new Tea Party activists to tell me who to vote for, to tell me who they think stinks, when they admit they slumbered through the election of Barack Obama and did nothing to stop Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid from winning such enormous majorities in the House and Senate and helping Obama begin his work to “transform” America.

I respect the newcomers but so many of them – often the loudest of them – are ignorant of history, need to spend a little more time reading the constitution and learning about the Christian faith of the founding fathers, learn about the giants of the conservative cause upon whose shoulders they are standing and above all, they should stop sounding so danged bitter and angry, smile a little more, and offer constructive alternatives and make a better effort to play nicely with the other kids who were already in the sandbox they are claiming leadership of.  If they make that effort they’ll find they are very welcome, their meetings will stop shrinking and they will have much more influence in America in the future.

And I most certainly am not going to listen to people whose websites and facebook pages constantly remind their followers that we are not conservatives, who constantly  proclaim their hatred of  the establishment, the bankers, the corporations, Wall Street, the Jews, the Zionists, the Republicans, the neocons, the military. They sound like Occupy Wall Street, like the anti-war, pro-drug, hateful leftists of the 1970′s who always complained about “the establishment” and who wanted to “tear it all down.”

They come into our  midst for the sole purpose of proclaiming their hatred of so much that we conservatives believe, and when they do not get their way in the party which is most hospitable to us, they storm out of “our room” and vote for another candidate.  I trust them only when they say they are not of our cause and hate us.

No, I’m not speaking of lower case “L” libertarians who I very much like and listen to carefully – they are people who I do listen to even if I don’t always agree with them.

Whether it is their concerns about the Patriot Act and its setting aside of the 4th amendment guarantee against unreasonable search and seizure, or their concerns about setting up a national “E-Verify” system to stop illegal immigration.

They raise valid points worthy of consideration by all of us who love freedom.

And for all the arguments in favor of E-Verify I surely am concerned about any proposal to require the federal government’s “permission” before an employer is allowed to hire me, and worried about allowing police officers to stop people without probable cause, if they are suspicious abut whether or not you have proper insurance (yes that was in legislation in one state).

I do not know how a free people could be willing to tolerate “sobriety checkpoints” to allow police officers to ignore the fourth amendment because nowhere do the Bill of Rights give government the right to exempt themselves from the restraints on their authority to steal our freedoms.

On these and many other issues I’m very much open to considering ideas from “lower case L” libertarians and to working with them on those issues where we agree.

But people who proclaim their hatred of conservatism and conservatives, should not have any influence on you and me, except to note that they hate Rick Santorum more than anyone else running for President including Barack Obama and their reverse endorsement alone should be sufficient argument for us all to vote for Santorum.

I’m not impressed with those who argue that voting for someone other than their Third Party Champion temporarily GOP candidate for President is a sellout to liberal Republicans.

Those who shout at us that we are selling out to liberal Republicans like that are the same people who never walk the precincts for conservative challengers, make the phone calls, write out the donation checks and in between elections stand shoulder to shoulder using the full range of tools available to each and every one of us to influence public policy as American citizens.

They are on the scene for the sole purpose of trying to confuse us, divide us and defeat Republicans – and so they are the ally of liberal Democrats whose hatred of and smears against conservatives they often emulate.

I’m for Rick Santorum because even what so many consider his weakness, is to me, his defining strength, his willingness to defy liberal-left orthodoxy by whatever name it calls itself, and clearly say that the centrality of faith is foremost on his mind and in his heart when he stands up in the public policy process to articulate his views.

I respect the conservative leaders who counsel us to vote for Romney or Gingrich, and I pray that we will all keep in mind that our minor divisions during this primary – which will soon end – are as nothing compared to the urgent need to remove Barack Obama as President and bring to an end his domination of the Congress and the courts.

I will proudly vote for Rick Santorum just like the Reaganites of old who worked their hearts out for him in 1976 and again in 1980.

They didn’t care so much whether Reagan won or not – it wasn’t what influenced them to make their stand with him.

Those old Reaganites knew that when their children and their children’s children asked, if God forbid today is the high water mark of freedom in the United States, what did you do Grandpa, to stop this from happening, you’ll have an answer to give them that enables you to hold your head up high and not be embarrassed.

If years from now it is but a distant memory what the Constitution actually meant and what freedom actually was, and my kids and grandkids ask me, I’ll tell them there was a fellow who, however imperfect, represented the last best hope for our cause, spoke most clearly to our vision of freedom and right, and your grandpa donated money to him, voted for him in Pennsylvania and took every chance he could find to write to influence others, to join me now in standing with Rick Santorum.

I hope I’ll never have that conversation with my kids or grandkids but instead can tell them, there once was a threat so bad, a darkness so close to extinguishing the light, that it is hard for you kids to imagine it.

And I pray that God willing I will be there to tell them, there we overcame so many who wrote and said that those who know right from wrong, who unashamedly articulate our belief in God, who had true courage, must driven out of public office.  But our people looked at the faith of those who would be their leaders, and chose them and ignored the critics.

I do not know whether I’ll be telling my kids and my grandkids, if God allows me to be here, that this today is the high water mark of freedom and that after 2012 we are in fact transformed as Obama says he will do, or will this be the turnaround that saves the American system that has worked so well these past two centuries.

But the issue is in doubt today, so my vote is for Rick Santorum now that it is my turn to vote here in Pennsylvania.

And when this is over and done, whether Rick Santorum is our champion as the GOP nominee or not, I will cheerfully and gladly keep in mind where our enemy is – there on the left – far far to the left – stands the one who with his allies aims to finish the job he has started, with a wrecking ball to the work of the American founding fathers – and our standing together united and facing towards him, may be what decides the issue.

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Santorum Wins Big In Louisiana by a 2 to 1 Margin

By Scott Rohter, March 2012

Out funded and out spent since the beginning of the Republican Primary by nearly ten to one, nevertheless Rick Santorum still managed to beat Mitt Romney in Louisiana’s March Primary by almost a two to one margin. If it hadn’t been for three former Republican candidates who long ago suspended their campaigns, but whose names still appeared on the March ballots, Rick Santorum would have received over fifty percent of the votes. What does that mean for Mitt Romney? It means a lot more, tough slogging through the Southern States, and in parts of the Midwest, because the favorite son of the “Elite Political Establishment” is not liked nearly as much as he needs to be, in order to wrap up this Primary and put it “in the bag.” It means more fundraising efforts by Mitt and his Mitt PACs, and further spending of nearly endless amounts of money in order to win the Republican nomination!

The more money Romney has to spend, the more money he has to raise. And the more money he raises the more Mitt Romney is beholden, – the more he is compromised. Mitt Romney is trying to buy the Republican nomination, and as such he will be the most wholly owned subsidiary of the Republican Establishment that we have ever had! If he manages to pull this off and win the Republican Primary, he will be the second most compromised candidate in US history, next to Barack Obama. And if he somehow manages to win the General Election, his first term in office will literally be something akin to indentured servitude!

“Beholden” is not the only thing that Mitt Romney has in common with Barack Obama. Please don’t forget “O’Romney Care.” But how can you forget it? After all it is the model for ObamaCare! Mitt Romney has to raise and spend nearly ten times as much money as Rick Santorum does, in order to achieve approximately the same results. Newt Gingrich whose campaign is based solely upon the financial contributions of one man in particular, Sheldon Adelson, doesn’t have to worry about raising any money at all, as long as the purse strings to his Las Vegas “casino sugar daddy” are not cut. But if Adelson, who is Americas 8th richest man, ever gets tired of pimping out Newt Gingrich to the Republican Party, then Mister Speaker is going to be “misteriously” out of luck!

It has been both surprising and gratifying to watch the sky-rocketing surge of little known Senator Rick Santorum’s Presidential campaign from his Pennsylvania launch pad, while Newt Gingrich’s heavily financed and more popular twin engine Atlanta based turbo prop can’t even seem to taxi down the runway to take off. I think I can explain the phenomena this way. It is the, “Oh no you’re not going to give us another RINO Republican candidate this time” response from the conservative base of the Republican Party. The oft-maligned and much ignored conservative base of the Republican Party is actually waking up and stretching its wings before the November election. And it is making itself heard!

It is perfectly obvious that neither Mitt Romney nor Newt Gingrich has the trust and support of the conservative base of their Party. Most conservatives have said Nyet to “Newt-Romney”. They have said NO to both progressive Republican Establishment candidates this year. Senator Santorum is the alternative to another progressive, or another RINO like George W. Bush or John McCain. It is apparent that most anti-Establishment Republicans find Rick Santorum to be an honest, likeable, trustworthy, and intelligent man, NOT perfect, but consistent enough to be credible, and quite capable of exercising leadership. And he is worthy of their vote. What’s more he is REAL. He owns up to his positions on the important, and the difficult issues.

Personally I would be honored to have Rick Santorum represent me as my President. He is not like some of the other candidates who have had their images dreamed up and refined by Madison Avenue political consultants, and their positions on the issues honed over the years by surveys, and by hundreds of hours of painstaking political calculations. Rick Santorum is genuine, and he is for real and his Presidential campaign is also for real. Foreign Policy is a very important part of being the President of United States, and Rick Santorum has the foreign policy experience and the intelligence to lead our country in a dangerous world.

You can read all of my articles at  http://www.lessgovisthebestgov.com/

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Santorum Wins Big In
Louisiana by a 2 to 1 Margin

By Scott Rohter,
March 2012

Out funded and out spent since the beginning of the Republican Primary by
nearly ten to one, nevertheless Rick Santorum still managed to beat Mitt Romney
in Louisiana’s March Primary by almost a two to one margin.  If it hadn’t been for three former Republican
candidates who long ago suspended their campaigns, but whose names still
appeared on the March ballots, Rick Santorum would have received over fifty
percent of the votes.  What does
that mean for Mitt Romney?  It means a
lot more, tough slogging through the Southern States, and in parts of the
Midwest, because the favorite son of the “Elite Political Establishment” is not
liked nearly as much as he needs to be, in order to wrap up this Primary and
put it “in the bag.”  It means more
fundraising efforts by Mitt and his Mitt PACs, and further spending of nearly
endless amounts of money in order to win the Republican nomination!

The more money Romney has to spend, the more money he has to raise. And
the more money he raises the more Mitt Romney is beholden, – the more he is
compromised.  Mitt Romney is trying to
buy the Republican nomination, and as such he will be the most wholly owned
subsidiary of the Republican Establishment that we have ever had!  If he manages to pull this off and win the
Republican Primary, he will be the second most compromised candidate in US
history, next to Barack Obama.  And if he
somehow manages to win the General Election, his first term in office will
literally be something akin to indentured servitude!

“Beholden” is not the only thing that Mitt Romney has in common with
Barack Obama. Please don’t forget “O’Romney Care.”  But how can you forget it? After all it is the
model for ObamaCare!  Mitt Romney has to
raise and spend nearly ten times as much money as Rick Santorum does, in order to
achieve approximately the same results.
Newt Gingrich whose campaign is based solely upon the financial
contributions of one man in particular, Sheldon Adelson, doesn’t have to worry
about raising any money at all, as long as the purse strings to his Las Vegas “casino
sugar daddy” are not cut. But if Adelson, who is Americas 8^th
richest man, ever gets tired of pimping out Newt Gingrich to the Republican
Party, then Mister Speaker is going to be “misteriously” out of luck!

It has been both surprising and gratifying to watch the sky-rocketing
surge of little known Senator Rick Santorum’s Presidential campaign from his
Pennsylvania launch pad, while Newt Gingrich’s heavily financed and more
popular twin engine Atlanta based turbo prop can’t even seem to taxi down the
runway to take off.  I think I
can explain the phenomena this way.  It
is the, “Oh no you’re not going to give
us another RINO Republican candidate this time” response from the
conservative base of the Republican Party.
The oft-maligned and much ignored conservative base of the Republican
Party is actually waking up and stretching its wings before the November
election.  And it is making itself heard!

It is perfectly obvious that neither Mitt Romney nor Newt
Gingrich has the trust and support of the conservative base of their Party.  Most conservatives have said Nyet to
“Newt-Romney”.  They have said NO to
both progressive Republican Establishment candidates this year.  Senator Santorum is the alternative to
another progressive, or another RINO like George W. Bush or John McCain.  It is apparent that most anti-Establishment
Republicans find Rick Santorum to be an honest, likeable, trustworthy, and
intelligent man, NOT perfect, but consistent enough to be credible, and quite
capable of exercising leadership.  And he
is worthy of their vote.  What’s more he
is REAL. He owns up to his positions on the important, and the difficult issues.

Personally I would be honored to have Rick Santorum
represent me as my President. He is not like some of the other candidates who
have had their images dreamed up and refined by Madison Avenue political
consultants, and their positions on the issues honed over the years by surveys,
and by hundreds of hours of painstaking political calculations. Rick Santorum
is genuine, and he is for real and his Presidential campaign is also for
real.  Foreign Policy is a very
important part of being the President of United States, and Rick Santorum has
the foreign policy experience and the intelligence to lead our country in a dangerous
world. 

You can read all of my articles at http://www.lessgovisthebestgov.com/

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Following a meeting of the York County GOP for a “candidates forum at a (I kid you not) “Country Club” in York last night, there still appears no movement on the issue of strongest interest to the “values voters” of Pennsylvania, the “Women’s Right to Know” House Bill 1077, called by other media sources and liberals the “ultrasound” bill.

I’ve been reporting developments on this after 28 legislators followed State Rep. Scott Perry, a candidate for an open seat in this very red state part of the Commonwealth, in withdrawing their HB 1077 sponsorship.

The GOP legislator’s retreat – leaving their other colleagues on the battlefield – came about after the Planned Parenthood advocates had launched a phony and false campaign claiming that the law would force women seeking abortions (euphemism: “women’s healthcare”) to be “raped” with a “vaginal probe.”

The claim is utterly false.

But a major part of the problem may very well be found at the sparseness in the attendance at this past Friday morning’s “internet activist” school at the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference (PLC).

I note with sadness that, as usual, the crowd was MUCH larger to hear the big name speakers – Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Gov. Nikki Haley, and dinner speaker, Fox TV commentator and pollster Frank Luntz but much thinner to hear the “how to” part of the conference – how to IMPLEMENT the conservative ideas.

Yes, the size of the crowd wanting to learn how to better influence public policy in the “activist workshop” was so very small – 1/10th the size – at the high water mark of an impressive 800 attendees at this past weekend’s PLC – the Commonwealth’s version of the Washington, DC based Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the state capital area of Harrisburg.

If only more people were willing to learn how to use Facebook, twitter and other social media, including free blog options such as blogger, wordpress and of course, the ready-to-go without any fuss at all option of RED STATE, then conservatives wouldn’t be so outnumbered when it comes to facing off in battles with the left.

The 9 AM conference kick off started with an “Activist Workshop” conducted by three ladies who focused on Twitter while mentioning the other “social media” – and they were full of noteworthy success stories.

Jennifer Stefano, is the state director of Americans for Prosperity and their related Foundation in PA.  Katy Abrams is the same two groups’ Director of Policy.  And Mary Ellen Betty is Director of Citizen Outreach at the Franklin Center.

One of them reported that in Pennsylvania the liberal-left has our side massively outnumbered when it comes to the use of social media, and as a direct result they often make it appear to legislators they are trying to influence that they have far more citizens on their side than we conservatives do.

And as a result, battles are won and lost on twitter and facebook and with blogging, that could otherwise have been won if more conservatives used these tools instead of not even participating in the battles.

Nowhere is this one-sided disparity more evident than in the recent defeat for conservatives in Harrisburg when 28 legislators followed State Rep. Scott Perry in withdrawing their sponsorship of “The Women’s Right to Know” legislation (House Bill 1077) in the face of an onslaught of emails and phone calls launched by advocates for Planned Parenthood.

The liberal-left’s phony campaign for “women’s rights” and “women’s health” is in truth, a demand that legislators keep women in the dark and not allow them to see the ultra sound images which they admit are already done in 99% of all abortions they conduct.

Not wishing to slow things down or lose a few when some of the expectant mothers realize that the image they are looking at is their own flesh and blood child, a real baby, the abortion proponents who oppose passage of HB 1077 use the rather libertarian argument that they simply wish to stop the government from in effect, raping a woman who wants an abortion.

Yes, they claim it is a “rape” if you “force” the “health care provider” (their name for an abortion mill) to allow the woman to actually SEE the ultra sound image that shows their baby.

Such an image is ALREADY being done 99% of the time, as I reported in a previous article in this space, so there is no such truth to their claims.

They also claim that a “vaginal probe” is what the bill will require – which is also NOT what the Right to Life forces ever demanded and is NOT something that would happen.

But scaring the legislators to death with the “no vaginal probes” signs and rhetoric along with an onslaught of phone calls and emails for “women’s health” and “women’s rights” combined with their usually reliable media helpers’ frantic articles – overwhelmed HB 1077 supporters as much as 10 to 1 in some cases, the liberal-left won last week.

And the simple truth is that more of their side uses Twitter, Facebook and blogs – all free resources available to anyone – than our side does.

If you were sitting in a state legislator’s office two weeks ago with what can only be described as a massive artillery barrage from a hostile enemy coming down on your head, it would have surely looked to you like we are massively outnumbered and need to order an immediate retreat or be destroyed.

That is why State Rep. Scott Perry and 28 legislators withdrew their sponsorship, delighting the liberal-left forces employing their false “libertarian” argument simultaneously with their traditional “we want ours” arguments “in behalf of all women” combined with the “terror tactic” of claiming we were going to “vaginally probe” all the women who walk into a Planned Parenthood office.

Our sources report that Rep. Perry is prepared to meet with a group of HB 1077 supporters within the week to listen to their presentation and to explain what he is prepared to do to support their cause – but also to honestly ask them, WHAT are you prepared to do to help us win the next round with all that we are facing?

It is a pointed challenge which I wish to join him in asking.

Perry has emerged as a key figure in this battle because he seeks the GOP nomination to run for Congress in the 4th Congressional District of south central PA, an open seat with the pending retirement of the affable and popular six term U.S. Rep. Todd Platts, who generally has a less conservative voting record than his district supports.

One of Perry’s sympathizers told us we should note that with his military background, and with the overwhelming liberal-left-galvanized onslaught that legislators faced last week, he may have done what any battle commander of troops under sudden fire would have done.

Facing overwhelming and unexpected attack, rather than stand firm, and rather than charge forward, and seeing no help coming up behind him, no supporting artillery fire or air support, he backed away with his forces so as to minimize casualties and deny the enemy the chance to destroy his troops and take his position.

That argument is plausible when one reviews the record of Scott Perry on a host of other issues of major importance to conservatives where he has truly distinguished himself, such as his leading role in passage of the “Castle Doctrine,” the recently passed Voter ID law and on a host of anti-illegal immigration issues.

It would be ludicrous after all of that for anyone to think Scott Perry can be labeled “liberal” by any fair minded person.

But it doesn’t wash with those interested in the social issues and who feel they are always being ordered to “the back of the bus” and we’ll deal with your issues some other time as has happened to them time and again over recent years.

“They have no excuse for failure if they cannot pass such a simple and basic “Women’s Right to Know” bill and defeat Planned Parenthood and the liberal left minority when Republicans have control of the State House of Representatives, the State Senate and the Governor’s mansion here in Pennsylvania” we were told by one of the conservatives pushing for HB 1077 passage.

Another of my readers in south Central Pennsylvania, posted a message in reaction to my last report on this battle.  On her Facebook “wall” Ann Bunn wrote, referring to her GOP primary vote in next 30 days to select the GOP nominee to run for Congress,

“I’m not voting for Perry for sure.”  Ted Waga is firm on the life issue, I see.” (ie. from this past Saturday’s report).

“I’ve made up my mind-as a Catholic- the life issue is NON NEGOTIABLE. We are REQUIRED to be one issue voters if need be, or answer for it in the afterlife. Keep that in mind.”

What is important about such a comment is that Ann is not only a very active and knowledgeable Catholic and major user of the “social media” being taught at the “activist training workshop” this past Friday morning, but was also one of the organizers of the recent “candidate’s forum” of Americans for Christian Traditions in our Nation” (ACTION of PA) for the candidates for this congressional seat.

Besides being a member of the 12 person behind the scenes “working group” that put on the highly attended ACTION OF PA event, she and her husband hosted its first two meetings at their home, which helped build an attendance for the independent Christian-conservative activist group that was double the size with 150, of the “York County Republican Party Candidate Forum” held tonight at the Heritage Hills Country Club in York, with about 80 in attendance, held last night.

The huge disparity between the two groups’ similar events goes well beyond their size.

The GOP meeting was held at a country club much closer to the center of York County – no joke.

The York County ACTION group actually went OUTSIDE of their own county to a diner to make it more convenient to Adams County neighbors they hoped to attract to their Congressional district forum – and they still had double the Republican numbers.

The GOP group featured candidates for U.S. Senate, Statewide Office and candidates for various offices in the state.  The conservative Christian group had candidates for only two offices, an open House seat and an open State Representative seat.

And the most important distinction in comparing the two groups is not even the raw numbers.

Our source at the GOP meeting reports that every person in the room introduced themselves, table by table – and it turns out that most of the people present are actually candidates for office, or officeholders of the government or of the Republican Party.

At the GOP meeting it was mostly Chiefs but few Indians – mostly Generals and few troops.

In contrast, at the gathering of self described Christian conservatives there were mostly activists and donors and very few “generals” in attendance.

In other words, people like John and Ann Bunn who do not seek office, do not seek recognition, and who quietly make use of social media like Facebook to influence policy and build their small circle of like minded friends.

The “country club Republicans” had less than 20% of the volunteers that the conservative Christian group had.

The motivation of one group appears to be to hold onto their various offices they hold, while the other group is to influence policy in a conservative-Christian direction.

John and Ann were two of the many who volunteer their time for church, civic and conservative oriented issues regularly.  At that candidates’ forum it was but one more for them, where Ann was also the volunteer “vote counter” leading a group of 5 pairs of volunteers who tabulated the straw poll results for the GOP nomination for Congress and state representative.

That “straw vote” showed Rep. Scott Perry earning a major win versus second place retired US Army (Rangers) Major and attorney Sean Summers, 85.8% favorable rating versus 71.2%.

A very narrow third place favorable rating went to Ted Waga with 70.3% – barely 1 percentage point with four other candidates finishing behind those three with scores from the low of 55% to the 67.8 to York County Commissioner Chris Reilly.

So Ann may be considered representative or above average for a group which looks at “values voters issues” such as the right to life and the sanctity of marriage as their most critical concerns – even though Ann and her husband are both avid gun owners and concerned about many other conservative issues.

Ann came to my attention not only because of her work but because she went to the extra step – as an “internet activist” who spends at least a few minutes a day using these tools to influence public policy.

But she posted the link to one of my columns on this right to life issue at the facebook page of the rival to State Rep. Scott Perry’s bid for Congress – Ted Waga.

Waga told one of our sources this past week that he telephoned several state legislators to ask them to support HB 1077.  ”And it is also important to thank those who are standing firm so I also called to thank Rep. Stan Saylor” he reported.

Waga was saddened to learn in that phone call that Rep. Saylor was one of the legislators who joined Rep. Scott Perry in withdrawing as a sponsor of HB 1077.  You can communicate with Rep. Saylor at ssaylor@pahousegop.com.

In attendance at the GOP “country club” meeting last night, Ted Waga – along with our source – thanked Rep. Seth Grove for his continued support as a sponsor of HB 1077.

Seth also spoke at the “candidates forum” of the ACTION OF PA group last month where he received a very enthusiastic response to his remarks.

We were advised that, like all the other legislators who we have heard from, Rep. Grove last night reported that his mail and phone calls are running very much against HB 1077.

Rep. Grove said by a 5 to 3 margin the other side has the edge, but he is aware of other legislators who are facing FAR more unfriendly mail on this topic.

And therein lies the challenge for social conservatives, who I fear, may well be the most “backward” of the three branches of the conservative cause (defense, economic and social issue conservatives), often not even checking their email but once a week, and having no facebook page, and not even being aware of what “tweeting” means and rarely being involved or reading websites like RED STATE.

Either we learn and make better use, in better numbers, of these social media and internet tools as Ann Bunn does.  Or we will lose 28 legislators as we just did who are not ready to “die on that hillside” defending our views in  Harrisburg and Washington against a foe who appears to outnumber us by such a large margin on an issue such as HB 1077.

It does little good after the battle is lost, to elect a new legislator to the state senate or house of representatives or to the Congress, who will still be heavily outnumbered because the other side keeps beating us in the numbers of phone calls and emails generated to influence policy.

We either need thousands more of the John and Ann Bunn’s, or we need to get used to losing.

It isn’t just a matter of whether or not they vote conservative, as this battle for HB 1077 clearly illustrates.

I reported recently on seven legislators who wrote a “letter to the editor” explaining why they support HB 1077, for example.

That won’t affect their vote rating but conservatives should understand who is a leader and who is a follower.  It takes a little extra effort.

Erick Erickson wrote of this very matter several times recently, pointing to a great conservative leader in Illinois who went down to defeat in a primary – and who has constantly been a reliable fighter for our causes.

Another candidate for the open Congressional seat which State Rep. Scott Perry and Ted Waga are seeking is the candidate who finished in 2nd place, Sean Summers in that ACTION of PA straw poll last month.

Asked his position on HB 1077 at the GOP “candidates forum” country club meeting in York last night he said he is not going to get involved in that one.

“What about the fact that you are a voter and a citizen in this area, and can have an influence that way” we were told he was asked.  But he declined to further comment.

Sean Summers has much to recommend him as a candidate – as witnessed by his edging out Ted Waga by one percentage point at last month’s ACTION of PA gathering mentioned above.

But would Summers have finished second with this group if they knew back then, that on HB 1077 which their members support so strongly, he would have no comment and not be willing to get involved?

Our source who provided this information had ranked him a “4″ (as did his wife) in the straw poll after hearing him but would have given him a zero if he knew this answer back then.

If three others in the room (and you can be sure Ann Bunn and her husband would have been two of them) then Summers would have finished 3rd behind Ted Waga instead of ahead of him by one percentage point.

You can do the math for yourself at the website that the raw vote totals were posted.

Summers had 427 points (each person can vote a score of 1 to 5 as their evaluation, 5 being the highest).  Waga had 422.

If two people who gave them both a “4″ ranking after hearing them, changed to 5 for Waga and “1″ for Summers that is a differential of 3 points for each.

Five people doing that would have removed 15 points from Summers, giving them to Waga who would have easily jumped into a commanding 2nd place finish.

To catch up to Scott Perry a change by (to make up the 93 points difference) just 16 people in the room would have altered the outcome and produced a victory for the unknown Sergeant who works as a Baltimore County Police Officer against the well known State Representative with so many endorsements from party officials.

But the fact remains, one side in this battle is “swamping the boat” of state Representatives with mail and our side ain’t it.

If HB 1077 is not to be lost – instead of just delayed – it may very well happen ONLY if a large number of people who read this column, take action as we recommend.

One of the presenters at that sparsely attended internet workshop this past Friday at the PA Leadership Conference said that, despite popular perception, our goal should NOT be to simply elect more good people to office so we win battles like this one.

Remember: we ALREADY HAVE a majority we helped elect in Harrisuburg, PA.

Our goal should be, attendees at the “Internet Activist” school were told, to make the bad ones afraid to vote against us when there is a showdown in the legislature.

Not just win elections and then go home til next time.

All too often I see conservatives just complain when the vote doesn’t go the way we want.  So many of the loudest complainers don’t participate in Republican Party primaries – often because (they loudly say) they cannot see any difference between the two Parties.

Talk about a self fulfilling prophesy: if those complainers had their way MORE conservatives would not participate, and then MORE often, we’d see more liberal Republicans winning the primaries and then we would be faced with EXACTLY what they were complaining about – no choice between the Republican liberal and the Democrat liberal in the general election.

We need to engage here, and we need to use the social media tools to stay more informed, a little bit every day.

You can help by learning more about Facebook, twitter and other forms of social media – such as RED STATE but most important, by reaching out to others to bring them in with you as well.

You can build your Facebook and twitter following (I am inspired by this just as I hope you are – and challenged to learn more) a little bit every day, every week.

And you can influence state legislators – especially on issues like HB 1077, the Women’s Right to Know bill, by using the options available here at RED STATE to bring this information to the attention of other people – to build website platforms like RED STATE, ever larger.

If there were more RED STATE readers, if there were more people in PA and across America who did as I asked – write an email or make a phone call to the key players in this right to life battle being fought out in Harrisburg and in Washington we’d do much better in getting our legislation passed and our opponents stopped.

Perhaps you consider them to be hard, callous, non-caring people – the GOP leaders who measure each sides’ numbers before they decide how they will vote in Harrisburg and in Washington, DC.

Perhaps you are angry at State and Washington GOP leaders who count heads and count incoming emails and phone calls.

Perhaps if Robert E. Lee had done that better and in advance – counted heads and studied the terrain and his enemy order of battle – at Gettysburg the North would not have won that pivotal battle of the Civil War.

But he charged into battle without reports from his cavalry “eyes and ears” – the missing Gen. JEB Stuart.  The “glorious cause” as they called it, failed because of no recon.

Lee attacked an enemy who had the hilltops, had better interior lines vs his forces spread out and less able to communicate, and had larger and better positioned artillary.  He simply didn’t have that information.

There’s a lesson to be learned here.

I don’t get angry at those who can count.

I want to learn how to count too, and change the order of battle so we have better chances of winning.

I want to study what our enemy is doing so we can marshal our best arguments to defeat them AND TO THEN SHARE that information with my friends and allies – better “interior lines of communication” with my own troops as Robert E. Lee did not have at Gettysburg but his union opponent, DID.

Another source reminds me that in the Vietnam war, American platoons were sometimes sent into battle to seize a hill, suffered enormous casualties and then departed, leaving the Communists to re-take the hill at no cost.

Battles such as that caused many Americans to simply give up on the Vietnam war and demand politicians end it.  The enemy won in part, because our side messed up and they wore us down.

“There are Republicans in Harrisburg determined not to fight any “Hamburger Hill” battles that make them lose their majority in the State House, Senate and even lose the Governor’s mansion” I was told by this source.

So we will either need to do better in communicating to our representatives WHILE INCREASING our ranks – readers of RED STATE, twitter followers, facebook friends.

Or take solace in joining Ann Bunn in voting for candidates for office who were not afraid despite the odds, after we lose yet another battle.

For me, I’d rather have it all.  Fight the right battles in the right place and then ALSO help the best candidates best able and willing to lead for us, to win primaries and go on to win elections.

You can help in this one battle – no Hamburger Hill is this – to help pass “The Women’s Right to Know” bill by sending an email or making a phone call (or both) to some of the pivotal figures in the battle:

State Representative Kathy Rapp is the main sponsor – write to thank her – of the “Women’s Right to Know” bill, HB 1077.  klrapp@pahousegop.com

State Representative Scott Perry wants to be a US Congressman from a very “red” part of Pennsylvania  district with an open seat, but has withdrawn as a sponsor of HB 1077.  Write him – noting he has been a past strong champion of many conservative battles and served this country in uniform – at SPerry@pahousegop.com.

If you live in Pennsylvania these two resources should get your immediate attention – they have information on how you can help and especially, how to send an email to your own state Representative and State Senator.

PA Family Institute “Action webpage for HB 1077″

And,

State Rep. Kathy Rapp’s “Action” page for HB 1077.

You can help by sending those emails, making those phone calls, and if you live in PA visit those two sites and take further action.  And you can share the link to this article with others as Ann Bunn did.

You can open a Facebook page if you haven’t already, expand your circle of friends, and relentlessly promote over there, the articles you like best over here – it is but a simple “click” at the top of this page.

If you are not yet registered at RED STATE then do it – you can from within our ranks, from within this site, have much better ability to use the tools that are here, only if you register.  I hope you will.

The fight for passage of the “Women’s Right to Know,” HB 1077, is no Hamburger Hill, no senseless battle to seize a hilltop that has no real value.

This is a battle to curb unfettered power by the far left supporters of Planned Parenthood, who ruthlessly lie about “vaginal probes” to whip their followers into a mad frenzy and persuade frightened state legislators that they will lose their majorities if they do not yield the hill and retreat from the fight.

We conservatives must stand our ground and demand action.  But we must increase our influence by being better armed for these battles – and RED STATE and social media in combination, along with better numbers, is essential in my view.

If a Republican Party with majority control in Pennsylvania cannot deliver on this HB 1077, then when can we ever win for the so often maligned and ignored values voters of the Republican Party?  And if not right now, here, then when, and where?