Thursday, August 13, 2015
From: Gary L. Bauer
Veterans Ad Gets BIG Boost
Earlier this week we told you about an extremely powerful ad opposing the nuclear deal with Iran. The ad features Staff Sergeant Robert Bartlett, an American hero who was wounded by an Iranian IED in 2005. Sergeant Bartlett warns politicians who support this deal with Iran that they “will have blood on their hands.”
The ad could be a game changer in this debate. If you haven’t seen it yet, watch it here and be certain to share it with friends and family members.
The ad is so effective that an organization led by a bi-partisan group of former senators — Evan Bayh (D-IN), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Norm Coleman (R-MN) and Joe Lieberman (D-CT) — is committing more than $6 million to run the ad in nine states.
The American people already know this is a bad deal. Just wait until more people see this ad!
Congress Must Demand Better
In making their case, President Obama and his allies have repeatedly insisted that Congress should not dare to reject this deal because no better deal is possible and America would “lose credibility” if the deal is voted down. Again, the American people don’t agree and, ultimately, the Congress answers to us, not the president.
But, once again, the administration is distorting the facts. Congress has routinely demanded changes to treaties and international agreements or it has rejected them. Consider this excerpt from a Wall Street Journal column:
“Congress has flatly rejected international agreements signed by the executive branch at least 130 times in U.S. history. Twenty-two treaties were voted down. According to 1987 and 2001 Congressional Research Service reports, the Senate has permanently blocked at least 108 other treaties by refusing to vote on them. Moreover, . . . more than 200 treaties agreed by the executive branch were subsequently modified with Senate-required changes before receiving Senate consent and finally entering into force.”
In fact, the Senate rejected several treaties with the Soviet Union until stronger measures to detect and combat Soviet cheating were adopted. “These renegotiations succeeded despite the fact that the Soviet Union, with its nuclear-armed missiles pointed at U.S. cities, had far more leverage than Iran does now,” the Journal column notes.
Previous presidents respected our system of divided government and the prerogatives of the co-equal branch of government to weigh in. Previous Congresses had the courage to defend their authority and demand needed changes to treaties and international agreements.
Congress can, has and must now demand a better deal!
ACTION ITEM: Call your members of Congress at 202-224-3121 and tell them to oppose the Iranian Nuclear deal.
Faith Under Fire
The battle to defend religious liberty is erupting once again as the demands of the radical left conflict with religious liberty. Fox News reports that a chaplain with more than a decade of experience in prison ministry has had his credentials revoked by the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice. Of all places, my home state of Kentucky!
What did this chaplain do wrong? Embezzle funds from the prison? Assault a guard? No.
He refused to sign a statement demanding that he not address homosexual behavior as immoral. For Chaplain David Wells such state censorship was a bridge too far.
We have warned over and over that the left is threatening religious liberty. We are told that pastors will never be silenced because they are protected by the First Amendment. Really?
Tell that to the pastors in Houston, Texas. Tell that to Chaplain Wes Modder. Tell that to Chaplain Wells.
Candidates courting values voters must boldly defend religious liberty and the Republican-led Congress must act on this issue. The radical left’s intolerance for the values of tens of millions of Americans must be exposed and resisted.
Please share this message with like-minded friends and family. Make sure they understand what we are up against. And stand with us in the fight for faith, family and freedom!
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