RNC @ MSG: Elizabeth Dole

Back to the Republican National Convention, night #2.

Senator Dole – you know, the other one – is not and never will be a scintillating speaker. Nor has she ever been particularly conservative on social issues that I can recollect. But she was given the task of touching on them, and did at least a passable job.

Traditional marriage…

Marriage is important not because it is a convenient invention or the latest reality show marriage is important because it is the cornerstone of civilization, and the foundation of the family. Marriage between a man and a woman isn't something Republicans invented, but it is something Republicans will defend.

Pro-life…

We value the sacred life of every man, woman, and child. We believe in a culture that respects all human life including the most vulnerable in our society, the frail elderly, the infirm, and those not yet born. Protecting life isn't something Republicans invented, but it is something Republicans will defend. We believe in the treasured life of faith.

Religious liberty…

Two thousand years ago a Man said, ‘ I have come to give life and to give it in full.’ In America I have the freedom to call that man LORD, and I do. In the United States of America we are free to worship without discrimination, without intervention and even without activist judges trying to strip the name of God from the Pledge of Allegiance; from the money in our pockets; and from the walls of our courthouses. The Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. The right to worship God isn't something Republicans invented, but it is something Republicans will defend.

Not a stemwinder by any means, but as a warm up act, Liddy wasn’t bad.