34 years of March for Life

by Alan Roth, for the Upstate Conservatives Blog...



ABORTION: Hundreds of thousands of people came from Alabama, Seattle, Texas, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Maine, Utah, Indiana, Brazil, and beyond.

They were men and women, young and old, healthy and infirm, religious and secular.

While people of all shapes and sizes marched on behalf of Life in our nation’s capital the most outstanding feature of the more than 100,000 strong was their youth. Multiple tens of thousands of young people – grade school, high school, college students, and recent graduates marched in defense of the most innocent victims of abortion.

Some prayed, some shouted their opposition to Roe v. Wade, some carried banners with names of their schools, churches, and organizations. Many spent countless hours on buses to spend a handful of hours expressing their right to speak their minds on behalf of the innocent victims of abortion.

While the mainstream media gave short shrift to this 34th March for Life the marchers will take home the experience of a lifetime. They will spread the word within their communities that human life is sacred and many Americans agree that abortion must be stopped.

As is custom, many of the marchers went to the Congressional office buildings to lobby their legislators in defense of life. Large numbers went to the Capital Hill Club to meet the most openly pro-life presidential candidate – Senator Sam Brownback.

Senator Brownback does not hide his pro-life, pro-family beliefs. He wears them on his sleeve. And from the looks of those who came to see him and those who carried his banners he probably is going to enjoy support from young people (as well as others). Young people are attracted to candidates who take on the establishment when the establishment is wrong. They are attracted to candidates who stand for something meaningful. Brownback certainly fits that profile.

This March for Life seemed to have an energy not witnessed in a while. An energy that is necessary to champion the pro-life cause with a pro-abort Congress and a rapidly approaching Presidential Election.

The break is over

Alan Roth sends this manifesto:

Conservatives in Disarray


In the Eyes of our friends, our liberal opponents, and the media the conservative movement is in disarray.

This year’s CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) should be a presidential showcase to show our relevance as a movement. I may be wrong but I don't get the impression that presidential candidates are lining up to participate in this event. It is also indicative of the challenge we face as a movement that there is no credible conservative candidate for President at this time.

After 8 years ofplaying inside the Beltway politics, my impression is that our grassroots conservative troops have lost confidence in our ability to win elections and to represent their beliefs in the political arena.

I believe that we, as conservatives, MUST promote some basic truths:

We are committed to protecting the people of the United States of America against its enemies. We should have a full debate about security and foreign polices. Engage someone such as John Bolton to outline his vision for dealing with Iran, with radical Islam that is sworn to destroy us, with a Russia that is causing havoc for us and the free world.
Living in a Post 9-11 world means that security will be an issue for decades to come. We need to lead the way by forming a consensus on solutions to these issues with experts such as Andrew McCarthy and Congressman Pete King.
Continue to be vocal and united on domestic issues such as nationalism, immigration, taxes, the rule of law, right to life, and gay marriage. We MUST align ourselves with credible leaders who articulate a conservative vision for America in the 21st Century.

If we do not present a united front, if we do not express confidence that our movement is politically potent, then no one else will. We collectively control our own destiny.

Comments from Allen Roth

Board of Directors – Member

American Conservative Union

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