Whom is it safe to call tyrants?

The new ignorers of the Constitution?  The somehow "new" followers of a 200 year old political philosophy that has proven to be nothing but nihilism?

As Catholics we ought ask one simple question of our politicians.  What is the status of the embryo?  What is the status of the fertilized egg?

Whether Republican or Democrat, if you cannot afford the embryo -- the weakest of humanity -- the dignity of personhood, you fail the litmus test of those who seek to preserve democracy.  As John Paul II made clear in Evanglium Vitae, the underlying  values of democracy are undermined if we deny human dignity to any member of the human family.  Democracy rests upon the recognition of the dignity of the individual, and this is denied by any politician who denies the personhood of the unborn and aged.

No politician should receive a Catholic vote if they are willing to allow the destruction of our country's weakest members.  So as we gear up for the "tea party express," we must ask one question of all those who would represent us: is the embryo a person?  If the answer is no, then they are unworthy of democracy.  The freedom such individuals represent is the tyranny of the strong over the weak; this is not freedom, but the whisper of tyrants.

So we must question with boldness our politicians.  Indeed, our president is a tyrant.  When politicians fail the fundamental question about the value of the human being, they fail absolutely on all questions of the common good.  Do not let the lying progressives fool you; it is not okay to overlook the grave injustice of abortion and claim you are democratic.  Personhood of every individual is the basis of democracy; anyone who claims differently is a tyrant.  We have been ruled by the tyrants for too long!  Let us eliminate the pollution; let us put our heels to the heads of the serpents within the Church and without; let us demand the recognition of personhood before democracy dies the death it has been slowly dying.