The California Democratic Party has an official pro-abortion position. Less well-known is the requirement, enforced by Democratic Party leaders and bosses, that all Democratic California candidates for U.S. Congress, the state senate, the state assembly, and state-wide offices must either be or must become pro-abortion or they will not receive Democratic Party campaign endorsement or support.

The practical result of this rigid and extreme pro-abortion control of the California Democratic Party is that for more than 14 years there has not been a single Democratic candidate elected to the California congressional delegation, state senate, or state assembly, or state-wide office, from governor to secretary of state who was not pro-abortion.

Pro-Life voters can now assume that any California Democratic Party candidate who has won a primary election and is running in a general election is almost surely pro-abortion.

With the new open primary election on June 5, when voters, registered with any or no political party can vote for any candidate, regardless of party, and the top-two vote getters, regardless of political party preference, advance to the November general election, it is possible that a pro-life Democrat could get on the November ballot and win in a district with strong Democratic party registration – if pro-life voters, regardless of party, supported the pro-life Democrat in the primary and general elections.

An example of this is the 51st Congressional district which includes all of Imperial County and the southern part of San Diego County along the Mexican border, including Chula Vista. The 51st district has 50 perdent Democratic Party registration and only 21 percent Republican Party registration so there is little chance that a Republican would be elected.

The 51st Congressional district is one of the most Catholic in the state, with a large (68 percent) Latino population and many Filipinos.

The district has been represented for 20 years by Bob Filner, a strong supporter of Planned Parenthood’s extreme pro-abortion agenda.

Danny Ramirez, a Catholic pro-life activist and Democratic party member has been a Congressional candidate in the 51st district primary election in 2002 (when he won 60 percent of the Democratic vote in Imperial County but lost in San Diego County) and in 2004, 2006, and 2008.

When Danny Ramirez ran in 2006, a representative of “pro-choice” Democratic candidate Juan Vargas tried to bribe Danny Ramirez to drop out of the race in order to increase “pro-choice” Juan Vargas’s chance to pick up the Catholic Democratic vote and defeat the incumbent, Bob Filner. Danny Ramirez was determined to have a pro-life Democratic candidate on the ballot and rejected Vargas’s bribe attempt and reported it to the Imperial County district attorney and election officials.

Vargas had 100 percent Planned Parenthood pro-abortion scorecards while he was in the California assembly from 2000 to 2006. Vargas even co-authored and voted for probably the most extreme and comprehensive pro-abortion law in the United States, S.B. 1301, which was promoted by Planned Parenthood and passed and signed by Governor Gray Davis in 2002.

This year, Bob Filner did not run for reelection to Congress and is instead running for Mayor of San Diego.

In 2012, with the open primary rules, pro-life Democrat Danny Ramirez, and “pro-choice” Democrats Vargas, Denise Moreno Ducheny, and John Brooks, and three Republicans, Michael Crimmins, Xanthi Gionis, and Bernard Portley, are candidates for the 51st district.

Pro-life activist Danny Ramirez is a businessman and life-long resident of Imperial County, except for service in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He has been active in Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish and was the Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus Council 4000 in Calexico. (See RamirezforCongress.org)

Danny Ramirez is endorsed by the National Right to Life Committee and the California Pro Life Council.

All pro-life, pro-family voters in the 51st Congressional district of any or no party preference, now have an opportunity to vote for a pro-life Democratic candidate who can win this strongly Democratic registration district’s Congressional primary election June 5 and general election on November 6,

For Danny Ramirez video, Click here.

For Ramirez for Congress website, Click here.

 

READER COMMENTS

Posted Monday, June 04, 2012 12:47 AM By Dan
God bless you, Danny. You show the meaning of courage in the face of considerable opposition.

Posted Monday, June 04, 2012 4:30 AM By PETE
We must always check the incumbents public voting record for the truth of what they believe. We must listen very carefully to non-incumbents, and their actions speak louder than words. There are a few good Democrats in Congress, but the vast majority of Dems make it difficult for pro-lifers since they do not tow the National Party line. Do your homework and VOTE PRO-LIFE on TUESDAY, June 5. Pro-life, Pro-marriage (between one man and one woman), and Freedom of Religion must be supported for the common good.

Posted Monday, June 04, 2012 5:24 AM By Juergensen
How can one be pro-life AND a member of and give support to an organisation whose defining sacrament is abortion?

Posted Monday, June 04, 2012 5:47 AM By Laurette Elsberry
This is a great opportunity to vote pro-life. The citizens in the 51st Congressional District are much more fortunate than most other voters in the State. They can vote for a true patriot – one who supports life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for the unborn.

Posted Monday, June 04, 2012 6:21 AM By OneoftheSheep
Let us all intercede before God and ask the heavenly angels to come to the aid of Danny Ramirez so that California can, at last, send a Democrat to Congress with some moral backbone and courage.

Posted Monday, June 04, 2012 6:28 AM By Sawyer
Should any pro-life individual be a member of the Party of the Culture of Death?

Posted Monday, June 04, 2012 7:02 AM By max
“The California Democratic Party has an official pro-abortion position. Less well-known is the requirement, enforced by Democratic Party leaders and bosses, that all Democratic California candidates for U.S. Congress, the state senate, the state assembly, and state-wide offices must either be or must become pro-abortion or they will not receive Democratic Party campaign endorsement or support.” i DO NOT BELIEVE a word of this. just because some guy posts somethihng on the internet, it doesn’t mean it’s accurate. i cannot imagine the democratic party, the republican party, or the green party FORCING its people to be pro-abortion. until i see some legitimate proof of this silly claim, i will consider it nonsense.

Posted Monday, June 04, 2012 7:15 AM By CalWalkr
What a concept.. A pro-life Democrat. God truly does work in mysterious ways.

Posted Monday, June 04, 2012 7:34 AM By MD
A rare bird, lets pray he can pull off a victory here in CA. This is a true test for Catholic and Christian voters for that matter. God Bless Mr. Ramirez. God Love You.

Posted Monday, June 04, 2012 8:08 AM By Sue in soCal
Wish I’d have known about this guy sooner. I would have sent a donation. If he wins the primary I will definitely send a donation.

Posted Monday, June 04, 2012 9:23 AM By Sue in soCal
Hi, Max! As a recovering Democrat I can assure you that, unless you are completely pro-abortion, pro-homosexual agenda, you are not allowed a voice in the Democrat party. Been there, done that.

Posted Monday, June 04, 2012 11:08 AM By Delilah
Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for Danny Ramirez

Posted Monday, June 04, 2012 11:10 AM By Life Lady
I am having a problem with this guys credentials as a Democrat in a party that supports abortion. What else is there as a Democrat? What drew him to the Democratic party in the first place? How is it possible for him to even be effective, if he is elected, and buck the system with the other Democrats that he would serve with. Please, forgive my scepticism, but can this be a wolf in sheep’s clothing? What kind of record does he have in the other planks of the Dem party? I would have to hold my vote until I satisfy all my concerns. Thanks for the info.

Posted Monday, June 04, 2012 11:34 AM By Abeca Christian
I know this candidate, (met him once) he ran many years ago also when my friend ran for congress against Fillner. She ran for Republican party, Danny tried to get Filner out by running as a Democrat. Yes he is solid Catholic and pr-life but the issue is that he is alone and is trying to run for a party that is purely anti-family and anti-life. I don’t see how he can run as a Democrat and not be mistreated by his own party. He is a good family man too. May God bless him and help him, wish he would just educate people and not mislead them into thinking that the Democrat Party is pro-life when it is not. Who wants to run as Democrat and believe in higher taxes and more government control? I sure wouldn’t.

Posted Monday, June 04, 2012 12:40 PM By JLS
Sounds like Dany Ramirez is trying to wrest Latino Catholics from the political slavery of the Democrats … Jesus became a man; Ramirez became a Democrat, and apparently for the same purpose, to save mankind. I think also that Friar Tuck pulled the same number and that it worked, helping Robin Hood take the enslaved hearts back from the spiritual prisons of the wealthy and corrupt state and Church into the true Church of free worshiping of God and free following of His commands and stimulus packages, aka Holy Communion with a free conscience and not a compromised soul.

Posted Monday, June 04, 2012 12:58 PM By Truth Teller
In response to the comment Posted June 04, 2012 7:02 AM By max. — Those who have access to the Internet can easily investigate for themselves the reality of the first statement made in this article “Can a pro-life Democratic candidate win in California?” which states: “The California Democratic Party has an official pro-abortion position. Less well-known is the requirement, enforced by Democratic Party leaders and bosses, that all Democratic California candidates for U.S. Congress, the state senate, the state assembly, and state-wide offices must either be or must become pro-abortion or they will not receive Democratic Party campaign endorsement or support.” — #1. Just do a GOOGLE search on (“California Democratic Party” abortion). You will find official CDP statements of the CDP “pro-choice” / pro-abortion positions which even include opposing requiring an abortionist to notify a parent before performing an abortion on a girls as young as 12 years old! — #2. Do a GOOGLE search on (“Planned Parenthood California scorecard”) to see scores for Democratic members of the California State Senate and Assembly. — #3. Search on (Planned Parenthood Congressional scorecard) to find scores on California Democratic members of Congress. You will find that almost every California Democratic legislator has a 100% score from Planned Parenthood (and from other pro-abortion organizations like NARAL and CARAL). If you doubt this, please check it carefully yourself. The California Democratic Party leaders and bosses selected these candidates for endorsement and support by the CDP. It is not an accident that almost all of these Democratic Party legislators have 100% Planned Parenthood scores. The CDP leaders and bosses cannot force “its people to be pro-abortion” but THEY CAN and THEY DO ONLY endorse and support pro-abortion candidates for State Senate, Assembly, and Congress. In the 51st Congressional District, the CDP bosses endorsed pro-abortion Congressman Bob Filner in the past and they have now endorsed pro-abortion candidate Juan Vargas. People can deny the facts and the truth, but FACTS are FACTS and TRUTH is TRUTH ! — DON’T BE FOOLED !!! On Tuesday, June

Posted Monday, June 04, 2012 3:34 PM By Anne T.
After what the Democrats did to pro-life Governor Casey Sr. and many others, I do not trust them. They also used pro-life Governor Casey, Jr. to get out pro-life Senator Santorum because he had senority, and as one of my friends said, “It was demonic.” Sorry to say, but the only time I would vote for this man is if the Republican running against him was worse on the pro-life, pro-family issues. If that is the case in this situation, I say “go for it” and support him. Of course, the other side, whether Dems or Pubs will do just the opposite for the most part. We all know how that works. In the privacy of the voting both, people will support whomever they choose, irrespectively of the party.

Posted Monday, June 04, 2012 3:44 PM By Anne T.
I need to clarify that I meant the “pro-abortion. “same-sex” marriage side when I said “the other side”.

Posted Monday, June 04, 2012 6:45 PM By Marie
I saw in the paper today that Juan Vargas was #4 in California in sending out election mailers to homes. I remember reading before this that he would not participate in debates. Guess I know why. He was afraid that he would look bad. Now, with lots of liberal and sex industry money and support, he can just send out propaganda to his potential constituents and face no one to ask him about his anti-life voting record.

Posted Monday, June 04, 2012 7:01 PM By Kenneth M. Fisher
When I successfully got the Republican Nomination for Congress in 72, I had formerly been a close associate of the late Congressman Democrat (notice I did not write Demoncrat)Clyde Doyle, as such I had a pretty good idea of what a former Frat. Brother of mine, a Pro-Life Democrat was up against in the Primary, and I warned him. Sure enough, he was clobbered by the Waxman, Burton, Dymally, etc. etc. ad nauseam machine. I too admire Ramirez for his courage, but not his discernment in staying a Democrat. What are his reasons for staying a Democrat, Welfare, Government expansion, illegal immigration, what are his reasons? God bless, yours in Their Hearts, Kenneth M. Fisher

Posted Monday, June 04, 2012 7:05 PM By Kenneth M. Fisher
Pete, 4:30 PM, Please, if you can, name those few good pro-life Democrats in Congress! Didn’t they all fold under Obamanation pressure. God bless, yours in Their Hearts, Kenneth M. Fisher

Posted Monday, June 04, 2012 7:34 PM By Prof.Helen
Poor Mr.Ramirez reminds me of Don Quixote and Nany Pelosi is no Dulcinea or is she?

Posted Monday, June 04, 2012 11:38 PM By Truth Teller
To complete the comment Posted Monday, June 04, 2012 12:58 PM By Truth Teller: — You will find that almost every California Democratic legislator has a 100% score from Planned Parenthood (and from other pro-abortion organizations like NARAL and CARAL). If you doubt this, please check it carefully yourself. The California Democratic Party leaders and bosses selected these candidates for endorsement and support by the CDP. It is not an accident that almost all of these Democratic Party legislators have 100% Planned Parenthood scores. The CDP leaders and bosses cannot force “its people to be pro-abortion” but THEY CAN and THEY DO ONLY endorse and support pro-abortion candidates for State Senate, Assembly, and Congress. In the 51st Congressional District, the CDP bosses endorsed pro-abortion Congressman Bob Filner in the past and they have now endorsed pro-abortion candidate Juan Vargas. People can deny the facts and the truth, but FACTS are FACTS and TRUTH is TRUTH ! — DON’T BE FOOLED !!! Check out Danny Ramirez’s website at www DOT RamirezForCongress DOT org — And on Tuesday, June 5, VOTE for DANNY RAMIREZ !!!

Posted Tuesday, June 05, 2012 7:42 AM By Fred
Mr. Fisher, I think you are exactly right. A pro-life Socialist is simply lying about being pro-life.

Posted Tuesday, June 05, 2012 9:32 PM By Kenneth M. Fisher
Fred, If the much touted Governor Casey, was very liberal in most other issues. Guess what those other issues are what lead to abortion! God bless, yours in Their Hearts, Kenneth M. Fisher

Posted Wednesday, June 06, 2012 4:33 AM By Pete
Fisher, you can find offical public Congressional Voting records on the internet. Voting records speak louder than words. There are a few Congressional Democrats who not only are pro-life, but work very hard for pro-life issues. Rep Chris Smith is one of the few. The majority of Dems are pro-death.

Posted Wednesday, June 06, 2012 4:36 AM By Pete
I forgot to mention that a few Republicans are pro-death, with Olympia Snow being one of them. Again, check the official voting records, always. The Dems on average are the Party of Death.

Posted Wednesday, June 06, 2012 3:52 PM By Kenneth M. Fisher
Pete, Sorry to blow your bubble, but Congressman Chris Smith is a REPUBLICAN! Try again. I call pro-abortion, pro-sodomy Republcans, Republicrats and I have done so in Republican meetings.

Posted Wednesday, June 06, 2012 6:06 PM By JLS
I met Rep Christ Smith during his first term. His voting record for prolife is more than 100% … something like a thousand percent. Bob Dornan’s was also, but he was betrayed by the party, because he was involved in so much money/program area and prolife in that arena does not sit well with many defence merchants … that’s my guess … What say, Kenneth?

Posted Saturday, June 09, 2012 1:54 AM By Kenneth M. Fisher
JLS, At one time, I was very close to Bob Dornan. Yes he was betrayed by some of the very Republicans he had helped get into Congress. I am not sure that the Defense Merchants went against him though. Do you know something that I don’t? God bless, yours in Their Hearts, Kenneth M. Fisher

Posted Saturday, June 09, 2012 10:50 PM By JLS
No, Kenneth, I do not know what you do not regarding former Rep Dornan … just hypothesizing. It’s almost always a money flow issue … so I’m guessing someone wanted to spend defense money outside of southern Calif, and thus yanked the rug out from under that voice. After all, hi tec manufacturing requires lots of high level workers … Where did they go? What is there now?

Posted Sunday, June 10, 2012 7:18 PM By Kenneth M. Fisher
JLS, Please clarify your first sentence above. The Hi Tech Industries were for the most part emaciated by the “peace at any cost” crowd. Was there room for some cutbacks, probably but I understand that now our Defense Dept. actually gets some of our supplies from a high potential enemy, Communist China! God bless, yours in Their Hearts, Kenneth M. Fisher