Posted by
Steve on Thursday, November 08, 2007 2:22:59 PM
That the Democrat Party is the party of emotion was on display this week. On Monday, the Democrats trotted out an 18 year-old girl from Alaska to cry before a committee in the House. She was spouting things she had been taught, not seen. She joined the group that sponsored her trip only two years ago. Two years ago, she had seen no changes in Alaska in her lifetime. Now, she has seen dramatic changes. These changes, according to her, have caused irreparable harm to her people in Alaska. What changes that Alaska has seen these past few years are part of a long-term Pacific cycle. Every 30-40 years, the Pacific causes Alaska to change from warm to cold or back to cold (relatively speaking). If she waits long enough, the cycle will change and things will get back to “normal”
The second crying woman trotted out was this morning on some morning show. She was crying because at an event in Iowa, Barak Obama held her hand. To her that was indication that he cared and that made all the difference in the world. Obama may have cared, but it will make little or no impact on his view of what to do to America. What Obama may have stood for made no difference to this woman. It was all because he held her hand and cared. That was enough for him to get her vote. If getting Democrat votes was that easy, Republicans should go to Democrat events and start holding hands.
The campaign season is supposed to be a season of ideas. Candidates are supposed to tell us what their ideas are. We are supposed to evaluate all the different ideas and their value system from each candidate and pick the best one. Just because a candidate says all the right things is not enough. The candidate also has to have to internal integrity to follow-through on the campaign promises. That is where the value system comes in.
For example, you may like what Mrs. Bill Clinton says what she will do to America. But, can you believe what she says? What is her track record at telling the truth? Does she ever follow-through and actually complete a campaign promise? Well, her record is awful. She never comes through on promises. She promised upstate New York that she would bring jobs. They are still waiting 8 years later. The reason is that she no longer needs the votes from upstate New York. They will never get the promised jobs.
Look at the track record of Rudy Giuliani. He promises that he will appoint strict constructionist judges after the pattern of Scalia and Roberts. What did he do in New York when he appointed judges there? He appointed some of the most liberal judges in the United States. Now, it must be admitted that he did not have free choice of judges. A panel selected three people and he had to pick one of the three. He still tended to choose the most liberal of the three possible choices. Can we believe Rudy when he says he will appoint judges like Scalia and Roberts? Probably no, judges like that would not fit Rudy’s view of right and wrong. It would be difficult for him to choose judges like that. He would more likely pick judges like Kennedy and Stevens, both liberal and awful.
Mitt Romney says he is a conservative. Can we believe him? He was Governor of the most liberal state in the US. He did govern Massachusetts as a conservative. He was not perfect, but few are. He says he is pro-life. He says he had a conversion and tells the story of the conversion. Can we believe him? I believe we can. In other things, he has told the truth or followed through with what he said he would do. Would he appoint strict constructionist judges to the Supreme Court? I believe that he would. He would appoint judges that view the world much like he does. That would tend to make them strict constructionist in their judicial outlook.
You have to look at candidates for President critically. You cannot look at them emotionally. Emotions are fine for some things, but not politics. Politics are about ideas. Ideas do not work well when translated to emotions. Look at the ideas coming from each candidate, then make up your mind based on the ideas of the candidates. Then follow-through and vote for the best person for the job. .