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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk
I care about a party demanding, and attempting to legislate, a level of "morality" for the American people that they have no intention of adhering to themselves.
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GR,
Great post. Of course it's annoying, because it's nothing new to write things like that, but I agree wholeheartedly.
I don't mind people bringing morality into the public discourse, even when I disagree with it. But I do have a problem with those very same people (read: Newt kissing Dobson's ass) trying to turn around and tell people through law to "do as I say, not as I do."
Even Mike Huckabee talked about it. He's one of the darling conservatives, meaning he's got no chance to win the nomination but he's the one that *many* conservatives would want in office. He said that if conservatives don't denounce the likes of Newt, McCain, and Guiliani being at the head of the polls now, then they owe the Clinton family one heck of an apology. That witchhunt for Clinton didn't come from his lying under oath, which was wrong. It came based on sex, and infidelity -- yet right now our three Repub frontrunners are adulterers. Bless Huckabee for saying that, because it's true -- you can't have it both ways.
Some Christians I know have told me that having been an adulterer, Newt has ever right to speak out against what he perceives to be immorality because he has experienced the ill effects firsthand. To me, that's excuse making. If you **** another woman while you're married, you have no right to talk to me about morality in any sense.
I'm rambling, but that post brought up lots in my head and I loved it, so thanks for posting it.