Alan Keyes is like Cicero. Cicero had his idea of the perfect world, but the real world is not perfect. Human beings can not be perfect—they are sinful. The real world is like how Machiavelli portrays—in fact, Hitler had his book kept along side his bed. All politicians have read Machiavelli.
To be a politician you can not be like a Confucius, Socrates, Jesus—those people would never hold any positions of power in government—government will more likely destroy virtuous people who stand up to evil—the Bonhoeffer, the Cicero, the Cato, —you have to give up virtue—and lie, and cheat to gain power, and if you are the most successful politician, you will be cruel. If anyone gets in your way you need to destroy them immediately. The most successful are the Stalins—the ones who are rather mediocre people—but a fox with an army and with absolutely no virtue, and is especially cruel. They are the ones who can avoid being killed and eliminate their enemies continually.
So, is Keyes right—yes, most likely. Is Machiavelli correct. Yes, absolutely.
Keyes point, though, is always a great one—the ideal one—the Founders one. The Rule of Law HAS to be kept as close to the original documents intent and meaning, as possible—or else we will become the Rule of Man—which is always arbitrary, unjust, unequal law. It can devolve into anything-—because there is no standard of right and wrong, except Lucifers.
I used to pray that the Ambassador would be blessed with the humility and shame that the Lord could give him. He could have used that when visiting all of the third parties in ‘08, before taking over the one he made his own.
These days, I just pray he’ll have some peace and that the Lord’s will be done.