Posted on 05/17/2004 4:20:41 PM PDT by Gelato
Add to your post #20 that he won't compromise his principles. That makes for a good person but not neccessarily a good politician.
Probably.
You want him to preach the gospel? Cause that's the only calling higher, I think.
Personally, I'm glad his calling is in the political arena.
His main goal, which I strongly share, is always to focus people's attention on THE foundational principles of our republic: the fact that our rights to life, liberty and private property come from the Creator, not man, and therefore can never rightfully be taken from us by mere men.
I just thought of another reason these youngsters wish to Marry their own hands,
Social Security, if later in life they are dismembered, loss of spouse benifits oh this is hard to type, my gut hurts, (MY KIDS ARE LOOKING AT ME LIKE I'M NUTS) this is too funny.
I had his talk program on local radio, back when.
He has a high pitched voice, and speaks way too fast.
Coaching is to encorage him to moderate his verbal pitch ( deeper bass voice) and to talk just a bit slower.
Get some gravitas
We once called them statesmen.
Your comments are well taken, by the way.
Of course, that's because there is no answer, when you accept the idea that marriage must be legal between all persons who want it, with no morality-based restrictions.
Catch the replay tonight.
Have you ever heard him speak in person? Most who have consider his speaking abilities to be stellar.
But tastes vary, I suppose.
Yes. But, we call them statesmen, because they got elected to office.
Keyes seems to prefer to piss into the tent.
Again, I ask, why would he not move into a district (First Tennessee) that would guarantee him a seat in the House?
Answer: Pay cut??
Answer: Generations-long family roots in the state of Maryland.
There are a number of states where he could easily carpetbag, and probably successfully--Utah, Montana or Mississippi to name a couple.
But he won't.
Anyway, I don't think a person has to hold public office to qualify as a statesman.
To use your analogy, I don't think he 'pisses into the tent'.
I think he has remained IN the tent, and spent his time holding up the main center poles.
Meanwhile, many in the party scoff at the idea that we need center poles; and have actively worked to tear them down.
"The right response when, in the army, you are given an unlawful order, is to refuse that order. The right response of a chief executive in this state and in this nation, when faced with an order by a court that he conscientiously believes violates the constitution he is sworn to respect, is to refuse their order!
And then, so that the constitution of his state and the fate of his people will not be left at the mercy of this crisis in the government, it is his responsibility to turn to the legislature and ask on behalf of the whole people that those who refuse to respect the constitutional prerogatives of the people and their representatives be removed for the sake of law, for the sake of self-government, for the sake of constitutional integrity!
The simple truth is that if the governor doesn't understand his responsibilities and refuses to act on them, if the legislature doesn't understand its responsibilities and prerogatives and refuses to act on them, then guess what? There are no checks, no balances, there is no constitution. And do you know who loses?"
This is why Judge Moore was a hero in my book.
Why not get elected and get a real voice on the national stage?
Pay cut?
The first half of the speech is about the nature of homosexuality and marriage. In short:
1) Homosexuality is based upon unrestrained, unaccountable, selfish pleasure--in other words, hedonism. It seeks pleasure without consequences, and is consumed with self.
2) Marriage, on the other hand, is primarily about the responsibilities and consequences that arise from the man and woman relationship, which necessitate the caring for others beyond oneself.
3) The hedonistic relationship is incompatible with marriage.
The second half is about the legal implications of the Massachusetts court ruling, and what recourse we have against it.
I think he's right when he says this issue won't go away, no matter what Barney Frank thinks. Just as momentum has been building against Roe vs. Wade, the gay marriage issue will likely awaken decent Americans to get more involved in the political process.
Don't know. Perhaps.
But I do know he chooses to stay in his home state, and in his own home.
I wish a few others had done so.
Ditto! We need more leaders like him, willing to take a stand.
If Gov. Mitt Romney continues to be a limp fish on this issue, I hope Massachusetts will send him back to the pond.
We need leadership!!
Well put.
BTTT for later
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