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"......States have been called laboratories in democracy precisely because every problem potentially has fifty different approaches to solving it. Some solutions work in some states and not in others. Some states prefer some solutions over others. Some solutions may work in every state, and some just don't work at all. But the best way to find the best solutions is to allow the states to discover what works best for them, without the federal government interfering....... Newt Gingrich: Rick Perry's book "almost came too late" [Foreward to "Fed Up!"]
But what is to be done when the destructive policies of the failed states finally make them so politically and socially gangrenous that they threaten the existence of the other states?
All of the candidates running under the GOP aegis have, as all humans, flaws. But AT THIS POINT, Perry appears to be the BEST candidate who has the BEST crack at flushing that SOB Obama out of the White House. He also has the BEST chance of beating out RINOS Romney, Julie-Annie, Pawlenty, Huntsman and Christie (YES - he's running)in the primary
I agree with him - to an extent. But CERTAIN rights like the Second Amendment - are inviolable. They are GOD-GRANTED, not government dispensed. As such only GOD can take them away. Such rights must be enforced nationally.
The problem I have with the Death Penalty is the unsettling fact that a number of individuals who were convicted of serious crimes and sent to prison, have recently been exonerated and released due to genetic evidence that were innocent. Once somebody is executed, an error can not be corrected. The government, as all conservatives will agree, is FAR from flawless. In addition, taking a life, aside from self-defense, defense of another, or in warfare, is a power only God should have - not a government run by flawed human beings.