When does the DL madness end?

[tclowers23]

Looks like this conversation might belong in the "Politics" forum... but it should be pointed out that when it came down to it, Romney couldn't ever vote for anything pro-choice.

 

[sjt18]

As a political leader, you are responsible for doing not only what you want, but also what your constituents want.

Let me say Romney wouldn't be my first pick for President (although I would surely vote for him over Clinton), but I don't think it is fair to accuse a guy for being gutless or soulless because he compromises with the other political party to pass legislation.

Often a bill is passed with several points too it, you may not agree with one part, but if you really feel it is important for another part to be passed, you don't veto it.

The reason Politicians aren't the most honest people on earth is because they are trying to make millions of people with their own ideas happy, and often say things that they will appease the largest majority.

Sometimes you are just trying to pick the lesser of several evils.

The problem with this is that its true but isn't supposed to be. The founders didn't envision a political class that compromises each other to confiscate property (a right) then sell it back to the people as a privilege in exchange for votes (power). They envisioned statesmen that were true to their oaths and saw protecting the Constitution and the rights it guaranteed above all else.

A terrible thing happened about 100 years ago... America began to stop being a Constitutional Republic ruled by law and began to be a democracy ruled by men.