Posted by
KsReaganite on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 1:39:16 PM
Character is the measure of a person. For several decades now we have fallen prey to the false dichotomy of a ‘public’ and a ‘personal’ character for an individual. Such a construct of character is largely a by-product of the theory that ethics are situational. That the said theory is quite popular with morally-neutral therapists, liberals, and sleazy politicians is not hard to understand.
What is baffling, however, is the drooling admiration some self-confessed conservatives are oozing for Rudy Giuliani. A serial adulterer who broke faith with every wife he had, broke up his children’s home, and had his conduct considered ‘immoral’ by a court even in ultra-liberal New York city is someone I would expect to be given extra-wide berth by real conservatives. The former mayor brings the same low regard for fidelity to our Constitution, which is hardly surprising: he is against the Second Amendment, the Fourth Amendment, and the Tenth Amendment….and probably others that we do not know of yet. His opposition to the Constitutionally guaranteed protection of innocent human life is well known as is his disdain for traditional marriage.
Have we Republicans become so paralyzed and shocked by one election defeat that we are ready to pay obeisance to the first false messiah that comes our way?