FROM THE SULTAN’S BLOG ON THE ELECTION AND THE MADNESS OF “COULTER-CULTURE”
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THIS IS FROM THE WEEKLY ROUNDUP ON “COULTER-CULTURE” AND HER JEREMIAD AGAINST NEWT…SEE THE CARTOONS…ALSO PLEASE NOTE THAT ANOTHER DUMPSTER ON GINGRICH WAS SENATOR BOB DOLE ONE OF THE WORST GOP CANDIDATES IN HISTORY WHOSE FORMER GIG WAS SHILLING ON TV FOR THE UPLIFTING MERITS OF VIAGRA……RSK
“Billing a man who called himself progressive and repeatedly disavowed the conservative label until it came in handy, who is conservative is demeanor, but has no consistent conservative record on the issues, as the most conservative candidate is a head spinner.
To seriously believe that Romney is more conservative than Santorum isn’t the worldview of a world where words have meaning, it’s a world where the word conservative has no meaning.”
“Whether you like a state-wide insurance mandate or not, it’s a world of difference when the federal government does it… It was on account of the difference between state and federal powers that the Supreme Court overturned the federal Violence Against Women Act. The court was not endorsing rape, but reminding us that states make laws about rape, not Congress.
Romney supported the idea of other states doing something along the lines of his health care bill, but always opposed insurance mandates from the federal government (just as I oppose the federal government issuing general laws about rape, but support state laws against rape.)
From that same bulletin from CoulterWorld.
So Coulter’s proposal is that we nominate a rapist because his rapine instincts are governed by the Constitution and though he supports rape at the state level, he will oppose it at the Federal level.
The only thing keeping Romney from raping us at the Federal level (Coulter’s metaphor, not mine) is that he’s apparently solid on State’s Rights. Probably as solid as he is on immigration, the second amendment, abortion, gay rights and well any other issue.
If we do put our faith in Romney as a rapist within the Constitution, then he’ll hand out the state waivers on ObamaCare. But what if he prioritizes rape over constitutionalism just like every other president from both parties going back further than we would like to think about?
If a candidate opposes a policy, then regardless of his Constitutional integrity, we at least have some confidence that he will not implement it. But if a candidate supports a policy, but opposes it only at the Federal level, then we have to put our faith in his restraint to not use the powers of the office that he has, or in this case to actively use them to undermine a policy that he supports in practice, but not in legal principle.
Ron Paul might have an inkling of credibility arguing that he would not enact a policy that he supports at the Federal level. Considering his earmarks dance, it’s a small inkling, but he at least has some credibility on the issue.
With Romney, his establishment defenders have been reduced to arguing that Romney may support the practice of ObamaCare, but he will oppose it to protect states rights. Not only is this position ridiculous, not only does it ask us to take so much on faith that it’s downright mindboggling. In Coulter’s own metaphor it asks us to elect a rapist and trust that his principles will prevent him from raping us.
Worst of all Coulter has conceded and even defended the mandate, and is now just arguing against it on a Federal level.
“In a world where words have meaning, Mitt Romney is not the “moderate” in this race. He is the most conservative candidate.”
The problem is that in CoulterWorld, the words mean something different than they mean here. It’s entirely legitimate to state that none of the remaining three candidates are conservative. That is a defensible view.
Billing a man who called himself progressive and repeatedly disavowed the conservative label until it came in handy, who is conservative is demeanor, but has no consistent conservative record on the issues, as the most conservative candidate is a head spinner.
To seriously believe that Romney is more conservative than Santorum isn’t the worldview of a world where words have meaning, it’s a world where the word conservative has no meaning.
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