Saturday, March 31, 2007
Fred Thompson And Scorpions, Stay With Me, Here!
Remember the tale of the fox who gave the scorpion a ride on his back across the river? Halfway there, the scorpion stung the fox. As they both drown, the fox asked why the scorpion would sting him thereby endangering both their lives. The scorpion replied something to the effect of, I am, after all still a scorpion.
Political pundits are beginning to jump on their respective bandwagons, choosing their candidates to support and rejecting others. Many conservatives are leaping on the Romney or Giuliani support train and a few are hoping for Gingrich to leap into the fray. However, quite a number of these people of infinite political wisdom shun or outright condemn a possible entry of Fred Thompson into the arena. I have to ask, why?
One of the main detractors seems to be that Thompson has very little in the way of experience. Of course, they then have to define experience in order for Fred not to fall under the umbrella of someone with experience. I could go off on the trail of what constitutes the “right” type of experience to be president but I refuse to be sidetracked, for now. Instead, let’s look at why Fred Thompson is a far more desirable candidate then any of the current front-runners.
He has credibility. Who does not? Mitt Romney claims to be a social conservative yet, his credentials appear to be recent, like within the window he decided he might want to run for president. The man won in Massachusetts! These are the people who continually send Ted Kennedy and John Kerry back to the senate. As a Christian, I love converts but, in the political realm, converts are usually politicians who will say what the voters want just to get to the next level. American politics are replete with examples; President Bush’s betrayal of his base on the illegal immigrant issue and the entire Clinton years serve as case studies. Staying with the theme of trust, Giuliani and Gingrich both lied to two wives, had affairs, then betrayed those wives in public. And now they ask for voter forgiveness. Once is a mistake. Twice is a pattern of behavior. I require more than words before I believe someone has changed a pattern of behavior, the afore mentioned Clinton years are the example there. If a man will lie repeatedly to a woman with whom he shares an intimate relationship, what guarantee does a voter have? That’s a rhetorical question, for any who have strayed off subject.
So, that brings us to our man, Fred. The guy has a history in the public eye, a long one. And yet, I haven’t heard one pundit speak of hypocrisy, just experience, experience as they define it. Well. I’ve seen the scorpions, watched them at work. Regardless of what they say, regardless of what the pundits say, scorpions are still scorpions.
Political pundits are beginning to jump on their respective bandwagons, choosing their candidates to support and rejecting others. Many conservatives are leaping on the Romney or Giuliani support train and a few are hoping for Gingrich to leap into the fray. However, quite a number of these people of infinite political wisdom shun or outright condemn a possible entry of Fred Thompson into the arena. I have to ask, why?
One of the main detractors seems to be that Thompson has very little in the way of experience. Of course, they then have to define experience in order for Fred not to fall under the umbrella of someone with experience. I could go off on the trail of what constitutes the “right” type of experience to be president but I refuse to be sidetracked, for now. Instead, let’s look at why Fred Thompson is a far more desirable candidate then any of the current front-runners.
He has credibility. Who does not? Mitt Romney claims to be a social conservative yet, his credentials appear to be recent, like within the window he decided he might want to run for president. The man won in Massachusetts! These are the people who continually send Ted Kennedy and John Kerry back to the senate. As a Christian, I love converts but, in the political realm, converts are usually politicians who will say what the voters want just to get to the next level. American politics are replete with examples; President Bush’s betrayal of his base on the illegal immigrant issue and the entire Clinton years serve as case studies. Staying with the theme of trust, Giuliani and Gingrich both lied to two wives, had affairs, then betrayed those wives in public. And now they ask for voter forgiveness. Once is a mistake. Twice is a pattern of behavior. I require more than words before I believe someone has changed a pattern of behavior, the afore mentioned Clinton years are the example there. If a man will lie repeatedly to a woman with whom he shares an intimate relationship, what guarantee does a voter have? That’s a rhetorical question, for any who have strayed off subject.
So, that brings us to our man, Fred. The guy has a history in the public eye, a long one. And yet, I haven’t heard one pundit speak of hypocrisy, just experience, experience as they define it. Well. I’ve seen the scorpions, watched them at work. Regardless of what they say, regardless of what the pundits say, scorpions are still scorpions.
# posted by Richard W Black : 5:57 AM
