Then go support someone who will sell you out on everything as they will be answering to Hillary Clinton! I am pro-life but not going to sell out a Rick Santorium who votes pro-life for someone who wouldn't have the nerve to vote against Hillary Clinton.
I don't care what the one issue is -- I am against turning out a good conservative Republican for a RAT. Some of you need a dose of reality! Roe v. Wade is not going to be overturned anytime soon. Took years to get partial birth abortion banned and you didn't get that done by electing a Democrat claiming to be pro-life until he meets Hillary Clinton. Without Republicans, you still wouldn't have a ban on partial birth abortion!
For those who excoriate me for daring to suggest that our elected representatives should say what they mean and mean what they say, I'd like to boil it down for you:
All I'm asking for is truth in advertising.
When Rick speaks like a preacher on Sunday, but votes like a casper-milque-toast moderate on Monday, there has been no truth in advertising. Those who do not bother to compare words and deeds are easily duped. I was duped by his words for a long time.
I find no compelling argument for tolerating duplicity in our elected representatives. On the contrary, I believe they should be held to the highest possible standards of honesty because there has clearly been and continues to be "the odious propagation of the tentacles of the government anemone" into virually every aspect of our lives. Quote from Judge Hoyt, Decision, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 47 T.C. 58 (1966)
How are we to stop the odious propagation if our elected officials are not honest with us? Rick's votes on the budget are a prime example. For years, I voted for Rick simply because I believed his words. It's time we hold him accountable for those instances where words and deeds are incongruent. If you don't tolerate lying from your two-year old, then you shouldn't tolerate lying from your elected representative.
If after reading this, you decide to vote for Rick because he's the lesser of the evils, I applaud your conscious decision and active exercise of your franchise. I chose to hold him accountable for failure to be truthful about his motives and deeds. I will do so by withholding my vote in 2006.