I’m hearing of lot of those allegations towards conservatives on this board lately. Assigning their motives to self interest rather then principle. Healthy scepticism of every politician is a good thing but dismissing completely the ones mostly acting on the right side is taking it too far.
I can call up at least one problem with every politician. In Pence’s case I still remember is efforts to find “common ground” during the amnesty debate. That issue wouldn’t make him my first choice but they’ve all got flaws. As long as he isn’t currently peddling that compromise at the moment he seems to be behaving soundly and should just be left to be. If he likes the cameras, who the hell cares. As long as says and does the right things I don’t.
I was denigrating the revival of the Pence for President silliness that Gipper is promoting.
I have no problem with Pence doing his thing in the House. Really, he should have run for Senate this year but declined and endorsed Dan Coats over more conservative options.
Thank you for saying that. I’ve been dismayed for some time by reading a lot of people here who think they know about others’ motives. For one thing, there are honest differences of opinion. That does not usually call for an assignment of poor motive. It basically says that if someone does not agree with the poster, that the person in question is wrong or bad. I agree that we need healthy skepticism. But we need to cool it and use some humility. I don’t agree with everything about anyone, even those I love and revere the most. Differences of opinion are healthy. I look for politicians who have good character and hold basically sound conservative principles. I, too, like Mike Pence.