[betty boop]

I voted for McCain the last time, and the best that could be said about him was that he was "fair". He wasn't perfect, and he wasn't good. In the case of Romney, the proper expression would be: "The fair is the enemy of the bad."

"The fair is the enemy of the bad?" And Romney is the "fair" in this proposition? Who notwithstanding he does not measure up to our requirements and expectations — being only "fair" — would still be the "enemy of the bad?"

I don't know whether I understand your logic here, dear brother in Christ.

But what I am fairly confident about is this: You have drawn a line in the sand. And not only will you not step over it; but you will not allow your opponent to step over it, either. You pledge your life, your fortune, your sacred honor to this end.

You are defending Life and Truth. And will take no prisoners....

You are needful on the American battlefield, as a warrior of God's Truth.

You are a soldier in/for/of Christ. I am so grateful to you, and respect and honor you for your commitment to our Lord.

If we continue to disagree, maybe that has something to do with different points of view and/or, perhaps, different callings.

In any case, thank you so very much, dear brother in Christ, for your testimony, your "voice," and for your inspiring spiritual strength!

[xzins]

Your words are very encouraging, Sister Betty. I was reading a host of comments by Davy Crockett today sent to me by GunnyG, a Marine who is a freeper. This one hit me between the eyes:

I am sorry to say I do doubt the honesty of many men that are called good at home, that have given themselves up to serve a party. I am no man's man. I bark at no man's bid. I will never come and go, and fetch and carry, at the whistle of the great man in the white house, no matter who he is. And if this petty, un-patriotic scuffling for men, and forgetting principles, goes on, it will be the overthrow of this one happy nation, and the blood and toil of our ancestors will have been expended in vain. An Account of Col. Crockett's Tour to the North and Down East : In the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-four (1835), p. 172

McCain was an example of "the fair", Sister. So, in the expression "The perfect is the enemy of the good", the common interpretation of it is that one never finds perfection. I rewrote and toned down the adage to "the fair is the enemy of the bad." In the post, I'd said McCain was merely fair and that Romney is worse than that. Therefore, in my rewritten version, "the fair" is a known quantity rather than an unreachable ideal.

Romney would be "the bad".