The idea that a constituency with the democratic traditions of Republicans in South Carolina would actually vote for a man with a history of low moral and ethical choices as they have with Newt Gingrich just because he has asked for the forgiveness of God, is evidence that mature democracies display the same moral decay as all other forms of government. No one, least of me, would begrudge any man a pardon from a higher authority for past sins, but to put that man in a position determine the well being of a wide and vulnerable society surely calls into question the collective sanity of the Palmetto State Republicans. Mitt Romney ain't no angel and certainly has stains on his own ethics and sense of fairness and there is absolutely no evidence that he believes in a collective and cohesive society, unless of course it offers opportunities for financial exploitation and as for that lunatic creationist Santorum, well. And therein lies the dilemma as I see it. What has happened to the United States of America? Has greed and righteous arrogance destroyed the very thing many of us admired about the country, the freedom to believe as one believes, within the context of a society that has the capacity to act upon and reflect the wishes of the widest possible constituency. Today I despair of what America has become and would welcome the emergence of a new moral leadership.
Regards
Gray Dourman
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