I do not want Newt Gingrich for president because the morality of a person is important, and I do not want Ron Paul because the morality of a nation does matter.
Gingrich's turned his campaign around by castigating CNN's John King for opening last Thursday's debate with a question on whether Newt asked a former wife for an open marriage, condemning King for "the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media" and saying he was appalled that King would open a presidential debate with such a question.
But, I think the morality of a candidate is a valid issue. I think whether Gingrich asked for an open marriage is a valid concern. More so, I do not think I should forget Gingrich was having an affair while, as speaker of the House, he was leading impeachment proceedings against President Clinton for having an affair with Monica Lewinsky.
It is one thing to say these things were wrong, and to apologize each time the topic comes up. But to say such things are "destructive, vicious and negative" is not where I chose to leave them. They are destructive and negative to a campaign, certainly, but they are important to determining the character of the person.
And, in electing a person to fill the Oval Office, character is something I desire.
Nor can I vote for Ron Paul. If we were to elect him, our nation would swing towards legalizing drugs, and perhaps legalizing gambling, as well. Paul's views on limited government do not end with making the government smaller, but extend to limiting government's efforts to bring morality to our land. The idea of making cocaine legal, to me, is dangerous. The idea that we could become a nation riddled with gambling casinos, street corner drug markets, and open prostitution is not a pleasant one. It is not the America I envision.
I believe in an America with values. Freedom to some might seem to be the right to be "wicked," the right to indulge in whatever thing a person might want. I say, though, having government restrictions on those things is not going to take away your indulging, but it is going to curb it, it is going to keep it from being an open and assessable part of our society, a thing that advertises itself by being right out in the public, thus attracting and promoting more of the same.
No, I am not for the immoralization of America, and I am not for Ron Paul.
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