Re: Principles matter

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[[[TOPIC: Principles matter
Date: Sat, Mar 22 2008 1:09 am
From: Trevor
I identified with Ron Paul's reply to a question in an interview with Newsweek.
A number of conservative pundits and hard-line Republicans have said
they won't support McCain in the general election. How do you view
these claims, and how do you think they will impact party unity?
I've always dealt in a world of principles. That's the most important
thing. Unity is a good thing, but if you have someone who is willing
to compromise everything they believe in for the sake of [party] unity
or victory, well, is that really the only thing that counts? I don't
believe in that at all.]]]

---It remains a bit of a dilemma that all politicians face. On the one
hand, one cannot expect that everyone in a party will completely agree
on absolutely everything. And the more differences of opinion you can
accommodate, the more support you'll attract and the more political
power you will therefore yield. But alas, it also waters down your
principles, until you end up with no other principle than that you
should be in power. Our current president-elect Jacob Zuma seems to be
an example of this phenomenon.