There was a time when people listened to public officials, took their bearings from what was said, and trusted the person. That was then, this is now. Today public officials, especially when they are campaigning, make their speeches based on polls. What they said yesterday is not a basis for what they will say today and may well be diametrically opposite. A case in point is Mike Huckabee.
Huckabee is the former Governor of Arkansas, leading Republican speaker, and candidate for President in 2012. I believe he is also a minister. Anyway, back in early March 2011 he blasted Oscar winner Natalie Portman for publicizing unwed pregnancies. That would be fine if it was his opinion but apparently it wasn’t. You see Bristol Palin was pregnant and unwed while her Mother was running for Vice President in Huckabee’s own Party. He had nothing against that. This is a little inconsistent that tells a lot about him. Couple this with the fact that Huckabee is a Christian Minister who we must think has a strong belief in the Blessed Mother. The New Testament has been publicizing her unwed pregnancy for two thousand years.
Think what you want about unwed pregnancies, that isn’t my point, my point is “be consistent with what you say and write.” You are entitled to change your mind but have the courage to say so. If the example you are using is not consistent with what you have advocated before, demonstrate why they are different.
Please don’t respond to my words with the worn out “the Democrats do it also” because that is worse. The fact that someone does something wrong does not give you license to also do it wrong. But that is a subject for another day.
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