Dysfunctional Family Values
I’m going to surprise a lot of you today by taking conservatives to task. You can pick yourself off the floor now. I have always considered my own politics best summed up as a socially progressive, capitalist pig. In other words, do what you want, just don’t ask me to pay for it. And I find it offensive when elected officials use morality as a ploy to get ahead in politics, but when you look at the skeletons in their closet you’ll find they have swords and shields.
Just go down the list, U.S. Senator David Vitter, evangelist Ted Haggard, Indiana Republican activist Glen Murphy and now Ft. Wayne Mayoral candidate Matt Kelty. Each of these individuals made a political living pointing out the flaws in the moral characters of others and now, with the exception of Murphy, found themselves on the receiving end (insert joke here) of scandal.
I accept scandals and politics. However, I like most voters, can’t stand hypocrisy. If you’re going to run on a platform of family values, it would be nice if you actually had some and left me and mine alone.
