Self-Contradiction Isn't Going To Hit It In Defeating Obama
Mark of Mark America seems to think self-contradiction will not defeat Obama. Read Mark has to say to see if you agree with him or not.
When you run into people whose utterances contradict their previous actions, you’re wise to ask which will matter to you in the long run. If somebody break every promise to you they’ve ever made, at some point, you’ll start ignoring their promises. If one lives by crony capitalism in the real world, but offers to you a long diatribe about the evils of crony capitalism, you’ll quickly point out any hypocrisy, and the contradiction will necessarily ruin one’s credibility. It is therefore impossible to overestimate the destructive contradiction that now consumes the heart of Mitt Romney’s campaign. He is now out campaigning in South Carolina, and is actually talking about the dangerous trend of the United States toward becoming a social welfare state. This from the man who imposed Romney-care on the entire state of Massachusetts, complete with mandates? The monstrous contradiction between what he now professes as a danger and what he has implemented while Governor of Massachusetts is going to destroy his candidacy, and Barack Obama will be only too happy to help.
You might dislike Ron Paul, and like me, you may think he misses the point on foreign policy and national defense, but one thing you can say about him is that he’s more or less consistent across the board with respect to his actions and his philosophy, whether we agree with it entirely or not. That’s one of the things people find attractive about him, and whether you agree with his philosophy will largely determine how you regard him, but the test of consistency is to examine one’s actions, and see how they hold up to one’s professions. Ayn Rand once wrote approximately that “to the consistent will go the victory(paraphrased.)” The reason this is so is because people have a natural dislike and distrust for hypocrisy and inconsistency. Even when one disagrees with the particular views of another, if one sees that the other is at least consistent throughout, it is easier to offer grudging respect on that basis.
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