Posted by
Traci Martin on Monday, September 29, 2008 1:34:24 PM
Doesn’t everyone know a person who has been a cheater and a liar? Then something happens and this person is reformed. Maybe they cheat on their girlfriend or lose their job. Or perhaps they just apply for a new job and their previous track record doesn’t look good. In fact, if anyone asked there are no good references to support their qualification to hold this position. Maybe a girl who is a rock solid atheist sees a Christian man she likes and decides that she must recreate herself as a Christian so she can get her foot in the door. "Date me" she says, "I can be the best Christian girlfriend you have ever had. Because I am new to the religion it is a passion of mine, and I am very devoted to the way of life of Christianity. I am not just a Christian by birth, but one by choice."
"Don’t judge my past," She tells him. "Look to the future, to what I can become. " “I have seen the light.” Of course, she didn’t see that light until she met him last week. Look past the fact that she was affiliated with devil worship for two years. Look past her lobbying to get the name of God taken off all currency. Look past her leadership in the "Atheist for a Stronger America", until Last week, when she denounced them, and declared that she wants nothing to do with them. People can change, Right? He is a believer; he wants to believe in goodness.
A few months into the relationship, as things start to deteriorate, she starts to argue with him about the reality of the existence of God. He has faith. She tries to convert him. Eventually she reverts to her fundamental position that no higher power exists. He cannot change her mind she has faith also.
He must break off the relationship feeling betrayed, having wasted time and emotional energy with someone who was not what she portrayed herself to be. Did she ever have the intention to become a Christian? Perhaps she did. Probably she did not. The problem with liars is they lose track of their lies, and forget why they started lying in the first place.
With politicians, it is not different. We should not bet our lives on someone based on “Promises backed by a new understanding." It wiser to bet on someone who has a viewable track record. Someone who says “Look at what I stand for.”
If we vote for the candidate based on the promise of a new future, what do we lose when the candidate goes back to his fundamental belief system?
Judge the candidates based on what they have supported in the past years, despite their requests that we neglect their bad judgments. This is who they are. This is who they will be.
There is only one way to decide this election.
Not only do politicians lie during elections to get votes, but politicians promise things that they simply cannot deliver. We do not know what can and cannot be delivered.
Therefore, we must vote for the person, not the promises.
Presidentail candiates cannot gaurantee that they come through with their promises, nor do they necessarily mean what they say.