given2Christ's Blog

         Does anyone really think that the GOP is more ethical than the Democratic party or vice-versa? Certainly, Bill Clinton and others on the Democratic side have a poor track record, but so do many Republicans. Neither party can or should hold ethics against the other for it is by no means justified.

         Democrats claim to be the ethical party because most party members don't actually commit to many crimes (or we don't hear about it when they do). They do, however, support abortion rights, giving taxpayer money to drug addicts, gay marriage, illegal immigration, eliminating the death penalty, and handing out condoms and birh control in schools to name a few. They then brush under the carpet the crimes of their fellow party members when they do commt them and believe that being "progressive" exempts them from acting ethical. They ignore the Bible saying, "to whom much is entrusted much more will be asked". A better policy when it comes to morality is to examine each individual seperately and not the party as a whole.

         Republicans are no better. Sure, their policies are more well thought out and ethical but not many of their actions. Larry Craig has a wide stance for more reasons than one. Tom DeLay took campaign contribution which were literally bribes. Many other candidates have commited many more crimes than what I have mentioned, but there's not enough room for me to mention them (lump Democrats in with that). I say, to liberals especially, that in this case to, examine the individual.

          No politician is sincere (except a select few). This is  widely excepted but normally when members of one party look at politicians of another. There is always a celebrity in everyone in this over-glorified servitude called politics. They only worry about getting reelected to continue their career, though it shouldn't be a career, often at the expense of the people. No matter what side of the party lines you're on the hypocrisy of politicians is not moral. Since neither side has anything all the other, ethics has no place in the political arena. For the last time, looking at the individual is key.

        So arguing about morality is fruitless, it doesn't solve anything. Ethics does not define party lines but blurs them, changing opposing sides from the apparent black and white to shades of grey. The only place to look for morals is in the policies of each individual and even then it may not be clear. Leave ethics out GOP/leftist debates and you'll be standing by the maxim "there are no ethics in politics".