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Thursday, January 10, 2008

Promise Keepers

My dad used to say that a man who didn't keep his promise to his wife couldn't be trusted to keep his promises to anyone else. What does that say about the Republican Presidential candidates? I don't presume to know why so many in the field are divorced - who's at fault, what happened. Rather, I merely observe that there are three candidates who are married to their first brides:
Mike and Janet Huckabee, Ron and Carol Paul, Mitt and Ann Romney.

Does it matter that the others are divorced? Is fidelity in marriage a requirement for the Presidency? When a man stands before the preacher and promises, "til death do we part," and then goes back on his word, why should I believe him when he raises his right hand and intones, "I do solemnly swear to uphold the constitution of the United States of America"?

Or am I just too old-fashioned?

5 comments:

  1. I don't know much about politics, but I totally agree with you on that one. Love you

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  2. Anonymous3:44 PM

    Ronald Reagan had divorced and remarried....and in my opinion he was the best President in my lifetime, which goes back to 1958.

    While Huckabee seems like a good man, I question some of his political records.

    Bruce
    Kokomo, IN

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  3. Yeah, Bruce, and here's the thing. There was quite a stink about that fact. I recall that being a distinct issue with Reagan. Now there is nearly no mention of the issue. Giuliani's three marriages barely get a mention.

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  4. Anonymous9:57 PM

    Why the assumption that it was the man only who broke the covenant?

    If it would make a difference to you, Fred Thompson was raised and baptized in a non-instrumental church of Christ.

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  5. I'd prefer the "always faithful" candidate, but I leave room for the "that is what some of you were" candidates too. I used the "if his wife can't trust him" argument during the Bill Clinton administration/campaigns. Now I'm not so sure I can trust any of them.

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