Purity

I have been getting a lot of emails in recent days from purists. They are the folks that say "Candidate X is not conservative because they are against ______" or "I will only vote for Candidate Y because they are pro ______".

Now I certainly understand the concept of having principles and sticking with them. However, this country is about more than just abortion or illegal immigration or whatever. There are a multitude of issues that our leaders are going to need to deal with. They have to be able to move the global war on terror forward, they have to be able to deal with a Russian state that is devolving back to it's Communist past, they need to deal with how to keep the economy moving, then need to deal with Iran and North Korea, they need to deal with our border and what to do with illegal immigration, they need to appoint judges....the list goes on and on and on. To rule candidates out because they may be squishy on abortion (which is already settled law there is nothing the President can do about it) or the 2nd Amendment (a biggie for me btw but it is also settled law - nothing short of a Constitutional Amendment is going to change that) is suicide for the country.

We, as voters, need to start putting COUNTRY ahead of individual issues. If we don't, we are going to continue to be stuck with the rancor that we currently see in public discourse. The country and our children deserve better.