tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823719196374898491.post4759275708357366385..comments2023-12-19T07:29:42.437-06:00Comments on Dedicated Tenther: From the HQDedicated Tentherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02169003228002700000noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823719196374898491.post-20157935128463060542012-01-21T10:54:52.955-06:002012-01-21T10:54:52.955-06:00You're right, of course. I just think it's...You're right, of course. I just think it's a shame that so many folks think of those things as completely separate when they shouldn't be.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01013079869865203553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823719196374898491.post-48858087069517117542012-01-20T18:25:03.970-06:002012-01-20T18:25:03.970-06:00While I absolute agree with you, in theory, the fa...While I absolute agree with you, in theory, the fact is there are many people who are fiscally conservative, and socially libertarian (if not actively liberal). Santorum turns them off.<br /><br />Then there are people like myself. I may not be a 10th Amendment absolutist, but I'm big on the 10th A, and Rick Santorum is almost antithetical to it. He believes that the Federal Government has much more power to set policies which I believe should be left to the states.<br /><br />Enough so that I have a very hard time supporting him- even outside the fact his candidacy is likely going nowhere.Dedicated Tentherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169003228002700000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823719196374898491.post-86861118848345601582012-01-20T16:12:08.845-06:002012-01-20T16:12:08.845-06:00I love reading Vic's comments.
I am bothered...I love reading Vic's comments. <br /><br />I am bothered though by the idea that social issues are completely separate from fiscal ones, as his comment about Santorum implies. Ideally, our beliefs about all issues should flow from a coherent belief about people (the value of the human person and human behavior). So social issues should compliment the fiscal ones because they all come from the same underlying philosophy. I don't agree with everything Santorum advocates- and, sadly, I was a Perry supporter so you can't accuse me of being on Santorum's bandwagon- but if you listen to him explain his ideas you can easily see how he gets from point x on the social spectrum to point y on the fiscal one to point z on the defense one. I wish I could say that about all our candidates. I would also point out something that Ace himself has acknowledged on more than one occasion: the folks who claim to be fiscally conservative but socially liberal are often not very trustworthy on the former. I have no idea why that is but if had to guess I would think it stems from a lack of coherent philosophy about people.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01013079869865203553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823719196374898491.post-4274178155322724892012-01-20T15:10:03.643-06:002012-01-20T15:10:03.643-06:00I like the idea of discussing ace of spades commen...I like the idea of discussing ace of spades comments on you blog. It's very "meta". I agree that there are a ton of interesting people that post there 9yourself included).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12361162606266221734noreply@blogger.com