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Principle Versus Power - Right Versus MightBy JGillman, Section News
On Greta, two good men showed what a glaring difference there is in how the left and the right view how best to govern.
One, the Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty explained that while he is governor, he cannot command his state's law enforcement official to do anything. He admits that she is on the other side of the debate (of health care) yet she has not committed to not performing a challenge, and that it could still happen. The important part? He will not assume a role of telling THAT AG office what to do, yet consistently maintains his position that the bill is flawed, and unconstitutional. His AG may well have to participate on behalf of the people anyhow, but not by his word. He has left it to the people as is their right to petition such things. The other, Mike Cox, the Michigan attorney general explains that no matter what our leadership's opinion might be, he is charged with doing the correct and right thing by representing the citizens of Michigan in a fight against this bill. Holding the constitution up as the protection against this power grab by Washington. He asserts the commerce clause being used as justification to force buying of insurance is an overstepping of the government's authority. In his naming of of the aggrieved, he did however concede to the governor's point of filing on behalf of the citizens, so that the governor may file against the Michigan citizens in support of Obama. - (my words) And the governor?
Its about power. pure and simple. Jennifer Granholm as Michigan's chief executive, seeks only advice and affirmation of those who would assume that the people's will is subservient to government's. With that pursuit of repressive logic, comes the ultimate failure. She has demonstrated it repeatedly, yet it has not made a difference in her direction of thought. As a result of a second term to office, her validation was complete.
SHE MUST HAVE BEEN RIGHT! Even as the city of Detroit finishes its falling to ruin, THAT project, started through pursuit of a "great society", our governor cannot reconcile the failure of her favored ideology. One that inserts power over proper prejudice, franking over freedom, and ultimately "change" over choosing wisely. The underlying structure of reward for delivery of "the goods" to unions, and social progressives with "get out the vote" efforts by those who feed off the great society ideals has done its job well enough to convince the misguided matron of malfeasance that she has been right all along. It has reinforced her belief that prosperity springs from the well of an all powerful and domineering government. As she wraps up her final days as a destroyer of Michigan she would leave us with even more cement shoes, or anchors around the necks of hard working Michiganders, by embracing a plan that on its face is against natural law, the law of the land, and common sense. Further, she welcomes all opportunities to leave the state with unfunded mandates, lingering costs, and a major repair bill. Perhaps a failure to rectify such things in the next couple of years by any following administrations would assuage her limited feelings of guilt for driving this sports car we call Michigan into the tree, and she is trying to cut the brake lines to make it so.
The comparison of Pawlenty, Cox, and Granholm reveals at the very least the philosophical differences with the way the conservative Republicans and leftist Democrats view these positions of authority. One side has a bias toward protecting the rights and the will of the people, and the other views a top down mandate of how you live as the preferred method. Jennifer Granholm cares not one whit for the will of the people, as she stated, she "has been a co-chair of the governors task force trying to get this bill through..." ignoring the blatant disregard for citizen's rights the bill promises. The other two regard the people as our founders did, as wielding the power, and they each, in their own manner have made a point to defend that power appropriately.
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