RENDERING UNTO GOVERNMENT DEMs IDEA OF VALUES

The post mortem on our last election has Democrats believing that they got their brains bashed in over moral values issues important to Evangelic Christians. Their first instinct was to blame the whole thing on Evangelical’s reaction to gay marriage. Someone must have clued them in that Joe and Mary Six-pack could care less what Steve and Bruce do as long as they aren’t shoving it in their faces and more importantly in their children’s faces. Listening to the latest Democrat talking points it is clear that they are well on their way to another drubbing in 06. Now these Democrat spinners make it clear that their party believes that moral values should translate into more, bigger government programs and taxes.

While Jesus did say, “Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.” He didn’t say, “Render unto Caesar all that Caesar wants so that Caesar may create a huge wasteful government bureaucracy to do the good deeds that I expect each of you to do on your own.” He didn’t say, “Render unto Caesar even as Caesar uses your renderings to kill the unborn and support ‘art’ and other activities which mock and shun me.” He did not say, “By his taking, Caesar relieves you of your responsibilities to do good works.” How impressed is St. Peter going to be at the Golden Gate when he asks, “What good deeds did you do?” and the only answer is, “Well, let’s see, I’m a life long Democrat, so I paid my taxes and hoped Uncle Sam would cover for me.”

So the Democrats, as is their habit of late, are barking up the wrong tree. For most voters, even leaving aside Evangelical voters, moral values will never equate to supporting wasteful government programs. “Moral issues” are not important only to Evangelicals. I mean in a race between Eddie Haskell and George Bush most voters, irrespective of religious persuasion, will recognize that Eddie is smarmy, conniving dope and vote accordingly. Sadly though, a large number of Democrats, up to 70% by some estimates, would vote for Eddie simply because he was not Bush. To get back into the values game Democrats need to start with something as simple as finding a non-Eddie candidate one that tells the truth most of the time. (See “Why Reds and Blues Are Divided on Values” below.)