Little Red Blog

Men of generally acceptable character are probably just as common today as they were during any age of civilization. Men of less than admirable character are also just as prominent, some would say more so. However, men of outstanding character, moral fiber, and intellectual honest are much less common in this day than they were just a few generations ago. This is not a revelation or an invention, it is self evident.

Liberty was the primary driving factor in the founding of this nation. It is the essence of a Life and the fuel for the pursuit of Happiness. Former New York Mayor Ed Koch has publicly announced his support for President Bush in the upcoming election (see his editorial "I've been branded a ‘turncoat’"). The mayor's position leaves him a man without a party. He has chosen the absolute highest of values, Liberty, above all others. His support for President Bush isn't about domestic issues, as he states, he doesn't agree on a single domestic issue. Yet, his intellectual honesty is strong enough to lead him to the only plausible conclusion.

Mayor Koch states that he supports the President because:

"of the Bush Doctrine, "we will go after the terrorists and the countries that harbor them." He has demonstrated that he means it by invading Afghanistan and Iraq, both threats to their regions and to the U.S. I do not believe that the Democratic Party, which is now dominated by those who preferred Governor Dean for president, but decided he could not win, has the stomach to take on worldwide terrorism."

to this Mayor Koch then turns to the Kerry position:

"from The New York Sun dated August 4, 2004.

"In a speech he made last December at the Council on Foreign Relations, Mr. Kerry said he would consider sending Mr. Carter or Mr. Baker as his personal envoy to make peace between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs. Both men are associated with using America's special relationship with Israel to pressure the nation into untenable concessions." It went on, "Mr. Levine told The Sun yesterday that Mr. Kerry instantly regretted making those comments. 'The truth on the envoy issue is that his staff got out ahead of him and released a statement he had not seen; when he saw it he was extremely upset about it and it did not reflect his views. Rather than withdraw at that moment, he allowed it to stay in the speech. He regretted it before he said it, but made the decision that taking it out of the speech at that time would call more attention than leaving it in. He has subsequently made abundantly and repeatedly clear he would not appoint an envoy that does not have the trust of both sides.'""

After reading this, as if it wasn't an absolute given, isn't it now. Candidate Kerry is not a man of character. "He regretted it before he said it" reminds me of 'I voted for the $87 billion before I voted against the $87 billion'.

We are at war, and our enemies, seek to end our Liberty, and to take our lives if we do not succumb to their world view. I believe our enemies are evil, yet their character is true to that which they believe, in that they are more committed to killing us than they are to living. Certainly more committed to our death than Mr. Kerry is to his own words or votes on the floor of the U.S. Senate. He is a man of less than admirable character. However, Mayor Koch should be applauded, for he has shown himself to be a man of character, outstanding character.