While we are all busy watching what unfolds in Iowa tonight, I would like to give our readers something to think about.
"And I hear from time to time people say, hey, wait a second, we have civil liberties we have to worry about. But don't forget the most important civil liberty I expect from my government is my right to be kept alive, and that's what we're going to have to do."
- Mitt Romney, Republican Presidential Candidate Debate, Durham, NH, 9/5/07
I am not sure on the exact context of this quote, but I have two theories regarding what message Mitt Romney was trying to convey...
1.We should expect our government to provide the necessary resources for us to be alive.
2.The government has the right to determine whether or not I should be kept alive.
Both of these occupy the far ends of our political spectrum and I would appreciate if someone could direct me into the middle.
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1.We should expect our government to provide the necessary resources for us to be alive.
I think this is what he meant close to what he meant. As a Republican, it sounds like something to do with the Patriot Act, fighting terror, and national security.
If it was a Democrat, I'd think it had to do with welfare, health care, etc.
2.The government has the right to determine whether or not I should be kept alive.
I don't think this is what he meant. I think he referred to the Declaration of Independence stating the government must provide for safety, guarantee of property, general welfare, etc.
Give me liberty or give me death? Anyone? Bueller?
"Right to be kept alive."--I hate to do it, but 2 words:
Terri Schiavo.
I'll be posting on this later, but I would just like to point out that Angelo served Romney. Yes, like the 2004 flop You Got Served starring Omarion Grandberry.
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