JunkYardBlog: Fred: Rights Come From God

Fred: Rights Come From God

"Did you catch that, nestled amidst the Cracker-barrel folksiness? 'My friends, we must remember that rights come from God, and not from Government.' It's already creating some buzz because it's a radical statement. And a true one. And a very important one." But it is not a new statement, notes See-Dubya, and he says, "It's big questions like this that I want to hear the answer to more than the small policy details. Like any battle plan, those small things won't survive first contact with the enemy (or the opposition, as the case may be). The principles might."

A final observation from See-Dubya: "One more thing--politically, this is an appealing position because it is religious and acknowledges God without being churchy or condescending or sappy. Compare these terse and reverent invocations of Deity to the showy treacle the Democratic candidates engage in when they take to the pulpits."