As the Presidential Election heats up, sides are being chosen. I'm not talking about simple party choices, Republican or Democrat. I'm talking about sides that are quite divided on some issues, but not others. However, when you choose a candidate for one specific reason, you also get everything else the candidate stands for.
For example, I have a friend who is a postal worker. (I don't know if he will still be after he reads this, but I'm not shy about telling people my views and he already knows that.) Anyway, he's a union rep and his union just endorsed Joe Biden because they don't like Donald Trump's goal of balancing the Post Office budget. His union is also pushing the Democrat Congressman over the Republican.
His reasoning is obvious. To him, it's all about who will give the postal workers more. I understand that.
However, he's also a gun guy. He likes to hunt and guns are part and parcel of that sport. He doesn't understand his Democrat Congressman will sell him down the river when he's told how to vote on a (anti) gun bill regardless of what the constituency in his area overwhelmingly wants. So when Joe Biden says he will put Beto Hell yes I'll take your guns O'Rourke in charge of the gun issue, remember - you voted for it.
We've already seen this Democrat Congressman fail to represent the wishes of the district. In NY-22, Trump won the district by about 16%. That double-digit number is remarkable because it tells you the will of the district - this is clearly Trump country. Fast forward to 2018 and the the 2019 impeachment vote. Yup, you guess it - he voted to impeach.
Oh, he went through the motions and made the I'm soul searching statements, but it's obvious that when you accept money from Babs Streisand, Alec Baldwin and Rosey O'Donnell, you owe them something and that's your vote when their hate reaches the floor in an impeachment vote. The conclusion is obvious: He was bought and paid for, and that same money is coming back into his campaign fund in an effort to keep him in office for the next time they tell him how to vote.
So it's a trade-off. Your union endorses in an effort to get more at work, but you lose in other ways. If the Democrats get their way, eventually there will be no private gun ownership, period.
But wait, there's more!
You are also endorsing abortion, especially late-term abortion when you endorse the guy you think will vote to give you more at work. Oh, I'm sure you don't want that smell tied to you, but it is by proxy. This Congressman repeatedly voted for late-term abortion when he was in NY government. Late-term abortion is, of course, a polite term for infanticide.
You don't get to pick and choose. It's a package deal, all or none. No ala carte. No some of this, but none of that. You're willing to send an eventual gun-grabbing baby murderer back to Washington hoping for a fatter paycheck or better benefits, that's your business.
But don't turn around and tell me you support the second amendment or are against abortion.
You indicated your preferences when you endorsed and voted. You get the whole package, kit and caboodle.
Just like the sign at the Chinese restaurant says.
No substitutions.
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