The Great Waffling
I have a great tendency to waffle on issues. Some would, of course, view it as a weakness. I however view it as a strength. Essentially, it’s my way of stating that when new facts or points of view come about that I am flexible enough to consider the new facts. I am currently (though still undecided) reconsidering two of my positions.
The first potential waffle: Gubernatorial candidates. I have stated that I will likely vote for Bredesen. Not necessarily because he’s such a great guy but because Hilleary is a spineless politician with a career based on name recognition and endorsements; and very little actual substance. Hilleary merely ‘me toos’ whatever Dubya says (or any other politician he perceives as popular). The real kicker for Hilleary that I am not getting over is that he would not participate in debates during the Republican primaries. Essentially, I thought Bredesen was the lesser of two wankers.
In 2000, I supported Dubya. Not because I thought he was a great guy, but because I felt Al Gore was a lying, moronic robot who kowtowed to the leftist political organizations. Al Gore changed is longstanding positions on certain things to gain the leftist vote, as opposed to maintaining his Southern Democrat popularity. Gun control being one of those issues. Now, I actually do like Dubya. He has impressed me. But I digress. Back to the Governor thing: now my opinions of Bredesen as being less of a wanker are becoming non-existent. Mostly thanks to HobbsOnline. In addition, this whole violating the law with respect to contributing to his own campaign speaks of his character. I mean the law is supposedly unconstitutional but we should expect our leaders to obey the law. And if they want to fight the law, the should do so through legal means.
This doesn’t mean that I am gonna go vote for Hilleary. I’m really thinking about voting for Ledford. I do agree with many Libertarian positions but can’t quite get over the feeling of throwing my vote away. Ledford seems to be more honest than the other two and he could probably steam a hell of a lobster. I don’t know as yet whether I will vote for Bredesen or Ledford. But Hilleary is definitely out of the question.
The second potential waffle: I’ve ranted about gun control and registration before. And have stated that I support registration (well regulated, and all that) but Smootz over at the Metroblab said the following (which got me to thinking):
Really. Then you don’t mind getting a license to put up a flyer, post a bill, publish a broadsheet, run a blog page, etc. I suspect you would mind more than most
Never thought about it in those terms. Before, registration was fine with me so long as it didn’t unreasonably ‘infringe’ the right to keep and bear arms. But some registration has gone too far, in my opinion. For example, in Tennessee you must get a carry permit to ‘bear arms.’ That’s an infringement in that it is usually a 90 day process. In addition, friends from New Jersey have told me that to purchase a gun in that state, you must wait up to two years! So, some registration does infringe. But now, do I stick to my former stance and support certain non-infringing registration or change my stance on the basis of ‘we don’t register other constitutionally protected rights.’ It’s an interesting conundrum that I must further research.
Adieu!
