Leviathan

Al Gore, at a dinner with Tennessee Democrats on Saturday proclaimed that we have “a moral duty to pass health care reform. This year.”
A moral duty? Where does Al Gore get the authority to say that we as a nation have a moral duty to pass health care? Certainly he does not get that authority from the constitution. No where in the constitution does it say that the Congress has power to enact a national health care system. And don’t even go to the General Welfare Clause because that is one of the weakest arguments that exists. If health care is part of the General Welfare, then why isn’t exercise equipment? Or why not food? Perhaps the government should get involved in distributing food to its citizens for the general welfare of the state. Or how about TV’s? Citizens can learn a lot of information from TV that should definitely be considered as part of the general welfare. The General Welfare clause is a slippery road to travel down.

Does Al Gore get his authority from religion? I don’t think so. God does not force us to do things. He has given us the ability to choose for ourselves what we want to do, what we want to eat, what we should wear. No where do I see the commandment “Thou shalt have health care as passed and regulated by the government.” God does not force us to do anything (unless you believe in pre-destination). Yet Al Gore, and the liberal Democrats want to force us to have health care.

Does he get his authority from being a former vice-president? Or from the passing of Ted Kennedy (which is the most despicable showing of political opportunism I have ever seen)? I would say no, and no.

The liberal Democrats know their beloved health care is on the verge of failure, and so they pull out all the stops including a supposed appeal to religion (don’t forget Obama’s talk to over 1000 pastors and rabbi’s where he warned against those bearing false witness against him, and how the government is a partner with God in matters of life and death).

As Conservatives we must continue to unite against this bill. We believe in freedom of choice. Humans are intelligent and capable of protecting themselves. We don’t need a nanny state to tell us how to govern ourselves.