I see that side of the argument too. But at some point, morality and the real world collide. if your constituents NEED something, something as important as a medical building.....how long do you stand by your principles, and at what cost to the people you represent?
At some point do you say: 'This whole fucking thing SUCKS, and I'm still against it, but as of today, the only way i can help my people, is to request funds blah blah' ?? I'm probably giving Ryan WAYYYYYY too much credit, and I doubt it went down like this. But i can see a real life scenario where this would be....understandable, i guess. On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > > I find the cupcake analogy wrong. let me try one closer to how I see it. > > I am a vegan. i think all that is wrong with this country and the > world is people eating meat. > > I dont even want to talk to people who do. they are all bad bad people. > > what's that? you made some veal? and is that kobe beef in the tartar? > no, i've never tried whale meat. > > well, since you already made it.... > > The rhetoric specifically used by Ryan is a MORAL argument. > > So either he holds to his moral beliefs or he doesn't. To me it is that > simple. > > If he had made other arguments, based on "best for the country, but > not evil", then I could see accepting the money, but not based on his > arguments. > > (and btw, I am not a vegan. although I think I may have ate one once) > > >> Uh huh, and i'd like to repeal every part of the $2 billion stealth > >> helicopter deal, including the cupcake...so i can get my cupcake > somewhere > >> else. > >> > >> I'm not a Ryan defender, but let's just keep our heads screwed on here. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:354520 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
