Get over being a one issue voter: REALLY?

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Pro-life voters are often dismissed or caricatured as one issue voters who need to grow up and get over their fixation about refusing to vote for a candidate if he/she is not pro-life and therefore against abortion because there is more at stake than just that one issue.

While I agree that there is always more than one issue at stake, and that being merely a one issue voter is immature myopia at best; I categorically disagree that recognizing that some issues rise to the level of disqualifying a candidate from consideration makes one a pesky one-issue voter.  The truth is that some positions are so inherently evil that they disqualify a person from holding the sacred trust of the people. (more…)