Way back when, in the beginning of time, Man made the fire then the wheel. Went from a horse to an automobile, he said, "the world is mine." He took the oceans and the sky, he set the borders, built the walls, he won't stop 'til he owns it all.
Voter support for abortion rights in
Ohio highlights voter dissatisfaction. Polling indicates that between 61% (Pew)
to 85% (Gallup) of voters support some form of legal access to abortion. And,
as we’ve seen, voters in Ohio, New York, Maryland, Kansas, California,
Michigan, Vermont, Kentucky, and Montana, really, really mean it. In 2024 Republican
candidates will shy away from abortion.
So what?
News junkies across the political
spectrum were stunned when former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley received a rousing
applause during the 3rd Republican Presidential debate last week for
forging a moderate approach to abortion. While the others on stage, supposed small
government and state’s rights candidates advocated for a national law on
restricting abortion, Haley took a pragmatic approach and spoke of consensus, mutual
respect, and a word rarely used anymore, compromise.
“Let’s find consensus,” she said, “We don’t
need to divide America over this issue anymore…Let’s bring people together and
decide what we can agree on.” The former Governor added, “As much as I’m
pro-life, I don’t judge anyone for being pro-choice, and I don’t want them to
judge me for being pro-life.”
Haley’s comments indicate a willingness
to take a pragmatic, real-world, solution-seeking approach to the complex
issues dividing Americans. Rather than falling back on party dogma, she presented
a fresh idea that could allow her to break out of the pack. In an era where
compromise is often four letter word, Haley proposed the path of tolerance; acknowledging
ideological diversity, and the importance of civil public debate.
For too long now, political extremism,
in the guise of an unwillingness to compromise and include the views of others,
has shut down important and necessary discussions like immigration, fiscal responsibility,
healthcare policies, and America’s role in an increasingly complex world. Most
importantly, Haley had the character and the courage to very publicly stand up
and speak out when too many others have been caving in to party bullies.
Enough is enough is enough is enough. I know the answer, put a
woman in charge
In a word, perhaps, just perhaps, the
white horse of hope for so many, a reasonable candidate they can vote for
rather than against, will ride in as a political dark horse and return
national politics to healthy public debate where reason triumphs over vitriol.
In a race filled with old nags and hobbled horses, it only makes horse sense to
give Nikki Haley another view in her race for the roses.
Character is more important the
policy. A friend told me “I can’t stand the idea of another four years of
suffering and people being afraid…Haley has taken everything the others have
thrown at her yet she’s strong without being extreme.”
It’s still too early to say but it may
be time to put a woman in the winner’s circle.
The time has come, we've got to turn this world
around. Call the mothers, call the daughters: we need the sisters of
mercy now. She'll be a hero, not a fool. She's got the
power, to change the rules. She's got something that men don't
have, she is kind and she understands. Put a woman in charge.