To be on the left is to have no consequences

We have constantly seen the lack of consequences of the left. People on the left too often believe that people should not be held accountable for their words and actions. The latest is Father Phlager of racist ranting fame. He made some statement recently that he believed that his comments would be limited to the people in the church. I can guarantee that Trent Lott thought his comments at Strom Thurman's birthday party would be confined to his audience. He lost his leadership position in the Senate.

Hillary Clinton agreed to the rules about Michigan and Florida concerning primary scheduling. Now that she has lost she believes their votes should count. While on the subject of Hillary she believed in the action in Iraq when the resolution came to a vote. Now she believes the action to be wrong. People change their minds and that is fine. She however wants the blame to go to President Bush and not to her.

Barak Obama wants to make everyone who makes bad choices in life immune to the results. Just tax the evil corporations and everyone can be whole. If you make a bad investment with a shaky loan? Just make the banks refinance with a sweetheart deal. If you use check cashing services. Are you accountable? No the government will regulate them.

Speech is one of their favorites. Barak Obama says he should not be held accountable for the rantings of his lunatic pastor. As far as the statement goes I agree. What he should be accountable for is his lack of judgment of the people he considers spiritual leaders. He has a pretty bad track record there. He wants us to believe that he will have better judgement when he meets with the Arab thug dictators.

When the Dixie Chicks singing group make critical statements about the President in their concerts, they could not understand why their fans would punish them by not buying their records. Words matter and so does judgement.

Conservatives and right leaning people also say stupid things. The difference is they tend to apologize and make restitution to the people involved. Pat Robertson has said several stupid things. He has apologized. Franklin Graham has said stupid things. John Hagee has made some stupid and some mischaracterized statements. He made peace with the Catholic church in very public statements. Has Jeremiah Wright ever apologized for his rants? Have the Chicks? I am not saying they have any obligation to, but if they want people to reverse their judgements of them some kind of apology is in order.

Judgment and consequences is how we learn. I was arrested when I was younger for driving while intoxicated. Not being a stupid man I don't do this anymore. I learned from consequences. We can not expect people in our society to learn from mistakes if there are no consequences.