Hubris

Last night Charlie Gibson asked Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin if she thought it took hubris for her to believe that she is ready today to be President of the United States of America. I think calling himself a journalist takes hubris, but let me examine some examples that I think take hubris.

Matt Damon an actor who knows nothing about Sarah Palin (he admitted so in his interview) believe it is his place to determine that she is scary. I may not be a rocket scientist but if I don't know anything about someone I generally don't call them scary. Maybe it is just me.

Democrat Activists who continually refer to Jesus as a community organizer. My knowledge of Barak Obama's job as community organizer was to lobby and push for a bigger government role in the people's lives. Jesus rarely mentions the government at all other than to tell us "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's". Jesus spoke to individuals about their personal role in our world. In the Sermon on the Mount he never once talked about our views on the role of government in helping the poor, or the infirmed, nor prisoners. He talked about when we meet him on the day of judgement. That is a huge difference as far as I can see. If anything these liberals are outsourcing their role as helping those less fortunate to a government that cannot do it as well.

Feminists and black activists that want us to believe that they speak for all blacks and women. Women and blacks I have known over the years are individuals and sometimes agree with me on things and sometimes disagree. I have known very few women who agree most of the time with Gloria Steinem and Suasan Estrich. How much hubris does it take for Jesse Jackson to believe he can speak for black people? He speaks for Clarence Thomas, Kenneth Blackwell, etc? Absolute Hubris!!

Finally Barak Obama. "I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby. " I could quote many more of Obama's statements but this one sums it up pretty good. The rhetorical scenario he throws out there is such: A child of a muti millionaire politician gets pregnant and for no other reason that convenience ends an unborn baby's life because he feels it would be a punishment. Sums up the left wing mind pretty good I think.