We need more politicians who stand by their principles, even if it costs them everything
‘If the only way to get or keep power is to betray your principles, what’s the point of having power?’‘If the only way to get or keep power is to betray your principles, what’s the point of having power?’Last modified on Tue 16 Aug 2022 12.53 BSTdetermine the fate of Representative Liz Cheney, the putative leader of the anti-Trump forces in the Republican party.
So far, three of these 10 principled Republican lawmakers have lost their primaries. Two have won them. The remaining four are retiring. Trump also selected Cheney’s opponent in Tuesday’s Republican primary, Harriet Hageman – who has rallied behind Trump and amplified his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.If Liz Cheney loses her House seat, as seems likely, I hope she doesn’t disappear from public life. Although her views on countless substantive issues are the opposite of mine, I salute her.
The question isn’t limited to Republicans. As the midterms draw closer, some Democratic operatives and pundits argue that Biden and the Democrats must move to the “center” to win.? Halfway between democracy and fascism? And if Democrats must go there to win, what’s the point of winning?In early 1996, Bill and Hillary Clinton summoned pollster Dick Morris to the White House to make sure Bill Clinton would be re-elected.
To Morris and most other political operatives, this question makes no sense. Politics is about getting and keeping power. Principles have nothing to do with it. Should candidates merely reflect what the conman has stirred up, as Hageman has done in Wyoming and other Republican candidates are doing with Trump’s “big lie” elsewhere?The dilemma on the Democrats’ side is not nearly as dangerous for the nation, but it exists, nonetheless.
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