IN REPLY TO JODY

This is in reply to Jody, who commented on my Jennifer Flowers blog.

Jody, you state that you are a conservative woman who is sick of white men running our country and are curious to see what a woman could do. You also stated that your main difference with Hillary is her pro-choice stance, and you don't see that changing, so she would probably help working women with children.

First of all, conservatism is a core set of principles of which the pro-life stance is only one of them. The other stances are less federal government, less taxation, free-markets, and abiding by the Constitution.

You stated that Hillary could help working moms. Let me state that it isn't the government's job to take care of working moms or make their lives easier. You chose to have children, and it is your responsibility to make the sacrifices necessary to raise them. Where in the Constitution is Hillary given the right to take care of working moms?? How exactly do you expect Hillary to do this? Anything the Federal government does costs money. That money comes from working moms and dads. The more she spends, the more we are taxed. I don't know about you, but I earned that money and I want to be able to choose where I spend it. They already steal my money for social security even though I probably will never get to see a social security check because the system is going bankrupt.

Secondly, I don't vote based on sex, or race, EVER. I don't care what sex you are or what race you are. I care about where you stand on the issues. Hillary wants universal health care. That sounds nice, but all you have to do is look at Canada or England to see the problems you get with universal health care. Canadians are coming to the U.S. for treatment because the waiting lines are so long that in some cases they will die before they can get treatment. In England, people are pulling out their own teeth because it takes too long to get into a dentist. But guess what, there are still dentists and doctors in private practice, but only the rich can afford to go to them. Personally, I don't want the government involved in whether I get to live or not.

Next, you state that nothing is getting done about abortions. Well, nothing will get done until we are able to get judges on the Supreme Court who will reverse Roe v. Wade. Hillary will ensure that any justices she puts on the Supreme Court will be pro-choice and that means Roe v. Wade will continue for the conceivable future if she becomes President. That isn't all though. She believes that the Constitution is a "living, breathing document". What this means is that she believes the meaning of the Constitution can be changed at will by judges. That should scare you more than anything, because the Constitution is a contract with the American people, and if it can be changed without our permission, what is there to guarantee our freedoms? She will appoint judges on the lower courts who agree with her. These judges have overturned law after law that the people have voted for because the judge's political views differed. It is supposed to be "we the people" not "we the judges".

My main concern is that you say that you are conservative, yet you want the federal government to ride in like Robin Hood and save the day. Conservatives believe that if the government helps people, it should be at the local level where they are closest to the people they are helping, not some federal bureaucracy in Washington D.C. You also see people in groups of race and sex. Conservatives don't usually look at people in groups. They look at each individual.

I don't oppose Hillary because she is a woman. I oppose Hillary because she is a socialist who believes people are too stupid to take care of themselves. She promises one thing after another and each one of these things, if it doesn't already exist (and they don't), are going to make my taxes go up even higher. As it is, the average American pays everything they earn from January to April in taxes. Do you honestly want to pay more? Or do you think it is okay for the government to continue to take my money from my family and give it to someone else?

I can't believe any truly conservative woman would consider voting for Hillary. She is the total opposite of conservatism. And my memory serves me well enough to remember how her husband pardoned terrorists, his brother and political donors on his way out, and then their people trashed the White House and took some of the furniture.