RSSJeffersonian’s for Transcendent Order
I repent. I was way too hard on Governor Romney’s speech. The more I think about it, the more I agree with Dreher and Buchanan. It was the best that could be done in our context. My Covenanter reflex was showing. Why make the good the enemy of the perfect. Sure there were empty platitudes about equality and diversity but such is the environment of 21st Century America. Where else could a candidate from a minority sect stand?
Thinking through Darryl’s response, I think it is interesting that DGH seem to be the one confusing cities. Sure I am skeptical of Romney’s Mormon theology but his speech affirmed the following:
1. That American order is rooted in a transcendent order;
2. That the two kingdoms are not to be confounded;
3. That he will champion what is left of Christendom.
I don’t care if a man is a complete unbeliever if he is a conservative who will affirm the above stated. Maybe I do live to close to Hill Cumorah… now were is my other wife?
D Hart
December 9th, 2007 at 8:50 am
Bill, it’s not all about me, but then sometimes it is. How did I confuse the two kingdoms? What I tried to say was that everyone is selective in appealing to Jefferson and to Winthrop. I myself try to follow old Tom. But Lord knows I’m prone to wander. So please enlighten me.
And frankly, I think your point about MLK is on the mark. Everyone seems to think that religion is good if its on the side of progressivism. (which begs the question that the expansion of the Fed. Govt. in the Civil Rights program was progress.) So hold to your Covenanter guns. Otherwise, my world gets mighty confusing.
W.H. Chellis
December 9th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Ok… It was cheap shot but I need a foil for my post.
D Hart
December 11th, 2007 at 5:48 am
Bring it.