Reps do NOT have a monopoly on MORAL VALUES [View All]

I was reading the NYTimes article about the Missouri guy who said he was going to vote due to his values (ie, abortion, gays). The same position from the Democratic party for it to be individual choice did not stop him in 2 previous elections from voting Democrat.

But this idea needs to be stopped, and right now, the idea that these 2 values only define the rightness of a vote.

What about the value to be law-abiding citizens? If so, then what about the President's decision to deliberately allow inhumane treatment of prisoners by declaring that the Geneva Convention did not have to be followed?

If the value is respect for life (ie, no abortion), then how can the US still be in Iraq slaughtering innocent people now that the pretext for war has definitely been proven false?

What about the value for being responsible for one's decisions? Don't we teach our children to own up to mistakes and fix them, rather than attempt to hide all trace of their misdeeds?

The Democrats are not, by insinuation, the IMMORAL party that has no values. I value building up citizens here by not shipping our jobs overseas, showing respect for other's personal decisions that do not affect me, helping the elderly among us by providing reasonably priced healthcare, and assisting the poor, handicapped, or otherwise disadvantaged through no fault of their own.

I am proud of my values, they are MORAL and ETHICAL values and I dang well refuse to allow another group of people to infer that they have them and I do not.