By Mike Huckabee - I love America for allowing different points of view and encouraging individuality. I’ve said many times that Republicans aren’t right all the time and Democrats aren’t wrong all the time. It’s foolish for us to act as if our point of view makes us always right and the other guy always wrong. Having different views is a good thing. But having different standards is not.

If something is right, it’s right. If it’s wrong, it’s wrong. Diversity is a good thing; duplicity is not.

Having different rules based on a person’s gender, ethnicity, religion or political party creates cynicism and distrust and precludes problem solving because it prohibits the trust necessary to work toward a solution. If it’s wrong for Republican Joe Wilson to shout “You lie!” on the floor of Congress, and it was, then it’s equally wrong for a Democrat like Alan Grayson to say that his Republican colleagues in Congress want sick people to “die quickly.”

Joe Wilson apologized and then was censured by the House; Alan Grayson was belligerent and Nancy Pelosi found nothing wrong with his comments because in “Nancy-land” there are different sets of rules for Republicans and Democrats.

Some Republicans pounced on Bill Clinton for his personal failures, but were painfully quiet regarding the same sins of members of their own party.

Some things are either right or wrong. It doesn’t matter who does them. When Hollywood hero Roman Polanski drugged and raped a 13-year-old girl and then fled the country instead of facing the consequences of his own guilty plea, there should be no defense of him from anyone. What he did was evil and reprehensible. The fact that he is a great director doesn’t obscure the fact that he robbed a child of far more than Bernie Madoff stole from his victims.

What has our culture become when people can commit despicable criminal acts and yet get defended and excused because they are celebrities. If David Letterman takes advantage of subordinates who work for him, then it’s not funny, it’s pathetic and immoral. The audience shouldn’t laugh and applaud; they ought to walk out in disgust. And instead of actors and even governments seeking the release of Roman Polanski, they should be screaming for justice.

Our country was brilliantly designed by our Founders and nurtured in the Providence of God to withstand many points of view, but it cannot stand having different rules of propriety based on a person’s celebrity status.

I miss the days when we might have been divided by politics, but not on basic principles of morality.

By Mike Huckabee - FoxNews.com

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   Clay Barham
   December 18th, 2009 at 2:14 pm #

   GO TO PERSON
   Every family should have a “go to” person who can give answers to political and issue concerns, as suggested by Rush Limbaugh. Learning how means starting at the roots, the beginnings and differences between two sides of the same coin, which is all there is. One side is long established, where the few rule the many, irrespective of their labels. The other side is the newest, that of individual freedom and limited government. Why do many follow each side, and why the conflict between them? What side do current issues come from, such as health care, cap and trade as well as amnesty for illegal immigrants? What side of the coin most impacts the lives of your family, to whom you provide the answers? Call up claysamerica.com for the roots of both sides and improve your understanding of the issues so you have the answers. Claysamerica.com

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   Barry Horas
   December 23rd, 2009 at 11:54 am #

   Please keep up the great work you do along with the FOX team. I cannot beleive our legistlators are doing all the things they are getting away with IN OUR FACE. with the obvious majority solidly against these issues. \Where is the Outrage\ where are the Republicans. Why at this point are we treating this administration with such kid gloves Why are we tolerating such lies from our president (I do want to treat the office of the presidency with respect but our president surely has not earned our respect. Health care appears to be the worst piece of legistration in modern times, the bailout programs clearly have failed, how are they getting away with all the czars which should be illegeal, they have full access to the white house go through no scrutiny. God Bless