Marcus Carey on the Wrong Side of the Craig Affair

I have a link to bluegrassbulletin.com on this blog. The commentator, Marcus Carey, is a conservative Republican attorney who ran for a seat on the Kentucky Supreme Court last fall (2006).

I was disappointed to read a recent post of his (my comments are below his) because it shows that he just can't seem to "speak evil of a fellow Republican". Just how low does a politician have to stoop before his character can be summarized beyond "not perfect"? Why does Mr. Carey criticize those of us who are shocked and outraged by Craig's perverse sexual pursuit as "insisting they behave as faultless human beings"?

Anyway, here's the post:

Armstrong Williams in a column today says this about the Larry Craig matter:

"As a citizen and fallen human being, my gut tells me to judge these people for their poor actions, and call for their removal. But my faith in Jesus Christ and deep held belief that forgiveness is best for everyone, leads me to call for patience and pardons. See, we all make mistakes. We all sin, error, and fall short of expectations. To judge and condemn others – even elected officials who should be held to the highest standard – usually just narrows our own heart and achieves nothing. That being said, I cannot sit idly by and allow my elected officials to go unpunished for these terrible deeds."
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[Marcus Carey says:]

Once again even the best intentioned among the commentators just can't help suggesting that "we" the voters, have a duty to punish people.
Bottom line is this. Do we really want politicians to be the moral standard of the nation?

As for me, I find religious, charitable and community minded people to hold up for these standards for others to emulate.

Politicians are hired [sorry, they are elected]to do a job. Insisting that they also be faultless human beings is imposing an unattainable goal. It is impossible to choose perfect people from what initially begins as a pool of flawed human beings.

Judgment for criminal conduct belongs to the people. Judgment for sin belongs to God.
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I say:

It amazes me that Mr. Carey can take this stance, in light of his criticism (which I share) of Bill Clinton and others. Mr. Carey is one of many so-called conservatives who are behaving like "Yellow-Dog" Republicans. Republicans need to insist that these fake conservatives jump ship before they take us down to the level of the pedophile Catholic priests who have been shielded by their superiors and permitted to continue what they had no intention of stopping until they got caught.

I know that we need conservatives in the House and Senate. There aren't many (if any) Democrats out there who fit that description. But leaving someone like Craig in office is not justifiable on any grounds. .

Marcus Carey once told my family that if we didn't like how certain issues were handled that we had to work to elect new officials who would do the job right. He must be thinking about Gina, and wishing people would leave the personal out of politics. Sorry, Sir, that's just the way it is. If we leave all judgment of sin in God's hands, then we are giving it open season until the Day of Judgment. I don't think the rest of us are going to be doing very well until then.