DISPATCHES FROM SAN JUAN

By “Teddy Roosevelt”

An Election Fantasy.

I have a fantasy this election season. No, my fantasy does not involve Michelle Bachmann, Nikki Haley and Sarah Palin in negligees.

In my fantasy this election is not decided by whether a candidate once had trouble paying their bills or got behind on their mortgage.

It is not decided by the fact that they grow Christmas trees or raise donkeys on their seven acre farm.

It is not decided by whether they dabbled in witchcraft while in college or by whether or not they inhaled 25 years ago.

It is not decided by whether Chuck Norris or Oprah or even Bruce Springsteen endorsed a candidate.

In my fantasy this election is about choosing between two competing views of the purpose of government. We can argue about which is better. Reasonable minds can differ vehemently about which is better. I know which one I subscribe to.

In my fantasy everybody who thinks bigger government is better, who wants government to provide for their (or someone else’s) retirement and healthcare and their housing, who wants more regulation and more taxes on anybody votes Democrat.

Everybody who wants to provide for themselves thinks that governments role in our life should be as limited as possible and wants less spending, less regulation and less taxes for all, those people vote Republican.

In short just this once, on Election Day we cut through the crap and decide which vision of America is the one we are going with.