Jeff Ellis: It's Impossible To Start A Fire If You Have No Desire To Burn

Sen. Zuckerman?

Mort Zuckerman for the U.S. Senate?

Sure, why not?

True Enemies

Tuesday of this week, I voted in the Texas Republican Primary.  As I previously said I would do, I voted for Kay Bailey Hutchison for governor.

So, of course, Hutchison went on to be rather easily defeated by Rick Perry, who won the Republican nomination with 53% of the vote and rather easily avoided the run-off that many of us assumed the primary would lead to.

Perry will face Democrat Bill White in November.

As for Hutchison, she lost the primary not because she ran a bad campaign or because people didn't feel she'd be a good governor.  She lost the primary because, night after night, the evening news identified her as "SENATOR Kay Bailey Hutchison" as opposed to "Citizen Kay Bailey Hutchison."

After just one year of Barack Obama's new "activist" government, the people are speaking again and again.  Whether they're electing Scott Brown in Massachusetts or rejecting Hutchison in Texas, the people are saying that they don't want a thing to do with this government or anyone (regardless of party) who has spent any amount of time as a member of it.

As a Libertarian, this should make me happy.

However, I fear that we're running the risk of becoming so knee-jerk in our rejection of all professional politicians that we're letting the few good ones (like Sen. Hutchison) get lost in the frenzy.

As we continue to fight our intrusive, out-of-touch, and corrupt government, let us not forget who the true enemy of freedom is.  The true enemy of freedom is not the American government.  The true enemy of freedom is Barack Obama's government.

Let us not forget that all politicians started out as citizens.  And as the citizens continue to make their voice heard, they are transforming into politicians themselves.

Sometimes, the professional citizen is a hundred times more dangerous than the professional politician.

Hutchison For Governor

Tomorrow is primary day here in Texas.  For the first time in recent memory, the Republicans are the ones with an interesting primary while the Democrats have already anointed their candidate for governor.

That anointed Democrat would be Bill White, the former Mayor of Houston.  Despite being a somewhat colorless campaigner, White is probably the strongest Democratic candidate since the days of Anne Richards.  Texas remains a Republican state but Bill White will be a formidable candidate and he could easily defy the conventional wisdom by winning in November.

As for the Republicans, there are three candidates to choose from.  These three have spent the past year attacking each other and basically giving White a whole lot of ammunition to use against whoever comes out of the primary with the nomination.

Those three Republicans are the incumbent Gov. Rick Perry, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, and Debra Medina.  Originally, I was planning on voting for Medina but then Medina had to go and question whether or not the U.S. government was somehow responsible for 9-11. 

So, after a lot of thought, I've decided to support Sen. Hutchison.  No, she's not as a conservative as Perry and, unlike Perry, she won't be spoken of as a presidential contender in 2012 if she wins in November.  However, this does not change the fact that it's hard to deny that Hutchison would be a better governor.  Both Perry and Hutchison have proven, far too often in the past, to be willing to compromise on their stated conservatives principles.  However, Hutchison at least compromises in the open.  Whereas Perry, far too often, hides his compromises behind a bunch of fiery yet ultimately empty rhetoric.

Add to that, Hutchison would simply be a stronger candidate against Bill White in November.  Compared to Perry, Bill White's blandness is almost reassuring.  However, when compared to Hutchison, White's just a boring man affiliated with a philosophically bankrupt national party.

For these reasons, this blog endorses Kay Bailey Hutchison for governor.

Back Again

Yes, I am back again.

February got a little bit hectic but fortunately, nothing happened that can't be safely ignored.