The Council recently held their "Values Voter Summit" in Washington according to Bruce Alpert of the Times Picayune in an article dated 9/27/14. The Council is a conservative organization about "Family Values" and headed by former Republican Rep. Tony Perkins. Family values is used by Republicans as a divisive issue to make voters feel Republicans are the leaders on the subject matter. Of course those who follow politics know better.
Alpert points out that La. Governor Bobby Jindal, former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, U.S. Senator Rand Paul and Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin were guest speakers at the Summit. A few are considered Presidential candidates for the republican party's nomination. The article did not report any positive talk about "values" by any of the above and instead mentioned only attacks by Jindal, Paul and Palin.
So here we have a "values" voter summit that invites these people who offer nothing in the way of "values" to those attending the summit. And their speakers have a record of personal attacks against the President and his policies. Is there any wonder why conservative organizations never live up to the meaning of what they were organized for? None of those speakers are serious politicians and or public servants.
Jindal attacked the President from all angles. Rand Paul is ignorant concerning the 1st ammendment and does not even know the difference between religion and religious people. Palin accused the news media of lying about her personal life. How can any of these people be considered "Presidential?" They have no political understanding, character or courage and can not even relate to or articulate any thing positive.
Today's republicans are still preaching a conservative ideology that is unAmerican, ugly and out of touch with what America stands for.
This commentary written by John Lucia
