Is it prudent for a public figure to make sure his public life matches his private values? If he sets boundaries to make sure he stays true to his values, is that a bad thing? Apparently, it is, for some people. (Some of the same people who say you have no right to judge the bad behavior of their favorite public figures.)
A new report came out in England recently describing how the lack of new doctors is affecting health care there. When you remove the profit motive, you get fewer people in that field, and you get more deaths and longer waiting lines. But hey, it’s more “fair”, right?
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Mentioned links:
Wall Street Journal Writer Blasts Mike Pence’s Relationship Rules As Fundamentalist ‘Terror Of Women’
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We’ve seen it before; a politician whose personal life has overshadowed whatever else they’ve done. Usually it’s a man who carried out an affair, he got caught, and his political career unraveled, or at least he lost any moral authority. One would think, then, that a politician that would try to keep himself from such compromising situations, even those that would even just appear to be compromising, is one that people could appreciate. Whatever your thoughts about his policies, staying faithful would be a good thing, right?
Well, apparently not, and not surprisingly, criticizing such behavior generally means you are on the political Left. Vice President Mike Pence has some rules he follows with regards to his social engagements.

* He won’t eat alone with a woman other than his wife.
* He won’t attend any event where alcohol is served without his wife.
* He won’t work late with a female staffer.

This is sometimes referred to as the Billy Graham Rule, after the evangelist who would not travel, meet, or eat alone with a woman other than his wife. Understanding how pastors and politicians have failed in this regard over the generations, you’d think that trying to avoid such a breakup of the family would be met with appreciation.
Instead, Pence has been called a misogynist for such rules; rules that he is not trying to force others to follow, by the way. This is “misogynistic” because it supposedly keeps women from his inner circle, unable to get one-on-one time with him. What is ignored in these criticisms is that this is keeping his marriage healthy and his reputation intact. It won’t help to have been in the inner circle of a Johnathan Edwards, or a Gary Hart, or a Gary Condit, or a Newt Gingrich, or an Anthony Wiener, if their political career is tanked because of inappropriate contact with other women.
Pence put his priorities this way, “I’ve lost more elections than I’ve won. I’ve seen friends lose their families. I’d rather lose an election.” If only more men respected their wives this way, the world would be a better place, and marriages would be stronger.
In the meantime, the Left can lionize their “rock stars” like Bill Clinton. We were told that we had no business judging his behavior, and it seems like those same people are now judging Pence’s steps to avoid it. What’s the real message here?

When touting socialized medicine, the Left love to hold up Britian’s National Health Service, the NHS,