Rights

James Glassman of TechCentralStation points out an interesting statement made by John Kerry at the last debate.

In answer to a question about gay marriage, Kerry said: "Because we are the United States of America, we're a country with a great, unbelievable Constitution, with rights that we afford people, that you can't discriminate in the workplace. You can't discriminate in the rights that you afford people."

The phrase "rights that we afford people" highlights one of the key differences between Bush and Kerry - as well as Republicans and Democrats in general. Kerry's belief is "help is on the way", as he repeated numerous times in his acceptance speech, in the form of the government. Kerry's view of government is of an overbearing nanny state that will grant us rights and take care of all of us, whether we want to be taken care of or not.