Hypocrite of the Week Award to Charlie Crist of Florida

LifeSiteNews has this to say about Charlie Crist of Florida and his plan to veto a bill that opts the state out of the federal health care plan, but also mandates ultrasounds for women contemplating abortion:

Facing immense pressure to veto a measure that both opts the state out of the federal health law's abortion mandate and requires ultrasounds before abortion, Florida governor Charlie Crist has said that, even though he is personally "pro-life," he may strike down the bill out of unwillingness "to impose my will on others." (Read the complete article here... )

Have you stopped laughing yet? Since when has a politician been unwilling to "impose [his] will on others?" Let's see, they impose seat belts on drivers, helmets on cyclists, content labeling on manufacturers, regulations on just about everybody, and some are even considering a ban on salt in restaurant kitchens. But giving a woman the information she needs about her developing baby....that's "imposing [your] will on others"?  Are you for real, Charlie?

Crist is just one more Mario Cuomo/Ted Kennedy style politician who wavers according to the direction of the wind. He ran as a "pro-choice" candidate in the late 90s, but apparently decided the pragmatic option is claiming to be pro-life and pro-family. These guys think the voters are so stupid they can play the shell game moving the pea deftly between the "pro-choice" and pro-life position fooling people on both sides. Well, he's demonstrated how pro-life he is. He sold out Terri Schiavo and now it's the babies and their moms.

Hopefully Crist will get the boot in November never to return to public view. Politics is just too big a temptation for men like him. Pray for Charlie and all pragmatic politicians who are willing to sell their souls, not for the whole world, but for some puny little office like senator from Florida.