Finally, if Obama’s point is bigger government he should love the Bush Administration. The senator from Illinois can hardly make the case that the expansion of Medicare, which represents a huge extension of the entitlement mentality, is in any way related to the survival of the fittest.  It seems to me the Bush Administration has gone out of its way (and way beyond what any fiscal conservative would want) to increase rather than decrease the nation’s safety net.  True compassionate conservatism extends help to those who are down with one hand while helping them get back on their feet with the other. 

     What is amazing to me is that every now and then, committed liberals pull back the curtain and allow us to see what really motivates them.  For both Senator Obama and Senator Clinton the motivation appears to be a commitment to European socialism where the government is the best and only answer to every problem faced by society.  Speaking at the same gathering, Senator Clinton said she wished the president had used the unity the country experienced after 911 to pursue energy independence and universal health care.  She said, “We were waiting for the president to seize the moment to say, let’s take this time let’s become energy independent so we’re not sending money to the people who fund those who turn around and attack us.” 

     Try to imagine this scenario……you have President Bush standing on a pile of rubble that was the World Trade Center with a bullhorn in his hand but instead of rallying the nation to strengthen our defense against attacks and pursing our attackers; he calls us to pass universal heath care and the funding of alternative fuel sources.  Only a committed socialist would look at the havoc created by 911 and see the unity created as an opportunity for bigger government.  Do we really want people who think this way to be in charge of our security?

     Finally, there is a Christian worldview that should be considered here.  Believers in Jesus Christ who understand the depravity of the human heart after the fall should reject the idea of a huge, monolithic, all consuming, all providing government.  We, like our nation’s founders, should understand the depravity of mankind and the need for “we the people” not some impersonal, impassionate, government structure to be in charge.  Sinful human beings will always be tempted to use power to benefit the few at the expense of the many.  History is littered with the remains of regimes of despotic dictators who began by promising the government would help if we little people would only get out the way.  What every American must remember is the best government is a government that protects us and provides a stable environment where people can use their God given abilities to flourish and then gets out of the way.    Those same people, motivated by compassion rather than compelled by the state, will continue to make America into the most giving, caring nation the world has ever seen.