Charlton Heston, RIP

Political correctness is simply tyranny with manners. -- Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston was always known to me as one of the good guys. So I was taken aback when the news media (and I heard it at least three times) recounted his days as a civil rights messenger. And then they all said something very curious. They said Heston had turned conservative as he got older. I darn near dropped my rifle cleaning kit when I heard that.

You see, civil rights is nothing if not a conservative issue. Conservatives have been trying since day one to preserve a land where all men are created equal.

Like Reagan, Heston knew he would be unpopular with a lot of folks, but conservatives as a whole are a very principled group, and when they say that people ought to have equal rights, they mean it. And so it is with Heston. He continued as a principled conservative, and won the admiration of many because of it.

Meanwhile, the media just doesn't get it. They try to paint conservatives as racists, when it is those of the liberal bent that show their racist stripes. People like Jeremiah Wright; Geraldine Ferraro; Al Sharpton. People who think that religion causes people to live in small towns, and cling to guns.

If I wasn't an anarcho-libertarian, I would want to be a steady conservative in the mold of Charlton Heston. At least I could sleep at night.

Wizer One-Liner #18

Memo to Hillary: It's Bill's party. You knew he was going to put a lampshade on his head sooner or later.

Wizer One-Liner #17

Memo to Barry: It was about race only because your pastor is a racist. Throwing everybody else (including Grandma) under the bus doesn't explain why this man was your pastor for over 20 years.