Unprincipled Pandering

Looking at Chris Peden’s website, the amount of identity politics and pandering is truly amazing.

On the main page, Chris writes;

I support fully funding NASA’s budget and the Vision for Space Exploration

While this is blatant and obvious pandering to a segment of the District 14 (TX) constituency, the fact that it contradicts the opening portion of Chris Peden’s message is what makes the pandering unprincipled and dishonest.

I’m a Pro-Family, Pro-Life Christian conservative who believes in free markets, smaller government, and individual responsibility.

Now if Chris Peden believed in smaller government, he would not be interested in endorsing NASA largesse. Funding that comes from across the nation, but is delivered specifically to an organization that has some bearing on the district he wants to represent, with rhetoric aimed to buy votes.

Certainly it conflicts with the idea of free markets by encouraging government control and subsidization of technology and exploration at the expense of American entrepreneurship.

So which is it Chris? Do you support government growth into the private sector and continued deficit spending to pander for votes, or are you a true free market conservative who believes in smaller government?

The position is either dishonest big government conservatism liberalism or a moral and fiscally conservative position.

You can’t have it both ways Chris.