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I love Mitt Romney, but he is utterly wrong.

Human ethics do not apply to state actors. We accept this the moment we grant a monopoly on violence to the state.

Morality cannot be the rubric we apply to political leaders. It is dangerous to do so.

The relevant lens is the national interest.

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There are amendments of the Constitution that are not in the national interest. Should that be waived when it becomes inconvenient?

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Sidenote: granting monopoly on violence to an amoral or postmortal entity is an insane proposition. 

The state has a monopoly on violence because it is meant to have a generally agreed upon moral character that's held by the majority (ie.murder = bad).

Why do you think we have laws that police enforce (the aforementioned monopoly of violence) if the state should have no morality?