Posted on 11/11/2007 6:07:42 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Oh, how rich (in all manner of idiot hypocrisy). Imagine, an organ of the MSM calling a Christian media pioneer "Kingmaker."
The key is that he comes with “with a populist economic message.”
I.e., he’ll spend other people’s money the way we like.
Also, the media is pragmatic. If you want Rudy to win the nomination, you need to split the social conservative vote in as many ways as possible. If Rudy tops out around 30-35%, and McCain can draw on 10-15% as a war hero, then the remaining 50-60% of the vote needs a 3 way split - Mitt, Fred & the Huckster. If that 50-60% starts to solidify around one candidate, Rudy is toast.
It also is worth remembering the Media is predominately New York - and New Yorkers would probably be content as long as someone from New York won. You just can’t trust an outsider...
Even B. Graham toadied up to clinton. I lost all respect for the guy.
Michael Gerson served as President George W. Bush’s chief speechwriter from 2001 until June 2006, and as a senior policy advisor from 2000 through June 2006.
Many many people do not realize the role of Robertson’s Regent University in filling vacant lawyer slots in the GWB administration.
The “Civil Rights Commission” is choc a bloc with Regent Grads.
It is funny how the OSM is bending over backwards telling themselves that “Younger christians are not interested in the Religious Right issues” ie Abortion gay rights (to marry) etc.
Yet the offer no proof of there position, similarly, the Religious Right crack up remains to be seen de facto.
Are you implying that that makes him a conservative?
Just putting facts on the table.
The Reverend Graham (Sr.) even said that bclinton could be forgiven for his transgressions because he was such “a ladies’ man” and couldn’t help himself or some nonsense.
Yes, but Franklin and Ann, Billy’s children, are real conservatives. Billy was just a traditional Democrat who liked Nixon and the Bushes.
“Isn’t it funny how the media is almost universal in their admiration and praise of Mike Huckabee? Why is that, do you think? “
Because by hyping Mike Huckabee, it takes votes away from Thompson, who is one of Giuliani’s main rivals. If you notice, every time Huckabee goes up a point or two in the polls, Thompson’s numbers go down.
Huckabee is a vote splitter and is being pushed in the media because he is the most able to split votes form Thompson and Romney in order to protect Giuliani.
Robertson tossed in with Giuliani because he has that gold mine interest in libera. It is simply a matter of the gold rule, gold makes the rules and robertson needs to protect his gold.
The other candidates must not have the same commitment to Robertson’s gold mine interests.
Pat Robertson’s endorsement of Rudy means that Pat Robertson is willing to sacrifice his principles for politics.
And/Or Pat Robertson is a closet Liberal. Then if that was the case, then Pat is hiding is true agenda, which is hypocritical and unchristian.
Although it’s from Newsweak, I’m afraid this article is basically correct. Many evangelicals are politically naive and trusting. They do not have the philosophical dread of government most conservatives do. All the Republican candidates are claiming to be pro-life now, except Rudy, and he claims he will appoint “strict constructionist” judges. Naive and unsophisticated people fall for that kind of sophistry. So the evangelical vote is indeed fragmented. In fact, so is the conservative vote. Just look at the people here on FR who tout Rudy, Romney, Huckabee, and other non-conservatives.
“One effect has been to deprive former Arkansas governor (and former pastor) Mike Huckabee of support. He is the natural candidate of religious conservatives—strongly pro-life, pro-family, but also with a populist economic message.”
Natural candidate? I think not.
I was a George HW Bush alternate delegate in 1988 in New Orleans from NY State. Robertson decided to endorse Bush at the Convention and the night that he spoke his people put a placard on the chair of every delegate. It read as follows:
ROBERTSON
(in HUGE letters)
for Bush
(in TINY letters)
Or maybe he's a closet queer like Ted Haggard. You have to assume from this endorsement that Robertson is pro-gay rights and at least neutral on abortion.
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