Posted on 10/07/2009 6:59:39 PM PDT by tcg
I sat next to the Governor and, I must admit, I invited some of his responses through my own questions and observations. ...there was much more to come in the rich content of his intelligent public policy positions. It was the substance of those deeply held positions on the issues which matter most which won the day and only deepened my admiration for the man. He breaks the molds of the empty political labels of “left/right”, “liberal/conservative.” He espouses truly human, just and concerned positions. However, permit me to share just one of his comments.
In the context of discussing the fundamental human rights issue of our age, the right to life from conception, to birth, throughout life and up to and including a natural death - what I call the “whole life/pro-life” position, which the Governor clearly embraces - he said these words: “To say that one person has value, but another does not, that one has human dignity but another does not, or somehow has less… that is the kind of thinking that slavery was built upon, and worse… . The dignity of every human person and the value of every human life must be the pole star of all public policy.” These words are not a slogan, they are a creed to the Governor, a deeply help vision of life and worldview. They flowed from the heart of a man who cares deeply about this nation and about our future together.
The meeting with Governor Huckabee came on the heels of another meeting I had in September. I had the privilege of attending the Catholic Leadership Conference and reconnecting with another good man whom I have known for quite a while and also deeply admire, Senator Rick Santorum.
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Santorum yes. Huckabee no.
No thanks.
Forget the flip floppers. Hunter/DeMint 2012
Maybe they can start a theocratic Dominionist Party.
Huckabee is pure JUANnabie.
Amen to that.
Santorum is a true conservative which put him at a rotten disadvantage in PA, yet he managed to win elections anyway.
Huck, if given the opportunity, would revert to his tax and spend inclinations.
Apparently the “good deacon” wasn’t empowered with capabilities of descernment.
Sorry. No Huckabee.
Oh, go away Huckabee before you split off more votes and we end up with another loser.
“Oh, go away Huckabee before you split off more votes and we end up with another loser.”
I agree with you 100%.
No way I’d support Huckabee...he’s RINO light.
Yes, Santorum is such a true conservative that he backed Arlen Specter over Pat Toomey last time.
Stay retired, Rick.
- JP
A Huckabee/Santorum ticket would be perfect for 2012. In order for the GOP to rebound, the party must reassert iself as a Christian party.
Perfect way to pull Obama's fat outta the fire.
Neither of them is my idea of a real Christian, either.
Amen! - Power polititions stick together. Go Sarah!
We need candidates who have broad appeal to the different groups within the party, who have at least some appeal to independents. That does not describe Huckabee or Santorum.
Exactly. All you folks who think Santorum is such a great guy, why do you think PA conservatives treat him with scorn and derision? He spouted conservative principles all the time, but when push came to shove he sided with the likes of Arlen Specter, and not just one time, over real conservatives who actually believe and live by the principles that Ricky only talks about to the voters. Santorum is a has bin, and never will again be.
I didn’t realize that and if he did back Specter, I’m plain wrong about him.
Obviously, I don’t live in PA.
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