It would explain why his running is now considered possible. Whereas he was previously too busy quarterbacking, maybe his neck injury has now given him the time.
Posted on 01/25/2012 4:19:57 PM PST by Brian Kopp DPM
Americans Don't Want a 'Truce' on Social Issues Gov. Mitch Daniels is misinterpreting the voting public. By RICHARD LAND
Indiana governor and likely Republican presidential candidate Mitch Daniels has suggested that Americans call a "truce" on divisive social issues until our precarious financial house is back in order. Many pundits have praised the idea, typically thrilled that a Republican leader seems willing to jettison, even temporarily, strong positions on abortion or gay marriage. But social conservatives are mad, and rightly so.
Throughout the 1980s and '90s, social conservatives were the foot soldiers for Republican victories—only to see their issues bargained away or shoved to the bottom of the GOP agenda, beneath issues of fiscal and foreign policy. Reacting to Gov. Daniels, former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee recently said: "For those of us who have labored long and hard in the fight to educate the Democrats, voters, the media and even some Republicans on the importance of strong families, traditional marriage and life to our society, this is absolutely heartbreaking."
Perhaps Gov. Daniels interprets the emergence of the tea party as a sign that GOP candidates don't have to depend on social-issues voters as they once did. That seems unlikely. As Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council has said, "Calling for a truce on core conservative principles might get you some high profile media sound bites, but it won't win you the Republican presidential nomination."
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Other then a hand full of inside the beltway losers, no one wants this OMB hack to run. Were not sure if he wants to run. I guess we won't know if he is interested until someone asks his domineering wife.
Agreed. He gave an excellent speech, as far as it went, but the social issues were entirely absent. That is NOT what we need.
This is especially disturbing because election after election has demonstrated that the voters will support candidates who speak out on the social or moral issues. It’s just the RINOs and the pundits who don’t want to hear about them.
I’ll repost what I said on another thread, since it still applies:
“I like to evaluate candidates by three C’s:
Conservatism, charisma/communication, and competence.
Next is more conservative and smokes him in charisma. I would also give the edge in competence to Gingrich, but Daniels would be a competent governor (but perhaps not a competent campaigner.)
There is no upside to either Daniels or Jeb entering this race.”
“His SOTU rebuttal was also way too focused on economic issues.
Look, Mitch, when we’re aborting over a million children a year (among other social problems we have while Christian civilization is collapsing), and when we have Islamic society attempting to wage all-out, suicidal war on us, I’m [not going to put economic issues at the forefront] unless people are out starving in the streets.”
“You can’t be a fiscal Conservative and not be a social Conservative. A large part of the expanse of government is to make up for a dysfunctional society, because our culture is falling apart, the family is falling apart.” Jim DeMint
“I think that social issues are the fabric of our society and for us to not be involved with those issues causes us to turn our back on what I think is the foundation of America.” Reince Priebus
I agree with DeMint and Priebus. Daniels is trying to be all things to all people. We know how that turns out.
every state which votes on marriage makes it clear what we want.
Most want this country to have some morals.
Daniels is being drafter now due to the establishment getting all nervous their guy could lose my state and then if he does he is toast.
GOP insiders and other RiNO's have been itching to ditch the social conservatives and start getting the organized homosexual lobby's flume of PAC money pouring into their campaign coffers for about 20 years now -- certainly they were doing that already in 2000, when George W. Bush went off and courted the Log Cabin Republicans over dinner while Karl Rove was subbing for him over at the Christian Coalition. (Think they were having cold box chicken or something.)
Mary Matalin advanced Dubya on that campaign foray, telling the Loggies that Bush was all for homo-"marriage" because it was only "fair", and people who criticized it and knocked gays were so "unfair". It's in the record -- look it up, they had an article about it at 365gay.com.
My man mitch lost my vote when making a campaign speech for his most recent re-election bid he said that he never raised taxes.
That is a blatant lie.
The social issues are the only ones that really matter. Without virtue, you can have no flourishing economy because you have no trust. Communism destroys trust which creates a need for the state to interfere and control.
Virtue is necessary for the survival of Republics. And Virtue is even more necessary in the military (Machiavelli).
The Cultural Marxists targeted virtue in the 30’s to destroy us from within. That is all they need to do.
They instituted no fault divorce to destroy the marriage contract-—they taxed women out of the home so children would not form strong moral characters-—and they put socialism into the curricula-—moral relativism to destroy the concepts of Right and Wrong. They took out God’s Laws and put in Barney Frank’s laws. It is easiest to corrupt children and destroy their moral foundation with cognitive dissonance. Giving them lies as truth—destroys logic. (like heather has two mommies; sodomy is “good” and a “right”). Children learn to be hedonist/atheists with no morality-—no sense of right and wrong.
Immoral societies need masters. Teach kids they have a “right to kill babies” and they become immoral. Teach them that meaningless sex is “great” and “fun” and they become immoral. We NEED CONTROL over the social issues-—otherwise, our children become corrupt. God needs to be the author of our Natural Rights AGAIN—in the schools and in the public square. The word “God” does NOT establish a religion-—and it is the Foundation of our Constitutional Rights—so we NEED to teach it!!!!! Then we will be strong enough to stand up to corrupt government—and DEMAND our GOD -given Rights!
I am tired of these wimpy men like Romney who think morality (Virtue) doesn’t matter when it is clearly stated in ALL PHILOSOPHY since Plato!!!!!!! All the Founders reiterated it and they were HIGHLY educated. No one is educated anymore-—they are in brainwashing mode-—it is maddening-—they don’t THINK!
Daniels concentrates on the economic issues. That's his area. However take a look at his actual voting record when push comes to shove. ANYONE can talk a game. It's votes that matter. Daniels defunded planned barrenhood. That tells me more than any comment about a truce.
Talk is cheap. Actions count.
I withdraw what I said on another thread about Daniels be the least objectionable name being floated around.
They really want to shut up the hicks who will put a Republican in the WH. Just not the one they want.
How much of our fiscal disaster is due to the cost of single parenting, child abuse, "family" court, divorce, welfare administration, remedial education, juvenile delinquency, psychological "counseling," medical costs, police, court costs, and prisons, not to mention the lost productivity of succeeding generations, ALL due to "social issues" Governor Daniels?
Idiot.
In the closed primary of GOP voters in FLA Santorum could finish 4th.
There's not a large percentage of Social Conservatives that insist their candidates lead with social issues every time they speak. They just expect them to act like a Social Conservative every time they vote or appoint/nominate.
Every time.
Social issues must be front and center, especially the debate over whether obuma is a socialist communist or a socialist fascist.
For example, I disagree with many of my FReeper friends that obuma is a Leninist. I disagree. The pointy beard is missing.
However, his skinny, jutting jaw pointing skyward reminds me of a passenger pondering whether a train will arrive on time. That characteristic reminds me of Mussolini traits, rather than Lenin. That, in my opinion, makes him more a fascist than a commie.
However, I could be wrong, so let the social debate continue.
Obuma? Commie or fascist?
Daniels is wrong as usual. He’s an Anus Orifice, and I don’t like the b-stard at all.
RINO. Just what we need to jump into this race. Another damned RINO.
Valerie Jarrett, one of BHO2s closest associates, is an avowed Communist, as were both of his parents.
His advisers - Richard Trumpka and Leo Gerard - are both communists.
Many of his administrative appointees, the ‘Czars’, have been communists.
Fellow students at Occidental College have stated that BHO2’s political statements were pure Marxist-Leninist when he attended that institution.
And then, of course, there is his friendship with Bill Ayres.
I believe that sufficient to indicate his communist beliefs. One ususally associates with those you agree.
Well said!
You another one upset he was able to win her back after she ran away and remarried?
It would explain why his running is now considered possible. Whereas he was previously too busy quarterbacking, maybe his neck injury has now given him the time.
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