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To: Zakeet
>> In my case, if asked to uphold one cultist or the other, I will always support neither no matter what the cost or penalty. <<


Good thing the "Christian" Woodrow Wilson (a socialist) beat that Unitarian cultist William Howard Taft (a conservative)!

38 posted on 08/05/2012 7:33:02 PM PDT by BillyBoy (Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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To: BillyBoy; Zakeet
Good thing the "Christian" Woodrow Wilson (a socialist) beat that Unitarian cultist William Howard Taft (a conservative)!

A solid reason to oppose Unitarians was...
... (a) the Christian social ethics of righteousness and justice just didn't carry far into their soul. For example, with Unitarian Millard Fillmore, his "support of the Fugitive Slave Act caused the Whig Party to split in two and caused the downfall of his national political career."
Source: Millard Fillmore - Thirteenth President of the United States Keep in mind that compromiser British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was also raised Unitarian.
...(b) Not only did Fillmore head the "Know-Nothing Party," but your "poster boy" Taft -- your supposed "conservative" -- as President made the (R) party temporarily into a "Do Nothing Party"...lacking moral force or suasion:
Note this critique even from a Unitarian Universalist source: "The Christian Register, a publication that held Taft in high regard, later commented on his presidency: 'Mr. Taft is not referred to as one of the great Presidents. Two reasons may be assigned: his election depended too much on the will of his predecessor, President Roosevelt; he was temperamentally and mentally unfitted to fulfill the functions of Chief Executive of the nation. He did not enjoy the office, and could not summon the tremendous energy necessary to push through legislation in the face of powerful opposition. He made himself beloved by the people on account of his readiness to smile through difficulties; but that method did not work with Congress, and things simply did not get done." The election of 1912 was a political disaster for the Republicans. Woodrow Wilson easily defeated both Taft and his former supporter Roosevelt (now running for the Bull Moose Party). (So even Roosevelt, who had "anointed" Taft earlier -- had turned against him in 1912).
Source of above quote: William Howard Taft

ALL: This is what happens when FREEPERs get behind either RINOs or do-nothing candidates like Taft.

They wind up engaging in revisionist history -- or in reinventing a candidate in whatever pretzel image they want...like BillyBoy has in casting Taft as a "conservative" worth getting behind.

58 posted on 08/05/2012 8:49:31 PM PDT by Colofornian
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