Posted on 12/29/2007 9:17:41 PM PST by jodiluvshoes
What will be the deciding issue for Iowa GOP voters on January 3rd?
According to KCCI-TV in Des Moines who commissioned a poll to find out, Iowans indicated it will be the future moral direction of the country.
Northeastern Republicans and radio shows which emanate from the E-fax studios in Orange County California may despise it - but that is the number one issue on the minds of GOP voters in Iowa. The Beltway-Manhattan elite can cluck and curse all they want but the reality is the largest chunk of GOP voters in Iowa (and also much reflective of the rest of the red states) want a candidate with clarity on the moral tests that face our nation directly.
It would behoove the editors of the most prominent conservative online and broadcast outlets to take notice of what these voters have to say. At the very least it would be more beneficial than raining down the elitist scorn that the "leaders" of the "new media" have felt free to unload in increasing amounts in recent weeks.
For years voters who viewed their world through the lens of our societal moral bankruptcy have been whipped by fiscal cons, and defense cons, and told to, "shut up, hold their nose, and take it." With all the grace of an overly aggressive date values voters have been raped of their voice in election cycle after the next. It was cute when we got on board with President Bush; it was fine that we handed him the election in Ohio and thus the nation in 2004. But in 2008 we are supposed to let the talking heads, and "new media elites" tell us to ignore certain issues when we cast a ballot.
We politely decline, "No thank you!"
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Exactly!!! They are the ones with the real complaint.
Rush and Hannity have stayed away from any endorsement. Their job is analysis. Hannity has gone out of his way to remain actively friendly with all, and provide them airtime.
All the while blatantly schilling for rooooooty and when that fails flipflopmit.Boycotting hannity from now on.
"I'm committed to and will continue to fight for fair trade. American exporters and American workers deserve a fair shake abroad, and we intend to see they get it. Our objective will always be to make world trading partnerships freer and fairer for all. So, while we will use our powers as a lever to open closed doors abroad, we will continue to resist protectionist measures that would only raise prices, lock out trade, and destroy the jobs and prosperity trade brings to all. There are no winners in a trade war, only losers" -President Reagan on a radio address, 7 September 1985 (source: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=39072).
Well said. Let’s hope the Iowans are a discerning lot.
Huckabee has surged because he won a couple of debates and he’s got evangelical support. If a quick rise can happen to the liberal pro-life evangelical Huckster, it can happen to the conservative pro-life evangelical Hunter.
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According to Intrade, the winner of the December 12th GOP debate was... Duncan Hunter.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938773/posts
Why the smart money is on Duncan Hunter
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926032/posts
In this poll Hunter is up 3% and even with Paul and Thompson.
http://www.wxyz.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=3481ef60-8195-46a9-af04-b87b907bcfdd
John Adams: "Our constitution was made for a moral and religious people; it is wholly inadequate for any other." Many rejoice at the very thing - the casting off of all moral restraint - that is causing the slow but steady death of our republic. They rejoice at their own ruin. We need only view the history of the fall of the Roman Empire to see disturbing parallels with America. One cannot have "fiscal conservativism" without the overriding moral framework that provides shelter for the environment that is prerequisite to the blessing of prosperity. A moral-less society allows the strong to take from the weak without juridical recourse. Contemporary examples abound.
PING!
No, but earmarks are unfortunately the only way anything passes in congress. I think hardened veterans like DH take it as fact and live with it the best they can.
Or does that mean that you do not trust TCFG to accurately evaluate Reps. and Sens because TCFG has biases?
I would say that the advocacy for cheap labor trumps any other topic for TCFG.
You haven't traveled much, have you?
I expect the routine of clever deception repeated under the guise of follow me because I will take from your neighbor/brother so you will become equal. Some are more clever than the rest but no matter how it gets diced and sliced the results continue to be the same.
While this is true, I also don't see workers from various places in the world working under armed surveillance and being led to work in leg irons. In fact, in most factory work from abroad, I hear that there's fierce competition just waiting for the 'slave masters' to open up more opportunities in their facilities.
They're trying to survive, which is difficult when they don't have enough to eat.
And this makes them slave labor! At the very best, this make for hyperbole, don't you think? At worst it is a distortion of truth of fantastic proportion.
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