Posted on 01/31/2008 2:09:25 PM PST by Jim Robinson
My friends, I have to admit that I've been in a bit of a quandary since the Real Conservatives ® Thompson and Hunter dropped out of the race leaving us to to place our bets on one the four headless horsemen. But after having a day or three to sort it all out, I'm beginning to see a ray of hope.
Number one, my worst fear that the pro-abortion, pro-gay, anti-gun social liberal Rudy Giuliani might be nominated, and thereby bring an abrupt and unholy end to the pro-life conservative movement within the GOP has been allayed. His evil culture of death platform has been soundly rejected by the Republican voters. Thank God! If nothing else is gained, that alone is a huge victory for us!
And that leaves us with the unwelcome slippery task of having to determine and select the least evil of the three remaining RINOs. But wait! When choosing between evils, why not choose the good?
McCain is insane and there are many good reasons not to choose him, but I'll list just five: McCain-Feingold, McCain-Kennedy, McCain-Lieberman, the Keating 5, and the Gang of 14. No thanks. McCain is out!
Romney ran on a pro-abortion platform, is pro gay rights, is prone to BIG government solutions, promises anything to anyone for a vote, and flip-flops on important issues. Can't trust him.
Now Governor Huckabee. Could this be the good vs evil? He's a Baptist minister. A genuine 100% pro-God, pro-life, pro-family, pro-gun, Southron Christian social conservative!
And that would be my reason no. 1 to support Huckabee. He has the trust and backing of the Christian evangelicals and the support of the Bible Belt. You cannot win the presidency without the South, and I believe the pro-God, pro-life, pro-family, pro-gun, pro-America Mike Huckabee is the most likely of the three GOP hopefuls to carry the South. And that's a pretty darn good reason!
My number two reason is that he is NOT McCain (and that's a pretty darn good reason too).
Number three (and this will be a tough one for a lot of my FReeper Friends) is that he is NOT Romney.
Numbers four and five are he's NOT Hillary and NOT Obama. Oohrah!
Number six, he plays a mean bass and he's a traditional favorite at Free Republic's infamous quadrennial Inaugural Balls in Washington, DC. Perhaps we could persuade President Huckabee to drop by our ball and perform his rocking rendition of "Sweet Home Alabama!" Now, wouldn't that be a hoot!
Number seven, if we can keep Huckabee in the race all the way through, thus preventing McCain or Romney from gaining enough delegates to win the nomination, then maybe, just maybe a deadlocked convention might seek out another candidate. One who can re-unite the Reagan Coalition, save the GOP, and put us back on the conservative track. Of course, my personal favorite to be that man would be FRed Thompson.
Woo hoo!!
Let it ring out through grassroots America and on to the convention! Support life! Support the GOP! Support Huckabee! And re-draft FRed Thompson!!
Never give in, never give up, and never lose hope.
Long live the Reagan Revolution!
Pretty good. Much better than wringing your hands and fighting over who's the least of the RINOs, as most members of FR is doing.
Get bent. I’m a retired USAF Colonel. I served with guys who sat in the Hanoi Hilton in shorty pajamas eating wormy rice while McCain ate good chow and had warm clothes because he was an admiral’s son.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,327025,00.html
If you believe that, you might find this of interest...
Ping
I had my fill of tax and spend ex-Arkansas governors in the 90s.
This whole crop blows, the GOP should feel shame, I feel shame for being registered to the GOP this year.
In which case, the cure is very bit as bad (if not worse) than the disease.
Why not hope for a brokered convention? What does the conservative movement has to lose? It is hard to imagine how a brokered convention could settle on someone worse than these four clowns.
man of man Jim, you make it tough!
Then McCain should never have offered himself for elected office.
Only the Democrats play the immunity totem politics.
Increase in the demand for health care workers, police and fire rescue personnel...
A boon to the residential and commercial construction industries...
Can reduce NASA budget since when it comes to space travel Asteroid TU24 says “Been there, Done that...”
Not so. Tom Tancredo endorsed Romney. That should tell you something. And Romney also has a better record on immigration issues than Huckabee who has only recently had a conversion on the way to the WH. Huckabee's response last night at the debates on immigration was weaker than Romney's. Huckabee is trying to have it both ways.
Go look at betterimmigration.com. Huck is a little nicer to the longterm aliens that are already here by letting them pay in-state tuition, but on specific actions to stop and reduce illegal and legal immigration, Huck comes off better than Romney.
President Kerry didn’t carry a single southern state.
I rest my case.
Thank you for Free Republic, but NO.
There is absolutely no way that I would ever support Huckabee.
A vote for Huckabee is a vote for McCain...and a vote for McCain is a vote for Hillary, blah, blah, blah.
McCain was not the only one,,you just don’t hear others trying to exploit the event..,,and yes I’m Army,,did my time,so did my wife
I sadly agree. I want Duncan Hunter but that ship has sailed.
I dont want Romney, I saw his antics up in Mass
I dont want McCain
I will hold my nose and vote for Huck.
Sorry, I can’t do it...I’m surrounded by enough illegal aliens as it is.
I consider Romney a greater evil than a democrat. His nomination will actually cause me to vote for the democrat.
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