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!
Until I reach No. 7, I thought you were serious about supporting Huck because you thought he was the best out there. No. 7 made it clear that to get FRed, we all need to vote for Huck in big numbers to make all 3 remaining candidates think they can broker each other for the necessary delegates.
But their egos will keep them from supporting each other.
Thanks for the interesting read. /smiling
[Mr] T
The date on my source is January 16th, 2008, the same date as your source.
The devil MAY care, which is why I could never vote for Huckabee. The man claims to be a Christian but his actions in this campaign have not been those of a Godly man. I know we’re all sinners, but damn, Huckabee has been pathetic. Whiny, sniveling, throwing out personal attacks and crying when he is rightly challenged.
Sure you can believe the same thing. Something was exchanged. Tancredo's endorsement was as out-of-left-field as was Brownback's as was Gilchrist's as was Pat Robertson's. This little game makes for strange bedfellows. And the McCain/Huckabee ticket will make for some of the strangest bedfellows.
That is a very good point.
He also had a beard, too.
I beg your pardon, but I haven’t seen him redeem himself to the thousands and thousands of innocent children that were murdered in the womb on his watch and due to his pro-active support of Planned Parenthood and unwavering defense and preservation of Roe v Wade, abortion and the culture of death. It takes a truly evil man to do what he did.
Tactical voting is often done successfully in Europe. Nice thought, but honestly, I doubt it would work very well here.
Changing the method of taxation without addressing the size of government and spending is like changing the tablecloths on the Titanic. Huckabee is a tax and spendaholic, and I don't buy his sudden FairTax garbage which he was never a supporter before Ron Paul started talking about the income tax. Also he is a nanny-stater and overall do-gooder. He is EXACTLY why the Republicans lost in 2006.
I think Hunter’s support of Huckabee goes beyond the endorsement since Hunter has appeared with Huckabee at campaign events.
And I think McCain is guilt ridden from his days at the Hilton. I've heard him in interviews where he reflects back to it and the truth sometimes bubbles to the surface.
Romney could not ban abortions in Mass or anywhere else, because of Roe v Wade. Why blame it on him?
They upped his rating after he signed their “No Amnesty” pledge.
And you and ejonesie22 keep sticking an asteroid in ....
Thanx, Anna.
(PS ... what ever became of your cross country documentary .. what? ... 6, 7 years ago?)
” (Hunter & Thompson)”
This sounds like fear and loathing on the campaign trail. Is this Gonzo? (grin)
I did like #7, but I don't think that will happen--there are too many power elites that have SET upon McCain as THEIR MAN.
Indications of this: McCain's stance on immigration and other issues, some of which make no sense and cannot be explained any other way.
It's as if McCain and Reid both suffer from the same illness, but that it affect Reid quickly, and McCain only slowly, but they exhibit the same symptom.
Pity Fred Thompson isn't still in the race, though. Wife and I loved him. Genuine conservative.
Thompson Effect [tomp-son ef-fect] –noun: 1. Syn: Aesop’s fable concerning the tortoise and the hare, q.v., with Thompson being the tortoise. 2. An unwise political strategy involving dilly-dallying on deciding to run while your opponents are out shaking the hands of voters and running commercials. 3. –verb: To do something stupid, in a political sense, involving an unwise strategy involving the delay of execution of a political strategic plan. Candidate Ritter delayed announcing his candidacy too long, and pulled a Thompson when his voters all went for his opponent.
I think there is a good chance it would.
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