Sorry, Jim.
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!
#8- Mike Huckabee is a Freeper.. your bass playing comment jolted my memory..
Abraham Lincoln, no?
Dan, I’ve said I wouldn’t vote for Mike, and in the fall I would stand by that.
The reason is that by supporting in state tuition and a free Mexican embasssy in Arkansas, he telegraphed to me that he is a real threat when it comes to our southern border, and by extension border security in general. When it comes to taxes, I will never get that video out of my head where the begged for them. Then he cut short the sentences of far too many people. I can’t support that.
The people of Arkansas that I respect have been just about anything but pro Huckabee.
Now, that being said, there is actually something to be said for a brokered convention.
My choice right now rests with a write-in in November. That being the case, what do I have to lose by forcing a brokered convention where the rank and file might actually by some odd chance remember that conservatism is what used to drive our party under Ronald Reagan.
I think Jim provides an excellent alternative to not voting in the fall, if by supporting Huckabee we can force a brokered convention.
While I can’t support a Huckabee vote in the fall, I can certainly support a vote for Huckabee to force a brokered convention.
Count me in. I’ll try to help force a brokered convention. It’s better than what our prospects are now.
Florida numbers may reflect “identity politics”, the blue-hair vote.
A contested convention will allow the party elites to pick McCain anyway.
The only way to stop McCain is to give the nomination to Romney out.
Right now the choice is between McCain and Romney. One of these 2 will be the Republican nominee. To pretend otherwise is just wishful thinking.
I say this as a disappointed Thompson supporter.
I have been debating in my heart since yesterday over something I was going to do thank you for helping me to come to my senses!
Your hopes and dreams notwithstanding, that's a fact.
Hey Jim...you didn’t jump over to the dark side? did ya:)..Huckabee loves McCain..he would give his delegates up in a second not giving to bits about us or Reagan Revelution..Huckabee thinks McCain is part of it..
Yeah we are pro-life while we all go broke with government entitled program raising our taxes to the 40% mark and bilking us for billions supporting illegal immigrants all the while we are getting our butts handed to us overseas both trade wise and policy wise.
Like I told my wife if we are broke as a country due to spending and taxing; speaking Spanish, Chinese, or Arabic; or having our malls and school blown up by ragheads all your social programs and pro-life mantra mean bupkus. Get it.
Huckabee’s continued presence in the race will ensure that McCain is the nominee.
Dang. That's a good one....
If at least one of them can’t get the required delegates, there will be a brokered convention no matter what.
That may not go our way either, but it’s certainly more of a chance than we have right now.
With all due respect, the Huckster’s views on immigration show that he is NOT pro-America.
I never got that memo!
Sorry, Jim.
Agreed. I don’t think a brokered convention will produce a Fred nomination.
don’t blame me, i voted for Frick.
I’ll give you 6 and 7 but raise you a Nanny State, Clemency offering, Tax raising, GOP version of Jimmah Carter.
I saw this by Debra Sanders today and thought of FR -
While conservative talk show hosts and a slice of the GOP base demand all-or-nothing from GOP candidates, Republican voters in general clearly understand that, in a democracy, the all-or-nothing equation has only one sure outcome: You get nothing.
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