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!
The “whats in it for me” for Huckabee is the chance he has for a VP slot.
I don’t see any of them as altruistic.
Thompson MIGHT have been (if he was running more than a splitter)
Huckabee NEVER.
I have no candidate in this race and having lived 40 mils from Hope for a while I can say I know what Huckabee is and is not.
Romney has taken 3 stances on embyronic stell research since '02; 3 stances on forcing employers/businesses to hire alternative sexual minorities since '94; many more flip-flop-flip-flops on abortion (not just 2 positions, but multiple)
Thanks Jim. That is gutsy of you to take this stand.
Dude, I've been listening to Ron Paul supporters on this forum for nine years. Ron Paul is a libertarian.
Sorry no sale.
You and me both and may the RINO’s and appeasers be damned. McCain or Huckabee will not get my vote.
I am disenfranchised and not happy.
actually it does prove the point that the majority of the USA is conservative.
In order to run for national office conservative positions are required.
That generality at least is a positive the MSM can not conceal.
The Picture of Dorian McCain.
Exactly.
It’s not about Primary totals themselves but what those totals mean for the General....
“Gonna have to respectfully disagree here, Jim. Neither Huckabee nor Romney is particularly conservative, both are better than McCain — but only one of the two has an actual shot at beating McCain.”
I am not conviced of that at all. The way this campaign has been going any one still running on the GOP ticket has a chance to beat McCain. The convention requires a majority vote to win the nomination, not a plurality. That means that the nominee has to have 50% plus, at least, 1 vote. Any one not getting over 50% does not get nominated. In Florida the other day McCain won with 36 or 37%, Romney had 31%. That means that a full 1/3 of GOP voters did not like either candidate. That is probably more typical than most people realize. Has there been any state other than Wyoming where a candidate actually won over 50% of the vote?
Alas, the MSM has foisted McCain upon us, Huckabee is never even mentioned in the news anymore so I think it is an uphill battle, but your endorsement is certainly a plus.
actually WRITING, "Number seven,..."
just TOTALLY confuses me.......
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How was he conservative? Economically, the Cato Institute rated him a "C" for his MA guv years--the same rating it gave NM guv Bill Richardson.
How was he conservative on social issues? The Log Cabin Club of MA endorsed him twice. Planned Parenthood, NARAL, & the Majority For Choice all endorsed him in '02.
Good point!
Why is it when it comes to Huckabee, folks say, "We're not votin' for pastor in chief." But when it comes to Romney, they don't say, "We're not votin' for bishop in chief?" Or, "We're not votin' for stake president-in-chief?"
Yes, and it proves Romney will take any side of any issue no matter how critical just to get himself elected. The man has no moral compass and no bedrock principles. If he lied to them, he’ll lie to you.
There has been a “Pastor-in-Chief” before - - too bad getting shot got in the way of seeing how good he would have been.
I agree. One thing I count on here is that a young, healthy Romney would have strong ambitions for a second term. If he courts Reagan Conservatives as his springboard to the office, he will remember who brought him to the dance because he's going to want to stay awhile.
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