Posted on 02/04/2008 9:06:16 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
By far, the most significant story of the 2008 Republican primaries has been the unlikely candidacy of Mike Huckabee and his_single-handed_resuscitation of Christian conservatives as a force to be reckoned with in the Republican_Party. Yet, regardless of how he fares on Super_Tuesday_and_beyond, Mr. Huckabee will perhaps be best remembered as the man who, however unintentionally, helped persuade evangelicals to vote a Democrat into the White House in 2008 – and possibly in future races, as well.
Since the 1970s, conventional_wisdom has held that evangelicals are driven by a single-minded_concern with defending "moral values," while mainline Protestants focus on issues of social and economic justice. Huckabee has helped crack that old chestnut – and suddenly, the GOP is having a harder time standing for "God's Own Party."
While an orthodox Republican on "gays, guns, and God," Huckabee made his mark by presenting himself as a different type of Christian conservative. His campaign website devotes as much space to arguing for the need to increase funding for the arts, protect the environment, fight poverty, and reform healthcare as it does to the fight against abortion and gay marriage. And though he was forced to toughen his stand on immigration_and government spending, his record as governor of Arkansas, where he raised taxes and granted in-state tuition rates to the children of illegal immigrants, speaks for itself.
For such temerity, Huckabee has been slammed by his GOP colleagues as "liberal." Rush Limbaugh accused him of engaging in "class_warfare"; The Wall Street Journal said it's fair to call him a tribune of the "religious left." But in breaking from the conservative mold, Huckabee is following tracks laid by the National Association of Evangelicals, which last year incited a civil war among evangelical leaders by broadening its political agenda to include issues such as climate change.
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Wow. If conservatives and Evangelicals both desert the party, what is John going to do?
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Christain Science and Scientology ARE NOT the same thing in any way, shape or form! Google both words and see for yourself.
Is Christian Science, Evangalical ???
Paging Bob Dole - email needed.
Guys it won’t work. Remember how in 2006 we were threatened that if we didn’t vote as we were told it would be a vote for Hillary. We’ve been vaccinated. Threats don’t work any more. We will vote our conscious and watch the chips fall where they may.
It’s Romney’s campaign that threatens to have me voting democrat. If he get’s the nomination, I will definitely vote democrat against him.
I am unaware of any such "conventional wisdom". In fact, I think the author just made this up. He's just very liberal and thus likes to think of himself as a "mainline Protestant."
I did listen to him. He grosses me out. He is petty, vindictive, a hypocrite, a bigot, unscrupulous, a panderer, classless, class warfare mongering, and to quote Andrew Levy, “if he had been born a hundred years ago would have been the best snake oil salesman the world has ever seen”.
Nothing personal intended to you, but you asked.
Well, maybe the combination of 2006 and 2008 will open some eyes to realize that they are just fine with a Democrat in there. They disagree over which spending gets the highest priority, but either way, they are spending your money and mine.
If you were caught by a couple of ogres who argued over whether to boil you or roast you on a spit, it doesn't matter which one wins or loses--you lose. Same here, as long as we play their game.
And then you throw in the Social(ist) Conservatives, and it's like the little goblin jumping around nearby begging for your scraps. (Of course, they are totally oblivious to the fact that the ogres are just taunting them, too.)
More of the same in Mitt...No thanks.
LOL. I can take it that he won’t get your vote? Why do you hate him so much?
Wow she never answered. I wonder why?
Regards
Did I miss something? President Bush has been a consistent social conservative his entire time in office. It’s other issues, like immigration and government spending that have upset so many Republicans.
The Church of Christ, Scientist
http://www.tfccs.com/index.jhtml;jsessionid=5QECI5BROHDOLKGL4L2SFEQ
Because you would never win. The countries with “many parties” have a system of proportional representation. Countries with single-member districts (like the US) tend to have 2 dominant parties for a reason.
Ping!
When "YOUR" guy changes his positions (name me one politician who hasn't), he's a flip-flopper.
When "MY" guy does it, he's "grown" or "is responsive to the will of the people".
Simple, huh? :D
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