[HiTech RedNeck]

We are now delving into the murky area of the politics of sinful and often faltering and unbelieving men. Abraham Lincoln, the father of the GOP, had some ambivalence in his policy concerning chattel racial slavery, which we today universally recognize as a grave evil. He told the Southern slaves they could go free, but refrained from a similar declaration for the Northern slaves, in what was more a calculated military policy than a moral one. What is a “real Republican”? Any we have today would top Lincoln on that moral issue. I’m sure you want excellence in carrying out a political calling more than hewing to some sinners’ standard which never was cast in finely machined steel. And God can bring about that excellence in solitary or in the presence of worthy or unworthy men, assuming we have enough data to even judge who is unworthy.

[farmer18th]

We are now delving into the murky area of the politics of sinful and often faltering and unbelieving men. Abraham Lincoln, the father of the GOP

Again, you are mentioning "sin" and Solidwood doesn't want that. He wants to talk about the strategy of Sarah appearing on a stage with Romney and Bush. I think it's a formula for eeking out a lot of milky, mushy "compassionate conservative" goo. No one on such a stage will really be free to debate at this stage--and it just makes them look anemic. They should go out and define themselves as conservative individuals. They should put a little poetry and sting to their rhetoric, instead of depressing Republicans even further with Jeb's ideas of "forward-think." Remember what his Dad did? He called Reagan's economic ideas "vodoo economics" while Ronald was out calling for a massive reduction in taxes.