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| 12/8/10
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Posted on 12/09/2010 7:43:03 PM PST by pissant
Surveying the crop of would-be Republican presidential contenders in 2012, some Christian leaders cant muster much enthusiasm.
The supposed frontrunners have all got problems, says Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Conventions Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and a prominent leader of the religious right. Mitt Romney? He put Obamacare Light in place in Massachusetts, says Land. Its going to be awfully difficult for him to surmount that. Sarah Palin? Her problem is her very high negatives. Evangelicals want somebody they like, but they also want somebody who can beat Barack Obama. Mike Huckabee? The problem Mikes got is that he and Sarah Palin are appealing to the same base, and Sarah has stronger appeal to that base. And Newt Gingrich? Two ex-wives is one ex-wife too many for most evangelicals.
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DeMint, Pence, Rounds, Bachmann, Bolton should be a good start
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posted on
12/09/2010 7:43:04 PM PST
by
pissant
To: pissant
DeMint, Pence, Rounds, Bachmann, Bolton should be a good startIf those are my only choices, then:
Bolton/Pence 2012 works for me.
Well, okay, until one of them says something I don't like... ;) See, this is the value of not making too many public appearances too early. Fewer chances to say something regrettable.
Unfortunately, what will no doubt happen is that there will be a bazillion candidates splitting the "conservative" vote (whatever that is) and a candidate who is little more than a Democrat will prevail. This is what happened in Michigan's gubernatorial race, and I think it's becoming the new Republican "strategy" for "winning."
OTOH, I could be absolutely wrong. However, I so rarely am.
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posted on
12/09/2010 8:00:29 PM PST
by
MaggieCarta
(Reigning Princess of "PDS" - Porter, Dark mild, Stout. I'm talkin' beer, here, people.[English Ale])
To: pissant
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posted on
12/09/2010 8:01:45 PM PST
by
Java4Jay
To: pissant
Bolton has a lot going for him, but is he ready for prime time? Sarah Palin is a terrific lady, but it might be better for her to play kingmaker than actually be a candidate. Mitt Romney just has too many credibility problems. Mike Huckabee is a social conservative, but not an economic conservative. Thankfully, we have plenty of time to work this out.
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posted on
12/09/2010 8:06:40 PM PST
by
Clintonfatigued
(Illegal aliens commit crimes that Americans won't commit)
To: pissant
Consider the source: Newsweek
That is the same pack of vermin that stated on their cover: “We are all Socialists now.”
Of course we are not, but they don’t know that. (Really they just lie and say they don’t know that)
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posted on
12/09/2010 8:06:40 PM PST
by
Texas Fossil
(Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.)
To: pissant
If Pence runs, I’m supporting him.
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posted on
12/09/2010 8:10:10 PM PST
by
Darren McCarty
(Michigan's Supreme Court - Once again, it is best in the country.)
To: Texas Fossil
Personally, I’d love me some Rob Portman, who very quitely destroyed his Senate opponent by 20 points, in Ohio.
Haven’t heard a blessed thing about him, he just goes about and does his job.
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posted on
12/09/2010 8:10:27 PM PST
by
BenKenobi
(Obama's book of the month, Herman Melville's Killin' Whitey)
To: Clintonfatigued
Bolton has a lot going for him, but is he ready for prime time? Sarah Palin is a terrific lady, but it might be better for her to play kingmaker than actually be a candidate. Mitt Romney just has too many credibility problems. Mike Huckabee is a social conservative, but not an economic conservative. Thankfully, we have plenty of time to work this out. Well said.
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posted on
12/09/2010 8:10:35 PM PST
by
earlJam
To: earlJam
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posted on
12/09/2010 8:11:25 PM PST
by
Clintonfatigued
(Illegal aliens commit crimes that Americans won't commit)
To: Darren McCarty
Hell, I'm supporting Bozo the Clown if he runs against Obama.
At this point, we need to make sure a true conservative gets nominated, so we won't have to hold our noses while we vote.
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posted on
12/09/2010 8:13:29 PM PST
by
Celtic Cross
(I AM the Impeccable Hat. (AKA The Pope's Hat))
To: Celtic Cross
I am all in favor of Thune or Paul Ryan. Thune has appeared on Greta and other Fox News Network programs and has been very articulate on the conservative message.
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posted on
12/09/2010 8:21:16 PM PST
by
jinglethosekeyes
(The more we know, the worse we will be if BHO wins)
To: pissant
I'm an evangelical Southern Baptist Christian, and I would vote for Gingrich over any Democrat I can think of no matter his or her claims regarding moral/ethical issues. I don't know anything about Newt's religious convictions, but based on what I have heard him say I believe he would take a strong pro-morality stance on moral and ethical issues.
It's one thing for a candidate to say he or she is a Christian, it's another thing for him/her to vote on bills or judicial appointments according to Christian principles. Any politician who puts political dogma ahead of Christian morality isn't fit to govern, and that description fits every Democrat politician I know anything about.
IMHO no bible-believing Christian can support a pro-abortion, pro-homosexual agenda, pro-evolution public schools, candidate to be the leader of this nation that was founded on biblical Christian principles by a Congress composed primarily of Christian men. I realize that many of you will disagree, and that's your right in the USA, for now at least.
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posted on
12/09/2010 8:23:55 PM PST
by
epow
( Happiness is a full woodshed in January)
To: pissant
Looking for Mr. RightPS: Somehow, given the current crop of likely Republican contenders, I'm afraid that the best that will happen is finding a Mr Goodbar. (A reference to a movie from the 70's where a teacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for, and finding, abusive men)
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posted on
12/09/2010 8:24:45 PM PST
by
MaggieCarta
(Reigning Princess of "PDS" - Porter, Dark mild, Stout. I'm talkin' beer, here, people.[English Ale])
To: epow
For every good idea Newt has had, he has had an equal and opposite crappy one.
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posted on
12/09/2010 8:25:09 PM PST
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: pissant
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posted on
12/09/2010 8:27:21 PM PST
by
Gargantua
(Palin puts the "L" in pain... and she's coming for the scumbags!)
To: pissant
Newtonian mechanics, it’s not a suggestion, it’s the law!
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posted on
12/09/2010 8:30:22 PM PST
by
BenKenobi
(Obama's book of the month, Herman Melville's Killin' Whitey)
To: Gargantua
Perry, Palin...I like the sound of it. Mitch Daniels, I’d vote for him in a minute!!!
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posted on
12/09/2010 8:31:00 PM PST
by
terycarl
(4)
To: Clintonfatigued
Demint, Pence, Rounds would all fit the bill.
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posted on
12/09/2010 8:35:41 PM PST
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: MaggieCarta; pissant
If those are my only choices, then:
Bolton/Pence 2012 works for me.
Do you support Gay Marriage?
John Bolton does
Do you support "Don't Ask Don't Tell"?
Bolton doesn't:
Asked about the presidents plan to repeal Dont Ask, Dont Tell, Bolton said he is generally in favor of allowing anyone who wants to serve their country in the military to do so. I dont have any trouble with that [repealing Dont Ask, Dont Tell] assuming it is done in a way that is respectful of the people in the military who have great difficulty with it, he said. I dont think there is any good answer to the question why shouldnt gays and lesbians who want to serve their country be allowed to do it.
While he told TheDC social issues arent where I spend a lot of my time, Bolton said he opposes abortion and has no problem with gay marriage indeed, he said that gay marriage is going to happen. But, he added, they are fundamentally issues to be resolved politically, primarily at the state level. And I think the notion of creating a constitutional right to abortion or a constitutional right to gay marriage is a mistake.
To: SoConPubbie
Watch, he’ll change his tune on DADT. And his federalist approach to gay marriage is satisfactory to most conservatives.
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posted on
12/09/2010 8:51:04 PM PST
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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