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on Saturday, January 12, 2008 1:24:54 PM
Is the Right right?
I've been pondering the Christian Rights dilemma this Primary Season. The dilemma that the Huckabee Campaign presents to them by making it a virtual 'moral duty' to vote against their long-held, party values this time around. Many seem caught up in the emotion of the moment, the euphoric feeling of having 'one of their own' doing well at this stage of the process. Some have decided to turn a blind eye to Mike Huckabee's 'shortcomings' in the political part of his life but call for closer scrituny of each opponent's records. Applying a unique double-standard to their decision making process can only result in bitter disappointment in the end.
Win or lose? Doesn't much matter. Fracture the Core of the Conservative Movement setting the middle class back 25 years? Oh well. Put Values & Principle in a "Lock Box" and, forget about them for a while? 'Whatever it takes is' the mantra for the ReligiousRight at present but not being considered is that we'll have to take whatever we get if the process breaks down or the Party Core disintegrates.
Some days ago I asked if the "Evangelical Christian voter dismiss Mike Huckabee's obviously liberal record...to cast a vote for religion ahead of their core conservative values?" I also asked if it were possible that "Huckabee is in the race only to siphon off a large percentage of one of the largest parts of the Republican base, Evangelical Christians and, with that support attempt to posit himself as a VP candidate?" There is nothing wrong with playing politics FOR your Supporters. So if that was it, okay lets move on and, get down to nominating the Conservative Party's standard bearer. 'Not so fast!' You say? There's Something ELSE!!??
Figured there might be because there were no denials from the many Huckabee supporters who responded in the threads where the accusation was posed that Likeable Mike is angling for the 2nd spot on Angry John's ticket. Though not one Huckster for Huck said a word about 'Winning it all' or 'being in it to win' and, that got me to wondering if I had missed the mark. Sure they would be happy with a bonafide Minister being just a heartbeat away from the Presidency BUT their silence told me there was still something else.
Some had defended Huck's tax record, rationalizing in the same way Smiling Mike does about Tax Hikes. Oddly enough, one guy responded with a diatribe that included the idea that voters for Huckabee are "more moral" than anyone who isn't part of the Evangelical Christian Wing of the GOP...like the entire remainder of the party!! That's when it hit me....
The hardest of the core of the Huckabee Followers are in this to protect the country from having a candidate they insist is a Cult member become POTUS. These are the folks who would deny Mitt Romney today his Right To Choose & To Practice His Religion.
This also answers another question I had... "...is it just a coincidence that Mad Mac's admiration for the Huckster stems from this clandestine assault on the 1st Amendment by the HuckaForces? And to think it is a genuine mutual admiration the two share. McCain/Huckabee might be the worst possible outcome from this splintering of the Conservative Vote in these troubled times.
This One Is All About The SJC...Can the Religious Wing Jeopardize (their own) Everyones Freedom To Practice A Religion Of Our Own Choosing and Live With The Possibly Bad Outcome?
Vote With Your Brain
Vote Strict Constructinist Justice
Vote Fred Thompson
W/O=
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Can I get an Amen?