Posted on 07/20/2011 9:11:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Lurking behind the anticipation over Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s entrance into the Republican primary is a critical question: Can he take social conservatives away from their current favorite, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.)?
Perry, to the surprise of many GOP operatives, seems to be aiming to be the darling of the social conservatives rather than to emphasize his impressive fiscal record. In other words, he’s aiming for Bachmann’s base. But it remains to be seen if that is wise.
I met with a prominent social conservative leader with a vast grass-roots network. The leader acknowledged that there is a real danger from social conservatives’ perspective that Bachmann and Perry will carve up the vote and allow Mitt Romney to slide through. Could they get behind one or the other to prevent such a split? The leader laughed, “We’re not very good at that. If we try, we winding up making everyone mad.”
The issues on which Bachmann is skewered in the mainstream media (gay marriage, most clearly) are the very things that endear her to the base. And while she has eschewed playing the media victim, as Sarah Palin often has, it certainly is true that being attacked by liberal pundits and groups does nothing but raise her stock among grass,roots social conservatives.
There is an issue, however, that may be decisive, that on its face has nothing to do with social issues. It is no secret that many social conservatives are part of or share the same principles as the Tea Party, most especially the notion that professional politicians are out of control, feel entitled and don’t live under the same economic constraints as the rest of us....
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Campaigning for RG doesn’t make RP a liar about his own faith.
Sarah Palin is friends with Glenn Beck. She supports his efforts to expose progressives and says he is doing great work. She attended and spoke at Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally. Does her public support of Glenn Beck, who is a Mormon, imply that she set aside or betrayed her own religious beliefs for a friend?
No, it doesn’t.
I apologize for not being clear about the intent of my post. It wasn’t intended in any way as a rebuke for defending Obama’s faith. I certainly didn’t mean to imply that you should decide on the condition of BO’s soul. I just wanted to share with you a series of articles that opened my eyes about Obama’s religious ruse. I still encourage you to read them. They are very informative.
I don’t think RP should have supported RG either, but his doing so is not grounds for concluding that he isn’t a Christian. (JMHO)
Very interesting, Vet. I’ll bet that Huckster didn’t cost taxpayers $600,000 over two years in housing costs, as Perry did! I was assuming that Huck was living in a trailer to prove that he was a “man of the people”. Thanks, Bob
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