Posted on 01/14/2008 6:08:03 PM PST by Kurt Evans
“If you are supporting Governor Huckabee as a ‘conservative’ then I doubt you have any real idea of what a conservative actually is.”
I’m pretty sure I have some idea:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950692/posts
That might have been a premature judgment. Both on whether or not Thompson would hit his stride, and on Huckabee’s electability. I for one think that when the Dems start slamming Huck for everything the SBC stands for (and I say this as a Southern Baptist) that they will not only demonize him in the eyes of the uninformed electorate, and also cause religious devisivness the likes of which we haven’t seen in a century.
It won’t necessarily be Huckabee’s fault, but it will be ugly.
Fred was never ahead. I think it's more likely that he talked to Fred and Fred agreed to let him switch. My prediction that Fred is dropping out and endoreing McCain after SC to help him in FL.
a nobody because he FAILED in FL.
Or maybe this guy figures that Huckabee will bring the right kind of voters to the polls to pass his marriage amendment in Florida so he sells out the national priority for the local one.
“That relationship may not have been as cozy with Stemberger in the Thompson camp and Dobson, et al, in the Huckabee camp...”
I’m pretty sure Dr. Dobson has yet to join anyone’s camp, although he has ruled out Giuliani, Senator McCain and Senator Thompson.
“fought against Dr. Adrian Rogers’ attempts to reform the SBC”
Not doubting you at all but if you have a source that elaborates further on that I would find it fascinating and useful.
Or maybe what I’ve been trying to tell the Fred Hunter Paul followers is coming true. fred and his minions are turning off the evangelicals through insult and hate.
“NRTL’s endorsement of Thompson was actually very revealing, because Huckabee, who had been courting them, immediately exposed his nasty side when he turned around and starting insulting them as unimportant instead.”
There’s nothing inherently nasty about pointing out that the NRLC has discredited and marginalized itself.
Senator Thompson’s weakness on the right to life is about much more than federalism. Even if Roe v. Wade is overturned, he’s said consistently since 1994 that he wouldn’t support state laws to prohibit abortion. During his 1994 campaign he said, “I’m not willing to support laws that prohibit early-term abortions.” He told Project Vote Smart, “Abortions should be legal in all circumstances as long as the procedure is completed within the first trimester of the pregnancy.” He explicitly refused to support laws prohibiting abortions for convenience:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=P5a_Fpu_8KE
In 1996 he signed a document saying, “I do not believe abortion should be criminalized.” He still personally opposes laws to prohibit abortion:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=F1tfGh3ITCc
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kTQxoXD-scw
http://youtube.com/watch?v=H-b1xQNRA4g
Here’s a quote from that November 7 conversation with Tim Russert:
“When I saw—and again, ALL CONSISTENT WITH WHAT I’VE SAID [emphasis mine]. I—people ask me hypothetically, you know, OK, it goes back to the states. Somebody comes up with a bill, and they say we’re going to outlaw this, that or the other. And my response was I do not think it is a wise thing to criminalize young girls and perhaps their parents as aiders and abettors or perhaps their family physician... I do not think that you can have a, a, a law that would be effective and that would be the right thing to do ...”
And he won’t dare back Romney for obvious reasons.
By default, it’s Huckabee...however, given he hasn’t gone public with an endorsement, I am optimistic that he will, at last, come around on Thompson.
Contrary to most Freepers, I am generally impressed with Dobson’s judgement, and i do not think he is too proud to approach Thompson and mend the rift he caused with his hasty judgement when it becomes clear that Fred is the only one who can win in the Fall AND represent the things Dobson believes in.
I read your post, and I wish you well in South Dakota. But I have to say that you must be hopelessly suckered by Mike Huckabee. You seem like you would be more at home with Ron Paul.
Man, I wish I was amazed, but I am rapidly becoming less and less so...
Have you brought Huck a wedding gift yet?
That’s like jumping from the Lifeboat onto the Titanic..
Bon voyage
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