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Evangelicals may face choice: electable candidate or 'moral' one
Tennessean | 1/8/12 | Bob Smietana | The Tennessean

Posted on 01/08/2012 10:43:12 AM PST by SmithL

Gannett Newspaper, Link Only: http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120108/NEWS02/301080082/Evangelicals-may-face-choice-electable-candidate-moral-one?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012gopprimary; christianvote; election2012; evangelicals; gop; primaries
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Character matters, and that will haunt Gingrich. Nevertheless, his politics make him a better choice than Romney. If Romney is the nominee, I'll hold my nose and pull the lever, but God help us all if the choice is Paul or Obama.
1 posted on 01/08/2012 10:43:18 AM PST by SmithL
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To: SmithL

I love it when the pagans in the MSM attempt to share their penetrating insight into evangelicals. it’s always a riot.


2 posted on 01/08/2012 10:45:50 AM PST by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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I’ll take the “moral” one, thank you very much.


3 posted on 01/08/2012 10:48:53 AM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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Character matters... but so does Redemption and forgiveness.

We have all done things we regret in life, some of us have been caught, others have been lucky and haven't been. But to pretend that some are without sin and are thus more “moral” because they have been lucky enough not to have been caught or to have had their particular failings covered trumpeted from the rooftops by the media is ridiculous.

Who's to say that Romney or everyone else on that stage hasn't had an affair? I'd say there is a good chance that everyone on that stage has had an issue in their marriages at some point in time, it's just that they obviously were able to work through it and keep their marriage together and to keep it from going public.

4 posted on 01/08/2012 10:52:18 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Go Newt!)
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“Character matters, and that will haunt Gingrich.”

It shouldn’t...if Christians practice what they preach.

How often must we forgive ... particularly when another sinner has repented?


5 posted on 01/08/2012 10:54:43 AM PST by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
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“Noah was a mean drunk,”

??? Wow must be a modern translation they are reading.


6 posted on 01/08/2012 10:56:24 AM PST by wonkowasright (Wonko from outside the asylum)
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To: JohnBrowdie

LOL. You are right. I started reading this and kept thinking who the heck are they talking about? I guess this reporter’s job is to explain those crazy Christian zealots to their urban readers. Most of the Lib urban readers are probably still afraid that if they drive through the Bible Belt and break down, they will be shot or raped by a bunch of Bible-toting Hillbillies.


7 posted on 01/08/2012 10:57:07 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: SmithL

I’ll take the moral choice.


8 posted on 01/08/2012 10:58:41 AM PST by cripplecreek (Stand with courage or shut up and do as you're told.)
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To: Timber Rattler

I’ll take the “moral” one for saint. You know, the one that drove with his family dog on the roof of his car, and later laughed it off. For president, I’ll take the brainy conservative one.


9 posted on 01/08/2012 10:59:44 AM PST by C210N (Dems: "We must tax you so that we can buy your votes")
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During the period of the Judges of Israel, when God’s people turned to him and pled for help, he would choose a man (or, in one case, woman) to lead them to restoration.

Very often, that man was one of questionable character and feet of clay.

Let us all remember that the Lord God Jehovah is able to do anything He wants through whomever He chooses.

Humbly pray that this time he sends us the leader we need, not, as in 2008, the one we deserve.


10 posted on 01/08/2012 11:01:36 AM PST by Jedidah
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The underpinning of the article is that romney is electable... or the most electable, or something like that. And, they provide no evidence to that effect. So, I guess I need to take their word that romney, as presented by the liberal media, the steponallofus’es and sawyers, npr/nyt/and the rest, is the only one that can beat zer0.


11 posted on 01/08/2012 11:04:51 AM PST by C210N (Dems: "We must tax you so that we can buy your votes")
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To: SmithL

Those have been our choices since Reagan.


12 posted on 01/08/2012 11:04:58 AM PST by WorkerbeeCitizen (I STAND WITH ISRAEL)
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As in much of life, people see the coarse Newt and judge his moral failings in a more harsh way than the more refined Romney.

My personal view is that Gingrich’s roller coaster fight with morality and faith is something that I can identify with and have some degree of trust in that it is real and common, much more than the,lifelong, unbroken, thoughtless, yet dedicated proselytizer’s path of depravity and evil of Mitt Romney.


13 posted on 01/08/2012 11:05:11 AM PST by ansel12 (Romney is unquestionably the weakest party front-runner in contemporary political history.)
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To: SumProVita
Practice what they preach, what is that suppose to mean, you can forgive the child molester and then send his soul to judgment. That is practicing what they preach. There is no other requirements.
14 posted on 01/08/2012 11:08:10 AM PST by org.whodat (What is the difference in Newt's, Perry's and Willard's positions on Amnesty.)
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To: SmithL

Hmm. Would I have ¨voted¨ for King David? I´m not sure.


15 posted on 01/08/2012 11:09:33 AM PST by onedoug
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To: SmithL

Mitt Romney is not electable, Obama will crush him.


16 posted on 01/08/2012 11:09:44 AM PST by dfwgator
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I will not be voting for the architect of RomneyCare which contains mandated and subsidized $50 abortions.

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17 posted on 01/08/2012 11:21:30 AM PST by CainConservative (Newt/Santorum 2012 with Cain, Huck, Bolton, Parker, Watts, Duncan, & Bachmann in Newt's Cabinet)
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18 posted on 01/08/2012 11:37:36 AM PST by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: SmithL

...uh...which one is the moral one?


19 posted on 01/08/2012 11:42:07 AM PST by moovova (Report my sarcastic, fear-mongering, hate-filled lies to www.AttackWatch.com by clicking HERE.)
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To: org.whodat

Is English your native language? Just curious...


20 posted on 01/08/2012 11:45:27 AM PST by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
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