I supported Fred until the attacks came on Huck. If you compare the two’s proposed platforms they are very similar. There records are different, but apples and oranges..you can’t compare a Senator to a Governor. You will find lots of self-proclaimed Christians here, but true devotion scares them. The difference between southern Fred and southern Huck is that everyone understands that fred is acting, Huck is the real deal.
If Fred were acting, he'd tickle your ears and tell you what you want to hear not what he believes. I actually find it quite telling that the only actor in the race is the only one who's not acting!
Boy, I don’t I could disagree with you much more in that one short paragraph of yours.
Their stated platforms since the beginning of the presidential race are not that close to each other, and Fred’s is so much better defined than Huck’s that the latter may as well not exist.
Their records are vastly more different and clearly point to Fred being almost completely conservative and Huck being frighteningly liberal.
I’m one of those evangelicals that Huck is trying to talk to, and he could not be much farther off the mark with me than he is. I would not want him for a pastor or a president.
Also IMHO, Fred is doing a lot less acting in front of the camera than the other candidates have been, and a whole lot less lying.
Put me down in Fred’s column.
I've got some prime swampland real estate in Arizona to sell you...or perhaps you would be interested in buying a historic bridge in Brooklyn?
He is a theological social gospel liberal seeking the kingdom of this world. Both his misapplication of the Bible and his political socialism reflect this. He is not “evangelical” or he would still be preaching not campaigning.
“I supported Fred until the attacks came on Huck. If you compare the two’s proposed platforms they are very similar.”
Um, you’ve -got- to be kidding. They’re not even -remotely- similar. They’re not even on the same planet, except on abortion, and even there, why doesn’t Huck taking tens of thousands of dollars in speaking fees from the biggest stem cell researching company in the world bother you? It sure bothers me.
Qwinn
ROFLMAO
Absurd.
Exactly what 'attacks' has Fred made on Huck. The only things I've seen coming from Fred about his opponents is making sure the voting public knows exactly what the other candidates have done, or have stood for in the past. Using your opponents words to make your point is not an attack, it's simply informative.
Nope! Just another hick from Hope.
Rudy, Mitt, Fred, McCain, even Duncan Hunter have been mocked or ridiculed in one way or another on FR, they all have supporters and detractors. If you actually supported Fred, how does Huck now getting his from freepers change your vote? Can Huck not handle the scrutiny? Look back on the personal attacks on the rest of the candidates.
Rudy= gay loving adulterer.
Mitt= phony slick lying flip flopping Mormon.
McCain=traitor to his party, back stabbing, illegal loving Rino.
Fred= lazy old pervert robbing the cradle with his trophy wife.
Huck= self righteous liberal preacher from Hope.
Interesting....
Please. Huckabee is soft on hard core criminals and never met a tax he didn’t like.
NOT my kind of President, for sure.
Well by that logic, why not support Mitt Romney. Fred has attacked him as well and he has the support of some serious evangelicals.
Or support Bush for a third term, since Huck attacked him.
Or Maybe Rush since Huck’s people attacked him.
Wait you can support Mitt, he attacked Fred and Huck....
Can’t support Rush, he attacked back....
I think the difference is that Huckabee wants to use the power of government to advance his 'christian' beliefs - amnesty to illegal immigrants (OK, go home & hours later return for citizenship) because that is what he thinks Jesus would do, restrictions on industry because global warming is poor stewardship of the earth, a federal no smoking law because we'll all be so much healthier, smaller cars because it is part of energy independence and God wants us to be self sufficient, etc, etc.
My problem is two-fold: A) a government big enough to smite my enemies is only an election away from smiting me, and B) I disagree with his interpretation of how Jesus would respond (in Huckabee's description, I drink a different 'Jesus juice'...which strikes me as close to a blasphemous phrase, BTW.)
I'm a conservative. Some of my fellow Southern Baptists are liberals. I disagree with their politics, but I understand that two people trying to do what God wants might come down differently on the issues.
For example, I don't think God wants us to encourage illegal behavior. I don't think global warming exists other than in long term trends far greater than anything a human can create. I don't think God really cares about smoking.
Scripture teaches us the goals we should work towards. Politics is about what steps you take to achieve those goals. Everyone wants to ease the suffering of the poor, but how best to do it?
Unlike Huckabee, Fred has a coherent political philosophy of limited government. As a conservative, he recognizes the limits of our knowledge and power. He won't create a government that will punish my enemies, and be an election away from being a tool for my opponents to punish me.
Also, Huckabee strikes me as a liar. I know many Huckabites disagree, but I've been watching his reactions and looking at his record, and I've concluded that he doesn't know what honesty and integrity are all about. Fred isn't perfect either, but he is more honest about his faults and less likely to tickle the ears with whatever they want to hear.
That is why I donated to Fred the other night.
Uhhh, no.
Huck may be the "real deal" but that's a hand I'll pass on.
He's whacked.
“If you compare the two’s proposed platforms they are very similar.” Laughable.
Another identity voter.
Except that Huck’s platform is a fraud, becaue he never governed that way. So who’s the actor here?
As far as the attacks, Huckster doesn’t attack himself, he has third party stooges do it, like with Rush. Or he whines about being attacked and then turns around and attacks them in the same diatribe. Just like the Clintons.
As far as Senator and Governor, that means only Thompson has federal experience, Huckabee only state experience.
Nail on head Soliton....but sadly, I only really like Huckster's abortion stance mostly.
this race shows how fractured we are to right of center....amazing