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Conservatives Face Bad-faith Question of Faith
Townhall.com ^ | February 13, 2015 | Jonah Goldberg

Posted on 02/13/2015 8:35:02 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin

Libs don’t get these questions because of the ease with which they lie:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/06/us/politics/07clinton-text.html?pagewanted=print

[Hillary:]...I believe in the father, son, and Holy Spirit, and I have felt the presence of the Holy Spirit on many occasions in my years on this earth. I pray, I read the Bible, I read commentary on scriptures, I read other people’s faith journeys. That is, for me, at the real core of how I keep feeding my faith. And, I was lucky because, as I said at the faith and politics event, I was taught to pray and I inculcate it as a habit in my daily life.

Q: I read an interview that you gave in ’92 to the United Methodist News Service. You mentioned in there that you carried a little Bible with you — new testament, psalms, proverbs — on the trail in ’92. I wondered, do you still have that? Are you carrying that with you, do you really carry that with you on the trail today?

Senator Clinton: I do. It’s not the same version. But I still carry it...


21 posted on 02/13/2015 10:21:37 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Balding_Eagle; donna; Yosemitest; SoConPubbie; gwgn02
Do you think Cruz will be able to give as good an answer?

You're joking, right?

Try to be a little bit more objective.
22 posted on 02/13/2015 10:46:32 AM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: SoConPubbie; donna; Yosemitest; gwgn02

I laid out why I thought Walker’s answer was good.

You sidestepped answering the question I asked, which was will Cruz be able to give as good answer.

Here’ why I wanted your ideas; Cruz is a great orator, but my impression is that he won’t be able to constrain himself to give an answer to such a baited question that his answer will make it go away.

Instead, I think he is going to answer it with an answer that will stir up a hornets nest, one he no longer has control of, and which will dog him (unfairly) for weeks or months.

We’ll see I guess, he is almost certainly going to be asked it, or something similar.


23 posted on 02/13/2015 12:37:11 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Valerie’s man child protege lied to Rick Warren and answered a question about abortion being above his pay grade?

The article dealt with that, accusing Obama of cynicism and an expedient lie that the symp-press let him get away with because they knew the real answer.

24 posted on 02/13/2015 1:22:18 PM PST by lentulusgracchus ("If America was a house, the Left would root for the termites." - Greg Gutfeld)
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To: Balding_Eagle

Are there any examples of Cruz slipping up on questions because he doesn’t handle the language very well?


25 posted on 02/13/2015 1:53:55 PM PST by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: reasonisfaith

If there are any, I’m not aware of them.

I’m not sure what your point is.


26 posted on 02/13/2015 2:25:12 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

It was a response to your statement:

“my impression is that he won’t be able to constrain himself to give an answer”


27 posted on 02/13/2015 2:27:29 PM PST by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: reasonisfaith

I think he will give a very impassioned, well worded answer.

He will confirm the questionairs darkest fears, Cruz does not believe in evolution (I think).

From there the story will explode onto the front pages, and Cruz will have to deal with the ‘fallout’ for weeks if not months.

Unlike Walker.


28 posted on 02/13/2015 2:36:24 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
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To: Balding_Eagle
I already stated my thinking:

I'm okay with Cruz fighting to the death over a question because he's so good at it. He beats the media and the frightened “conservatives”.

I think we have room for confident conservatives to speak out. Young people like rebellion.

Conservatives can have more than one style. Cruz is good at what he does. Let him do it.

When the media and elite Republicans accuse him of failure, laugh in their face and tell them to shut up.

29 posted on 02/13/2015 3:13:50 PM PST by donna (Gov. Mike Huckabee beat the Clinton machine in Arkansas. He can do it again.)
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To: donna

Sorry, I didn’t mean to ping you to that post, I already had your answer.

Which I agree with BTW.

I was interested in hearing from those who have stated they won’t vote for walker.


30 posted on 02/13/2015 3:38:35 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

I think Cruz is smart enough to see bigger than the initial appearance of “check yes or no” on this question. There are multiple ways to answer the question without being trapped.


31 posted on 02/13/2015 3:41:02 PM PST by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: reasonisfaith

That was my question.

I don’t think there are any ways to answer and avoid the trap, but we will see, because he will be asked that question, or similar questions.


32 posted on 02/13/2015 3:45:06 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

How about this one:

“The underlying, implied question is bigger than evolution. The underlying question is whether or not God exists. Some academics have misled the public with the suggestion that evolution disproves God. But this is not a logical conclusion. Because if God exists, then any mechanism of life—including how animal species come to exist—is possible within the realm of God’s power. In other words, the polarized, politicized evolution question is a sort of straw man established by those with little faith in the durability of their own ideology. Ultimately, they’ll be the ones hiding in political fear from the question of divine existence.

Personally I have a very strong faith in the Creator God. And I know that God is the source of all liberty. As President of the United States, I intend to do my best to ensure that all American citizens have the same access to our Constitutional system of liberty.”


33 posted on 02/13/2015 4:27:53 PM PST by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: reasonisfaith

Ill agree with you, that would be a good answer.

I’m going to think of what the attempted belittlement from the Leftists might be.


34 posted on 02/13/2015 4:52:15 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
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