Support Fred Thompson
December 26th, 2007 by adminRick Moran at the Right Wing Nuthouse has proposed a blogburst in support of Fred Thompson. Count me in. The fact of the matter is that of the Republican candidates, Fred Thompson is the only one who is truly a conservative. On every issue that matters, Fred is right on the spot. First Amendment protection, Second Amendment protection, free market solutions, federalism and the devolution of power towards localities, you name it. Even when it comes to religion, Fred is right on. I admire Huckabee and Romney’s religious convictions, but simply having them does not hide the policies they advocate. Huckabee is not a conservative outside of his religion. Romney’s born-again conservatism is not particularly convincing. I am voting for Commander in Chief, not Theologian in Chief.
Don’t get me wrong. Compared to Clinton or Obama, any of the Republicans look great. And even Huckabee’s religion-on-my-sleeve approach is at least real, and much better than the “if you can fake sincerity, you can fake anything” faith of the Democratic left. The Democratic party needs to learn that just because we are people of faith, we are not rubes.
If you are interested in a real conservative who respects religion but does not wear it on his lapel, look at Fred.
Posted in Politics | 6 Comments »
January 24th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Figured you for a Huckabee guy. While not a big fan of faith, it appears to me that Obama is a genuine “man of faith” Hillary is another story. Do you not find Obama’s faith to be real?
February 6th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
There are many folk whose faith is real. I am not voting to hire the pastor of my church; I am voting to hire the leader of my country. There is little more dangerous than someone who wants to impose his or her religious views on an entire country — and that applies equally to a Conservative Southern Baptist like Huckabee *and* to a ideologically-driven liberal Methodist like Hillary. They are flip sides of the same coin. You are wrong in not believing that Hillary’s faith is real, at least to the degree that faith and ideology merge in liberal theology.
February 8th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Just reread your post. It is huckabee’s “approach” that you are deeming real and sincere and Hillary and Obama’s approach as not real. You are correct, you did not question their individual faith. You do claim that the Democratic-left faith is faked, though.
I wish more conservatives, religious or not would be as you claim to be….looking to hire the next leader of our country and not the next theologian-in-chief. Unfortunately, most evangelicals, as the Iowa caucus showed, have “sharing my faith” as their #1 litmus test for a candidate. Why else would they be swift-boating Obama to make people think he is Muslim.
February 8th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
They’re not “swift boating” anybody. They are just misinformed. If you want to see dirty tricks against Obama, look at Hillary, not the Republicans.
And, no, “sharing my faith” is not a #1 litmust test. Sharing values is. There’s a difference, one that evangelical atheists and those who adhere to the current secular intolerance of the Democrat party forget. Republicans of faith are not trying to push their particular faith on anybody; they are just tired of Democrats trying to criminalize it.
February 10th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
…buttons…officially….pushed
February 10th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
…truth..about…Democrats