End the Tolerance Insanity

I’m not sure where this idea of tolerance means abandoning that which is good, wholesome, and righteous and just to make some feel better about themselves, but this non-sense has to stop.

A prime example of a city that is so tolerant of everything that they are destroying their once beautiful city is San Francisco California. Tolerance is accepting of that which may be different, not embracing that which is evil, harmful and corrupt.

There is nothing cool about a congregation of homeless people who have ruined their minds through alcohol and drug abuse, living in squallier and poverty. There is no honor in allowing those devastated by mental disorders to be allowed to roam the streets unprotected and live without the medications that would make them sane. There is nothing right about allowing people to destroy their minds with drugs in the public square and not challenging them of its dangers. Worse yet, allowing them to purchase drugs out of a vending machine or giving them a supply of needles.

There is nothing gained by celebrating individuals who have such a twisted view of their sexual identity that they can not even distinguish whether they are male or female. There is nothing noble about allowing women to sale their bodies for money in order to support their drug or alcohol habits. There is nothing good that comes out of a pornographic society.

Look at San Francisco and tell me what good comes out of this “tolerant “ city where even its elected officials embrace this vitiated culture? Allowing this culture to exist unchallenged is not an expression of tolerance it’s down-right cruel. Tolerance not based in morality is anarchy.

San Francisco values as some call it is a social cancer eating away at our society that will bring nothing but ruin lives, despair and hopelessness. I would never want any of my friends and family to live the reality and results of embracing the San Francisco value system.

It’s high time that Americans quit being intimidated by the messengers of this horrible value system that will ultimately destroy everyone in its path. There is nothing cool about the San Francisco value system. It’s disgusting. If you care and love people, you work to lift them up out of bondage not join it.

Why I Will Vote McCain

Dear friend,

I have done what I can do to persuade everyone I know why they should not vote for Barrack Obama. Today, I want to explain the reasons why I will cast my vote for John McCain and try to persuade you to do the same.

My support for John McCain has not come easy. I am a social, economic and national security conservative. I have felt over the years that John McCain had betrayed his party and by siding with Democrats. I disagreed with McCain on a number of issues and to be honest he was about 5th on my list of those whom I wanted to be my President.

John McCain won the Republican nomination and my guy lost. I was faced with a choice, would I support the Democratic nominee, sit home and not vote or vote for John McCain. It’s the same choice every other voter has.

To be honest, I am one of many Republicans that have been very unhappy with my party. Some Republicans turned out to be corrupt and the Republican Party did not practice fiscal responsibility and spent way too much of the peoples money. What I also know is that way too many Democrats are corrupt too and Democrats enjoy spending the people’s money like drunken sailors as well. Both parties despite all the rhetoric have been equal opportunity offenders both ethically and fiscally. I am personally sick and tired of corrupt politicians and all those that defend them. Corruption and incompetency are destroying this nation and Republican and Democrats have both been guilty. I don’t care at this point which side has been more corrupt, I am just sick of corruption.

So far this is not a ringing endorsement of John McCain is it? My transformation for John McCain started with the Presidential Forum at Rick Warren’s Saddle Back church when both he and Barrack Obama were asked the same questions that were more than opportunities for canned answers but explored and challenged each man’s thinking. From my perspective John McCain echoed my values and Barrack Obama did not. McCain, pro-life, pro-marriage, pro-traditional values, limited government, strong role models ect. Barrack Obama liberal on every issue.

Now, I am leaning slightly for McCain. To be intellectually honest, Barrack Obama forever lost my vote at Saddle Back. His answer on the life issue saying such questions about when life should be protected was above his pay grade sent chills down my spine. His answer revealed that in Obama’s world view the definition of life is determined by public opinion. I can’t get past the holocaust mentality that said Jews were subhuman and deserving of death and that the dehumanization of another human being led to the slaughter of millions upon millions of innocent women, men and children whose only crime was the God they served.

The same warped mentality allowed blacks to be treated as subhuman and the same warped mentality allows abortion on demand calling it reproduction rights. Abortion is America’s national shame. I feel sorry for the women that find themselves with unwanted pregnancies, but I loath those who have pushed the notion that the unborn are not humans deserving of their right to life.

Although I would no longer consider Obama, I was still unsure of John McCain. My next test was who would be his VP choice. I kept hearing Mitt Romney’s name. While many conservatives liked Romney, I was not one of them. As a Governor of a liberal state, Romney supported abortion rights and gay rights, but since supposedly has had a conservative conversion. Maybe he did, but I am suspicious of election year conversions and I was preparing myself for the first time in my adult life, sitting out the election should McCain select Romney as VP.

Then McCain made a bold, historic and tremendous choice in choosing Sarah Palin. A solid conservative who possesses all the values and principles that are near and dear to me as a social, economic and national security conservative. The fact she fought corruption in her own party, was a mayor, governor and had a life story similar to average Americans drew me in. My respect for John McCain for making such a wise choice grew by leaps and bounds. It was at that point I for the fist time became a supporter of John McCain.
Then there was the Republican Convention when the real John McCain was introduced to the nation. To hear his story as a prisoner of war and how it shaped his life and world view helped me to understand the man. John McCain is a national hero that truly puts his country first. While I may not always agree with him, he has the good of the nation in his heart. I trust John McCain. After putting all the pieces of the puzzle together the true portrait of the man has emerged. John McCain is man of honesty, character, courage and integrity. I trust him to do his best to protect my family and my nation. John McCain will challenge Washington DC to reform and he will surround himself with like minded people who also are striving to put country first. All I can ask my President to do is to do his best, place our country before person gain, protect and defend the Constitution and secure the liberties and freedoms we all enjoy.

John McCain the portrait of the man is complete. You can trust John McCain. Barrack Obama’s portrait is not complete. There are too many questions left unanswered and what little we know about him does not warrant our trust. I respectively ask that you vote for John McCain to be our next President of this great nation. John McCain has won my trust, respect and my vote.

Sincerely,

Mark Giglia

Palin's Lack of Foreign Policy Experience

Sarah Palin should answer the foreign policy question this way. " As Barrack Obama, he and I both do not have extensive foreign policy experience. He leads the ticket and I am the Vice presidential nominee. John McCain on the other hand has a tremdendous amount of foreign policy experience and he knows the world and is one of the world's foremost experts on the subject.

If something tragic was to happen to John McCain and I was thrust into the role as President, I would surround myself with the best foreign policy advisers in the country in order to get the best advice possible. I would then use that advice and apply my common sense conservative principals and sound judgement to whatever the situation. I intend to learn from John McCain and if elected by the American people, I will gain the experience and a deeper understanding of the complex world in which we live.

The difference between the McCain/Palin ticket and the OBama/Biden ticket is that Barrack Obama and Joe Biden continually make unsound judgements that is dangerous for America.
Example, Barrack Obama not only opposed the war but voted to cut off funding to our troops during a time of war . Barrack Obama and Joe Biden both opposed the surge and if they had thier way, the troops would have left in retreat and defeat. John McCain knowing the importance of victory in Iraq put his country first despite all the opinion polls and because of his committment and expertise, we are confident that the Iraq war will end in victory and our troops will come home with the honor they deserve.

Furthermore, Barrack Obama will not admit the surge was a sucess and he keeps argueing his opposition to go to war as thou it is even a relavant question at this point. The decision to go to war has made long ago and the question now is not whether we should go or not go, but how do we win the war and bring our troops home in victory and honor. Barrack Obama's answer to his oppostion is to retreat and accept defeat. That is not a option John McCain or I will accept.

Palin Power

Sarah Palin came out of know nowhere and has single handily ignited the conservative movement in this great country of ours. She is one of us which scares liberals so bad that they simply don't know what to do.

Liberals started with attacks on her experience until they realized she has more then the standard bearer of their party, Barrack Obama. They then went down the personal character attack road which has blew up in their faces because Palin is a decent, honest, God and family loving mother, wife and patriot who puts her country above politics. Palin is hugely popular in Alaska with an approval rating of 80%. Her speech at the Republican Convention will go down as one of the best political speeches ever given given in American history.

Palin is the embodiment of what conservatives are all about. She is the real deal. Conservatives now have someone they can point to and say if you want to know what a conservative is, look at Sarah. Is she perfect? No. Is she Jesus Christ and our Savior? No. Sarah Palin is a incredibly smart and gifted lady who knows how to love her family, respect her neighbor, stand against evil and corruption and lead a city, state and nation. Her common sense approach to leadership is guided by real life experience, a profound faith in God, sense of civic duty and a keen understanding how the economy and our culture works best.

Liberals thought they could destroy her by pointing out that in spite of her traditional views on sex before marriage her daughter got pregnant. What Palin demonstrated is that you can still love and support your daughter in spite of a bad decision and still respect and honor the life of a unborn child. When Palin found out that her own unborn child had Down Syndrome, she didn't rush off and abort the child because it wasn't perfect. She embraced her unborn child with challenges as she did every one of her other children. She loves that baby unconditionally and views the baby with whatever challenges the baby has a special gift from God.

Instead of liberals celebrating her choice, they curse her because she doesn't accept their premise that killing your unborn child is some special right that a woman should have. The pure possibility that this so called right of a woman to abort their offspring may be coming to an end, drives these liberal feminist over the edge. Furthermore, the fact that another woman may be the one leading the pro-life movement threatens them. Palin who should be celebrated by women and feminist for demonstrating that women are every man's equal and every bit as capable as men is being castigated and attacked because she does not support abortion.

It's been said that John McCain is respected by the American people, but Sarah Palin is loved by the people. This love affair with Palin by conservatives is not an attack on McCain, but an affirmation of his leadership and acknowledgement of his genuine love of his country. The pick of Palin not only lifts up John McCain, it lifted up and inspired a people beat down by continual attacks from liberals.

On November 4th, it will be the people's turn to have their say as to who will lead this country for the next four years. It is my hope the people will elect John McCain and Sarah Palin. Should John McCain win and will be in large part because of the power that Sarah Palin brought to the ticket.

Huckabee For President Not VP

Timing is everything. It is my opinion that Mike Huckabee would make a great president. However, I recognize that just as Reagan, the first time around did not result in victory. While many of Huckabee's supporters would love to see MCCain pick Huckabee as his VP, I don't see that happening.

I would rather see Governor Huckabee spend the next 4-8 years working at the grass roots level rebuilding the conservative base and getting ready to run again for President as opposed to being the VP. The political dynamics of this election may be well suited for McCain choosing a woman as his VP and the name that sticks in my mind is Kay Bailey Hutchison.

Such a pick would be met by support from the conservative base and allow McCain to avoid all the pitfalls associated with picking someone like Mitt Romney. A Hutchinson selection would help McCain with the women vote and would give Hillary supporters an alternative to Obama. Since it's pretty clear that Hutchinson would most likely not seek the Presidency in future years although she is definately qualified to do so, would allow Huckabee and Romney to demostrate thier conservative creditials.

The social conservatives are split on Romney and economic conservatives are split on Huckabee. It is my opinion that Huckabee has the potential to inspire America as Reagan and may well be able to carry Reagan's mantle. The verdict is still out on Romney.

It's The Christians Stupid -by Mark Joseph

Dear John,
In 1980 Ronald Reagan changed the foundations of presidential politics when he went before an Evangelical group and, referencing the fact that preachers weren't supposed to endorse politicians, famously declared: "You can't embrace me, but I embrace you."

They loved it and voted for him in record numbers. Before 1980, many Evangelicals and conservative Catholics either stayed home or voted Democratic, but Reagan changed everything. Since then, only one Democrat, Bill Clinton, has won the White House, and he did it by winning substantial numbers of these voters. You can do the same, but you've got a lot of work to do and a lot of fences to mend.

Can you believe it? This is a huge Democratic year, your opponent is one of the most charming and attractive candidates in presidential election history, and you're just outside the margin of error? Amazing. Don't get cocky, you could still blow this thing, but you're probably going to pull this out of the hat — but only if you do a few key things.
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A few stats:
Eighty-four percent of Americans call themselves Christians. When you think of this group, think of yourself. If somebody asked you how you became one, you'd probably say because you were born in America or because your parents were Christian.

Next, 47 percent of Americans are Evangelicals or born-again Christians, i.e., people who can give a time and date when they were "born again" or had a transformative experience with Jesus — but are sometimes confused on the basic doctrines of the Christian faith. Obama's probably in this category, along with Bill Clinton.

Then there is the smaller category of "world view Christians," around 7 percent of the population — think Mike Huckabee or Pat Robertson — because their faith comes with an accompanying worldview, the kind of stuff they read in books by authors like Chuck Colson, Francis Schaeffer or Nancy Pearcey. John, you own this group because they're not interested in personality — yours or Obama's — just voting records and overall philosophy.

First, if you do nothing else, fire up the Straight Talk Express or whatever it's called and get your tail to Colorado Springs. Can you really be dumb enough to have called James Dobson and asked him to come to your hotel room in Denver? Are you crazy? Would you call the pope and tell him you're going to be in Switzerland and would he mind meeting you at your chalet?

Evangelicals don't have popes; they have leaders with names like Dobson, Colson, Warren, Graham and Mohler. Unless you have a death wish, suck it up, fly to Colorado Springs and work out a mutual mea culpa ahead of time wherein you say you're sorry for the "agents of intolerance" thing and Dobson says he spoke too soon when he said he'd never vote for you. By the way, there's a way to do this without outraging your friends in the press: wrangle an invitation to be on Dobson's radio show. That way you're not going to beg, but rather to be a guest on his show — just as you would be on Leno or Letterman.
Let me be blunt with you: If you don't do this, you will lose the election. It's just that simple. Here's why:

I'll tell you what your paid consultants won't tell you: You're not a nice man. And I mean that in the nicest possible way. Don't feel bad. The country is ready for a mean guy who will crack heads, get things done and ride off into the sunset (maybe after one term), and even Evangelicals understand that. You're the stepfather who joins the family after the nice dad dies, and sits the kids down and tells them that while you don't do hugs or "I love you's," you will put them through college if they live by your rules, don't do drugs and get good grades. That's what the country is ready to accept: a tough stepfather who takes care of the family, fulfills his obligations and keeps everybody safe.

Work with that reality. Don't fight it. And admit your faults readily. For the sake of the Evangelicals, own up to the dumping of your first wife. Lay your cards on the table. Invite a camera crew from the 700 Club to follow you and Cindy as you go and visit with your first wife and have a healing moment. Hey, it's an Oprah world, don't fight it.

Tell the Club's viewers not to try it at home and that God has forgiven you and taken your lousy behavior and turned it in to something good by giving you such great kids who have served their country and a wonderful girl that your wife insisted you adopt. They understand the concept of forgiveness, but forgiveness comes after repentance.

And while we're talking about your wife, tell her to take it down a notch. She is one of the most gorgeous creatures on God's green earth, but every time Hank in Little Rock or Jimmy in Greensboro sees her in her outfits, all they can think about are the times they were tempted to dump Helen and Suzy sitting on the couch next to them for a "Cindy" they met at work or on a business trip. A little less makeup and fewer form-fitting outfits will go a long way to tamp down the resentment from Jimmy and Hank.

As you reach out to Evangelicals, don't pander or linger too long or get bogged down in theology. You're not one of them, they get it. Don't get caught up in debates over salvation or the trinity or creationism, but you really should be able to point to a date when you converted to Christianity. Think hard and try to remember the date. In their gut they know you're not quite with them, and that you probably believe in evolution, but they'll still vote for you if you don't shove it in their face. Just say you leave that stuff to your pastor and that your focus is on being President, but that you'll have an open door to their leaders. It's enough that you're with them on abortion and are unembarrassed to use the word "unborn." That's your secret password with them.

A word about Iraq: Even Evangelicals are tired of this war. Acknowledge this reality. Turn Obama's strategy on its head: Tell them that in the long run you will get their boys and girls home sooner than he will because he'll do the herky-jerky-pulling-out-too-quickly and then have to go back in when humanitarian crises ensue. Remind them that you're a military guy — you know how to break things, kill people and get out as quickly as possible, and that that's what you're going to do. Explain the 100-year thing as military bases that will stabilize oil prices, not a constant fighting presence. Remember, even conservative Christians get tired of long wars, and they want to get out. Make them as well as independents think that you're the man to get the boys home sooner.

You're as old as the hills; use it to your advantage. Remind young and old in subtle ways that this is your last shot and they can always vote for Obama another time in the next 30 years. Tell them Bible stories about really old guys who did great things — like Abraham and Moses. Quote Reagan's line to Mondale. You're coming in to fix the mistakes of two young, callow men — Bush and Clinton — who were inexperienced and got us into messes. No more youngsters; it's time for the old cranky guy to come in and clean things up.

As for a veep, you've been around long enough to know the drill: Conservatives hate you, and that loathing seeps down to their cousins, the Evangelicals. If you pick a pro-choicer like Tom Ridge or Mike Bloomberg, you're finished and you will most certainly lose. Go young and go conservative and Christian and try to pick up a state while you're at it. Bobby Jindal is a little young, but he's a devout Catholic who once wrote about participating in an exorcism, plus he's wonkish enough to dispel the age issue. Palin is great, but doesn't really bring a needed state and isn't a national figure. Mitt might be a pain to have to deal with, but he does bring Michigan and maybe Massachusetts, as well as a boatload of Mormon money, and though Evangelicals don't want him for president, they might be OK with Veep, figuring they can refuse to let him pass Go in eight years. Huckabee might be a good choice — the Evangelicals love him, and he can nail down the South for you, but can you live with him for eight years? Thune is a devout Christian who went to college in LA and has ties there and may help you carry California, and he's pure gold to all the guys who hate you on the right. He's probably your best bet. Let him spend the entire campaign shoring up your base and grabbing California, while you do your maverick stuff and get the independents.

Finally, look in the mirror and ask yourself this question: Do I really want to win? If you do, then get tough. I think you have it in you. Bush 41 didn't. Dole didn't. Neither really wanted to do what it took to win. Do you? If so, get tough. When you see Obama's face, pretend you're back in that cell in Nam and he's one of your guards. Stay far away from anything that could be perceived as racism; it's wrong and you don't need it.

He's given you a different kind of gift. He's a foreigner. With all due respect to Hawaii, where I love to vacation, growing up in an apartment in Honolulu, not to mention Southeast Asia, ain't the heartland of America. That's why he talks about the price of arugula at Whole Foods, thinks there are 57 states, forgets to salute the flag and has a problem with the flag pin. It not that he's not patriotic, it's that he's more a citizen of the world than of America.

Tell the American people that he has everything you'd want in a U.N. ambassador — and that you will honor him in defeat by appointing him to that post. Relentlessly attack him as not being a product of the heartland and you will trouble its voters enough to pass him by — at least this time.
You win by 5, but remember: Only if you go to Colorado Springs.

Democrats Simply Don't Care

With gas prices crippling lower and middle income families where are the Democrats who hold both houses of Congress? They are now where to be found and when presented the solutions that would make America energy independent, they oppose it.

The truth of the matter is the Democrats don't care that Americans are suffering. If people are looking for the culprets behind this national nightmare they only need to look at Democrats who have blocked all attempts to become energy independent for years and years.

Children Are Now Protesting Gas Prices

Sadie and Pyper Vance ages 9 and 7 recently marched downtown Salt Lake carrying a sign that said “all of my mom’s money goes to the gas tank.” The reason these two little sisters were protesting in the streets is because their mom cancelled the Cable TV leaving them without their favorite cartoons because the money was needed to cover the high cost of gas now over $4.00 a gallon. When asked about their mini - protest little Sadie said, "Gas prices are too high, "I just decided to come and protest so they'd go down."

These little girls protest symbolize the effects the high gas prices are having on middle, lower and working class families. Family budgets are being crippled because not only have energy prices gone through the roof, so has the cost of food. Why is this occurring?

The fault lays directly at the feet of a do nothing Democrat controlled Congress who continues to block all attempts for America to become energy independent. America is at the mercy of foreign oil and liberals in Congress and the Democrat party specifically refuses to lift the bans on tapping America’s vast energy resources. America needs to be developing nuclear energy, clean coal energy, natural gas, solar, wind, hydrogen and we need to tap our vast oil reserves.

America thrives when energy prices are low and middle, lower and working class families suffer when they are high. I would like to see these little girls lead a protest at the source of the problem and that is at the steps of the US Capital and at the doors of liberal Democrats.

American Idol

Today’s blog has nothing to do with politics, policy or political parties. I want to blog about American Idol.

Last night after 97 million votes where cast, Missouri native and Oklahoma resident David Cook won the American Idol competition and was crowned this year’s American Idol. While who won and who lost probably doesn’t mean much compared to the larger issues facing America, it was a great example of the American spirit.

Week after week, our family gathered around the TV to watch incredibly talented young people pursue a passion for singing and strive to win the grand prize as the American Idol. We got to root for our favorite singer, vote for them, join Randy, Paula and Simeon as music critics and watch these young people, pursue their passion, sometimes winning praise and other times enduring criticism.

We watched the early shows that show cased those with great talent, good talent, mediocre, bad and others with no talent. We watched the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. We watched one young man that sings, “Your Are My Brother.” He was absolutely horrible as a singer, but he some how won a place in your heart and ended up singing his song in the finale.

As for others, probably for the first time in their lives they were told that had no talent and should pursue something other then singing. For them the world may have seemed to have come to an end, but sometimes the truth hurts. In the long run they will be much better off in life pursuing something they are more suited for because they really had no singing talent. We saw the bizarre that tried out for the competition just to get their few minutes of fame on TV and for others that really were angry to be told they had no talent.

Then the show moved past the auditions and took those few dozen with real talent and the real competition began. One by one the contestants sang their songs and then had to face the judges and the people. The three judges (Randy, Paula and Simeon) ranged from brutally honest to sympathizing, but all have an ear and feel for great talent. One by one the lesser talents were voted off and in some cases the better talents were voted off.

However, in the end you had the best talent singing their hearts out with many of them facing a bright future in the entertainment field applying their craft because American Idol gave them an opportunity to pursue their dream as singers.

It really is good family entertainment. My wife and I had to laugh when our four year old son said about one girl after her performance, “she needs to go home.” We also laughed watching our 18 month daughter dance or laughing at ourselves for a critiquing a performance when we can’t carry a tune in a bucket if our lives depended on it. I think they call it good old fashion family fun.

In the end stood two incredibly talented young men that should have great and prosperous singing careers ahead of them with millions of fans rooting for them. In the end, David Cook a nice and humble young man with an incredible gift of singing won the competition. While you had be happy for him, you also had to be happy for all those young men and women who with great talent pursued a dream to be an American Idol. Many of them will go on to have incredible careers and some I sure will go back to wherever they came from and continue to sing because that’s what they love to do.

Sometimes we all need to step away from the pressures of life and gather our families and enjoy the moment.

Resurrecting Conservatism and the Republican Party

As a conservative and a party affiliation of Republican, what is it that our party stands for again? Every time I get call from the GOP for a solicitation for money, I keep asking the same question. I have been a conservative Republican since the Reagan days and for the past few years the Republican Party doesn’t come close to resembling the party that I have so proudly supported all these years.

Our party has been rocked by scandal, government expansion, fiscal irresponsibility and outright incompetence. The American people gave the Republicans the Congress and the White House because they agreed with the fundamental principles and commitments that the Republican Party espoused in the Contract with America.

What did the Republicans do with that power? They acted like liberal Democrats. To say the Republican brand is damaged is the understatement of the decade. What happened?

Let me throw out a few words and see if they aren’t true; compromise, corruption, opposition, over-spending and articulation. Let me explain. When Republicans laid out an agenda that reflected a conservative agenda, the American people gave power to the Republicans. What did the Republicans do? They compromised conservative principles and allowed the size and scope of government to expand. Secondly, corruption was found in the ranks. Too many elected Republicans went to jail for being corrupt. It’s kind of hard to say you’re the party of morality and ethics when there is that level of corruption going on.

Thirdly, there was opposition from liberal Democrats and a corrupt and biased news media. While this is not necessarily the fault of Republicans, Republicans allowed the opposition to define Republicans. Where were the fierce supporters of the conservative cause when liberals were attacking them? These weak knee Republicans were either too afraid to say anything or they were busy throwing their own under the bus as liberals targeted certain members. Instead of facing down the opposition, Republicans caved to them.

Fourthly, Republicans who controlled the power of the purse spend money like a bunch of drunken sailors. While Republicans can argue the liberal Democrats were encouraging them to spend more and more money, guess who got holding the bag? You would have thought that Republicans would have learned the lesson from what happened to the first George Bush for compromising with Democrats over raising taxes after saying “ read my lips, no new taxes,” you would have thought Republicans would have got a clue about how liberals operate. Obviously not and once again look who got left looking like liberal spenders.

What the Republicans should have done is look square in the eye of the American people and say, it is the role of government to protect the American people and try to create a playing field that allows the greatest amount of people the opportunity to succeed, but it is not the role of government to provide every need in life. They also should say, sorry we can’t afford it. Had they stuck to their principles and not caved to a minority of whiners, they would still have the respect of the vast majority of American people. While there are always things we as a society want, we do understand being told it’s not our responsibility and we can’t afford it.

Finally, Republicans failed to articulate conservatism. Life is full of teachable moments. Conservatives should be out there whenever they can to articulate what conservatism is and explain why it is superior to liberalism. The vast majority of Americans regardless of their party affiliation live their lives as conservatives. They believe in God, traditional marriage, the American flag, they are patriotic and fiscally and socially responsible. Why Republicans ceased to articulate conservatism is beyond me.

So where do Republicans go from here. First, I suggest that liberal Republicans leave the Republican Party and go join the Democrat Party. Liberals have a home. It’s called the Democrat Party. The GOP should identify liberals in the party and cut off all funding to them.

Secondly, the Republican elected leaders should have gather on the steps of a capital and apologize to the American people for compromising its principles. Thirdly, they should present a new and fresh conservative agenda. Something akin to the Contract with America. Fourthly, recruit new and fresh conservative faces to run for elected offices.

Fifthly, get out and campaign on the agenda, teach conservatism and ask the American people for a second chance to earn their trust. Lastly, Republican need to quit this compromising with liberals and don’t buy into this bi-partisan non-sense. What America wants is an effective government not a bi-partisan government. If your ideas, policies and vision are superior to the other party and long term they bring the best results for the vast majority of Americans, they will support you and your party.

What's Wrong With Wright

I recently looked up the definition of Black Liberation Theology, which Rev. Wright espouses. The black liberation theology has its roots in the 1960s civil-rights activism and draws inspiration from both the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X.

Its founder the Rev. James Cone says that the core of black liberation theology is an effort in a white-dominated society, in which defines black as evil to make the gospel relevant to the life and struggles of American blacks. Its goal is to help black people learn to love themselves and teach black people how to be both unapologetically black and Christian at the same time.

On the surface such a movement seems harmless until you look deeper into the belief system. Rev Cone defines the movement this way, “Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community ... Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy. What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal. Unless God is participating in this holy activity, we must reject his love."

The error in this theology is many fold. The first erroneous premise is that God must belong to the black community. God is not help hostage to any community. He is a community all to himself and he invites all people of every skin color to be a part of his community through Jesus Christ. To say that God must belong to the black community or any other community for that matter as a condition for acceptance is nothing more than idolatry.

Secondly, this form of theology can only work if there is true white oppression. In the absence of white oppression, black liberation theology doesn’t work or make any sense. This may explain the consent mantra of white oppression coming from the likes of Rev. Wright. White oppression is the backbone in which holds up this warped theology. America is now four (4) generations removed from slavery and forced segregation is now four decades removed. No longer is there any laws on the books that discriminate against people because of skin color and forced segregation is now foreign to most Americans.

While there are still pockets of prejudice and bigotry in our country shared by weak minded people of all skin colors, the vast majority of Americans hate racism and the thought of discrimination of anyone based on race is repulsing.

Thirdly, black liberation theology becomes is a self-fulfilling prophesy of isolation which results in continued economic and social poverty. The theology on one hand calls for blacks to be self-reliant and to care for their own, but in doing so they end up insolating themselves from the larger economic and social market. The black population makes up 13.5% of the US population. By limiting its focus to the 13.5% of the population it excludes the other 86.5% of the population. This self imposed limitation results in fewer jobs, less opportunity, less prosperity, fewer resources etc. In turn, the theology blames white oppression for what is in fact self-imposed economic and social isolation.

To illustrate the absurdity of this theology, let’s examine the counter reality of two highly successful black people.

Michael Jordan arguably may be the best basketball player of our generation and Opra Winfrey the most successful TV Talk Show host of this generation. Not withstanding his tremendous ability on the basketball court and Opra’s talent and ability, Jordan and Winfrey are masters at marketing their name. Anything they endorse and put their name behind sells because of their brand. Their market is particular demographics of all races. The result is they are both tremendously successful.

Should Jordan or Winfrey follow black liberation theology, they would only focus their brand to blacks only. They would in turn go from marketing their brand to 100% of their targeted demographics of all races down to 13.5% resulting in a loss of 86.5% market share. The result will be less influence, less money and less opportunity.

What’s wrong with the Rev. Wright is his theology is flawed, his perceived world view of whites and their so-called oppression of blacks are distorted and he is blinded by his own bigotry, prejudice and a black form of racism. While Wright is a skilled communicator, very learned and studied man, the message he so passionately espouses only continues to hold the black community down instead of lifting it up. It should be that in all our hearts we want our neighbor, whatever the skin color to prosper and experience the great opportunities this country has to offer.

California Okays Gay Marriage

The Supreme Court of California is the second state to usurp the will of the people by striking down a ban on gay marriage. This is the second state to do so, opening the way for a full constitutional challenge to the traditional definition of marriage between a man and a women.

The ultimate goal of the gay rights crowd is be in the position to sue any institution, especially churches that do not accept homosexuality as a legitimate and moral lifestyle. Granting marriage rights to homosexuals by a state will be followed up by laws that will not allow churches or any other public and private institutions to reject or discriminate against homosexuality.

This decision by the far left California liberal Supreme Court is just another step in destroying the traditional family and paving the way for religious persecution to begin. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has said he supports the decision and will not support an amendment to the California Constitution to stop this insanity.

Schwarzengger is the poster child for what happens when Republicans allow liberals into their house. Now that Republicans have all but abandoned conservative principals and compromised with liberals, the very institutions that have held every great society together and made America great for over 200 years is now under attack from people who have chosen an immoral, unnatural and destructive lifestyle.

It was not enough for homosexual to keep their sexual preference to themselves, now they are demanding legitimacy. It is time for the American people to stand and turn back the attacks from a small minority of people who want to destroy the traditional family and the institutions that have been the bedrock of a civilized society. Any politician from any party that supports gay marriage and gay rights must be targeted for defeat at the ballot box. Now is the time to fight, clean house and turn back this attack on the family.

Grass Roots Conservatism


I am really happy to see Governor Huckabee create Huck-PAC. After years of neglect and compromise, the Republican Party needs a good old fashion house cleaning. Instead of electing liberal Democrats into office, the goal should be for conservatives to offer a fresh vision by challenging those Republicans that have abandoned the conservative movement.

The starting point is to mobilize and start locating qualified and committed economic, social and national security conservatives to challenge the moderate and liberal Republicans who are to blame for losing the Congress in the last election. I believe Governor Huckabee is the person most capable of leading the next generation of true conservatives.

No Debate No Vote

I’m sick of the liberal media. I am sick of the Republican establishment that lost Congress in the last election. I am sick of John McCain’s liberal tendencies. I am sick of John McCain ducking debates. I am sick of Sean Hanity and Rush Limbaugh espousing conservatism then ignoring arguably the most conservative of all the candidates, Mike Huckabee.

I am a social conservative, economic conservative and a national security conservative and I am totally disgusted with the lack of debate in this year’s election process. I was excited when Newt Gingrich talked about Lincoln-Douglas style debates and what we got was sound bites and no real substance. Now, there are only two Republican candidates running, we get no debate because the moron Republican establishment and liberal media decided to do everything in their power to silence Mike Huckabee and coronate the moderate John McCain.

Republicans have wasted an opportunity to redefine itself and to return to its conservative values. It’s pretty damn sad when over a third of the base has been so shut out that they don’t even want to vote. The argument that somehow that the lesser of one evil is better then two evils isn’t much of an argument, is it? I thought I would never say this, but I am seriously considering sitting out this election. I am sick of this BS called a Presidential campaign.

When John McCain and the Republicans get trounced in the general election, conservatives will be blamed for the loss because they sat home. You know what, they will be right. The reason Republicans and McCain will lose by a landslide is because conservatives sat at home. The lesson learned will be if you ignore and silence conservatives during the primary campaign then don’t expect their vote during the general election.

Remember the tripod of modern conservatism, social, economic and national security conservatism. Try to ignore the largest block of the leg, social conservatives and see how many elections you win.

William F Buckley Says Its Ok To Stay Home

William F Buckley one of the founding fathers of the modern day conservative movement made statement most have forgotten. He said, "We want to pass the word that it's OK to vote for the other guy or stay at home." He made that statement in the context of supporting Democrat Joe Lieberman over Senator Lowell Weicker for the Senate in 1988.

The Republican establishment and the liberal media has managed to convince way too many Americans that a moderate John McCain is better suited to lead our country then the true conservative in this race Mike Huckabee. This conspiracy to shut out Huckabee is so glaring to social conservatives that there is an internal debate going on as to what conservatives should do.

The Republican Party establishment that managed to lose the Congress has cast their lot with a moderate John McCain. The thinking is that conservatives have nowhere else to go and they will vote for McCain over far left liberals like Obama and Clinton. The reason given is that McCain will be stronger on the war on terrorism then the liberals. Although, McCain would shut down Guantanamo and considers water boarding terrorist torture which doesn’t speak to highly of his ability to protect Americans.

I will concede John McCain is a war hero, but he is not a conservative. He as harmed the conservative movement and the country for that matter with many of his positions. He tends to side with Democrats more then Republicans which makes him the darling of media liberals and the weak kneed Republican establishment has just gone along to get along. I have been amazed by so-called conservatives jumping on the McCain Train which will end up destroying the conservative movement which William Buckley helped create.

The latest example of McCain’s contempt for conservatives and social conservatives in particular in his refusal to debate Mike Huckabee. Mike Huckabee is an authentic conservative who actually has the single best idea in the campaign which his Fair Tax Plan, which has been virtually ignored in this campaign. Mike Huckabee just doesn’t say he’s pro-life and pro-traditional marriage he is willing to lead with a commitment to traditional social values. Huckabee supports low taxes, less government and supports a strong national defense.

The mantra within the establishment is that Huckabee can not win mathematically therefore he should quit. The fact is that if Texas, Ohio and Pennsylvania banded together and voted for Huckabee, it would move the debate to the convention where each side could make its case. The Republican is in desperate need of such a debate after losing Congress.

If McCain refuses to debate and to give the largest portion of the Republican Party a voice and a platform, then it may just be time for social conservatives to follow William F Buckley’s advice and sit out this year’s election. The question is it better to lose today in order to come back stronger tomorrow or is it better to win today and lose the future. The irony is that as things stand today conservatives may lose today and lose tomorrow by supporting John McCain.

I want to end with this statement. If given the opportunity, Mike Huckabee would be a great President whose conservative ideas and principals would win the day. Texas, Ohio, Pennsylvania have courage and vote Huckabee!

Maybe Social Conservatives Should Sit Out Election

Being that the Republican establishment and Talk Radio have decided to coronate John McCain and treat the social conservative base of the party as an unwanted step child as evidenced by their treatment of Mike Huckabee, then why should social conservatives support McCain or the Republican Party?

We Huckabee supporters do not mind if we lose, but what we really resent is being ignored while the race is still going on. Mike Huckabee is a conservative and John McCain is a moderate and for Republicans to not foster a spirited debate between these two men is appalling. To intentionally ignore Mike Huckabee as the establishment has done is deafening and quite revealing as to what the establishment GOP really thinks about us social conservatives.

The question I am struggling with is in the long term for the good of the country and the Republican Party should social conservatives sit out this election to make a point about what happens when the establishment ignores social conservatives; or should we go ahead a vote for a moderate because that’s who the Republican establishment has deemed we should support.

My dream would be for Ohio, Texas and Pennsylvania to vote for Huckabee and really shake things up despite all efforts to silence Huckabee and the conservative base. What do you think?

I Hate Raw Tomatoes

I hate raw tomatoes. I don’t like them out of a store, out of a garden or in a salad. You can tell me how good they are for my health, how the FDA approves them and what a benefit they serve in a diet. You can have all the endorsements from all pro-tomato eaters you want and even those who marginally like tomatoes. The fact is I hate raw tomatoes and I refuse to eat them.

This Republican primary season reminds of my distain for raw tomatoes. On a daily basis we are being served up a plate of John McCain and told that we should all support him. The reasons given to support McCain go something like this. McCain is better then Hillary or Obama. McCain is strong on national defense. He currently has more delegates then Mike Huckabee, therefore, we should rally around the party to support him. I am amazed at all the me-too-ers that don’t like McCain but have jumped on the McCain train and told me that I should support him too.

What’s even more puzzling is how my fellow tomatoes haters are actually eating the tomatoes. Last summer my wife begged me to try a fresh tomato out of the garden. She assured me how much better a fresh tomato was out of garden instead over a store bought one. So acquiescing to her female charm, I took one bite. The result was stunning. The raw tomato fresh out of the garden was just a nasty as a store bought tomato and I spit that nasty tomato out after one bite. What part of “I hate raw tomatoes” don’t people understand?

I do not hate John McCain or any other Presidential candidate for that matter. I just don’t him to be my President. You can tell me McCain is better then Hillary or Obama which is true, but that’s like saying to me raw tomatoes taste better then worms and beetles both which I refuse to eat as well. That’s not much of a choice for me is it?

Is the tomato (McCain) better then the worm (Hillary) or Obabma (beetle)? I would say most people would agree a tomato is preferable over a worm or a beetle, but if you hate raw tomatoes like I do, there is not much of a difference. However, there are some people that like love raw tomatoes, worms and beetles and I say to them eat away, but please don’t criticize me for not partaking.

I see it like this. Until the tomato gets 1191 delegates, I will continue to eat a nice juicy steak, whom I see as Mike Huckabee. I like Mike. I agree with his policies, his character and his vision. All you tomato-heads can serve me McCain every day and I will stick to my steak thank you very much. If my steak is taken away and my choices are a tomato, a worm or a beetle, I may be forced to choke down the tomato, which I will never-ever-like or I just may refuse to eat at all. But until the tomato gets 1191 delegates I encourage all us steak eaters to vote support Mike Huckabee and tell the tomato-heads “no thank you.”

Mitt Romney Is No Conservative

I will be the first to admit that I am very disappointed that Rush, Sean, Laura and most of Talk Radio decided to cast their lot with Mitt Romney instead of the true conservative in this race Mike Huckabee.

I am not one of those people who will now say that Talk Radio’s influence is over and that they were reputed. I will simply say, they choose the wrong man to support and that they were wrong in this case. Romney’s endorsement of McCain today at this stage of the campaign only proves that for all Romney’s rhetoric about being conservative, he was simply playing the part of a politician and not speaking as a true conservative.

While I clearly think John McCain is a moderate and not a conservative, I have great respect for McCain as a true American hero. I disagree with him on many issues, but if he wins the nomination, I will vote for him over Hillary or Obama unless he chooses Mitt Romney as his running mate.

I have absolutely no respect for Mitt Romney. For all the Romney hype from Talk Radio that decided for whatever reason Romney was a better candidate then Mike Huckabee , Romney proved with his endorsement of McCain that that he was a politician first, a party man second, a quitter third and so-called conservative last. For all the attacks Romney made against both Huckabee and McCain calling them liberal, in the end Romney jumped on the me-too bandwagon to support McCain whom Romney called a liberal just days before.

There is a time to support the party candidate after he or she has got the necessary votes to win the nomination, but Romney’s timing just proves what a fake and fraud he is. The true conservatives that were duped into thinking Romney was a conservative did so with all good intentions. After all Rush, Sean, Laura and the gang promoted Romney as a conservative, therefore Romney had to be a conservative. Right? Well, if King Rush has taught many of us ditto heads one thing, it is to think for our-selves. Many of us conservatives saw through Romney’s scam and threw our support to the true conservative in the race, Mike Huckabee. Rush and others have tried to paint Huckabee as a liberal, but in this case Rush got it wrong. As most of us, we hate to admit we were wrong, but Rush and Talk Radio were simply wrong.

When McCain freed his delegates to vote for Huckabee over Romney in West Virginia, the Romney camp said there was collusion between McCain and Huckabee. The talking heads surmised that McCain struck deal with Huckabee and that McCain was going to select Huckabee as VP after Romney was eliminated. Today the Romney camp is putting out the possibility of a McCain/Romney ticket. If McCain ends up winning the nomination and selects Mitt Romney as his running mate, I will not vote in November election.

Although McCain is not my choice as President, I will support him if he ends up winning the nomination as long as he selects anyone else but Romney. If he selects Romney, me and millions of real conservatives will sit out the election and watch the Republicans go down in flames.

Why Huckabee Should Stay In Race

Why should Mike Huckabee stay in the race? First, If Obama wins the Democrat nomination, Huckabee competes better with Obama in a general election because Huckabee inspires people both in personality and substance. McCain would win on substance and be destroyed by Obama’s personality. Huckabee has the likability factor, McCain doesn’t.

Second, by the more conservative Huckabee staying in the race, McCain is forced to listen to conservatives. Without conservatives, McCain will lose by a landslide. The problem with casting your lot with Independents is they will shift with the wind and they very well may be carried away by Obama’s inspiring rhetoric. Independents are not rooted in political ideology, but more on personality or specific issues. An Obama-McCain matchup highly favors Obama. An Obama-Huckabee match-up could easily go to Huckabee because not only would he have the conservative base to start with, but his Fair Tax plan and personality could persuade Independents to support him. Once Obama’s positions are explored, his rhetoric may not hold up.

Thirdly, Mike Huckabee should stay in the race because he gives conservatives a choice. Huckabee has more executive experience then anyone in the race. He is a true social conservative that really is pro-life and pro-marriage. His believes in the second amendment and he is a national security and economic conservative. Huckabee is the only one in the race proposing something radically new which is the Fair Tax Plan.

Fourthly, Mike Huckabee should stay in the race for the sake of the conservative future. He gives voice to the conservative cause and while McCain may end up winning the nomination, it is a very distinct possibility the Republican Party may get trounced again in November because they have betrayed the conservative cause and conservative principals. Huckabee will continue to champion the conservative cause and help rebuild a party that has all but abandoned conservatism. Republicans need fresh faces, fresh ideas and a rebirth of true conservatism. That is why Mike Huckabee should stay in the race.

Lastly, John McCain needs to be challenged to the core. McCain has for the past several years poked conservatives in the eye over really important matters. McCain probably will win the nomination, but this is not the time to be jumping on the McCain bandwagon. It is a huge mistake for conservatives to be endorsing McCain at this juncture. The Democratic nomination may process may not be settled until the convention and there is no real hurry for Republicans to be jumping on the McCain bandwagon. John McCain should have to work his heart out to win this nomination and compete for every vote. At the end of the day, it is also very possible that Republicans may decide supporting a conservative (Huckabee) is far better then supporting the moderate John McCain.

Defy Conventional Wisdom, Vote For Huckabee

Typically a candidate for the presidency moves from the party’s core constituency towards the middle to capture independents and a portion of the other party. John McCain the so-called presumptive Republican candidate has lived in the center and sided more often with the Democrats than his own party, but now has to convince his core constituency he really is a conservative.

While Talk Radio was busy trying to build up Mitt Romney as a conservative, whom the rank and file conservatives did not trust based on his liberal social (pro-abortion, pro-gay rights) record as Governor and senate candidate of Massachusetts, McCain was able to win based on the help of independents and democrats that could cross over in primaries and national defense Republicans.

Instead of righting the wrong and getting behind the true conservative in the race, Mike Huckabee, the Republican establishment and Talk Radio are now trying to convince conservatives that McCain is one of us and far better then Obama or Clinton. Politically, the establishment Republicans and the McCain camp have ignored the third leg of the conservative base, social conservatives whom are the largest Republican voting block and are gambling that social conservatives will all of a sudden leap out of their seats to support McCain.

It is a very distinct possibility that the Republican Party is about to find out that being true to their conservative principals is more important than loyalty to any political party.

What these arrogant establishment Republicans don’t seem to understand is that Reagan did not just give social conservatives lip service, he embraced them. The tri-pod of conservatism consists of social conservatives, economic conservatives and national defense conservatives. Each leg important, but it was social conservatism that largely brought over independents and conservative democrats to Reagan. The magic of Reagan is that his love and respect for the American people coupled with his conservative policies is what brought about the Reagan revolution.

Mike Huckabee understands the magic of Reagan and is by far the most conservative of any Republican running. What is ironic is it is his social conservatism that establishment Republicans and I suspect some in Talk Radio are afraid of. The fact that Huckabee is a practicing Christian makes many establishment Republicans uncomfortable because a loud minority of liberal Democrats may make a fuss about his faith. Instead of standing tall in support of Huckabee’s right to live his faith, the establishment has tried to ignore Huckabee which only infuriates many of us social conservatives.

You would have thought that the establishment Republicans would have learned some lessons about how important the social conservative base is to the Republican party after getting trounced in the last election, but they seem to be hell bent on losing the White House too.

Out only hope is that the good people of America will defy conventional wisdom and get behind Huckabee at this last hour and save this election and our country in the process.

The Rise of Hope

The odds of Mike Huckabee winning the nomination are almost impossible. The numbers are stacked against him, the media and Talk Radio personalities are trying to ignor him and professional politicians have jumped on the McCain bandwagon hoping win his favor should somehow he win the Presidentcy.

Despite all the odds Mike Huckabee a man that truly believes in faith, family and freedom marches on, fighting the fight for something far greater than himself. Mike Huckabee fights for the American people. The conservative policies for which he stands lifts up the American people and give them the greatest opportunity to fullfill the purpose in which God as created them.

Tomorrow, James Dobson one of America's great Christian men will stand and endorse Mike Huckabee for President. If there was ever a doubt that Mike Huckabee was not a true social conservative, Dobson's endorsement will erase any doubt from those fair minded people who were not sure about Huckabee's credentials. My hope is those that cast their lot with Mitt Romney will see that they have everything they hoped Romney to be in Mike Huckabee.

Romney was a NE social liberal that supported abortion and gay rights as governor and US Senate candidate in Massachusetts and only started to talk the conservative talk when he decided to run for President. Even thou Talk Radio tried unsucesfuly to paint Romney as a conservative and when he realized he most likely could not win the nomination, he quit the race. If Romney believed in the conservative cause as much as he said, he would never have quit fighting for the conservative cause and the right to lead the country.

Mike Huckabee on the other hand has continued to fight for his vision for the American people when all the pundints said he should quit. With limited resources he has continued to fight the fight beyond all odds and whenever he is allowed to share his vision, people have responded with genuine enthusiasm and loyalty.

Mike Huckabee has taken the sacrafices of those who truly beleive in his vision and will fight for for that vision until the last vote is counted. He will fight for this cause with honor and dignity and moral clarity. While I have great respect for the principals Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hanity and other Talk Radio conservatives espouse, I have been so very disappointed with thier unfair treatment of Huckabee and their colusion to all support Romney a social liberal simply because they thought he had the best chance of winning.

In the end Huckabee may lose in the nomination process, but he win the hearts and minds of millions. However, the race is not over and if every social conservative decided that Huckabee was their man, they could give Huckabee a miraculous victory by simply going to the ballot box and casting their vote for him. Mitt Romney tried to shut out Huckabee by he and his minions saying Huckabee was unelectable but in the end Romney was the one sent packing. There is an old saying that transsends politics but is also true in politics. If God be for you who can be against you and all things are possible with God.

It's Time For Romney To Go

Mitt Romney needs to go away. Despite of all the best efforts most of Talk Radio to paint Mitt Romney as a conservative and build this man up, the truly social conservative base of the Republican Party knows that Mitt Romney conservatism only began with his decision to run for the President.

We conservatives loved Ronald Reagan and we love conservatism, but when a Johnny-come- lately shows up just in time to run for President calling himself a Reagan conservative, and quick check of his record reveals he his not only not a conservative, but a NE liberal it’s a little hard to jump on the Romney band wagon and walk away from the true conservative running, that being Mike Huckabee.

For all the talk of standing up for social, economic and national security conservatism, the dirty little secret is that Limbaugh, Hannity and most of the other Talk Radio gang will never say publicly, but privately they are afraid of Huckabee’s open embracement of his Christian faith. They know that if they were to support Huckabee that liberals and Democrats would say that Huckabee is trying to impose Christianity on the country and they would rather not have that fight.

While Reagan understood the importance of social conservatives as one leg of the conservative tri-pod and gave social conservatives a home within the Republican Party, most of the Republican establishment including Talk Radio only want the votes of social conservatives but otherwise they largely ignore them as evidenced by their treatment of Mike Huckabee. Mike Huckabee is the true social conservative in the race and for the Republican establishment and Talk Radio to attempt to build up Romney over Huckabee as a social conservative is revealing of their real distain for social conservatives.

Rush Limbaugh, Sean and the gang are true economic and national security conservatives but social conservatism is more of an after thought than a valuable and important component of the conservative tri-pod that Ronald Reagan truly embraced. Ronald Reagan understood that prosperity and freedom that was not tempered by morality and personal responsibility could easily become greed and excess. The value of social conservatives serves a moral compass to a free society.

While social conservatives would never impose religion on anyone it would always point out corruption and dishonesty, right and wrong. Social conservatives truly believe in the sanctity of the life of their fellow human beings which include the womb to the tomb. Social conservatives believe in the rule of law but understand that some laws are unjust and must be opposed.

Social conservatives believe law makers should be honest and above reproach and that they should be men and women of integrity because they represent the people. Social conservatives believe that God should be honored in the public square because they, as the founding fathers really believe that God exists and is actively involved in the lives of the people. Social conservatives beleive the best way to raise children is by mothers and fathers.

Social conservatives oppose government establishing a state church, but they do support the people freely exercising their freedom to worship according to the dictates of their heart. Social conservatives are willing to fight and die for liberty but have little use of evil doers whose actions harm other people.

Mike Huckabee stands solidly on each and everyone of those principals and Mitt Romney does not. It is time for Mitt Romney to leave the stage. If he really has had a change of heart and really has embraced Reagan conservatism then let him come back in 4-8 years and try again. My sense is he will revert back to being the social liberal that he has been and he has just talked the talk in order to try to get elected. I don’t trust Mitt Romney!

The American People

Ronald Reagan understood that each of the three components of his political coalition, social conservatives, economics conservatives and national defense conservatives could only be held together if each component understood that the love for the American people as its center was the magic of the power of this powerful coalition.

Ronald Reagan embraced social conservatives (people of faith) because he understood that faith, respect for life, traditional family values and a belief in God created were a unifying force that would create a moral compass for the American people. Reagan’s embracement of the Moral Majority lead by the late Jerry Falwell was key because he understood that the morality of a nation that centered on acting in the best interest of the American people would be a powerful force in unifying the people.

Ronald Reagan embraced economic conservatives because he understood that low taxes, free and fair trade, less government and reasonable regulation were the catalyst that would create great economic growth that would be the best way to create opportunity and prosperity of the American people. Reagan would not have been impressed companies that made fortunes for a few at the expense of people. The reason for capitalism was to create the greatest opportunity for as many people as possible. While Reagan embraced modern technology and advancement he always considered American people its greatest resource.

Thirdly, Ronald Reagan understood that protecting the America people was his primary responsibility. Reagan believed that the best way to protect the American people was to have the most powerful military in the world in hopes of never having to use it. However, if it was to ever have to be used it would be so powerful that the enemies of the United States would quickly fall to its overwhelming power to minimize the lives of those who proudly wore the uniform. Reagan understood that Americans must live free and the military’s mission was to protect American’s in American interests around the world.

Ronald Reagan understood that these three components were to act as a tri-pod, each dependent upon the other to hold the American people together. What is clearly apparent is the Republican Party has forgotten that each leg of the tri-pod is as equally important as the other. It’s also apparent they have forgotten that it the American People that the very thing that the tri-pod was built to uphold.

The three Republican candidates in the Presidential race each represent one leg of the pod and the sad reality is if they don’t embrace the other two legs of the pod, the pod will fall and the very thing the pod was created to uphold, The American People, will suffer as a result.

The magic of Reagan is he understood this tri-pod of modern day conservatism and he understood the importance of each leg of the pod and he knew why the tri-pod of social, economic and national security was built and that was to lift up the American people. Republicans must come embrace the tri-pod if they ever hope to lead the American people again.

I think the one person in this race that understands the best is Mike Huckabee. Huckabee's chalenge is to bring the pod together again. I wish him well.

My Vote Is My Vote

Hi Friends and Family,

Feel free to disagree or agree with me and just know that as an American I love my country and as you, and whatever our political leanings are, we all want what is best for our country.

Those of you that know me personally know that I am a social, national security and economic conservative. I am passionate about politics because I understand what the politicians do in Washington DC affects me and my family and you and your family either directly or indirectly. I have followed politics for the past 30 years and I understand the basic political liberal and conservative philosophies and I have kept abreast of both the Republican and Democrat parties and their stances and on the issues.

As a social, national security and economic conservative, I support Mike Huckabee. Mike Huckabee is a compassionate Christian man, who values the life of fellow human beings. His social conservatism is more important to him then his economic conservatism which drives Rush Limbaugh to say that Huckabee is a liberal. As much as I love Limbaugh and Sean Hanity, it is clear they do not grasp the concept that Huckabee’s faith in Christ causes him to place emphases on how certain political policies affect people.

For example, while Governor of Arkansas Huckabee favored children of illegal immigrants to receive an education. He granted over a thousand pardons and clemencies to criminals on a case by case basis. Huckabee supported a three cent a gallon gas tax increase to pay for rebuilding one of the worst road systems in America. Does that make him a liberal? If he opposed the death penalty, favored open borders, believed that government is best equipped to solve any problem then I would agree he is a liberal, but that is not the case. Huckabee signed off on the execution of 16 murderers, denied clemency of thousands of criminals because he knows that there are some people that are a danger to us as a society and should be locked up. On the other hand there are others that go to jail, repent of their crimes and if given the opportunity come out as better people and go on to live meaningful and productive lives.

If you have one of the worst road systems in the country and no money to fix them, how is not fixing them a conservative act? Building an infrastrure in order for the economy of your state to work is a conservative act in my opinion. While some taxes were raised in Arkansas to build better roads, Huckabee also lowered many other taxes which are consistent with economic conservatism which says the lower taxes are the better off people and the economy will be. Huckabee’s Fair Tax Plan is totally conservative because it says people should be able to earn all that they can and only pay taxes when they purchase goods and services. On immigration he did not support open borders, he said as long as the federal government does not enforce federal laws and allow illegal immigrants into the country in the first place, then it is better for the children of those illegal immigrants to be in school then to roam the streets, Each of these criticisms of Huckabee can be understood through the prism of social conservatism.

On balance Mike Huckabee is more conservative than any other candidate. While the establishment Republicans and talk radio personalities are pushing people to support McCain or Romney, it galls me when Mitt Romney and his supporters tell me that my vote for Huckabee is a vote for John McCain. I have great respect for John McCain as a veteran and he was right on the surge in Iraq, but he has been wrong on so many other important issues that I simply do not believe he is conservative Republican of my liking. McCain proudly considers him-self a maverick. The problem with mavericks is while they may be independent they are also unpredictable and many of McCain’s policies have hurt conservatives. Mitt Romney is talking a good game, but he is a johnny-come-lately to conservatism and to be quit frank, I don’t trust him. I happen to agree with McCain that Romney’s convictions shift with office he is running for. Ron Paul is simply a loon and Clinton and Obama are die hard liberals, pro-abortion, pro-gay rights, anti-capitalistic, anti-military individuals whose policies if enacted would destroy our country.

After an honest evaluation of all the Presidential candidates, I have come to the conclusion that I want Mike Huckabee to be my President. Being that this is the primary season and only five states have voted, my vote and your vote still counts. My encouragement to you is after you studied the issues and the positions of each candidate then to go vote for the person that you want to be your President.

Social Conservatives and Economic Conservatives Need Each Other

As the Republicans found in the last election, you can’t be corrupt and you can’t spend like a liberal and expect the American people to support your political party. It was a combination of corrupt politicians and free spending Republicans that cost Republicans the election.

The Reagan coalition was born out of two distinct paradigms coming together to build a powerful political coalition that for a time gave Republicans the Congress and Whitehouse. One paradigm was the social conservatives that believed God and morality were the fabric that held a society together. The birth of the Moral Majority brought social conservatives together from both political parties under the tent of the Republican Party. Ronald Reagan embraced the social conservatives and their agenda and he was swept into power as a result.

The other paradigm was the economic conservatives that believed in limited government, fiscal responsibility and a free economy. These were the Wall Street types that understood how a healthy economy should run. Reagan embraced the economic conservatives and the Reagan’s tax cuts and economic policies resulted in the economy to flourish. What both sides had in common is the belief in a strong military and national defense. The coalition of social conservatives and economic conservatives binding together as one ushered in the Reagan era.

As time passed each paradigm began to think that it was their side that was solely responsible for the Reagan years and the coalition fractured. Social conservatives began to treat the coffers of the US Treasury like the church house. In their compassion to help people they broke the bank with new entitlements like the prescription drug benefit and out of control spending. Instead of controlling spending they compromised economic conservative principles and created massive deficits and the people spoke back at the ballot box.

On the other side the economic conservatives concerned more about money than morality abandoned the moral principals and concerns of those that understand that a prosperous nation without a moral compass will fall into immorality which will destroy a nation and its people. The social ills that exist in the country have everything to do with morality and nothing to do with money. The economic ill that our country is experiencing is a result of economic policies and over-spending.

This year’s crop of Republican Presidential candidates illustrates the rift that exists between these two groups. You have several candidates that are strong economic conservatives, but are either social liberals or only pay social conservatives lip service. You have one true social conservative ( Huckabee) that embraces social conservatives but whose economic conservatism is in question. Which ever candidate that figures out that they need both social conservatives and economic conservatives to win, will have the best chance to the nomination and Presidency.

If they don’t figure it out, the Democrats will win the White House and the Congress. If they do figure it out that social conservatism and economic conservatism once again united is a powerful political force to recon with and more importantly is best for our country.

Christopher Hitchens Attacks Huckabee and His Supporters

Every time I hear Christopher Hitchens speak I think of the Bible verse, the fool has said in his heart no God.” I recently read an article in which Hitchens attacks the media for not going after Mike Huckabee because Huckabee said it was up to the people of South Carolina to decide their flag debate not his. In his article Hitchens said of Huckabee, “Gov. Huckabee is the self-anointed candidate of the simple and traditional Christian folk who hate smart-ass, educated, big-city types, and if you dare to attack him for his vulgarity and stupidity and bigotry, he will accuse you of prejudice in return. What he hopes is that his neo-Confederate sickness will become subsumed into easy chatter about his recipes for fried squirrel and his other folksy populist themes. (By the way, you owe it to yourselves to watch the exciting revelations about his squirrel-grilling past; and do examine his family Christmas card while you're at it.) But this drivel, it turns out, is all a slick cover for racist incitement, and it ought not to be given a free pass”. He concludes his article in part by saying Huckabee, “appeals to the uneducated racists and losers and to the fools who believe that Adam and Eve were real (and recent) people”.

While I am confident that racism, bigotry and prejudice exists in the small minds and hearts of a minority of people in this country, trying to castigate a whole state of people as racist over their support of the historical meaning of the confederate flag having everything to do with state rights and nothing to do with support of slavery demonstrates the ignorance of Hitchens. Support of owning slaves has long since passed and it is where it belongs, in the trash heap of American history. To be clear, owning slaves was never right, it was always wrong and to give Hitchens a little history refresher, it was the “simple and traditional Christian folk” as he refers to Christians as, that helped end slavery. It was that Martin Luther King Jr., a Christian that advanced civil rights in this country.

What Christians hate is not intellectual, educated, big-city types, but the proud and arrogant ramblings of someone that claims to be an intellectual but if fact is nothing but a mean-spirited and hateful man that neither understands the Christian faith or the people that practice its faith. For Christopher Hitchens to speak to what he thinks is the hearts of Christians is what galls people. When you know your heart and its motivations and have people like Hitchens paint you as a dumb, ignorant racist, bigot makes Christians blood boil. Christopher is so consumed by his hatred and personal bigotry that he in reality is the living example of the people he claims to loath.

Mike Huckabee is not a racist, he was not catering to racist and he rightly did not fall into the South Carolina flag trap. Some blacks see the confederate flag as a banner for slavery. The majority of people see the SC flag as a symbol of state rights and southern heritage. Outside of the handful of racist loons, the vast majority of people want to see the black community prosper and enjoy the great opportunities that America has to offer. The confederate flag debate is for the people of SC to decide, not a Presidential candidate.

Fred Thompson Should Bow Out

Fred Thompson is a consistent conservative who picked the wrong time to run for President. He was late getting into the campaign and America's conservatives had already began to move toward Mike Huckabee. I like Thompson and thought he did well in the South Carolina debate until I heard the next day who he had supported for President during the Reagan years.

It was a little disingenuous for Thompson to go after Huckabee for not being a true Reagan conservative when Thompson in fact supported Gerald Ford in 1976 and Howard Baker in 1980 and not Ronald Reagan. I think Huckabee only has to point that fact out at every turn in South Carolina to counter-act Thompson's attacks. Had Thompson joined the race early on, he would have been no doubt one of the conservative front runners, but sometimes in politics timing is everything.

My hope is to see Thompson drop out and his votes go to Huckabee. I believe Huckabee is the most Regeanist conservative we have in the field and would have the best chance to win in November. McCain and Romney are out on the stump talking conservatism but seem to me to be way late in the game championing conservative principals. Rudy Giuliani is currently nowhere to be found. Ron Paul got more votes than Rudy in Michigan.

I will say that any of the Republicans that ultimately win the nomination would be far superior to any of the Democrats but this is the time far Republicans to pick their horse in the race and support then until the nomination is decided. After that you will see Republicans rally around the Republican nominee in order to defeat any of the democrats.

Huckabee's Fair Tax Plan

Mike Huckabee's Fair Tax Plan is the most innovative and forward thinking tax plan that has come out since the Reagan era. Huckabee's tax plan replaces a complex taxation system that places the burden of taxes on individual productivity with a tax system that places the burden on taxes at the point of spending.

Huckabee's Fair Tax says, earn all you want and pay taxes when you spend. The Fair Tax also provides a built in rebate system for low earning and poor individuals by rebating them for the taxes on groceries, medications ect. Since states already have a mechanism for collecting state sales taxes, the feds can easily have the states collect the national sales tax and sent it on to Washington DC.

The proposed tax would be 23%. You spent $100.00 and you will pay $23.00 in a national sales tax. If your salary is $1,000 then you will receive a paycheck for $1,000. You pay taxes only when you spend. If you think 23% is too high or too low, then the beauty of Huckabee's plan is that is the only tax that we Americans can squabble about on the federal level. We no longer will see all these hidden taxes taken from our paychecks and it will be up to elected officials to divvy up the revenue for whatever programs they deem necessary from the 23%.

Politicians for too long have tickered with the tax code for political gain. Huckabee's plan is the right eway forward and as more and more people examine it honestly, the more and more it makes great fiscal sense. It puts taxation back where it belongs and that is in the hands of the people.

Rush Limbaugh is Wrong About Huckabee

Rush Limbaugh is a great conservative. He has done more to advance the conservative ideology than virtually anyone on the planet. It is not often I disagree with Rush, but when it comes to saying that Mike Huckabee is not a conservative he is simply wrong.

It is true that gas taxes were raised in Arkansas by three cents a gallon which Huckabee and 80% of the public supported. As a conservative American, there some things that the government should do with my tax dollars. One is to protect its citizens from both foreign and domestic enemies. This includes defending our citizens against criminals and foreign powers. Another legitimate role of government is to ensure that we have a solid infrastructure of good roads, highways, bridges, sewer and water systems. As a benevolent society having a limited safety net for those who can not survive without help is a compassionate thing to do. Collectively supporting the concept that our society is better off if all its citizens have the opportunity to a quality education are are all conservative principals.

Conservatives believe in a limited role of government, strong national defense, low taxes, restrained spending, promotion of traditional family and moral values. Mike Huckabee believes in all those principals. For Rush to say he's not a conservative because he does not apply those principals in the same way Rush would is unfair. Saying that Mike Huckabee is not a conservative is like saying Rush is not a conservative because Limbaugh has been divorced several times and been hooked on pain pills for a time in his life. What would be fair is for Limbaugh to say Huckabee is a moderate to slight of center economic conservative, but to say he is a liberal is simply not true.

Rush Limbaugh is a great American and he does a great job of defending and articulating conservatism, but in the case about Mike Huckabee this is one time is simply wrong. Mike Huckabee is a conservative. He may may not be as right some would like him to be on some issues, but he is by definition a true conservative.

Mike Huckabee has something else going for him that the others candidates either do not have or have to a lesser degree. He has the ability to take his brand of conservatism and inspire people. We often mention Ronald Reagan. What made Ronald Reagan so effective is that he inspired Americans with his ability to reach people at their souls and then solidified that passion with his conservative values. Mike Huckabee does the same thing for many people.

I think after years of being told by Democrats that America is bad and the source of the world's problems, Huckabee's appeal is that he as the ability to make Americans feel good to be Americans again. As Reagan Mike Huckabee brings with him a conservatism that is inspiring.

I wish Rush would re-evaluate and realize that Huckabee is one of us. True conservatives.

Could It Be Huckabee and Obama?

Hillary is in a free fall and Democrats by the score are enthusiastically jumping off the Hillary train to support Obama. Hillary is having a melt down and may not survive past super Tuesday.
Democrats are asking themselves why support Hillary when they can support a guy who holds to the same policies as Hillary but doesn't come with all the baggage the Clinton's will bring to the general campaign.

Obama is likable, full of fire in his belly and he inspires his base. Hillary is non of the above and when given a clear choice, Obama seems to be their guy. Obama is a honest liberal. Hillary talks out of both sides of her mouth and people are sick of it. What worked for Bill isn't working for Hillary because Hillary is no Bill Clinton.

On the other side there is the come from nowhere guy Mike Huckabee that is doing for the Republican base what Obama is doing for the Democrat base. Huckabee is likable, has fire in the belly and inspires his supporters. Huckabee's appeal swings between social conservatives, moderates and independents. As with Obama, he says he is the agent of change.

Both men are men of integrity and would rather inspire people to vote for them instead of attacking the other person. Both the Republicans and Democrats are starting to embrace these positive strategies and time will tell if it works.

If Huckabee and Obama win their party nomination it will shape up as a classic contest between classic liberals and traditional conservative political philosophies. Americans may have the opportunity to examine the philosophies of each party without the personal character attacks. This would be good for America. I believe if this is the case, then Mike Huckabee will be the next President.

Although Obama is a good guy, his policies would be disastrous for our country. My hope is that America has such a debate and these are two guys whose appeal crosses party lines that can make their cases for their respective points of view. This race is getting exciting.