Oh, great. Now I have a blog! Now I have to take care of it every day! Writing as if everybody in the world will read it when probably nobody in the world will.
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Mike Huckabee
Hey, Mike, how many times a day do you and your friends read this blog?! Also, what is the chance in a million that you will get the Republican nomination?!
No perfidious pundit personally I (though I do own a Bill Safire book), methinks thou dost too quickly exaggerate the rumours (yes, I own a LOT of Fleetwood Mac vinyl and CDs) of the former Rev. Huckabee's campaign's demise.
We (Jeff Cooper, rest his soul, many times began sentences with 'we') have been nonplused, as well as frankly unimpressed, by our man Fred, whom we thought would channel the spirit of the Gipper.
Inasmuch as we are, shall we say, not fans of the candidate named for the reindeer, nor the former chief guest at the Hanoi Hilton (though he's a great American, and we like him better than Rudy), we are heartened by Mr. Huckabee's campaign, and not entirely unmoved by the argument that he could help Arkansas atone for prior sins.
Beyond Mr. Huckabee, however, let me dance close to, some would say over, the precipice, and give utterance to some defense of Mr. Romney. To wit: It is my sincere desire that a candidate for the highest office in the land, and arguably the globe; possess, understand, and demonstrate the use of a moral compass -- the brand of the compass is of much lesser importance to me.
And, just to round things out (and since confession is said to be good for the soul), I will also state that yes, I would, absolutely, vote for Ron Paul before I would ever entertain voting for Hillary Hussein Edwards. Dr. Paul, though, probably does have one in a million chance at the nomination.
I agree with most of your assessments here. I am also disappointed with Fred, and I have never been happy with the other "top tier" options, with their support for abortion, gun control, amnesty, etc.
However, I think that the "brand" of a moral compass is critically important. A moral compass that points in the wrong direction will not get you where you need to be. In fact, I would say that Osama Bin Laden has a moral compass -- just a horribly wrong brand of moral compass. That leaves me with a real dilemma. I strongly prefer the Huckster's moral compass to Mitt's, but Mike is weak on some other important issues: crime, taxes, spending, and terrorism.
Rudy is strongest on crime, but unacceptable on other important issues like abortion, taxes, and gun control.
McCain is miles ahead on foreign policy and the War on Terror, but unacceptable on immigration and campaign finance, and I just can't overlook the way he helped Democrats block President Bush's outstanding judicial nominations.
So we still don't have one candidate who meets all of my criteria. I'm leaning towards Huckabee, but I'm still holding out for Newt.
3 comments:
How many votes are you going to get from Don?
No perfidious pundit personally I (though I do own a Bill Safire book), methinks thou dost too quickly exaggerate the rumours (yes, I own a LOT of Fleetwood Mac vinyl and CDs) of the former Rev.
Huckabee's campaign's demise.
We (Jeff Cooper, rest his soul, many times began sentences with 'we') have been nonplused, as well as frankly unimpressed, by our man Fred, whom we thought would channel the spirit of the Gipper.
Inasmuch as we are, shall we say, not fans of the candidate named for the reindeer, nor the former chief guest at the Hanoi Hilton (though he's a great American, and we like him better than Rudy), we are heartened by Mr. Huckabee's campaign, and not entirely unmoved by the argument that he could help Arkansas atone for prior sins.
Beyond Mr. Huckabee, however, let me dance close to, some would say over, the precipice, and give utterance to some defense of Mr. Romney. To wit: It is my sincere desire that a candidate for the highest office in the land, and arguably the globe; possess, understand, and demonstrate the use of a moral compass -- the brand of the compass is of much lesser importance to me.
And, just to round things out (and since confession is said to be good for the soul), I will also state that yes, I would, absolutely, vote for Ron Paul before I would ever entertain voting for Hillary Hussein Edwards.
Dr. Paul, though, probably does have one in a million chance at the nomination.
Now, let me see, do I have any friends left?
Publius, of course you have friends left.
I agree with most of your assessments here. I am also disappointed with Fred, and I have never been happy with the other "top tier" options, with their support for abortion, gun control, amnesty, etc.
However, I think that the "brand" of a moral compass is critically important. A moral compass that points in the wrong direction will not get you where you need to be. In fact, I would say that Osama Bin Laden has a moral compass -- just a horribly wrong brand of moral compass. That leaves me with a real dilemma. I strongly prefer the Huckster's moral compass to Mitt's, but Mike is weak on some other important issues: crime, taxes, spending, and terrorism.
Rudy is strongest on crime, but unacceptable on other important issues like abortion, taxes, and gun control.
McCain is miles ahead on foreign policy and the War on Terror, but unacceptable on immigration and campaign finance, and I just can't overlook the way he helped Democrats block President Bush's outstanding judicial nominations.
So we still don't have one candidate who meets all of my criteria. I'm leaning towards Huckabee, but I'm still holding out for Newt.
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