Bail out
| Posted On: 10/05/08 02:08:50 PM |
Age 63, LA |
Have you seen these?
Shocking Video Unearthed Democrats in their own words Covering up the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Scam that caused our Economic Crisis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs&eurl=http://www.wjbo.com/pages/mattkennedy1.html
Burning Down The House: What Caused Our Economic Crisis?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RZVw3no2A4&feature=iv&annotation_id=event_597487
|
A quick look at the Gospels...
| Posted On: 02/14/08 01:41:28 AM |
Age 49, NE |
... show that Jesus was a true populist.
|
IowansforHuck
| Posted On: 02/13/08 09:21:34 PM |
Age 44, IA |
I agree with 99% of what you said. It is sad that so many Pro-Life/Pro-Family leaders remained silent. Even more disturbing yet is why so many were influenced by money and power. I do love Dr. Dobson, however, he was very late in his support of Huckabee.
|
What?? Not vote? Why?
| Posted On: 02/13/08 01:24:20 PM |
Age 42, AR |
Help me understand something here. Why, if McCain is the nominee would you not vote? Isn't not voting for McCain just about the same as voting for Clinton/Obama? Please explain this logic.
|
Oh Please
| Posted On: 02/11/08 01:17:41 AM |
Age 25, CA |
Give me a break. It seems pretty unintelligent to say that, because one person does not openly support a specific candidate as much as you would like, an opponent will therefore win. Really.
|
Previous post.
| Posted On: 02/10/08 01:50:02 PM |
Age 56, NE |
I posted a response to another post and didn't get it on here. I now see that the post I was responding to is gone as well. I assume it was because we disagreed with Brannon. I've never had this happen before.
|
NOT Pro-Life ?? You are misinformed
| Posted On: 02/08/08 01:00:12 PM |
Age 46, TX |
You are very misinformed on this. You need to spend about 3 hours on the 'net reading about Paul's pro-life legislation, judicial-restriction legislation, and why he decided there is a better way than the Human Life Amendment, which he himself introduced OVER 30 YEARS AGO.
If you were correct in your facts, I would agree with your conclusion 100%, but your facts are simply wrong.
|
Go Straight to the Source
| Posted On: 02/08/08 10:37:19 AM |
Age 57, TX |
I tried posting a comment earlier that may have been too long, but I noticed there are quite a few misconceptions posted about both the Fair Tax and Governor Huckabee's positions on taxes, immigration, foreign policy, etc. Let me direct you to www.fairtax.org and www.mikehuckabee.com to get the real story. Don't rely solely on what the mainstream media tells you (or doesn't tell you).
|
Misconceptions About Huckabee
| Posted On: 02/08/08 10:23:19 AM |
Age 57, TX |
As I read over the comments to date, I noticed some serious misconceptions about Governor Huckabee's record and his positions on the issues:
The Fair Tax: Someone wrote "With state tax added you'd have a 40-50% tax rate." You're missing the point that income (wages, capital gains, etc.) would NOT be taxed, only the sales of new goods. In other words, you'd get your WHOLE paycheck (i.e. no withholdings). And because there would be no corporate tax, corporations wouldn't pass that expense on to consumers, so prices would actually go down. Also, because the Fair Tax taxes consumption, the underground economy would be taxed. Finally, everyone would get a monthly prebate check from the federal government, so people on a fixed income wouldn't be hurt. For more details, go to www.fairtax.org.
Tax Increases: Whereas Huckabee did increase taxes, he also cut taxes a total of 94 times, to include the first across-the-board tax cut in Arkansas in 160 years. He was also the first governor to institute the "Tax Me More Fund" - a tongue-in-cheek, put-up-or-shut-up object lesson, allowing anyone who thought taxes should be higher to voluntarily pay into this fund. Almost no one did.
Illegal Immigration: Governor Huckabee received the endorsement of Jim Gilchrist (the co-founder of the Minutemen) and Duncan Hunter (the California congressman and former presidential candidate who built the border fence in San Diego). He also signed a campaign pledge authored by Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) calling for border security, workplace verification and no amnesty.
Foreign Policy: Governor Huckabee is firmly behind winning the War on Terror. During a major foriegn policy speech to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) last fall, he pointed out the centrality of Pakistan in this conflict long before the Bhutto assassination put that Islamic country on everyone else's radar screen.
If any of these positions surprise you, then you need stop relying so much on the mainstream media's talking points and to go directly to www.huckabee.com to get the whole story.
|
Presidency is a civil office, not a church office
| Posted On: 02/08/08 07:34:18 AM |
Age 59, TX |
This election is difficult for all evangelicals. We are not voting for a Pastor in Chief. What we need to be concerned about is which candidate will be most likely to further the issues we care about as Christians? In this decadent society, I can foresee the (sad) day when no candidate will be Christian at all. What will we do then, crawl in a hole? We do live in a fallen world, you know. The U.S. Presidency is not a church position. It is a civil position. We need to be thinking ahead. Whoever is elected will appoint Supreme Court judges. They can be persuaded to support issues we care about. But additionally, we have to be concerned about where they will take our country. Will they be strong on defense, so that we even survive militarily? Will they have sound fiscal policies? All these things matter too. Again, we are not voting for Baptist Deacon in Chief.
|
Ron Paul is not pro-life
| Posted On: 02/08/08 01:41:43 AM |
Age 63, AZ |
Ron Paul believes we should turn abortion back to the states. This means it's fine with him if New York and California want to slaughter hundreds of thousands of unborn babies, and butcher their mothers. That's NOT a pro-life position by any stretch of the imagination.
Let's look at the logic of this. Some states said slavery should be legal. We know better now. Why would we make the same mistake again?
The Fourteenth Amendment says that the states must give people equal protection of the law. Where is equal protection for the unborn? Why isn't Ron Paul supporting the Constitution?
|
McCain IS pro-life
| Posted On: 02/08/08 01:38:31 AM |
Age 63, AZ |
Why are people saying McCain isn't pro-life? His voting record is solidly in favor of life. He only voted wrong one time in all these years I know about: he supported embryonic stem cell research. But Brownback has been discussing that with him, and he has been listening. We need to combat this idea that for some unfathomable reason, McCain isn't pro-life. We are going to have enough problems without misrepresenting a candidate's position.
|
Well Said
| Posted On: 02/07/08 11:10:14 PM |
Age 56, IL |
I wholeheartedly agree. Huckabee has his drawbacks and there are more than one biblical issue at stake in this election. Brandon I too encourage you not to be so harsh. I want to amen your great efforts though in your wonderful defence of a Christian Worldview.
|
Agree! Agree!
| Posted On: 02/07/08 10:04:46 PM |
Age 59, MD |
I could not agree more with your post. You are the first person I have heard saying that ALL the Christian conservitives should have be behind Duncan Hunter and Tom Tancredo who were Christians with TRUE conservitive records. Plus Ron Paul is not a supporter of Israel a MUST for true Christians.
|
The BEST Choice
| Posted On: 02/07/08 09:00:00 PM |
Age 28, IL |
I have two words...Alan Keyes.
He is the only true conservative across the board...from pro-life, pro-family, pro-Fair Tax, pro-Border Security (not amnesty like Huckabee). If there's an issue...Keyes has the right position.
|
Huckabee
| Posted On: 02/07/08 05:04:26 PM |
Age 46, MN |
While I am happy that Huckabee's pro-life his fair tax plan would be a disaster. With state tax added you'd have a 40-50% tax rate.
Wouldn't that be great? While life is the most important issue, (and Huckabee is pro-life) there are other issues to consider and paying that tax rate is not okay
|
Romney Bows Out; Hopefully Huckabee Gains
| Posted On: 02/07/08 01:00:25 PM |
Age 58, OR |
With Mitt Romney dropping out of the Presidential Race, I think there are strong hopes of Huckabee getting a good share of the Republican vote now. He's been my candidate of choice all along, so I'm thrilled that he is going to be getting more of the media focus now that the campaign is basically down to Huckabee and McCain now. He's solidly pro-life, pro-family, and a good person. He has my vote both for the primary and for the general election.
|
Pro Family Leaders
| Posted On: 02/07/08 11:40:31 AM |
Age 46, ME |
While I agree with you on most of your writings Brannon, I do not fully this time.
Huckabee is "mostly" a strong family supporter from what I can gather. He is pro-life beyond a shadow of a doubt, and pro-many very important things.
However, he is fiscally LIBERAL in many areas, and that causes trouble as we can see with the current administration.
The biggest issue for me is that like Bush, he's pro-BIG GOVT. education. This might be the biggest waste of taxpayer money that we've ever known. Huckabee wanted/wants to establish old style trade schools, which in and of itself isn't a bad idea. The problem is that we don't make anything anymore. Unless we restart our manufacturing base, this is worthless and a waste of taxpayer money.
He's also very much into the entitlement mentality. I agree that people should take care of the downtrodden, elderly and widows as the bible states, but the bible doesn't state that govt. should do this. WE as Christians are supposed to do this ourselves.
You could actually vote for someone who doesn't go this way. No, it's not Ron Paul either. It's the Constitution Party. Yeah... I know... what is that? Well, check them out.
http://constitutionparty.com/news.php?aid=708
They may not win, but you CAN vote your conscience!
|
Respectfully Disagree
| Posted On: 02/07/08 11:27:20 AM |
Age 47, AL |
I will have to respectfully disagree with your opinions, Brannon. While you are a stalwart supporter of the positions you discussed, as likable as Mike Huckabee is, he still has other problems on his proposed policy ideas. Your promotion of Pro-Life seems to be your only issue in this season, while many of us are looking at a host of issues. These include immigration (Huckabee is soft), taxes (Huckabee supports Fair Tax, although he raised taxes multiple times in AK), defense (Huckabee is soft and has perplexing foreign policy ideas), crime (Huckabee's history is soft on criminals), etc. In addition, while Huckabee is clearly Pro-Life, his accomplishments in AK were little to no change in that states laws regarding that issue. So much for someone who will champion Pro-Life issues.
I understand the concerns surrounding Romney who is not the perfect candidate by far. However, he has been relatively consistent over the last couple of years since he has made some changes in his thought process. He has moved in the right direction and has not flipped back and forth between the two sides of the Pro-Life issue or the homosexual issue. Do we condemn him for life due to his earlier positions, or appreciate him for his changes in the right direction?
As far as the connection between money and candidate support, I think you are treading on thin ice. Whether or not donations were given to various Pro-Life organizations or not is in NO way a requirement that the organization support a certain candidate. I consider it disingenuous to assert that because Focus on the Family or some other group received some money from Romney or any other candidate, they automatically begin promoting that candidate. You appear to be in the wrong by chasing that path.
Finally, I have not seen much support from you or others in favor of Huckabee up until this time. While there have been some hints of a leaning in this direction, the lack of support until now again appears disingenuous. Furthermore, other candidates such as Duncan Hunter and Tom Tancredo were ostentiously Pro-Life, but also had strong track records on many of the other issues I mentioned. I saw practically no support from Worldview, or for that matter, Focus on the Family, in favor of those more well-rounded candidates. I think had we gotten behind one of them early, they could have still been in the mix at this time. Unfortunately, everyone has their agenda, including you and me, so it is difficult to unite behind one candidate. As for Ron Paul, his foreign policy ideas are just too ludicrous for serious consideration, plus it is difficult to find his supposed strong Constitutional direction in the past. His background has been a rather lackluster Representative, not truly worthy of notice.
I would urge you to reduce the rhetoric in order to more favorably represent our Christian ideals and spirit. Baseless or unsubstantiated accusations are not good form for followers of Christ. While we can be critical, it should be done in a manner that is not too harsh or degrading.
Otherwise, thanks for all you do in support of Christ and helping us develop a Biblical worldview. Keep up the good work.
|
Thank Pro-Life leaders for not being Leaders
| Posted On: 02/07/08 10:33:35 AM |
Age 43, OK |
I have great admiration for Dr. James Dobson. There is no christian activist that I follow or agree with more than him. But your artilce seems to be 100% accurate. I never heard him come out and support Huckabee. I greatly appreciate your article. There are many godly men in the scripture who had to appose other godly men when they were wrong and that is what you have done. Unfortunately I am 99% certain that I will not be voiting in the next election if McCain is the nominee. If I vote it will be for Huckabee, even if I have to hand write it on the ballet.
|
|
|
|
|
