I Like Mike or I Just Don’t Like Anyone Else?
Do you really want this man running our country?
Is there a split in the religious right? Are the hard-core homeschoolers splitting from the informed conservatives? Who’s supporting this man? Am I missing something here? Experience tells us that there’s a segment of the religious right with tunnel vision regarding gay marriage and abortion. While these are crucial topics to the moral fiber of our country, there are lot more issues to worry about. Gay marriage isn’t really that important if a terrorist drops a bomb on this country and kills a significant numbers of Americans.
For the first time in my life, I have no idea what my fellow conservative Republicans are thinking. I’ve yet to meet a Huckabee supporter. Where are they? This seems to be a split between the fundamentalists who stay within the Christian bubble and those of us interact with the rest of the world.
The talk radio/web-centric arm of the conservatives look much more informed here. Perhaps that’s the difference. If publications like Charisma endorse Huckabee, but you never listen to the pundits or read a blog, Huckabee would probably appeal to you. How can you not like a Baptist preacher when you’re a busy/secluded Christian voter who looks for the most Christian or pro-life candidate?
I feel kinda bad for Republicans right now. Huckabee is certainly not the godsend that will save your party. And to be frank, you need someone with some serious appeal to make up for your 2000 blunder.
Granted, that candidate doesn’t exist right now, but Huckabee? He’ll get ripped to shreds in a general election. He manages to turn every media exposure into a political gaffe. The NIE/Jamie Spears ordeal? (whistles) Maybe Romney will pull through in New Hampshire/South Carolina. Even still, if I were a Republican, I’d be getting real use to the idea of 4 years of a Democrat in the White House.
My initial thought last night: we just saw Karl Rove’s permanent moral majority come to its inevitable conclusion.
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