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Major Endorsements for Huckabee from Christian Community
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faithcontender
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I'm just concern about some misinformation being perpetrated here. Just want to give the other side of the story. I don't have to argue though. Everyone is entitled to his/her opinion.
He has absolutely no foreign policy experience unless you count the time that he ate breakfast at the International House of Pancakes (IHOP).
leesw
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I just think it's interesting and frustrating that some people here virtually ignore the fact that as Governor of Arkansas, Huckabee pushed through the Arkansas Legislature the first major, broad-based tax cuts in state history - a $90 million tax cut package. He entirely eliminated the marriage penalty, bracket creep, income tax on poor families, and capital gains on home sales. He cut capital gains for both individuals and businesses.
I mean, he did preside over some increased taxes (on things like cigerattes) but to be honest with you, I don't care about that. I don't smoke and don't think people should. I don't think we should tax cigerattes because it's anyone's right to smoke, but to ignore the positive economic things he did is just silly. PLUS he's a conservative Baptist and is a staunch prolife supporter. Even Ron Paul seems to recognize the good in some of the other candidates, saying that Giuliani is the only real disaster in terms of prolife veiws.
I mean, when I think of a Hillary presidency and how far away she would take us from what is good (rabid pro-abortion legislation, socialism, tax increases for eternity, more government interference in my life) I'll take Huckabee, Romney, Thompson, Paul, Hunter, and maybe McCain (in that order) any day.
I mean, he did preside over some increased taxes (on things like cigerattes) but to be honest with you, I don't care about that. I don't smoke and don't think people should. I don't think we should tax cigerattes because it's anyone's right to smoke, but to ignore the positive economic things he did is just silly. PLUS he's a conservative Baptist and is a staunch prolife supporter. Even Ron Paul seems to recognize the good in some of the other candidates, saying that Giuliani is the only real disaster in terms of prolife veiws.
I mean, when I think of a Hillary presidency and how far away she would take us from what is good (rabid pro-abortion legislation, socialism, tax increases for eternity, more government interference in my life) I'll take Huckabee, Romney, Thompson, Paul, Hunter, and maybe McCain (in that order) any day.
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I don't think that the Republican Party should be stampeded into any decision this early.
It is the Democrats who have more or less made their choice of Hillary and it is the Democrats who have been campaigning for months now trying to make Hillary more attractive.
It is hard to say how Rudy and others will stand on the issue of abortion by convention time. Clearly, Ron Paul is cast in concrete and does not appeal to regular Republicans. Libertarians themselves are very small in number. Here in Indianapolis this November 6, Libertarians were only able to poll 3,600 votes in the Indianapolis municipal elections while the major parties combined for about 160,000 votes. Ron Paul is not viable in Indiana.
Clearly, Fred Thompson has the same position of states rights (the state has a right to put the unborn child to death) that Ron Paul has. Somewhere, one of these candidates is going to have to set aside his own personal views and agree to support the GOP platform calling for a constitutional amendment to protect human right.
If no one wants to support the Republican plank on abortion, which has been in place since 1980, then Evangelicals can abstain from voting for the GOP nominee, which clearly would cause the defeat of the nominee. However, defeat is a good way of cleaning house in the Republican Party, and I respectfully suggest that the Democrats try to clean their own house of the extreme leftists that infest the Democrat Party.
As for Huckabee, he is unqualified to be President. He has no foreign policy experience or policy. His only international experience was that one time he ate breakfast at an International House of Pancakes.
It is the Democrats who have more or less made their choice of Hillary and it is the Democrats who have been campaigning for months now trying to make Hillary more attractive.
It is hard to say how Rudy and others will stand on the issue of abortion by convention time. Clearly, Ron Paul is cast in concrete and does not appeal to regular Republicans. Libertarians themselves are very small in number. Here in Indianapolis this November 6, Libertarians were only able to poll 3,600 votes in the Indianapolis municipal elections while the major parties combined for about 160,000 votes. Ron Paul is not viable in Indiana.
Clearly, Fred Thompson has the same position of states rights (the state has a right to put the unborn child to death) that Ron Paul has. Somewhere, one of these candidates is going to have to set aside his own personal views and agree to support the GOP platform calling for a constitutional amendment to protect human right.
If no one wants to support the Republican plank on abortion, which has been in place since 1980, then Evangelicals can abstain from voting for the GOP nominee, which clearly would cause the defeat of the nominee. However, defeat is a good way of cleaning house in the Republican Party, and I respectfully suggest that the Democrats try to clean their own house of the extreme leftists that infest the Democrat Party.
As for Huckabee, he is unqualified to be President. He has no foreign policy experience or policy. His only international experience was that one time he ate breakfast at an International House of Pancakes.
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faithcontender
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If you want to know his foreign policy try reading here:
http://www.mikehuckabee.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.View&Issue_id=2
http://www.mikehuckabee.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.View&Issue_id=20
http://www.mikehuckabee.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.View&Issue_id=3
http://www.mikehuckabee.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.View&Issue_id=2
http://www.mikehuckabee.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.View&Issue_id=20
http://www.mikehuckabee.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.View&Issue_id=3
Oh, he has some opinions on foreign policy, but he has no personal experience.
It is interesting to note that from Huckabee you descend to Romney, a full-blown cultist. Huckabee may be the latest fad in the GOP beauty contest but he is not a front-runner. The overwhelming fact about Republicans is that they tend to nominate a front-runner. Huckabee is a second-tier candidate and rightly so. He has a lot of explaining to do about his actual record in Arkansas.
Republicans are not going to be stampeded nor are they going to spend a lot of money on this primary. It is the Democrats who are trying to goad the GOP into a expensive, damaging primary. Afterall, the Democrats have all but nominated the worst candidate in memory--Hillary Clinton. We have plenty of time and right now the contest is between Rudy and Fred Thompson, with neither one very interesting to Evangelicals. Let the Republican voters decide.
As for Huckabee, I am not even going to consider him just because he claims international experience based upon his buying breakfast once at the International House of Pancakes.
It is interesting to note that from Huckabee you descend to Romney, a full-blown cultist. Huckabee may be the latest fad in the GOP beauty contest but he is not a front-runner. The overwhelming fact about Republicans is that they tend to nominate a front-runner. Huckabee is a second-tier candidate and rightly so. He has a lot of explaining to do about his actual record in Arkansas.
Republicans are not going to be stampeded nor are they going to spend a lot of money on this primary. It is the Democrats who are trying to goad the GOP into a expensive, damaging primary. Afterall, the Democrats have all but nominated the worst candidate in memory--Hillary Clinton. We have plenty of time and right now the contest is between Rudy and Fred Thompson, with neither one very interesting to Evangelicals. Let the Republican voters decide.
As for Huckabee, I am not even going to consider him just because he claims international experience based upon his buying breakfast once at the International House of Pancakes.
faithcontender
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church mouse guy said:
I disagree, He is already a first tier candidate.
He is virtually tied with Romney in the latest Iowa Pollls.
Romney 28%
Huckabee 24%
Thompson 15%
Giuliani 13%
+-5% margin of error
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21915349/
http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/Vote2008/story?id=3892803&page=1
And he is tied in 2nd to Rudy Giulani in the latest national polls.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/pub...1/daily_presidential_tracking_polling_history
He continue to rise in the polls while the others are going down.
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faithcontender
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Mike Huckabee Receives Personal Endorsement of Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr
Lynchburg, VA – Former Arkansas Governor and Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee announced the personal endorsement of Liberty University President Jerry Falwell, Jr. Falwell is the son of the late Jerry Falwell, founder of Liberty University and Falwell Ministries.
"I knew Jerry's dad for more than 30 years and have admired the long tradition of Liberty University and the legacy for creating 'Champions for Christ'," Huckabee said. "Dr. Falwell's vision of helping students to start with nothing to believe they can change the world is exactly what our campaign is all about."
Jerry Falwell, Jr. graduated from Liberty University and later obtained his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. He has served as General Counsel of Liberty University, Thomas Road Baptist Church, Liberty Broadcasting Network, and Jerry Falwell Ministries. In 2003, he was named Vice-Chancellor of the University and was later named President of the University.
Liberty University was founded by Dr. Jerry Falwell in 1971 and prides itself as producing graduates with the values, knowledge, and skills required to impact the world. The 4,400-acre campus serves over 20,000 students from across the globe.
This endorsement comes one-day after Huckabee announced the formation of his Faith and Family Values Coalition, a team of 30 faith leaders who will join Huckabee in reaching out to Christian and social conservatives across the country. The team will also assist and advise Huckabee on policy issues that affect families and the faith community.
This is a personal endorsement and does not reflect the organizations Jerry Falwell Jr. represents.
http://www.mikehuckabee.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Newsroom.PressRelease&ID=397
Lynchburg, VA – Former Arkansas Governor and Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee announced the personal endorsement of Liberty University President Jerry Falwell, Jr. Falwell is the son of the late Jerry Falwell, founder of Liberty University and Falwell Ministries.
"I knew Jerry's dad for more than 30 years and have admired the long tradition of Liberty University and the legacy for creating 'Champions for Christ'," Huckabee said. "Dr. Falwell's vision of helping students to start with nothing to believe they can change the world is exactly what our campaign is all about."
Jerry Falwell, Jr. graduated from Liberty University and later obtained his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. He has served as General Counsel of Liberty University, Thomas Road Baptist Church, Liberty Broadcasting Network, and Jerry Falwell Ministries. In 2003, he was named Vice-Chancellor of the University and was later named President of the University.
Liberty University was founded by Dr. Jerry Falwell in 1971 and prides itself as producing graduates with the values, knowledge, and skills required to impact the world. The 4,400-acre campus serves over 20,000 students from across the globe.
This endorsement comes one-day after Huckabee announced the formation of his Faith and Family Values Coalition, a team of 30 faith leaders who will join Huckabee in reaching out to Christian and social conservatives across the country. The team will also assist and advise Huckabee on policy issues that affect families and the faith community.
This is a personal endorsement and does not reflect the organizations Jerry Falwell Jr. represents.
http://www.mikehuckabee.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Newsroom.PressRelease&ID=397
faithcontender
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Georgia Right To Life Endorsing Huckabee
(11/30/07) Parting company with National Right To Life, which has endorsed Fred Thompson, Georgia Right To Life is giving its endorsement to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, the organization announced Friday.
The big issue for the Georgia group: Huckabee’s support of the proposed Human Life Amendment in Georgia, also known as the Paramount Right to Life Amendment.
“We appreciate and respect the pro-life positions of all pro-life candidates,” the Georgia group said in its statement. “We commend Rep. Duncan Hunter, Dr. Alan Keyes and Rep. Tom Tancredo for their strong pro-life positions, but find that Gov. Mike Huckabee is the only candidate which qualified under Georgia Right To Life PAC guidelines.
“We examined three factors in our decision to endorse Gov. Mike Huckabee: the positions of the candidates on the life issues, their records on the life issues and their ability to win.”
The group said Huckabee responded with this statement to its inquiry about life issues: “In keeping with my consistent support for life, I believe in the ‘one exception’ clause for the life of the mother and I support the Georgia Personhood Amendment. I also support, and have consistently done so, the Human Life Amendment to the United States Constitution.”
The Georgia legislation is HR 536, introduced late last session but still available for action in 2008. It is a constitutional amendment requiring two-thirds votes in both chambers. Some Republican leaders are anxious to keep it bottled up, seeing no way it can attract the Democratic votes that would be needed to pass it and fearing that it could only produce “scorecard” votes to be used in the primary campaigns.
The Georgia group said it normally would pass along the national endorsement to its members but was grateful that national leaders allowed individual state organizations to make their own choices. “Passing a Personhood amendment here in Georgia is our key issue ... Support of a candidate who ushered a similar amendment through his own state speaks volumes to us,” said Bryan Lash, director of the Georgia group’s PAC.
http://www.insideradvantagegeorgia....r 2007/11-30-07/GRTL_Endorsement113019636.php
(11/30/07) Parting company with National Right To Life, which has endorsed Fred Thompson, Georgia Right To Life is giving its endorsement to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, the organization announced Friday.
The big issue for the Georgia group: Huckabee’s support of the proposed Human Life Amendment in Georgia, also known as the Paramount Right to Life Amendment.
“We appreciate and respect the pro-life positions of all pro-life candidates,” the Georgia group said in its statement. “We commend Rep. Duncan Hunter, Dr. Alan Keyes and Rep. Tom Tancredo for their strong pro-life positions, but find that Gov. Mike Huckabee is the only candidate which qualified under Georgia Right To Life PAC guidelines.
“We examined three factors in our decision to endorse Gov. Mike Huckabee: the positions of the candidates on the life issues, their records on the life issues and their ability to win.”
The group said Huckabee responded with this statement to its inquiry about life issues: “In keeping with my consistent support for life, I believe in the ‘one exception’ clause for the life of the mother and I support the Georgia Personhood Amendment. I also support, and have consistently done so, the Human Life Amendment to the United States Constitution.”
The Georgia legislation is HR 536, introduced late last session but still available for action in 2008. It is a constitutional amendment requiring two-thirds votes in both chambers. Some Republican leaders are anxious to keep it bottled up, seeing no way it can attract the Democratic votes that would be needed to pass it and fearing that it could only produce “scorecard” votes to be used in the primary campaigns.
The Georgia group said it normally would pass along the national endorsement to its members but was grateful that national leaders allowed individual state organizations to make their own choices. “Passing a Personhood amendment here in Georgia is our key issue ... Support of a candidate who ushered a similar amendment through his own state speaks volumes to us,” said Bryan Lash, director of the Georgia group’s PAC.
http://www.insideradvantagegeorgia....r 2007/11-30-07/GRTL_Endorsement113019636.php