Why Some Evangelicals Won't Vote for Romney

SimpleSam »

Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:40 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 4

I have the dubious distinction of being a 17 year resident of the state that yeilded William Jefferson Clinton. Clinton began his presidential campaingn by breaking a promise. Before he ran for president Clinton in order to be realected governor of Arkansas promised Arkansans that if they reelected him he would not seek the White House. We all know what happened after that. Clinton is proven liar and I think that most Americans simply do not realize how deeply Clinton compromised himself and this country with his dishonesty. Despite Arkansas dubious distinction as the "home of Clinton" I think Arkansas has redeemed itself somewhat in Mike Huckabee. To be honest I have never thought much of Huckabee in the past but since I have listened to him speak a great deal more since he entered the race I have to admit that I have changed my view of him considerably. I think that he is the ONLY candidate who has espoused the "ole time" Republican values. He is so far the only candidate to clearly hit upon the federalist anit-federalist struggle that is always at the forefront of American politics whether people speak of it or not. To clarify for those who are unfamiliar with this old argument Huckabee believes that the Federal government should not run and order our lives. States should have the greater authority over domestic affairs and the Feds should simply stay out of it. If a progressive Republican or God forbid Hillary Clinton is elected I am certain that we will continue to see the growth and development of an "all powerful" centralized government that feels free to put its two cents in on nearly every issue. Huckabee actually wants to take us back to what the governement was meant to be by our Founding Fathers. The purpose of the Federal government according to our Founding Fathers was simply to protect us from external threats and to ensure that our rights are protected. Ensureing the domestic tranquility does not and never did mean that the government is there to run our lives. This authoritarian centralized government that we have taxes us to death and makes a complete mess of almost everything that it touches. The best government in my opinion is one that I never see until "it" hits the fan. Lets put the power back with the states were it belongs and thus back with the People. The people who are running our country are sick. They are fat with power and the the search for power has become their sole motivator. Lets take our country back from the politicians and lawyers. The truth of the matter is that it is not actually our country anymore since it is so clear that "they" and not "we" who control it. Lets put these people in their place (prision) and run this country the way it was intended to be run. I think Mike Huckabee truly believes in this. It's not just his platform but the product of his efforts. I think everybody should give this man another look.

Why Some Evangelicals Won't Vote for Romney

SimpleSam »

Fri Oct 19, 2007 10:54 pm Agree: 4   Disagree: 1

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You are simply wrong. Christ is not "A" deity. Christ is "THE" deity. The Bible calls him in litteral language "GOD" as in "THE" GOD. There is only One. "ZION" is Jerusalem. The Children of Israel are not lost and never were. They have been with us all along. They are here with us now and they are still fighting the same battles. They were called back to Zion from the far corners of the Earth. The surviving tribes are reassembled and unless you are Jewish YOU ARE NOT among them.

Why Some Evangelicals Won't Vote for Romney

SimpleSam »

Fri Oct 19, 2007 10:41 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 0

The Office of the President of the United States remains a sacred trust despite the fact that so many presidents and citizens seem to have done their best to damage its honor and to undermine its dignity. The President is supposed to be a person who shares the common mans concerns as though they were his/her own. That person must place the interest of the People ahead of any other concern whether political or otherwise. In order to accomplish this that person absolutely MUST share the beliefs of his or her people. I think that George Washington serves as the shining example of what a President of the United States should be. He was a deeply Christian man who held the reigns of power at his people’s bequest and then when he might have fallen to the corruption of power as so many others throughout history have, he walked away. While we might describe Washington as a great man and the father of our country, he might instead describe himself as the unhappy fellow whose fate it was to be pulled away from the peace he might otherwise have enjoyed. He viewed leadership as an immense burden and he only accepted out of his since of duty. That "duty" was to his neighbors, country, conscience and to God. Though we must know that no man save only One has ever been perfect, we must still insist that our president embody to the highest degree possible all that is good in us and that includes the American Majority's Christian faith for surely their is nothing in us that could be more noble than true faith in Christ.