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On to New Hampster
DeserTBoB used a stick in the sand to babble
They know that. That's why they like him. snip The righttards in trailers, yes...but the ones closer to the political center, the "mainline" congregations, have been vehemently opposed to the war and all of Bush's antics for quite some time. They aren't admitting it. Yes, some evangelicals voted for Kerry in 2004 and for some dozens of Democrats in Congress in 2006, but that doesn't mean that they'll vote for Clinton or Obama in a general election. Edwards, maybe. Many of these (such as well-off Episcopalians and the like) went for Bush based on greed two times. Not based on the fundies' greed. That was the price they forced us all to pay for their social agenda. Will they make the same choice with Huckabee, even though he's got no credible record of prosperity (AND isn't the rabid tax cutter that such a constituency wants) when they have Mitt to promise them all that business acumen (warranted or not) to keep them rolling in dough? My impressions: I like a lot of what Huckabee says and has done. He's very much a compassionate man. His particular faith and background as a minister concern me. I think Romney's a fake. He's too pretty and while he speaks well and says most of the right things when he's prepared, he's slow on his feet and doesn't defend well in real time. And there's something phoney or greasy about him that I don't like. His faith doesn't concern me any more or less than Huckabee's. I liked McCain in 2000 and 04, but he looks a little tired and repetitive these days. Downscale economically, rightward-learning-but-still centrist church goers may perceive Huckabee as a threat launched from the Southern Baptists. You watch...those Congregationalists and Episcopalians in New Hampshire will have NOTHING to do with Huckabee, even if he floods the state with robotic church nuts to walk precincts. Or clean, smiling, polite Christian kids. On another front, the news was all over the nation's front pages this morning...we're poised for the FOURTH "Dubya Recession"...prime mortgages are melting down, employment is drying up, According to CNN this afternoon, retailers are hiring. the dollars is sliding further, aided by the Chinese. Not a problem. They're cashing in and we can work it to our advantage if we go forward rather than **** and moan about it. All of the sudden, I hear, "It's the economy, stupid!" which kicked "Bush The Smarter" into the political scrap heap in '92. Yeah, and look at all the furor about Iraq these days. The issue barely played in Iowa compared to others like immigration, values and the economy and look how the support structured. Could this be the remodeling job that Clinton needs to beat Obama, or will Iraq and "change" trump the economic message this time out? Bad news in Iraq is good news for Clinton and Paul, bad news for everybody else. If there's a terror attack check the candidates' responses for coherence *and* for how quickly they deliver it to a camera. Swill |
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