It seems like the schism between social conservatives and fiscal conservatives may finally be coming to the surface. If you ever listen to Rush, it seems fairly obvious (to me at least) that all he really cares about is war and taxes. He seems to pretend to care about the social issues so that the two factions can gang up and win elections. Maybe social conservatives are on to this. Huckabee doesn't seem to be pandering to the Rush types.

Now we will have none of these Christofacist values shoved on us! How dare you say its important to feed the hungry, cloth the naked, and house the poor; that is damn hippie talk. Everybody knows that Jeebus aint said none of that. The Bible clearly says to hate the gays, kill the Muslims, cut taxes, and save unborn babies. All this other crap is just additions made by hippies in the 60's to encoruage people to e stoned and lazy.

But the current administration already focuses on the lower-income Americans...granted, it is in the same way Peter North focuses on the bridge of the nose, but it is a start.

Needs more SUPPLY SIDE JESUS

Huckabee is smart to alienate the Liberal Bashing Industry. Lots of conservatives are disgusted with it--they are tired of hate and divisiveness, and they recognize that the LBI has consistently backed politicians who are responsible for bad, bad policy.

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Republican Jesus is going to pop a cap in Huckabee's ass.

wait, alienating Limbaugh and his mindless minions is a BAD thing?

Here is an interesting read, more or less on the same subject:
Professor Cites Bible in Faulting Tax Policies
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/25/business/25tax.html
"At a time when some voters are asking how the religious views of candidates will shape their policies, a professor's discovery of how little tax the biggest landowners in her state paid to finance the government has prompted some other legal scholars to scour religious texts to explore the moral basis of tax and spending policies."

Derwood: wait, alienating Limbaugh and his mindless minions is a BAD thing?

Not at all, it's a sign of goodness.

So now we can have a choice between big-government religion haters and big-government religious freaks!

Yay America!

Good idea, just too bad his own ideas contradict it. You can't help people while condemning a lot of them.

Shaggy_C: So now we can have a choice between big-government religion haters and big-government religious freaks!

Don't forget faux small government Ayn Randoids!

Honestly, Huckabee is the only Republican I like.

He spoke at the Music Educators National Conference in April 2006 in Salt Lake City. He's very passionate about education, and especially Music education in our schools. He has a band called "Capitol Offense." Come on! That's pretty cool, even for an evangelist.

I don't agree with all his ideas, but he's a very give-and-take kind-of guy.

/democrat

I wouldn't mind Huckabee IF there are 60 Democrat Senators.

ecmoRandomNumbers: Honestly, Huckabee is the only Republican I like.

He spoke at the Music Educators National Conference in April 2006 in Salt Lake City. He's very passionate about education, and especially Music education in our schools. He has a band called "Capitol Offense." Come on! That's pretty cool, even for an evangelist.

I don't agree with all his ideas, but he's a very give-and-take kind-of guy compassionate conservative.

COME farkING ON!!

Huckabee is a very smart politician.

He knows where the votes are and where the fault lines in the GOP lay. It looks very like he, in his quest for the nomination, will further split the fractures in the GOP coalition that were already widened by the incompetent and shallow politically-driven misrule by the Bush Administration.

Which is interesting, because populist evangelical politicians used to be the domain of the Democratic party. They religious vote drifted over to the GOP when the GOP made an uneasy peace with the religious voters to make a bid for electoral advantage.

They subverted their economic populism to attempt to gain traction on social issues, like abortion. But decades of lip service has worn thin.

LocalCynic: Don't forget faux small government Ayn Randoids!



You called?

LocalCynic: Don't forget faux small government Ayn Randoids!

They don't count for anything more than...what was it in Iowa...10% or one of the two big parties? Nothing worth mentioning.

12349876: I wouldn't mind Huckabee IF there are 60 Democrat Senators.

What's a "Democrat Senator?"

moops: 12349876: I wouldn't mind Huckabee IF there are 60 Democrat Senators.

What's a "Democrat Senator?"

A senator from the Democrat Party you goof

Meh...I just enjoy watching the Repubs implode.

One of my favorite comments after Iowa was when one GOP analyst was asked about the Dems V. Repubs turnout and he replied "it is shaping up to be a very dark Novemember".

Where are you A_D...


Im waiting for my afternoon entertainment!!

Code_Archeologist: Now we will have none of these Christofacist values shoved on us! How dare you say its important to feed the hungry, cloth the naked, and house the poor; that is damn hippie talk.


People are supposed to do those good deeds on their own or through charity....it's not the job of the government to do that.

Shaggy_C: A senator from the Democrat Party you goof

We're talking about domestic politics here.

So I'm not sure why you would bring international poltitical parties into the discussion.

IShaggy_C: A senator from the Democrat Party you goof

I'm familiar with the Democratic Party. Is that a third party which tries to get votes based on confusing people with the Democratic Party?

Or are just unaware that you cannot modify a noun with a noun?

The_Sponge: People are supposed to do those good deeds on their own or through charity....it's not the job of the government to do that.

But perhaps the government could encourange enough prosperity to make charity possible.

vikes555: Where are you A_D...


Im waiting for my afternoon entertainment!!

Why don't you just go read some Cox & Forkum cartoons, or google the words "hillary is ugly?" That's all that A_D does...

Skleenar: So I'm not sure why you would bring international poltitical parties into the discussion.

It's just the way it works with proper noun phrases in modern English. Do you call it the Vietnam War or the Vietnamese War?

Skleenar

I like that card, but poor Robbie looks like he was cleaning the trash compactor when it was turned on.

Shaggy_C: It's just the way it works with proper noun phrases in modern English. Do you call it the Vietnam War or the Vietnamese War?

That's an odd example.

I call it the Trojan war, not the Troy war.

I call it the Russo-Japanese war, not the Russia-Japan war.

I call it the Spanish-American war, not the Spain-America war.

oldebayer: I like that card, but poor Robbie looks like he was cleaning the trash compactor when it was turned on.

Maybe his stumpy stature is supposed to be some sort of visual pun on the intellect of those it is parodying.

You'll just have to ask inglix when you see him.

GOP: "What? We thought all the poor people in America were immigrants. They're all criminals anyway. Poor Americans will be taken care of by a free market."


/A free market is goddamned expensive for the consumer.

I call it Vietnamese noodle soup, not Vietnam noodle soup.

(Actually I call it pho, but that's just me).

I call it Chinese new year, not China New year.

I call it Korean BBQ, not Korea BBQ.

I call it the Belgian Congo, not the Belgium Congo.

I call it a Brazilian Steak House, not a Brazil Steak House.

I call it the American Constitution, not the America Constitution.

Shall I go on?

Skleenar: That's an odd example.

Think of it this way. Let's say we start a new political party. When asked my affiliation - I say, 'I am a Bob'.

Would I be part of the Bobian/Bobic/Bobly party, or would it be the Bob Party?

Skleenar: That's an odd example.

I call it the Trojan war, not the Troy war.

I call it the Russo-Japanese war, not the Russia-Japan war.

I call it the Spanish-American war, not the Spain-America war.

He's just being a trolling douchebag. He's parroting Sean Hannity's talking point that the Democratic Party must be called the "Democrat Party".

He's not even a member of the Democratic Party but yet he thinks he has legitimacy in rationalizing its name change. What a dewsh.

SCAM

Remember Bush ran as the "Compassionate Conservative"?

They're just trying to market their brand.

moops: He's not even a member of the Democratic Party but yet he thinks he has legitimacy in rationalizing its name change. What a dewsh.

Republicans don't stand for a Republic and Democrats don't stand for Democracy. It's all a bunch of propaganda - basically, it is the equivalent of having the 'Freedom' party against the 'Liberty' party in a two-party system.

The problem is that Republican is both an adjective and a proper name. So it doesn't change to become 'Republic' Party because that's not what it stands for. Really they should be the 'Religion and Selfishness Party' and I will call them that.

I tried to use 'Democrat Party' because those from that side stand for themselves - the Democrats - and that ideology has nothing to do with Democracy. But, because this upsets a lot of people, I will from this point on call it the 'Excessive Government Party'.

Skleenar: I call it Vietnamese noodle soup, not Vietnam noodle soup.

(Actually I call it pho, but that's just me).

I call it Chinese new year, not China New year.

I call it Korean BBQ, not Korea BBQ.

I call it the Belgian Congo, not the Belgium Congo.

I call it a Brazilian Steak House, not a Brazil Steak House.

I call it the American Constitution, not the America Constitution.

Shall I go on?

I bet he uses calls Chanukah a "Jew Holiday" and JFK a "Papist politician."

Shaggy_C: Republicans don't stand for a Republic and Democrats don't stand for Democracy. It's all a bunch of propaganda - basically, it is the equivalent of having the 'Freedom' party against the 'Liberty' party in a two-party system.

The problem is that Republican is both an adjective and a proper name. So it doesn't change to become 'Republic' Party because that's not what it stands for. Really they should be the 'Religion and Selfishness Party' and I will call them that.

I tried to use 'Democrat Party' because those from that side stand for themselves - the Democrats - and that ideology has nothing to do with Democracy. But, because this upsets a lot of people, I will from this point on call it the 'Excessive Government Party'.

Please stop posting what you put in your profile. Nobody cares.

We'll just call you "farking annoying." Fair enough?

moops: I bet he uses calls Chanukah a "Jew Holiday" and JFK a "Papist politician."

I call you a "Dumb Ass" :)

moops: Nobody cares

Well then, STFU and GTFO. You guys are the ones that made a discussion of it.

I hope this conservative mania over Huckabee's concern for regular people will finally illuminate the extent to which the Republican Party is just a proxy for the interests of the business community and weatlthy.

Shaggy_C: moops: Nobody cares

Well then, STFU and GTFO. You guys are the ones that made a discussion of it.



/doesn't care

Shaggy_C: moops: He's not even a member of the Democratic Party but yet he thinks he has legitimacy in rationalizing its name change. What a dewsh.

Republicans don't stand for a Republic and Democrats don't stand for Democracy. It's all a bunch of propaganda - basically, it is the equivalent of having the 'Freedom' party against the 'Liberty' party in a two-party system.

The problem is that Republican is both an adjective and a proper name. So it doesn't change to become 'Republic' Party because that's not what it stands for. Really they should be the 'Religion and Selfishness Party' and I will call them that.

I tried to use 'Democrat Party' because those from that side stand for themselves - the Democrats - and that ideology has nothing to do with Democracy. But, because this upsets a lot of people, I will from this point on call it the 'Excessive Government Party'.

Ugh, you got owned, homey.

Shaggy_C: moops: I bet he uses calls Chanukah a "Jew Holiday" and JFK a "Papist politician."

I call you a "Dumb Ass" :)

I thought you only used that tag when you are being Rush Limb. Sent Me

Shaggy_C: Would I be part of the Bobian/Bobic/Bobly party, or would it be the Bob Party?

It is odd you would say that. How many parties are named after individuals? I would call it 'Bob's Party'

I could see Jeffersonian Party or Jacksonian Party if named after a historical figure. Still doesn't work to support your contention.

moops: He's just being a trolling douchebag. He's parroting Sean Hannity's talking point that the Democratic Party must be called the "Democrat Party".

Of course I realize this. But his support was so dishonestly lame, it needed a little taking down.

I personally think it is one of the dumbest political touchpoints around. I feel a little dirty even acknowledging it.

Pontus and the Nail Drivers: I thought you only used that tag when you are being Rush Limb. Sent Me

Ew, I even find that moron annoying.

Huckabee officially alienates the Ditto-Heads by saying that the GOP needs to focus more on lower income Americans

With a regressive 23% sales tax?