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ELECTION DAY 2008

It's finally here...election day.
The candidates: An American hero of the Vietnam War and lifelong public servant with a lengthy record of achievement, positions, actions and failures.
 
The other; a nobody, with a handful of years of public service with NO record of achievement, NO history of taking a position, NO demonstrable actions to point to, and a long list of failures. A candidate with an Ivy League education (which means nothing in this day and age) that was handed to him by a nation that bent over backwards to provide him opportunity and is now the product of the same social revolutionaries that opposed everything the other candidate stood for and spit in the face of his brothers in arms and taunted them as "baby killers", then abandonded them in their hour of need when they returned from serving their nation in Vietnam. Oh, and by the way, as Mr. Obama is so often fond of reminding the world, "did I mention that he is black." Never mind the fact that Obama is not entirely "black" (which makes no difference to this writer one way or the other) but, no matter what happens in this election today it will forever be mared by the fact that Obama as the minority candidate, is the one who "played the race card" in this election. Obama consistently framed his detractors and anyone who would question him or his record as racists. He has shaped the debate about this election in such away that anyone who votes against him will be viewed by his supporters and ilk as bigoted racists.
 
Should Obama win the election today, this fact will forever taint his presidency and this nation. What a sad legacy it would be for the first minority president to leave to other minority candidates that come after him that this is the tactic he felt he had to use in order to achieve his goal. What a hollow victory indeed!
 
In contrast, John McCain is to be commended for his faith in his record, a belief in his positions and the strength of character to refrain from playing Obama's game and standing his ground. As a staunch social and fiscal conservative myself, I never viewed John McCain as the "ideal candidate". However, I admire him as a man with a strength of character, wisdom and bravery that Obama will never know or come to achieve.
 
Its your duty, your responsiblity, your right...now vote.   
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Peruvian Witch Doctors Worship Obama

What could be more fitting and definitive of the beyond the pale adulation heaped upon Obama by hordes of lemmings across the globe and in every nation, than the pathetic, hedonistic display of Peruvian witch doctors casting there pagan spells on posters of John McCain and Obama, supposedly in support of Obama? A simple answer...nothing. As clear a picture as any that this world may well be going insane and headed straight down the path of ignorant self destruction through foolishness, radicalism, covetousness, and idolatry these witch doctors, along with CNN, who for some reason thought this was news worthy, have proven to me that the world is going mad, and that intellect and civilization are teetering on the edge of extinction. CNN even thinks its worthy to offer a T-shirt for sale with the headline, date and time printed on it to mark this momentous testament to journalistic detritus. 

 
Praise God there is only three more days of this misery to endure!
 
I will predict now that McCain will win. I simply cannot believe mankind and particularly this nation would be so nescient to do otherwise.
 
 
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L. A. TIMES - LIARS ALLIANCE TIMES

Barack Obama should be calling for the release of the tape said to be in the possession of the L.A. Times. Obama has no credibility at this point and if elected he will have no credibility in office. The list of Obama's friends reads like a who's who of social and militant radicals, each with their own unique bent on bringing harm and destruction to others, the elite of hatred and division, a cast of characters more frightening than any combination of horror movies that could ever be concieved:
 
Jeremiah Wright - anything but a preacher, this man preaches a gospel of hate and has called for the damnation of the very country that allows him to open his cowardly and blasphemous mouth
 
Tony Rezko - another Chicago criminal
 
Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn - unrepentant doestic terrorists who attacked this nation multiple times and have dedicated one of their hate filled books to the murderer of Robert Kennedy, Sirhan Sirhan calling him a political prisoner
 
Rashid Kahlidi - a PLO fund raiser and operative living off of the American people masquerading as an academic and contibuting to the deaths of hundreds even thousands in Isreal and calling for the destruction of Isreal
 
Louis Farakhan - Another 60's radical whose Nation of Islam has called for the destruction of Isreal and prasies Obama as "the messiah"
 
This is just a small fraction of what we can expect from the ultra leftist Obama who is as good at deceiving the public as he is at look out for his own self interests.
 
If your not concerned, you haven't been paying attention. Don't be afraid, be prepared. If Obama wins this nation will likely face the most difficult challenge it has faced since its very founding. Anything that goes wrong in an Obama administration he will attempt to blame on someone or something else. He will never take responsibility for anything that goes wrong. He will continue to try and decieve and manipulate the American people. You and only you will be able to stop the madness by simply not listening to the lies and demanding the truth.
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THE LEGACY OF GEORGE W. BUSH

The legacy of President George W. Bush was forever carved into the annals of this nations history today. So many have speculated about what the legacy of the Bush administration would be. Would it be 9-11, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Bush doctrine, No Child Left Behind and many, many other accomplishments and controversies, both real and contrived but, I tell you, on this day, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 the legacy of President George W. Bush will be forever engraved in the memories of Americans for this one seemingly benign statement:
 
"These measures are not intended to take over the free market, but to preserve it." - President George W. Bush
 
With this simple yet devastating declaration President George W. Bush has ushered this nation into what may well be a mire of socialist reform that will wash away forever the ideal of free market capitalism from the vernacular, memory and practices of civilized man.
 
Perhaps it has finally come time to say goodbye to President Geroge W. Bush. If anyone should believe that this action will somehow be temporary and won't last, then you are clearly ignorant of history. This, this nation, the greatest experiment in the history of mankind has been delivered a blow today from which it will never be the same. Can it be turned around? Maybe...but not without the fervent prayer of a repentant nation and the great humbling of its people before Almighty God.
 
For those believing that Mr. Obama brings with him the promise of a renewed prosperous America, I will only warn you that an arrogant leader can only drive this nation further into servitude and bondage. When we rely on government to do for us what we should be doing for ourselves we become slaves to the leaders of that government forever reliant on them for our every need.
 
May God have mercy on this nation and its people and may God bless those who lead, with wisdom and discernment beyond their own ability, with divine guidance, for the good of our people and by His grace return us all to His service.  
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OBAMA & AYERS SHARE THE STAGE AND MORE IN CHICAGO

When the McCain campaign and the GOP first sought to make an issue of the connection between Bill Ayers and Barak Obama I wasn't sure if it would really have any substance or if anything could be proven. I knew Obama was bad for these United States and I know if he gets elected that my childrens freedoms and future would clearly be in danger.
 
I took a moment today to research Bill Ayers and just see what he was doing today. I knew that he was posioning the minds of young people through his so-called work, as a purported university professor, but I knew little else. During this brief search I came across the following article at the University of Chicago website, from "The University of Chicago Chronicle Nov. 6, 1997 Vol. 17, No. 4" below. Read it, and then I'll have some thoughts for you afterward.
 

Close-up on juvenile justice

Author, former offender among speakers

 By Jennifer Vanasco
News Office

Children who kill are called "super predators," "people with no conscience," "feral pre-social beings" -- and "adults."

William Ayers, author of A Kind and Just Parent: The Children of Juvenile Court (Beacon Press, 1997), says "We should call a child a child. A 13-year-old who picks up a gun isn't suddenly an adult. We have to ask other questions: How did he get the gun? Where did it come from?"

Ayers, who spent a year observing the Cook County Temporary Juvenile Detention Center in Chicago, is one of four panelists who will speak on juvenile justice at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, in the C-Shop. The panel, which marks the 100th anniversary of the juvenile justice system in the United States, is part of the Community Service Center's monthly discussion series on issues affecting the city of Chicago. The event is free and open to the public.

Ayers will be joined by Sen. Barack Obama, Senior Lecturer in the Law School, who is working to combat legislation that would put more juvenile offenders into the adult system; Randolph Stone, Director of the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic; Alex Correa, a reformed juvenile offender who spent seven years in Cook County Temporary Detention Center; Frank Tobin, a former priest and teacher at the Detention Center who helped Correa; and Willy Baldwin, who grew up in public housing and is currently a teacher at the Detention Center.

The juvenile justice system was founded by Chicago reformer Jane Addams, who advocated the establishment of a separate court system for children which would act like a "kind and just parent" for children in crisis.

One hundred years later, the system is "overcrowded, under-funded, over-centralized and racist," Ayers said.

Michelle Obama, Associate Dean of Student Services and Director of the University Community Service Center, hopes bringing issues like this to campus will open a dialogue between members of the University community and the broader community.

"Students and faculty explore these issues in the classroom, but it is an internal conversation," Obama said. "We know that issues like juvenile justice impact the city of Chicago, this nation and -- directly or indirectly -- this campus. This panel gives students a chance to hear about the juvenile justice system not only on a theoretical level, but from the people who have experienced it."
 
END ARTICLE
 
It is clear from the article above that Ayers and Obama not only had a close social relationship but a close "professional" relationship as well. From November 6, 1997 it also shows that Obama and Ayers had been involved with each other at least two full years longer than Obama claims. It shows also that Ayers and Obama share an ideology.  

Michelle Obama was undoubtedly dedicated to keeping her husband invovled with Ayers because she organized the event for the University!
 
 
The article shows that Ayers and Obama also opposed second ammendment rights and protections. This seems odd coming form a guy who's only claim to fame is being a domestic terrorist who enjoyed making bombs, destroying public and private property and threatening the lives of others.  
 
The primary focus of their relationship in this article is their shared view that children who commit adult crimes should be seen and treated differently by the laws of this nation than as adults. In the vast majority of the cases they already are viewed differently. However, Ayers and Obama believed that no child should ever be tried as an adult under any circumstances. (I have to wonder if they would feel the same way about a young person trained as a terrorist to behead their enemies or those who profane their faith. We have seen this in a number of  grotesque videos ciruclated on the internet by terrorist organizations.) They also share the view that the juvenile justice system nation-wide is "racist".
 
We must ask given this viewpoint and given the fact that Obama attended a "racist",  anti-semitic church for 20 years where the supposed pastor called on his congregation and God to "damn America", what the true character and morals are of Barak Obama?  The clear answer is that we now know enough about this individual that we simply can not stand by and allow him to waltz into the most venerated office in the world and begin an entirely new era of decietful and immoral leadership.
 
Obama and his wife must both be called out on this issue and brought to task about their relationships and their character. Don't believe me? Look it up for yourself:
 
We don't need more deceit and immorality like that of Bill Clinton. Nor do we need the social engineering of leftist liberals and Bill Ayers hatred of America, or the economics of Jimmy Carter, or the twisted gospel and faith of Jeremy Wright and the radicalism of Father Fleger! No we need someone who knows what the price of freedom is and someone who was willing to put his life on the line so individuals like these would have the freedoms that they have chosen to abuse and disrespect.
 
Call Obama to account now! Before its too late.
 
 
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VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE A FRAUD!!

 Thursdays Vice Presidential debate with moderator Gwen Ifill is nothing short of a complete fraud! Ms. Ifills new book extolling and glorifying Barak Obama is set to hit book stores on January 20, 2009 the day the next President is sworn into office. Ms. Ifill stands to profit immensely if Obama is elected!! There is no possible way that she can be considered an unbiased, impartial moderator for the Vice Presidential debate on Thursday and MUST recuse herself immediately from the debate and a new moderator must be chosen.

The Commission on Presidential Debates states;  “ The organization, … is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) corporation”… obviously this is NOT the case and if they allow this debate to go forward with Gwen Ifill as the moderator they should have their 501(c)(3) status immediately revoked!

Of course, the Commission on Presidential debates provides no way for the citizenry to contact them through their website. However, they do have sponsors, some of who are now foreign owned companies like Anheuser-Busch.

I will not name the book here so as not to give the greedy and self- centered Ms. Ifill any more publicity. You can contact her though and let her know how you feel about her shameful behavior at the website for her Washington Week program on PBS.

http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/feedback.html

It is up to us as citizens to stop this fraud now!

I’ll have more later…

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NOT PRESENT

It's amazing that on the day after the first presidential debate that Obama has gone on the road again spewing his socialist propoganda about the economy while the nation is facing the greatest financial crisis since the depression of '29 and Senator John McCain is actually there on capital hill meeting with House Republicans to try and help solve this issue. OBAMA IS NOT EVEN PRESENT!
 
Let's not forget that two of the CEO's responsible for the financial mess this country is facing are wokring for Obamas campaign and giving him economic advice. Let us not also forget that it was Democrats Pelosi, Reid, Biden, Frank, Nelson and Obama whose arm twisting of these companies to give loans to people who were unable to repay them in the first place that created this financial crisis!
 
Is leadership going on the road and poining fingers and talking smack or is it being on the frontlines taking on the battle and slugging out a solution?
 
McCain proves again he is the leader and Obama is nothing but a schemer and a dreamer.
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McCain WINS and WINS BIG!

Anyone who watched last nights debate got a clear view of exactly who it is that has the experience, the self control and the courage to be President of the United States. Senator John McCain showed incredible control and poise as he virtually ignored Obama's presence at the debate last night. Obama was more than obviously frustrated with McCains ability to concentrate and remain focused while he tried to disrupt McCain. He repeatedly interrupted him and attempted to talk over him. Obama appeared no less than childish, immature, an inexperienced Harvard brat who as Senator John McCain said "doesn't seem to understand."
 
McCains understanding of foriegn affairs is head and shoulders above Obama. Especially, McCains understanding of Russia and its former Soviet leaders and their menacing ways. Putin recently tried to accuse the Bush administration of orchestrating the Georgia conflict in an attempt to influence the Presidential election. This poorly received propoganda stunt by Putin was no less than a thinly veiled effort on the former KGB chiefs part to affect the US election but it was also a resounding endorsement of Obama. Why? Because, the Russians and more specifically, the former Soviet leadership under the iron fist of Putin does not respect or fear Obama. They are already trying to position them selves again in our hemisphere by cozying up to Chavez and Venezula and offering them weapons in exchange for a Gulf port presence.

 
I won't waste precious blog space or the readers time explaining further. The obvious is, there is one candidate prepared to be President and one who is not. You can't vote "present" as President. You have to be there, shoulders square, steadfast in your beliefs and prepared to act. That candidate is clearly Senator John McCain.  
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Out of Touch Obama

The Obama campaign sinks to new lows everyday. Usually nothing the "Demo-tactless" party does surprises me, but sometimes it does leaving me nauseated by it's ineptitude in the public forum and it's overall lack of common sense.  Now they accuse McCain of being "out of touch" because he supposedly does not know how to use a computer. Even if he doesn't, which I am sure is not entirely true, what possible bearing would that have on whether or not he is "in touch" or not. Also, what possible bearing could that have on his ability to be President. The truth is that the vast majority of Americans are anything but computer literate. How many of you can explain how a hard drive works, what RAM is or where the internet originated? It's a tool that has become so ingrained in our culture that most people are completely ignorant about it's origins, inner workings and technological fundamentals. It's absolutely amazing to me how many people who know very little about computers and those that think they know a lot about computers, are completely "out of touch" with the world! Many of them are not only "out of touch" with the world but many are "out of touch" with human beings, their family and their community. Many are just plain "out of touch" with life as they are busy emailing and texting while driving, walking or operating trains and making themselves a danger to others and themselves. Making matters worse, the average PC is anything but user friendly for someone who has the physical limitations that John McCain has due to injuries sustained fighting for this nation. A nation that is home to the biggest computer giants in the world who were in college while McCain was being totured in Vietnam. Which brings me to point two...
The new add from a saddly misguided organization and fellow who was reportedly a P.O.W. along with McCain, takes issue with McCains temperament and then makes some delusional reference to a "red button" as if there was some mythical device attached to the desk in the oval office that could instantly launch the nations entire nuclear arsenal. This is "out of touch" with reality! How this former service member can spew this with a straight face is anybody's guess. I would much rather have someone who is not afraid to defend this nation and speak his mind then someone like Obama who approves this trash (or maybe he is just voting "present") and says he would sit down and "talk" with radicals and terrorists and try to work it out. Obama can't even remember what his faith  is supposedly, (Stephanopolus interview) and he is worried about McCains cognitive ability?! Meanwhile Obama's minions continue to appear on television news daily defending this tripe and never giving a straight answer on anything.
 
Yes, give me STRAIGHT TALK and TENACITY over the "out of touch" crowd of Obama any day! 
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"O" the American Idol?!

Historic or not, Barak Obama's nomination at the Democratic National Convention will very likely go down as the most hollow victory in the history of American politics. Remember back in 2004 when asked about running on a national ticket Obama responded; "I'm a believer in knowing what your doing when applying for a job."

Obama's lack of experience and knowledge has been questioned as much by his own party members as it has been by his opponents. Even his running mate said that Obama is not ready.

So, why the hysteria over Obama? While our nation is still the greatest nation on earth and the greatest testament to free republics in the history of all mankind, it is a nation searching. A nation searching for the soul of it's inception. A nation searching for what was truly the core of its creation and the embodiment of it's purpose. No matter what your feelings and beliefs are concerning this nations founding, at it's nucleus was a desire to serve and worship freely the God that had created all things and to serve God in all its work, actions and deeds. That is the American Spirit! One of service and gratitude, service to our family, our brothers, our neighbors, our friends and most importantly to God. Worship as you will as long as it is in the spirit of His word and His commands, but don't forsake Him for the things of this world. Don't give into the failings of the human spirit. Pray and endure. It's not about Baptist, Catholic, Methodist, Pentecostal or any other denomination. It is about the truth! The truth of the Word, the Spirit, and of God. Sadly, we have slowly lost sight of these truths in this nation. What we have now is an ever increasing division between us and God. We abandoned Him in our schools where He was once prominent. We have abandoned Him in our communities, afraid to utter His name because someone might be offended by the name of God. We have abandoned Him in civil affairs, fearful to denounce sin and depravity because it does not promote harmony with the pagans in our midst. We have abandoned Him in our families where He was once the center of our family, the father of His children, the hope for every new day and the provider of our every need. We have abandoned Him as a people and as a nation, eager to accept idolatry and serve the masters of covetousness; envy, greed and hate.

It is this division from God that has brought this nation to look at the nomination of Barak Obama as some sort of great advancement in our nation. If we examine it closely, we see through the facade and realize quickly that it's not Obama or anything to do with advancement. It is the acceptance of idolatry in the place of light and truth. It didn't have to be Obama. It could have been Michael Phelps, Bill Gates or Oprah. What people are looking for is someone who makes them feel good. Someone who excites them. Someone who fills a void that they have within themselves. Any in depth look into this "candidate" makes this truth painfully clear. Hillary Clinton probably said it best when she said what Senator Obama has to offer the nation is "a speech he gave in 2004".

As a nation we cannot continue to ask for God's blessing and abandon Him at every turn in our lives. We cannot expect Him to deliver righteous leaders when we ignore Him in the public square and in our private dwellings. We cannot continue to worship the idols of pagans and expect grace. Eventually, the whole will be infected with the cancers of fools and our nation will fall at the mighty hand of God and there will be no prayer that will restore it. Perhaps one of the most famous quotes of Thomas Jefferson is this; "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever." This from the man that manipulators and leftists today try to make you believe meant for God to be removed from all civil and national affairs. How can this be? It is impossible to reconcile the two thoughts. Yet, the lies take on lives of their own and continue to erode the soul of this nation.

Is it hopeless? No, but it is critical. It is critical and essential that we return to God as the source of our strength and the provider of our needs. It is critical that we place Him at the center of lives, our families, our communities and our nation. It is critical that we get upon our knees as a people and as a nation and ask for His continued forgiveness and thank Him for our abundance of blessings. It is critical that we recognize that all that we are and all that we have is His and aside from him we are nothing. It is critical that repentance and revival begin to lay the foundation for the restoration of the soul of this great nation lest we parish from our own iniquity at the hand of Almighty God.

Thank God today for all that you are good or bad, and all that you have little or much and ask him to lead you and this nation in the path of righteousness for His glory, and the truth will shine for it's self.

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Lets all get EXPELLED!

Expelled!

Expelled, by Ben Stein is a must see movie. No matter what side of the debate on the origins of man that you are on, this movie can be a real eye opener. Stein does a masterful job of pointing out the dangers of carrying the belief in a theory to an extreme. He explains how Adolf Hitler, convinced that Darwinian evolution could save humanity, became the most diabolical and evil murderer in the history of mankind. Hitler was determined to slectively breed the "master race" and his manifesto "Mein Kampf" was a doctrine built on his fundamental belief in Darwinian evolution.

There is entirely too much to absorb in just one sitting of this film. In the end we see that the very thing evolutionists fear, "religion", is exactly what they are engaged in. The problem with the atheist / evolutionist faith is that seeks to destroy all other faiths or beliefs in a power and an intelligence greater than ourselves.

Steins final conversation with one of todays leading advocates for the elimination of diety based faith and defacto leader of the Atheist religion ends with this so called intellectual admitting that its possible there just may be a design and a designer to all life here on earth.

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The Writing On the Wall

John McCain accepted the endorsement of Rudy Giulliani tonight in front of the Reagan Library in California. Poor Ron must be spinning in his grave. Here at the educational site of one of the strongest conservatives to ever lead this nation, two of the most liberal, so called conservatives to ever call themselves conservatives, joined forces to drag this country further into a no win election for the American people.

The writing was on the wall as Rudy Giulliani touted "a more inclusive" Republican party that would "span the divide of Red States and Blue States". Then McCain went on to tell the crowd and the media that Rudy is his "right hand man". The not so subtle messages of this over blown display of mutual adulation is a total abandonment of conservative ideology for the personal benefit of two men. Clearly McCain has offered Giulliani a home in any McCain Whitehouse. It's likely this would be the Vice Presidents position or just about anything else Rudy would like. It's also clear that human life issues, illegal immigration and the sanctity of marriage are all negotiable items in this new "all inclusive" campaign of new world conservatives.
I'll never deny that John McCain is an American hero for his service and personal sacrifice to our country. However, if your going to ask me to believe that someone who strikes deals with Ted Kennedy over judicial nominees and has sought to limit the free speech of Christians is a conservative, then I would have to say your mad, simply mad.

How much worse can it get? Well, if your a true conservative, the answer is much. If your content with this watered down anything goes political philosophy or if your one of many fools who say; "I don't mix my Church and my politics" then you won't mind giving up our nation to secularists with secular world views that will bring about persecution and suffering for God fearing people of faith who just wanted to raise their children in an America that many of us still remember. "A Better America", as Mike Huckabee has said. An America where human life is valued, God is feared and worshipped, an America where men served their God and their families, wives served their husbands, and children once honored them both and an American where we once knew and trusted our neighbors.

There was a time when we thought these things were worth protecting and defending. I still think they are...What about you?
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A GRAVE ERROR IN FAITH

I have just read perhaps one of the most disappointing emails of my life. The email entitled “Pro-family leaders endorse Mitt Romney for Florida Presidential Preference primary”. No, perhaps ‘disappointing’ is too soft… anguished might be a better word.

Anguished that “pro-family, Christian brothers and sisters” that I and many other Floridians have looked to for inspiration and leadership could so carelessly, and so easily let down their State, their brothers and sisters in faith and their own causes over one poll of 754 likely voters. Not only have they let all of these constituencies down, not only have they forsaken their own convictions at the wisp of a breeze from an often faulty and significantly flawed statistical tool but, they may have burned a bridge to their own goals that will be near impossible to rebuild. It would have been better to abstain.

Making matters worse is the fact that some of the facts they cited were incorrect as well. Mitt Romney is clearly the most conservative candidate among the top three competitive candidates (Giuliani, McCain, Romney) appearing on the Florida Presidential Preference ballot in Florida.” This statement is absurd and incorrect from the word “Mitt”. Though Romney is leading in delegates coming into Florida, Mike Huckabee is in second right behind him. Guiliani has been out of the race since Iowa, and the top three are Romney, Huckabee and McCain coming into Florida next Tuesday. Mitt Romney a conservative?!?! This guy has flip flopped on more issues (some of them very important to these endorsers) than Bill Clinton has had girl friends! Mitt Romney speaks with a forked tongue and will do so as President if he is elected. Anyone that has not seen through this campaign by now has either been sleeping or simply allows the media to dictate their moods.
 

Oh, this saddens me. While I am so anguished over this display of weakness and submission to world views and noise, by these prominent pro-family leaders, I must confess my own weaknesses. I liked Huckabee from the very beginning and I should have got behind him right away. However, the negative stories on Huckabee started almost immediately and since I was not that familiar with him yet I thought… well, maybe I should investigate further, maybe I should take a closer look. Now, it seems I may have waited too long. While, I have been strongly supporting Huckabee recently and still do, I fear it may be too little, too late.  


I am encouraged though by the number of people I have talked to all over
Florida who have said they are either going to vote for Huckabee or they already have voted for him. Mike Huckabee will come in second here Florida. There has always been a quiet groundswell of support for him here. Yet, Huckabee could have easily won Florida with some backing from these same “leaders” if they were not so easily led astray. All I can do now though is pray for Dennis Baxley, David Caton, Carole Griffin and Anthony Verdugo that this ‘error in faith’ won’t cost them more than just disappointment and frustration from their supporters. All I can do is pray that the causes they have nurtured won’t die on the vine from weeds and disease.

 

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Rudy, Go Home!

Rudy Guliani is staking his hopes for the Presidency on the State of Florida. We have heard this over and over again. Well Rudy, go home!

Floridians are a funny bunch but they are not stupid. Rudy (anything but a conservative) Guliani is not going to make it here in Florida. This will likely be another last place run for Rudy who should try and save some face and pull out of the race before Florida's primary.

Although, you never know...when I attended the Pinellas County Republican Executive Committee meeting back in September of '07 they were eagerly rallying around Guliani. After the meeting was over I casually asked the Committee Chairman if anyone had considered Huckabee. He scoffed at me and condescendingly added "he doesn't stand a chance." Ooops! I guess someone forgot to tell Huckabee because now he is the front runner coming into Florida. Well, this isn't the first time I found the Pinellas Republicans to be sadly out of touch. The Democrats in Pinellas have had most of their candidates locally and nationally getting great exposure on their website since last June. To this date the Pinellas Republicans don't even have a working website. I think this says as much about their leadership as it does their wisdom in making candidate choices. Even the Republican Club of Greater Largo ( a much smaller Republican club) is better run than the Pinellas County Club. At least they have a working website.

No matter what happens on 29 January in Florida the Republican candidates can count on very little help from Republicans in the 4th largest county in the State. The other thing they can count on is Rudy will go home.
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