Fred on Fire

Some snippets from a Human Events article.

• Fred On Fire in South Carolina
• by Martha Zoller
• Posted: 01/15/2008
• Wendell Goler: Gentlemen, if we can, let's move on.
  
  In his second inaugural, President Bush made clear that this country would no longer trade civility for democracy, yet relations with Pakistan seem to test that.
  
  Senator Thompson, would your administration continue to back Pakistani President Musharraf despite polls that show two-thirds of the Pakistani people want him to resign immediately?|

• Sen. Fred Thompson: Oh, my goodness, go against the poll?
• --Fox News Republican Presidential Debate, January 11, 2008
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• In a debate format that usually sets the stage for Gov. Mike Huckabee to deliver the biggest laugh line, Fred Thompson was funny and feisty and edgy last Friday. But his answer was honest, and honestly funny.

• In every Republican debate the candidates have been vying for the mantle of Ronald Reagan comes up and South Carolina was no different. It’s funny; you never hear the Democrats asked how they will carry on the mantle of FDR, JFK, LBJ, “Jummy,” or “Slick Willie.” In this debate, the panel was asked about Ed Rollins statement that the Reagan coalition was dead. Fred Thompson hit the nail on the head on Reagan and on the concerns that conservatives have about front-runner, Mike Huckabee when he said:
• “You asked a minute or a minute-and-a-half question of these gentlemen on the Reagan revolution. Could I address that? It's an important issue, because I think it demonstrates what we're about here today. I think that Governor Huckabee's campaign manager said it accurately in terms of what they believe. They believe that it is over. This is a battle for the heart and soul of the Republican Party and its future. On the one hand, you have the Reagan revolution. You have the Reagan coalition of limited government and strong national security. On the other hand, you have the direction that Governor Huckabee would take us in. He would be a Christian leader, but he would also bring about liberal economic policies, liberal foreign policies. He believes we have an arrogant foreign policy and the tradition of, blame America first. He believes that Guantanamo should be closed down and those enemy combatants brought here to the United States to find their way into the court system eventually. He believes in taxpayer-funded programs for illegals, as he did in Arkansas. He has the endorsement of the National Education Association, and the NEA said it was because of his opposition to vouchers. He said he would sign a bill that would ban smoking nationwide. So much for federalism. So much for states' rights. So much for individual rights. That's not the model of the Reagan coalition, that's the model of the Democratic Party.”

• That is Fred Thompson’s message to every Republican primary voter. The Reagan Coalition is not dead, but it is in need of a new leader. The voters are jaded by a Republican Congress who squandered the majority and by an Evangelical President they thought was a Reagan conservative. They are discouraged but they might find what they are looking for in Fred Thompson. [more here]
  

Oh No--Here we go!

In a CNN News article titled Romney to Huckabee: You're no Reagan Mitt Romney disses on Mike Huckabee. Let's take a looksee.

• WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney blasted a rising challenger in the Iowa caucuses Monday, painting former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as a tax-raising, illegal immigrant-coddling liberal and defending his own commitment to conservative causes.
• Romney has long been the frontrunner in Republican polls in Iowa, but surveys in the past two weeks indicate that Huckabee has closed the gap with the former Massachusetts governor.
• With just six weeks before the first contest of the 2008 presidential race, both men have draped themselves in the mantle of former President Ronald Reagan.

• "Ronald Reagan would have never said let's give tuition breaks to illegals like Mike Huckabee did.

Mike Huckabee never gave tuition breaks to illegals. They were children of illegals. These kids had to go through the same requirements as any native Arkansas kids. I was in on a blogger call Monday afternoon. I will post on that later. One question that was asked, by Give Hope Another Chance, was about this very issue. Mike Huckabee emphatically stated that all the kids had to be attending Arkansas schools for four years of high school. They needed to have mantained a 3.2 average during that time. They also had to be drug and alcohol free. They had to have applied for citizenship, if they had not already done that. There was no limit on how many kids could be given scholarships, thus no one was taking scholarships from anyone. Mike Huckabee would rather these kids have grown up to be taxpayers, not taxtakers.

• Sunday, Huckabee pointed out that Romney's opposition to abortion, gun control and gay marriage were fairly recent -- and said those changing views were a major reason why the polls have tightened in the Hawkeye State.
• "When he was pro-abortion, I was still pro-life and always have been," Huckabee told CNN. "When he was for gun control, I was against it. When he was against the Bush tax cuts, I was for them. When he was against Ronald Reagan's legacy and said he wasn't part of that Bush-Reagan thing, I was a part of that Bush-Reagan thing."

• Romney shot back Monday that Reagan, a conservative icon, did not oppose abortion until after he was governor of California in the 1960s. Romney has said his study of policies involving embryonic stem cell research prompted him to reverse his earlier support for abortion rights while running for governor of Massachusetts.

Let's look at a few things here. "Did not oppose abortion until after he was governor of California in the 1960s," it had nothing to do with him changing his views because he was planning on running for president. Why? Back then there wasn't so much abortion belief tied to political affiliation like it is now. Somehow pro-life is now a prerequisite to being a Republican and pro-choice is a prerequisite to being a Democrat. Back then it wasn't quite a political issue.
While both embryonic stem cell research and abortion are immoral, I just don't believe the two things can be tied together in a way that that would be a reason for someone changing views on abortion.

Read the full article here.

I'll tell ya what. This is what I am sick of in politics. Look at what bad thing that guy did. No look at what that guy did. No, no, look at what he did. I think it is one thing for those in the blogosphere to talk about another candidates missteps and misdeeds. But then when a candidate himself or his campaign does it, it's another.

Dwight Eisenhower, Republican Civil Rights Hero

I would just like to let my readers know that yesterday was Dwight David Eisenhower's (A.K.A. Ike) birthday. He was born on October 14, 1890. I found this post over at Grand Old Partisan.

• Dwight Eisenhower, Republican civil rights hero
  Grand Old Partisan salutes Dwight Eisenhower, born this day in Denison TX in 1890. The title of his autobiography, Crusade in Europe, summed up nicely the actions of the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe. Interestingly, he got the job after the general who had been slated for it, Frank Andrews (for whom Andrews Air Force Base is named), died in an air crash in Iceland.
  Though Democrat leaders offered him their party's presidential nomination in 1952, Eisenhower declared himself a Republican and contested for the GOP nomination. Resigning from the army in order to run was, he said, one of the most difficult things he ever did. He accepted Richard Nixon as his running mate in order to reach out to the Republican establishment.
  The Republican Party does not give enough credit to President Eisenhower for his civil rights achievements. He appointed Herbert Brownwell, who would write the 1957 Civil Rights Act, to be Attorney General. He appointed fellow Republican Earl Warren, who would write the Brown v. Board of Education decision, to be Chief Justice. The day after that decision, he ordered public schools in Washington, DC desegregated immediately, not waiting for judges to make "all deliberate speed." He sent troops to Little Rock to force the Democrat governor to obey a federal court order to integrate the public schools. He appointed to the federal bench southern Republicans such as Frank Johnson and Elbert Tuttle, who would be civil rights champions.
  Dwight Eisenhower's last word were "I'm ready to go. God take me."

Yes, kiddos, there was a Republican President before Ronald Reagan was President. Actually, there were quite a few. And many of them did quite good for this country. I really encourage my readers learn about Republicans like Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower. Also check out Grand Old Partisan, make it part of your everyday read or at least every other day, if you are interested in how the true story of how the Republican Party has been involved in Civil Rights.

God Bless from the Upper Peninsula in Michigan!

Conservative Movement

Here is a transcript from the Glenn Beck Radio Show, today. He is talking with a caller about how the Republican Party has changed within the past 25 years. They are talking about how there is no strong conservatives like Ronald Reagan anymore. Glenn is making a point that the two party system is more about elections than the people.
Ronald Reagan was a man who was interested in the people, who happened to be a Republican. Does that sound like someone I have been talking about for the past couple months? Who could that be? A few hints; He's from Hope, Arkansas, former governor of Arkansas... No not him. I'm talking about Mike Huckabee.

• GLENN: Here's why. Because you had a party leadership. You had a leader in Ronald Reagan step to the plate and say, enough of this bullcrap. Here's what we are. And when you find that leader -- and maybe it's Fred Thompson, maybe it's Giuliani. I don't think it is. You know, maybe it's Mitt Romney. I don't think it is. But when you find that leader, I'll make sure that I point that leader out. But you know what?

He's mentioning that these guys aren't the leader that we need. Why won't he look at Mike Huckabee? Usually the phrase "elephant in the room" is negative. This time it is positive. Mike Huckabee is the (postitive) elephant in the room. Yet everyone manages to look past him. Even if he is standing in front of the TV and people see Fred and go "oooh!" All the people who say, "where's the conservative?" can't look at the (positive) elephant in the room. Sorry, Mike. I don't mean to call you an elephant in a bad way. How about a svelte elephant? As if Mike Huckabee has time to read this. Now who has a bigger ego than Mitt Romney?

• CALLER: The only reason we got that leader was because of years of very hard work at the local level taking the party back by the conservatives. I mean thousands and thousands of activists are getting involved in the Republican party preparing the groundwork and the votes to get Reagan nominated.

What this caller said is exactly what we, the Huckabee supporters need to do. Let's take the Party back!

Click on the link above to read the whole conversation.

God Bless from the Upper Peninsula in Michigan!

Holy !#@!@#!!

I was in the middle of customizing my blog and I am watching FOX News. President George Bush is Prague Czech Republic. For quite a long while now there has been talk about missile defense shields in Czech Republic and Poland. Now the Russians are saying that if the US puts missile shields on Czech Republic or Poland they will point missiles at Europe. At this moment the President is speaking.
President Bush is currently talking about East/Central Europe and Germany overcoming the communist regimes. "In the end it was the people...." He is explaining how Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul helped the people seeking freedom. Speaking of extremism, he says freedom will prevail. "Human freedom is the only way to preserve human rights." He is encouraging people to join those fighting for freedom and allow for the defense shields.

Comparing Fred Thompson with Mike Huckabee

Who looks more trustworthy to you?

So, I guess Fred Thompson is planning on running. In this article in FOX news online it says he is setting up a "Friends of Fred Thompson" committee and will make an official announcement in July. I keep hearing all over in the media how the dissatisfied Christian conservatives have been waiting for Christian conservative to enter the race and overtake Rudy McRomney. Umm, I don't know what rock these people have been living under, but there has been a conservative Christian in the race since about mid-Feb. His name is Mike Huckabee.
Some people are comparing him to Ronald Reagan. The only comparison I can find is that both have been actors. I don't know too much about Fred Thompson. I know he is a Washington insider and has been a lobbyist. Call me crazy, but he just reminds me of the stereotype that Democrats make of the fat-cat-white-middle-age Republican. Every time I see him on TV and speak he just seems like a smug country-clubber. I just don't trust him.

Mike Huckabee is likable and has conservative/Christian values. I trust him. He is pro-life, pro-marriage, he supports Fair Tax and supports Net neutrality.