MishpishChristian right in America can't find anyone christian enough to run for President
February 27th 2007 10:40
According to the New York Times, a group of 'influential' christian conservatives had a bit of a convention earlier this year in Florida on an island to try and find their candidate for the US presidential election. Fortunately, there aren't any politicians left (other than Bush) that are christian enough to carry their banner.
"Many of the conservatives who attended the event, held at the beginning of the month at the Ritz-Carlton on Amelia Island, Fla., said they were dismayed at the absence of a champion to carry their banner in the next election.
Republican candidates so far rejected:
1. Senator John McCain: he once denounced the christian right as "agaents of intolerance" (go John!). They haven't forgiven him.
2. Former Mayor Rudolf W Guiluiani of New York (Remember 9/11?). He has liberal views on abortion and gay rights and has been married three times. Shock Horror.
3. Gov Mitt Romney of Massachusetts. "members have used the council as a conduit to distribute a dossier prepared by a Massachusetts conservative group about liberal elements of his record on abortion, stem cell research and gay rights. (Mr. Romney has worked to convince conservatives that his views have changed.)"
Doesn't it sound like a big conspiracy theory????
Romney meanwhile is desperately pitching himself as the most conservative of the Republican candidates, even going so far as saying McCain is 'disingenuous' on gay marriage.
"And some members of the council have raised doubts about lesser known candidates — Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas and Representative Duncan Hunter of California, who were invited to Amelia Island to address an elite audience of about 60 of its members, and Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas, who spoke to the full council at its previous meeting, in October in Grand Rapids, Mich.
"Although each of the three had supporters, many conservatives expressed concerns about whether any of the candidates could unify their movement or raise enough money to overtake the front-runners, several participants in the meetings said.
“There is great anxiety,” said Paul Weyrich, chairman of the Free Congress Foundation. “There is no outstanding conservative, and they are all looking for that.”
Their first mistake is looking at ANYBODY north of the Mason-Dixon line. Northerners are never gonna understand the confereracy. They ain't 'good ole boys!'
My thought: It's going to be a VERY LONG presidential campaign. I'm glad I'm living in Australia. The main reason I moved out here (from Boston many years ago) was because I was a journalism student back in 1992. The only thing we covered in news writing classes was the 1992 election. I decided to do study abroad in Sydney to escape the news. yet here I am, 15 years later, writing about it! Once again irony snaps at my heels!
Source: The NY Times 24 February
Would he have made the cut?
Republican candidates so far rejected:
1. Senator John McCain: he once denounced the christian right as "agaents of intolerance" (go John!). They haven't forgiven him.
2. Former Mayor Rudolf W Guiluiani of New York (Remember 9/11?). He has liberal views on abortion and gay rights and has been married three times. Shock Horror.
3. Gov Mitt Romney of Massachusetts. "members have used the council as a conduit to distribute a dossier prepared by a Massachusetts conservative group about liberal elements of his record on abortion, stem cell research and gay rights. (Mr. Romney has worked to convince conservatives that his views have changed.)"
Doesn't it sound like a big conspiracy theory????
Romney meanwhile is desperately pitching himself as the most conservative of the Republican candidates, even going so far as saying McCain is 'disingenuous' on gay marriage.
"And some members of the council have raised doubts about lesser known candidates — Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas and Representative Duncan Hunter of California, who were invited to Amelia Island to address an elite audience of about 60 of its members, and Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas, who spoke to the full council at its previous meeting, in October in Grand Rapids, Mich.
"Although each of the three had supporters, many conservatives expressed concerns about whether any of the candidates could unify their movement or raise enough money to overtake the front-runners, several participants in the meetings said.
“There is great anxiety,” said Paul Weyrich, chairman of the Free Congress Foundation. “There is no outstanding conservative, and they are all looking for that.”
Their first mistake is looking at ANYBODY north of the Mason-Dixon line. Northerners are never gonna understand the confereracy. They ain't 'good ole boys!'
My thought: It's going to be a VERY LONG presidential campaign. I'm glad I'm living in Australia. The main reason I moved out here (from Boston many years ago) was because I was a journalism student back in 1992. The only thing we covered in news writing classes was the 1992 election. I decided to do study abroad in Sydney to escape the news. yet here I am, 15 years later, writing about it! Once again irony snaps at my heels!
Source: The NY Times 24 February
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