When Hillary and Obama Win the White House You Can Thank Pro-Family Leaders for Not Being Leaders
Posted: 02/05/2008
When Hillary and Obama Win the White House You Can Thank Pro-Family Leaders for Not Being Leaders
By Brannon S. Howse
'”Huckabee could guarantee McCain the nomination”' said Gary Bauer.
According to Bauer, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee's decision to stay in the GOP race threatens to derail former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's White House bid. "... I think for a lot of Huckabee voters, they're going to have to do some soul-searching about whether or not they want to stick with their man," says Bauer, "and by doing that [they] guarantee the nomination of McCain."
Hey Gary, if you had encouraged Romney to get out of the race and had you done some soul searching and backed a 100% pro-life, pro-family candidate instead of a flip-flopping Romney, we would have seen Governor Huckabee do even better than he did on Super Tuesday.
Note to self “In the future ignore whatever Gary Bauer says.”
The bottom line is the pro-family voters showed more leadership, commitment and sense then some of our pro-family leaders.
Look at the incredible results, Huckabee achieved on Super Tuesday with little money and without the support from pro-family leaders such as James Dobson, Gary Bauer, Jay Sekulow , Tony Perkins and Pat Robertson.
Imagine what Governor Huckabee could have done if Gary Bauer, Jay Sekulow and Tony Perkins where not in the camp, by word or deed, of Johnny-Come-Lately-“pro-family”-Romney.What if Pat Robertson had not been fawning all over pro-abortion, same-sex marriage, anti-Second Amendment Mayor Giuliani?
Imagine if Dr. Dobson would have spent less time telling us who he could not vote for and instead told us why he could support Governor Huckabee with his 100% pro-life, pro-family track record.
Dr. Dobson has clearly revealed that he is tired and did not have the “want to” when it came to this presidential fight. Funny, how Dr. Dobson said this of Fred Thompson just a few months ago.
Every Presidential election is the most important in today’s world and Dr. Dobson refused to jump in with both feet and back Governor Huckabee. First Dr. Dobson told us he could not support Fred Thompson, then he said he could not support Giuliani, and I agreed with him on Giuliani. Then Dr. Dobson told us he could not support McCain. Really? Well, there is a news flash. However, by not supporting Huckabee and by putting out a statement on Super Tuesday that he could not support McCain many felt he was sending the message that he was comfortable with Romney.
The bottom line is, Dr. Dobson, Sekalow, Perkins, Bauer and Robertson should have come out early on and supported the pro-life, pro-family candidacy of Governor Huckabee. After Fred Thompson dropped out, Huckabee was the only 100% pro-life, pro-family candidate.
Thanks to a lack of leadership, we now have John McCain picking up speed to the nomination. If McCain is the nominee, true conservatives may vote but I believe hundreds of thousands will not. In a race of McCain against Hillary/Obama, I think the later wins. And who can you thank? In my humble opinion the pro-family, pro-life leaders that were neither leading nor thinking about the main thing being the main thing: A candidate with a 100% pro-life, pro-family record.
Has Romney money or Mormon money gone to any pro-family organizations over the past two years and thus compromised the discernment of some?
The bottom line is; we need new pro-family, pro-life leaders. I do want to thank Bauer, Sekulow, Perkins, Dobson and Robertson for their service to our country and the pro-family, pro-life movement. You have accomplished many good things and I thank you. However, your time has now passed and you have failed a huge test and thus I must no longer follow your lead or trust your instincts. If others can still follow you then I believe they may do so at the peril of our cause.
From now on I will take your advice, counsel, and opinion with a grain of salt because your incompetent leadership and lack of discernment during the presidential race of 2008.Your decisions seem to have largely been based upon pragmatism; which is really just another way of saying the end justifies the means.
From now on I will be looking to a group of pro-life, pro-family leaders that kept the main thing the main thing and backed Governor Huckabee. Thank you Janet Folger, Dick Bott, Don Wildmon, Tim Wildmon, Sany Rios, Kelly Shackelford, Star Parker, Phil Burress, Mat Staver, Tim and Beverly LaHaye, David Barton, Gary Glenn, Jerry Falwell Jr. and others.
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I agree with 99% of what you said. It is sad that so many Pro-Life/Pro-Family leaders remained silent. Even more disturbing yet is why so many were influenced by money and power. I do love Dr. Dobson, however, he was very late in his support of Huckabee. Click here to reply to this post
What?? Not vote? Why?
Posted On: 02/13/08 01:24:20 PM
Age 42, AR
Help me understand something here. Why, if McCain is the nominee would you not vote? Isn't not voting for McCain just about the same as voting for Clinton/Obama? Please explain this logic. Click here to reply to this post
Oh Please
Posted On: 02/11/08 01:17:41 AM
Age 25, CA
Give me a break. It seems pretty unintelligent to say that, because one person does not openly support a specific candidate as much as you would like, an opponent will therefore win. Really. Click here to reply to this post
Go Straight to the Source
Posted On: 02/08/08 10:37:19 AM
Age 57, TX
I tried posting a comment earlier that may have been too long, but I noticed there are quite a few misconceptions posted about both the Fair Tax and Governor Huckabee's positions on taxes, immigration, foreign policy, etc. Let me direct you to www.fairtax.org and www.mikehuckabee.com to get the real story. Don't rely solely on what the mainstream media tells you (or doesn't tell you). Click here to reply to this post
Previous post.
Posted On: 02/10/08 01:50:02 PM
Age 56, NE
I posted a response to another post and didn't get it on here. I now see that the post I was responding to is gone as well. I assume it was because we disagreed with Brannon. I've never had this happen before. Click here to reply to this post
Misconceptions About Huckabee
Posted On: 02/08/08 10:23:19 AM
Age 57, TX
As I read over the comments to date, I noticed some serious misconceptions about Governor Huckabee's record and his positions on the issues:
The Fair Tax: Someone wrote "With state tax added you'd have a 40-50% tax rate." You're missing the point that income (wages, capital gains, etc.) would NOT be taxed, only the sales of new goods. In other words, you'd get your WHOLE paycheck (i.e. no withholdings). And because there would be no corporate tax, corporations wouldn't pass that expense on to consumers, so prices would actually go down. Also, because the Fair Tax taxes consumption, the underground economy would be taxed. Finally, everyone would get a monthly prebate check from the federal government, so people on a fixed income wouldn't be hurt. For more details, go to www.fairtax.org.
Tax Increases: Whereas Huckabee did increase taxes, he also cut taxes a total of 94 times, to include the first across-the-board tax cut in Arkansas in 160 years. He was also the first governor to institute the "Tax Me More Fund" - a tongue-in-cheek, put-up-or-shut-up object lesson, allowing anyone who thought taxes should be higher to voluntarily pay into this fund. Almost no one did.
Illegal Immigration: Governor Huckabee received the endorsement of Jim Gilchrist (the co-founder of the Minutemen) and Duncan Hunter (the California congressman and former presidential candidate who built the border fence in San Diego). He also signed a campaign pledge authored by Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) calling for border security, workplace verification and no amnesty.
Foreign Policy: Governor Huckabee is firmly behind winning the War on Terror. During a major foriegn policy speech to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) last fall, he pointed out the centrality of Pakistan in this conflict long before the Bhutto assassination put that Islamic country on everyone else's radar screen.
If any of these positions surprise you, then you need stop relying so much on the mainstream media's talking points and to go directly to www.huckabee.com to get the whole story. Click here to reply to this post
Presidency is a civil office, not a church office
Posted On: 02/08/08 07:34:18 AM
Age 59, TX
This election is difficult for all evangelicals. We are not voting for a Pastor in Chief. What we need to be concerned about is which candidate will be most likely to further the issues we care about as Christians? In this decadent society, I can foresee the (sad) day when no candidate will be Christian at all. What will we do then, crawl in a hole? We do live in a fallen world, you know. The U.S. Presidency is not a church position. It is a civil position. We need to be thinking ahead. Whoever is elected will appoint Supreme Court judges. They can be persuaded to support issues we care about. But additionally, we have to be concerned about where they will take our country. Will they be strong on defense, so that we even survive militarily? Will they have sound fiscal policies? All these things matter too. Again, we are not voting for Baptist Deacon in Chief. Click here to reply to this post
The BEST Choice
Posted On: 02/07/08 09:00:00 PM
Age 28, IL
I have two words...Alan Keyes.
He is the only true conservative across the board...from pro-life, pro-family, pro-Fair Tax, pro-Border Security (not amnesty like Huckabee). If there's an issue...Keyes has the right position. Click here to reply to this post
Huckabee
Posted On: 02/07/08 05:04:26 PM
Age 46, MN
While I am happy that Huckabee's pro-life his fair tax plan would be a disaster. With state tax added you'd have a 40-50% tax rate.
Wouldn't that be great? While life is the most important issue, (and Huckabee is pro-life) there are other issues to consider and paying that tax rate is not okay Click here to reply to this post
Romney Bows Out; Hopefully Huckabee Gains
Posted On: 02/07/08 01:00:25 PM
Age 58, OR
With Mitt Romney dropping out of the Presidential Race, I think there are strong hopes of Huckabee getting a good share of the Republican vote now. He's been my candidate of choice all along, so I'm thrilled that he is going to be getting more of the media focus now that the campaign is basically down to Huckabee and McCain now. He's solidly pro-life, pro-family, and a good person. He has my vote both for the primary and for the general election. Click here to reply to this post
Pro Family Leaders
Posted On: 02/07/08 11:40:31 AM
Age 46, ME
While I agree with you on most of your writings Brannon, I do not fully this time.
Huckabee is "mostly" a strong family supporter from what I can gather. He is pro-life beyond a shadow of a doubt, and pro-many very important things.
However, he is fiscally LIBERAL in many areas, and that causes trouble as we can see with the current administration.
The biggest issue for me is that like Bush, he's pro-BIG GOVT. education. This might be the biggest waste of taxpayer money that we've ever known. Huckabee wanted/wants to establish old style trade schools, which in and of itself isn't a bad idea. The problem is that we don't make anything anymore. Unless we restart our manufacturing base, this is worthless and a waste of taxpayer money.
He's also very much into the entitlement mentality. I agree that people should take care of the downtrodden, elderly and widows as the bible states, but the bible doesn't state that govt. should do this. WE as Christians are supposed to do this ourselves.
You could actually vote for someone who doesn't go this way. No, it's not Ron Paul either. It's the Constitution Party. Yeah... I know... what is that? Well, check them out.
http://constitutionparty.com/news.php?aid=708
They may not win, but you CAN vote your conscience! Click here to reply to this post
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