Mike Huckabee tells us the following about his victory in Kansas: "I didn't major in math," the former Arkansas governor told a cheering crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference. "I majored in miracles, and I still believe in them." There was a time when Southern Baptists weren't permitted (by group pressure at least) to …
John McCain: My Father’s Conservative
Back in the 1980's, when the Reagan Revolution was in full swing, my father and I got into an exchange over some conservative views that I had set forth. At one point he scolded me, "You just have never really understood where and how conservatives of my generation think," of which he was certainly one. …
So What Are We Supposed To Do, Dr. Dobson?
Evidently James Dobson isn't any happier with John McCain than he is with anyone else: As they would ask in Russia, what is to be done? What this shows, unfortunately, is that a wide swath of Evangelical leaders in the U.S. doesn't have a viable game plan for Evangelicals relative to the state. Say what …
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Mike Huckabee and Chuck Norris Visit Chattanooga
The Mike Huckabee campaign made its next to last stop this morning in Chattanooga, Tennessee, before returning to Little Rock for Super Tuesday. Mike Huckabee's speech--along with a brief contribution by Chuck Norris--can be found here, and is the special podcast today. It's a little over thirty minutes. The stage is set for the candidate's …
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No Matter Where Mike Huckabee Turns…
Mike Huckabee's website informs us of the following: The former governor and his wife, Janet, live in North Little Rock. North Little Rock's main mall is none other than the...McCain Mall! And you can bet that both he and Janet have spent a good deal of time there. Neither he nor the Republican Party can …
That’s One Way to Achieve Change, and More Boomer Provincialism
"A Thinking Democrate" states the obvious in her reply to the story on the last Clinton-Obama debate: When Hillary was asked how did she represent change in this election, her answer was that she is a woman. Come one....give me a break. If thats all we needed in this country for change we could elect …
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Ann Coulter’s Dangerous Gamble
Honestly, I thought that American conservatism had taken leave of its senses when Ann Coulter blurted out that she would vote for Hillary Clinton over John McCain. The truth is, she and other conservatives are working under grievously false assumptions: She assumes that Hillary would direct the force of anti-terrorism against Islamicist groups. But liberals …
Illegal Immigrants Might Get Tax Rebates
I'm sure that many conservatives--to say nothing of Lou Dobbs--will go postal over the idea that illegal immigrants would get tax rebates, as is proposed (unintentionally?) in the House package. In their bipartisan zeal to quickly cut a deal on an economic stimulus bill, GOP lawmakers overlooked something that will certainly inflame the conservative base--illegal immigrants could …
George Bush: Not The Evangelical We Thought
A couple of weeks ago, I opined the following: ...the whole Evangelical game plan for life is well suited to get people off of the very bottom of society and equally ill-suited to get them to the very top. People who posit George W. Bush as an example of the contrary forget that a) he …
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Obama in Danger? Only News to Some
Mark Finkelstein wonders the following: I'm measuring my words carefully. Harry Smith has raised the possibility that Barack Obama's life could be in danger... When you tell a man with Ted Kennedy's family history that "you well know" about politicians becoming "targets," the implication is unmistakable. This time, Kennedy [to his credit I would say] …
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