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Ned Ryun:
A former presidential writer for George W. Bush and son of former
U.S. Congressman Jim Ryun, Ned Ryun is currently the head of American
Majority (www.americanmajority.org), a national organization committed to identifying and
training liberty‐minded leaders. Ned was the co‐founder and former director of the Generation Joshua
program. Ned earned degrees in English and History from the University of Kansas and has co‐authored
Heroes Among Us and The Courage to Run with his father and
his twin brother, Drew. Ned and his wife, Becca, reside in Northern
Virginia with their sons, Nathaniel and James. The views expressed on this blog are solely those held by Ned Ryun and do not necessarily represent the views of his current or previous employers.
I’m not an Elitist and I don’t Like Huckabee
I find it humorous that the big argument from the Huckanuts is that if you don’t like the Huckster, you’re an elitist. Well, I’m not an elitist. I’m an evangelical who’s been involved in politics for awhile and I think he’s a disaster. I told some of my co-workers the other day that I was going to do a little candidate taste test for social conservatives and evangelicals on my blog when I had a chance, so here it is. The first first sample, and only sample for this blog, is Sample A Candidate. Sample A Candidate has stated that he holds to these views, and would you vote for Candidate A if you knew this about him:
1. Doesn’t have a problem with the 2003 Lawrence v. Texas decision which, and I paraphrase, said homosexuality was a contitutional right. Candidate A said that the majority opinion “probably was appropriate.” I don’t think the decision is appropriate, and I didn’t think so back then, and I still don’t think so. On what level was it ever appropriate?
2. Candidate A believes has a very long record of raising taxes and increasing the size and scope of government. Again, can I point out that by increasing the size and scope of government, one will eventually encroach upon personal and religious freedom?
3. Candidate A opposes school choice (homeschoolers, wake up); why else do you think the NH NEA endorsed him? They endorsed him because he likes, LIKES, growing government and doesn’t really believe in school choice. Homeschoolers volunteering for Huckabee are being lead astray by their leaders.
4. Candidate A embraced the liberal wing of the Southern Baptist Convention. I’d love to look into this issue more. Not being a Southern Baptist, I have limited knowledge of what took place in this struggle, but I wish someone would look into this. What were the views of the liberal wing of the Southern Baptist Convention, and why was Candidate A aligned with them?
5. Candidate A’s candidacy is described as a wholesale repudiation of Reaganism and as one of nanny-statism.
I could go on, but of course the candidate is Mike Huckabee. When I saw his “floating cross” ad, and other materials coming out of the Huckabeee campaign, I thought, “He’s playing the evangelical bumpkin card.” He assumes, and sadly enough, rightfully so, that if you say Jesus, Christ, God, show the cross, and on every occasion use terms of faith, then you can win the evangelical vote. But go back to where he actually stands, not what he’s saying. If evangelicals insist on ignoring the other issues, like the fact that he’s a foreign policy light weight, he welcomes and appreciates increasing taxes and government, etc., and want to focus on the social issues, then ask does he still think the same way about Lawrence v. Texas and why does the NH NEA feel so strongly about him? So far, the Huckster’s manipulation of the evengelicals in Iowa is working. As Ann Coulter rather bitingly said, Huckabee’s followers are easily led.
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