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  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 11/30/2007 12:42:06 AM

    Comment: To ALL REPUBLICANS: Who from the Republican party would you support for President and why? I mean any Republican that you think can confront the issues we face day? What evidence do you have that they can handle the job?
    Comment: With all the people without health care and the Iraq War can you really say this country is better off 8 years later? Did you loose a son or daughter in Iraq.?This election is no joke. It is no time to dress like a women and change wives. We need someone who keeps their word and respects America. Remember the next President is representing all of us not just some. Gulliani is good for New York for New Yorkers. Look at Hillary she is from Illinios but proved she can make it in Arkansas and in New York. Gulliani is still unproven, he is local not national. Huckabee represents a faction of the Rebpublican party that feels alienated by the candidates; they do not feel like Romney and Gulliani are even remotely conservative; if you look at their records and comments over the years you will find they are not convservatives they just want to win the Rebpublican nomination. Someone from the department of Homeland Securtiy should run for the Republican nomination someone who can prove they can unite organizations for the common good. If Gulliani had worked for the Department of Homeland securtiy and demonstrated that he could manage the delicate relationship with the CIA, FBi and local organizations to combat terrorism I might take a second look he is just unproven. He was not in control of 9/11 the terrorist were. He didn't even see it coming. He laughed at the fact that terrorist would hit the trade centers with planes. Gulliani has not proven himself nationally. He is trying to skip a step.

  • Posted By: Nan02 @ 11/29/2007 12:10:38 PM

    Huckabee has my vote!

    • Posted By: ymccann @ 11/29/2007 10:13:46 PM

      I agree with you. Huckabee has my vote, too. He was fabulous debating yesterday. I really like him. Let's donate some money to his campaign if you can afford it.

    • Posted By: whiteladyblue @ 11/29/2007 1:33:29 PM

      Enter Your CommentHe has my vote too anyone is Better the another Clinton in the White House

      • Posted By: origen01 @ 11/29/2007 2:02:17 PM

        Huckabee is a Clinton clone. Notice the similiar policy positions and campaign methods. Huckabee was Bill Clinton's first choice as to who he thinks is a strong GOP candidate.

        I mean, I like Clinton but I think you should reconsider your statement.

        • Posted By: peanutman2006 @ 11/29/2007 3:45:21 PM

          As a conservitive i must go with the person that can beat billary. I don't think huck will be that guy. Guliani or Romney or maybe thompson will stand the best chance.If you think your taxes are high now just hope billary doesn't get back in the white house.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 11/29/2007 9:11:03 PM

    With all the people without health care and the Iraq War can you really say this country is better off 8 years later? Did you loose a son or daughter in Iraq.?This election is no joke. It is no time to dress like a women and change wives. We need someone who keeps their word and respects America. Remember the next President is representing all of us not just some. Gulliani is good for New York for New Yorkers. Look at Hillary she is from Illinios but proved she can make it in Arkansas and in New York. Gulliani is still unproven, he is local not national. Huckabee represents a faction of the Rebpublican party that feels alienated by the candidates; they do not feel like Romney and Gulliani are even remotely conservative; if you look at their records and comments over the years you will find they are not convservatives they just want to win the Rebpublican nomination. Someone from the department of Homeland Securtiy should run for the Republican nomination someone who can prove they can unite organizations for the common good. If Gulliani had worked for the Department of Homeland securtiy and demonstrated that he could manage the delicate relationship with the CIA, FBi and local organizations to combat terrorism I might take a second look he is just unproven. He was not in control of 9/11 the terrorist were. He didn't even see it coming. He laughed at the fact that terrorist would hit the trade centers with planes. Gulliani has not proven himself nationally. He is trying to skip a step.

  • Posted By: redheaded blue girl @ 11/29/2007 6:07:09 PM

    How utterly silly that someone considers Ron Paul a serious contender for anything other than the "Goldbug Destroy Your Country Weirdo of the Year" candidacy.

    • Posted By: jpescatelli @ 11/29/2007 9:07:47 PM

      Never heard that before. Spoken like someone who took a semester of Keynesian economics. Very pointed critique there carrot-top.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 11/29/2007 8:16:30 PM

    No republican will win this election, no republican candidate has the experience, talent or ability to confront all the divisive issues America faces. We need unity and all these republican candidates do not know what it is like to be You and I. Do you really think that any of these rebublican candidates will provide solution to health care, racial tensions, gay marriage, and foreign destabilization. We are in big trouble if any of these Republicans when the house. I think we need a change, for many in America; life is not better for them than it was 8 years ago. That is a statistical fact. In the light of foreclosures and regions in the Middle East that pose a threat to global stabilization, we must make a correct informed decision on election day.

    • Posted By: ApolloKnowsAll @ 11/29/2007 8:40:54 PM

      That, my friend, is not a fact. People are spending more than they should. Too big of a house, too big a TV...BBQ too big, SUV too big...more wine than milk, etc.

      What is the alternative? Hillary? She has never done anything except keep secret FBI files of her enemies, hide her law files from the authorities, and vote for the Iraq war.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 11/29/2007 8:04:28 PM

    Guilliani has a very rigid mind and power hungry mentality. He laughed at the thought of terrorist flying planes into the trade center; he never saw it coming. We need a President that can anticipate threats and derail them before they become a reality. A big part of that is managing relations in the middle east, eastere europe, China and Africa. Africa really needs attention. If their problems are not dealt with the world will pay a high price. Can Guilliani make head way in Africa, I don't think so. In eastern Europe I don't think so. In the middleast? You have got to be kidding me. I think he would make a good domestic President. To his credit he was a good mayor, but the means he took to achieve his goals were ruthless. I think Guiliani has a rigid mind and does not care if people have to suffer. His approach in New York was not tough, it was cruel. I think Guilaini should manage the treasury department. Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama are the only two candidates that won't forget about you and I and what is best for you and I. As mentioned Guilliani has a rigid mind and will only serve the intersest of his personal networks; Orthodox Jews are great financial supporters of Guiliani, I just cannnot envision Guilliani bringing peace to the Middle East and improving the lives of all not just those who are "worhty".

  • Posted By: JaguarTotem @ 11/29/2007 6:39:43 PM

    I for one am completely disappointed in every single one of the candidates that are running- both Republican and Democrat. Unlike the article's author, I don't consider a lack of foreign policy or military experience or exposure to be liabilities. In fact, I think an inexperienced candidate who is in touch with the average United States citizen would be of benefit to this nation, rather than the candidates that are all too busy pandering to special interests, big business, the rich, and are interested in sublimating our privacy and our human rights (insert Patriot Act here) in the name of the "War on Terror". The average citizens need a voice that has too long been ignored.

    I'm also gravely disappointed in every single one of the 535 representatives that we have in Congress. Once again, they are too busy pandering and politicking with the special interests, the lobbyists, big business, and the rich to advocate for the average working United States Citizen, much less to even care about securing equal rights for every American and insuring that every citizen can have access to health care, employment, good salaries, and using our nation's considerable resources to end homelessness and hunger in our own cities.

    The only people that are qualified to represent the citizens of this great nation are the average people that live in the US day to day and paycheck to paycheck. The current crop of the super rich, the lawyers , and those born with the silver spoons in their mouths have neither the qualifications or any business representing the working people of this great nation.

    As US citizens we must take our nation and our political process back. To the voting public: please vote out every member of Congress and don't back any of Presidential candidates that we currently have. Let's get this nation back on the correct track and put some people in office that will actually do the job they're put in Washington to do--REPRESENT the people!

    WAKE UP AMERICA!

    • Posted By: JaySmith @ 11/29/2007 7:24:35 PM

      I hope the Iraquis don't read your comments. They may get the impression that all this Democracy stuff that we're spreading throughout the world like missionaires DOESN"T WORK right here at home!

    • Posted By: WAKE UP AMERICA @ 11/29/2007 6:45:36 PM

      I couldn't agree more. Imagine if we had a candidate who had to save for a vacation or worry about buying their kids warm clothes for the winter.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 11/29/2007 7:22:59 PM

    Guilliani has a very rigid mind and power hungry mentality. He laughed at the thought of terrorist flying planes into the trade center; he never saw it coming. We need a President that can anticipate threats and derail them before they become a reality. A big part of that is managing relations in the middle east, eastere europe, China and Africa. Africa really needs attention. If their problems are not dealt with the world will pay a high price. Can Guilliani make head way in Africa, I don't think so. In eastern Europe I don't think so. In the middleast? You have got to be kidding me. I think he would make a good domestic President. To his credit he was a good mayor, but the means he took to achieve his goals were ruthless. I think Guiliani has a rigid mind and does not care if people have to suffer. His approach in New York was not tough, it was cruel. I think Guilaini should manage the treasury department. Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama are the only two candidates that won't forget about you and I and what is best for you and I. As mentioned Guilliani has a rigid mind and will only serve the intersest of his personal networks; Orthodox Jews are great financial supporters of Guiliani, I just cannnot envision Guilliani bringing peace to the Middle East and improving the lives of all not just those who are "worhty".

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 11/29/2007 7:22:44 PM

    Huckabee unlike the other candidates is a conservative , so it should be no surprise that he is leading in the Iowa polls. People know what he stands for. There is a serious threat in our world today, dirty bombs. Three men were arrested for allegedly trying to sell weapons-grade uranium, which apparently came from the former USSR. It is very easy now a days to get enough uranium to make a dirty bomb.There are many avenues a terrorist organization can pursue to obtain these materials. It could be through mafia organizations in Eastern Europe who have connections with Russian organized crime or government officials in Asia, Europe and the Middle East who all share common interests with these terrorist organizations. Which candidate can destabilize these threats and how will they secure the Russian nuclear, chemical and biological arsernal?? Which candidate can best manage the American relationship with China, Russia and the Middle East?? Having a bad realationship with these countries will make it impossible to successfully nolify this threat. Do any of these candidates have the skill, courage and unwavering determination to confront this issue.

  • Posted By: tinman53 @ 11/29/2007 7:22:21 PM

    I didn't say I would vote for him but compared to the current occupant of the White House, I found his intellectual curosity to be refreshing. If this guy gets the nomination we democrats will have to work very hard to beat him. I think his genuine which is more than I can say for the rest of the republican field.

  • Posted By: Christine Winters @ 11/29/2007 7:18:44 PM

    We keep hearing Mike is "likeable." Why? Because he is comfortable in his own skin. He knows exactly what he believes and doesn't mind telling us all about it, because he's not inventing positions on the spot. And he is not threatened by those who disagree with him. He knows his opponents are just as valuable in the eyes of God as he is. I'd love the privilege of voting for him in November '08.

  • Posted By: tinman53 @ 11/29/2007 6:55:08 PM

    I watched an interview with Gov. Huckabee on Charlie Rose. I have to say I was impressed. He is way too conservative on many issues for my taste but, unlike many on the right he is someone who uses his brain. He appeared to listen to the arguments of others and even admitted he reads authors he knows he disagrees with to better understand their points of view AND his own. Impressive.

    • Posted By: razbury @ 11/29/2007 7:08:03 PM

      Anyone with a discerning mind who wanted to search for the truth would do the same. That's not enough to earn a vote.

  • Posted By: minorguy @ 11/29/2007 1:20:05 PM

    Get real. Huckabee doesn't even think evolution happened.

    • Posted By: whiteladyblue @ 11/29/2007 1:29:29 PM

      And you think it really happened, What a stupid think to think. Read your Bible

      • Posted By: minorguy @ 11/29/2007 2:07:02 PM

        Unfortunately, the literal interpretation of your two-thousand year old book does not coincide with the the mountains of evidence surrounding us.

        • Posted By: phenrryiam @ 11/29/2007 5:51:45 PM

          minorguy, why don't you really look to the evidence around us. No scientists (who truly is one) holds faith in the Darwin therory of eveloution. In fact, a majority of a group of 600 scientists published a statement debunking said therory. They said it was statistically impossible. Next, try a study of the human eye and its complications, or the order of the universe, or etc etc. Proof of creation is indeed all around you-creation that originally came to being eons ago, and then re-established on earth again 7000 years ago. And you choose to have great faith in a glob plopping into a puddle of goo and establishing all that exists. Man, that takes much more faith to believe that statistically impossible event than creation.

          • Posted By: minorguy @ 11/29/2007 6:59:42 PM

            I see. So all scientists who accept the evidence of evolution are not ???true??? scientists, correct? Do yourself a favor and stop getting your information about science from sites like AnswersInGenesis. It???s not about faith---evaluating evidence has nothing to do with faith. I???m not going to get into a longer debate about this because this isn???t the forum for it. No doubt, if you intend to search out supposed ???support??? for creationism on the web for use in debates, you will find it. But when you scratch the surface, you see it has weak foundations.

    • Posted By: whiteladyblue @ 11/29/2007 1:30:50 PM

      and you think it did I really think you should read your Bible

  • Posted By: JaySmith @ 11/29/2007 6:24:51 PM

    Religion, whether it's Christianity or any other is a framework by which one governs his or her personal life, ethics, morals and character. Any religion can give a person the right ethics, morals and character, and Christianity does not have an exclusive on this. Any time someone uses their religion as a factor by which they should be judged, warning lights should start flashing. Christianity teaches honesty, fair treatment of fellow humans and care for the poor and underprivileged. Such matters must be demonstrated by deeds, not by labels or membership in some society. The deeds of our current president and even many of our founding fathers -- many of whom were slave owners and adulterers -- bear out that the label of "Christian" was out of synch with their deeds. Discussion of religion in the context of the presidency is completely out of context, just as it is in business. Anytime someone makes a point of telling me they're a "good Christian /Jew/Mormon/whatever" in a business context has always been an indicator that I'm about to get screwed. Dubya is no exception and I would be extremely wary of any other candidate who rubs the "I'm a good Christian" line in my face.

  • Posted By: Cap_America @ 11/29/2007 6:21:08 PM

    I've liked Huckabee and his policies ever since I saw him get the Colbert bump. If ever a darkhorse candidate were to emerge as President of the US, this would be the election. I'm not so sure we'll see Romney, Giuliani, Clinton, or Obama in offce come 2008. Good Luck, Huck!

  • Posted By: Cap_America @ 11/29/2007 6:19:27 PM

    I've liked Huckabee and his policies ever since I saw him get the Colbert bump. If ever a darkhorse candidate were to emerge as President of the US, this would be the election. I'm not so sure we'll see Romney, Giuliani, Clinton or Obama in office come 2008. Good Luck, Huck!

  • Posted By: williboy71 @ 11/29/2007 1:44:23 PM

    Zubata - the problem is, Huckabee and folks like him believe the Bible literally (the parts they approve of anyway), and that is how he'll govern. TROUBLE!

    • Posted By: tennessee lady @ 11/29/2007 2:05:44 PM

      The Bible was written by literal words with a literal theam. It is a literal Book about a Real Savior. You can believe it or not.

      • Posted By: bigmed @ 11/29/2007 5:41:42 PM

        You literally need to use spell check and go back to school.

  • Posted By: Zubata @ 11/29/2007 1:40:21 PM

    Those posters who criticize Huckabee because he believes in the Bible and therefore is ignorant of science should understand that the Bible, in many instances, is not to be taken literally. Evolution and creation are not mutually exclusive theories.

    • Posted By: bigmed @ 11/29/2007 5:40:10 PM

      Your logic is backward. We understand that the Bible shouldn't be taken literally in many cases. We understand that evolution and creation can live together peacefully. Huckabee is the extremist who doesn't believe those things and THAT is why we criticize him.

  • Posted By: getreal28 @ 11/29/2007 1:44:23 PM

    Mike Huckabee is not conservative. It boggles my mind how far off the GOP base is. They don't even know what they want. Huckabee is a big government, big spender. He is a charmer, all style no substance.

    Not only that, but it is not the governments job to impose moral beliefs on its citizens. Religion should have no place in the white house.

    • Posted By: westerncar @ 11/29/2007 2:06:47 PM

      Morals is exactly what we need in the Whitehouse! I would rather have someone that believes in God and prays for his support and guidance vs. one that doesn't. Look at where our country has gone since removing God from school and caving to the non religious minorty! Just look around!

      • Posted By: bigmed @ 11/29/2007 5:36:06 PM

        Look at where our country has gone in the past seven years with all of that "guidance" you speak of. I would prefer someone who gets advice from experts and not from his/her intuition.

  • Posted By: rschumacher @ 11/29/2007 5:35:43 PM

    Popularity? Why do our canidates spend more $$$$ than what they supposivly earn on their campaine if it were not about getting votes. Who really knows these people enough to say, He or She is my favorite. We all must search out and find our favorite and vote. As my reseach has shown, Huckabee has done a wonderful job in Arkansas, even though he was the !st Rep. Govenor there in forever. Character is an issue!! We don't need some smooth talking "salesman" to tell us the bull they think we need to hear. Lets put someone in whoses charator hes been tested and has done well in it. No matter who we vote in, it will be the toughest 4 years of their life. I would rather put my vote with someone who does not say one thing and only to continually do another.

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