Comments on: Quick GOP debate thoughts

By: Joanna

Joanna — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:48:27 +0000

without the comma, naturally.

By: Joanna

Joanna — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:47:51 +0000

I find it hard to take Huckabee seriously after this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDUQW8LUMs8, but I love him for it at the same time.

By: aphrael

aphrael — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:33:41 +0000

Also: McCain may reject waterboarding as torture, but when the moment came to give a legislative voice to prohibiting the practice, he caved to administration pressure.

I doubt I’ll ever forgive him for that.

By: aphrael

aphrael — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:32:48 +0000

I find that Huckabee is the candidate, of both parties, whom I respect the most. I don’t agree with all of his premises, but what he does with those premises is amazing, and his politics are exactly the kind of social conservatism I can respect.

Were I a Republican, i’d be voting for him, and in the unlikely event he got the nomination, i’d have to seriously think about it. (This as a liberal gay man, mind you.)

By: Hugo Schwyzer

Hugo Schwyzer — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:11:19 +0000

Huckabee’s views, Pete, are indeed consistent — as he says, “it’s not enough to care about the unborn if we don’t do a better job of taking care of the already born.” His openness to Great Society economic solutions — combined with strong social conservatism and a great oratorical style — makes me think he’s the second coming of William Jennings Bryan.

By: Pistol Pete

Pistol Pete — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:05:13 +0000

I was most impressed by Mike Huckabee. Huckabee shows he can take his faith seriously (affirming God’s role in Creation), yet maintain a sense of humor (claiming Jesus would never run for public office). I’m very tempted to register Republican so I can vote for this guy in the primary.