Huckaburied

http://tinyurl.com/2hqskg

Okay. I reiterate. What the hell, Republicans? Are we seriously going to let it all ride on Huckabee? Because if we are, get used to the phrase "Madame President."

Most odious and most definitely true, this excerpt from the second page:

"Among likely Republican voters who say they are "very conservative," Huckabee drew the support of 43 percent, with Thompson second at 20 percent and Romney third at 16 percent."

I redirect you to my post from yesterday. How can "very conservative" voters stack Huckabee and Thompson next to each other and choose Huckabee?

"Those voters who describe themselves as "born again" gave Huckabee the lead at 33 percent, with McCain in second at 17 percent and Romney with 14 percent."

Although I'm sadly not surprised by this one. Look, I'm a fiscally conservative, socially libertarian born-again protestant Christian myself. I still don't understand the Evangelicals' need to back a guy like Huckabee. Just because the man's a minister doesn't mean you have to immediately throw him your support! You know who else was a Christian? Jimmy Carter. You may think that comparison is absolutely insane, but if people would look at Huckabee's voting record instead of his poll-pleasing conservative rhetoric they'd see that he's just a liberal with different views on social issues. Anyone can talk a good game when they're on top of the polls. Anyone can tow a line in public when they're ahead. But when the chips are down, voting record is what's most important. Huckabee is a tax-and-spend big-government liberal where it counts.

The American two party system is in a tough place right now. The Democrats are suffering a massive implosion. The Democrat party is built on a brilliant compromise: special interest groups rally together around the idea that they can make the government powerful enough to give them what they want. If the groups are willing to vote for whatever Democrat comes along, issues and morals and character don't matter as long as the guy will vote for a bigger government, more taxes and bigger payouts every time. In this way, dozens of little interwarring factions can be brought in line whenever voting time comes along. This strategy nets them the socially conservative blacks and hispanics, the socially libertarian neo-hippies and youth, the environmentalists, lawyers and unions that profit from a bigger government and the real, actual liberals, which represent roughly 20% of the US population. Unfortunately, this model has caused myriad problems in recent years as a few bold, media-seizing groups have gained disproportionate power in the Democrat party: the anti-war crazies, the conspiracy theorist anti-corporationists and the doomsday environmentalists. This is causing some major fallout among less-liberal groups in the party, most notably older union workers and mugged-by-life former children of the 60's. Thanks to racial grief pimps and clever use of immigration policy the black and hispanic minorities have stayed largely in line, still voting 90% Democrat despite huge amounts of social conservatism amongst both groups. Still, vast whacks of people who are technically Democrats but can't stand the absolute nuttiness of their party are fleeing to the Republican side.

This is fascinating inasmuch as, instead of going for a 3rd party or attempting to reform their own, these Democrats-at-heart have begun to reform the *opposite* party, creating a surge of R.I.N.O.s and Washington natives that rule the upper annals of the Republican party. Slanted polls and a last-gasp frenzy by the moribund mainstream media has convinced top Republicans that their best option is to be a liberal. Freebies are easy political currency, after all. Never mind what they do to your nation or your party; your poll numbers are up! Pseudo-Republicans, having fled the Democrat party and changed sides halfway, love your liberalism and big government mentality. Christian conservatives will vote for you because you believe in God, and in their eyes that means you can't possibly be a bad person; you're one of them after all! The libertarians will jump ship, but they've gone so insane in recent years, throwing the match to Independent candidates and screwing themselves up on bizarre issues like legalizing pot and isolationism that no real Republican is counting on the libertarians any more. That leaves the real Republicans to get led around by the polls and vote for whoever appears on the ticket, regardless of what a tax-and-spend liberal they really are.

You have an option, conservatives. His name: Fred Thompson. The only thing he lacks is your money and support. Fred Thompson can beat Hillary. He's a real conservative. He can get the job done. The liberal media is pushing Giuliani, Romney and Huckabee so hard because they would love to have a tax-and-spend conservative vs. tax-and-spend liberal race. Don't listen to them. Don't go for their preferred candidates. Look at the records, look at the news, and support Fred Thompson. He's the real candidate we need.

We need a real conservative