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Ask JTF for Sunday, February 27, 2011
chicagojew:
Shalom Chaim, I have tried for 3 days to get on the forum with no avail. Hopefully this will stay on. As you know, that ultimate self hating Jew rahm emanual was elected mayor of my home town of Chicago. I am very depressed, can you do me a favor, and in your Jewish whiney voice tell me how I should have voted for emanual just because we're both Jewish, despite not having his own people's best interest at heart.
eb22:
Shalom Chaim,
I agree with you that Mike Huckabee is the best viable potential Presidential Candidate on Israel and Energy Independence, as well as him probably having the best Taxation plan. However, I'm concerned that Huckabee is going to go the John McCain route if he wins the Republican Nomination. By that, I mean run a politically correct campaign that would substantially reduce his chances of defeating Barack Hussein Obama.
The following from the other day helps illustrate this. In bold text is the question Mike Huckabee was asked. His answer then follows:
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/februaryweb-only/qamikehuckabee.html?start=3
According to a Pew survey last August, 29 percent of evangelical Christians believe Obama is a Muslim, while only 27 percent think he is a Christian. Who or what is at fault for this misperception, and do evangelical attitudes/beliefs need to change?
He's been very expressive in his statements, even at the Saddleback Forum when he ran in 2008. He spelled out very clearly what his view was, and frankly, it's inappropriate , wrong-headed, and not helpful to the overall discussion when people try to say he doesn't have a birth certificate or he's a Muslim. To me that demeans the entire real discussion—what is he proposing and whether it's good for the country—that ought to be the centerpiece for our entire conversation, not what did he hear when he sat in church. If people went back and heard every sermon I heard when I was a little kid and some of the more fundamentalist pastors were yelling from the pulpit at me, if they took every one of those sermons and lifted out of them certain phrases and things, it could be scandalous, but only out of the context of the bigger picture. That's why I thought that a lot of the focus on Jeremiah Wright was misplaced.
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While I'm disappointed in Mike Huckabee's response on this question, my main concern is he won't go even close to the extra mile in terms of exposing Barack Hussein Obama during the campaign. I'm not sure if any of the potential Republican nominees have what it takes to expose Obama to the extent that they need to in order to win the General election. Yet, if a candidate does emerge who would have a noticeably better chance of winning the general election and assuming he's not worse than the typical establishment Republican, what do you believe the best course of action would be during the primary season?
Thanks as always, eb22.
ProJewGreekChristian:
The Honorable Mr. ben Pesach,
I understand you drink wine on Shabbat. I assume you drink red wine? What type of wine do you prefer (Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chianti, etc)? Do you drink wine from Israel? Have you drunk wine from Israel?
If it's not too much trouble, a nigra story perhaps?
Gd bless you Chaim!
RationalThought110:
Shalom Chaim,
Before potential presidential candidates for the 08 election had announced their candidacies in '07, you considered it to be a bad situation based on the names that were being promoted.
The same is true going into the next presidential election.
Candidates will probably start announcing in March since there's a debate that is scheduled for this upcoming April.
People need to learn about the candidates early enough so that it could make an impact during the primaries.
The corrupt media is going to try to influence the GOP primaries as usual. Chris Mathews, for example, has praised Romney, Chris Christie and Jeb Bush.
People who vote in the GOP primaries need to be reminded that they shouldn't let the liberal reporters and commentators trick them into voting for bad candidates.
Also, some so-called conservatives commentators such as Krauthammer, like to praise Obama. Some of them were also bashing candidates duing the past midterm election, who supported the"Tea Party Movement." Yet, these same commentators are going to try and tell voters who to support in the primaries. So people who will be voting in the Republican primary need to learn that a lot of the "Republican commentators", especially those in DC such as Krauthammer, do not have credibility to give advice to conservatives.
Romney- The main thing people seem to like about him is his business experience. But that was also the reason why some people supported Meg Whitman whne she ran for governor of CA, but many conservatives were never satisfied with her candidacy.
People need to be reminded that before he started running for president in the previous presidential cycle, he was probably more libreal than Scott Brown. Romney also was a big supporter of Bob Bennett--former Senator from Utah-- who most conservatives rejected. Romney was out of touch and was pandering to the GOP establishment with his endorsement of Bennett.
Reagan is popular among conservatives and when Romney campaigned in the 90's, he bashed conservatives and Reagan.
Also, people need to be reminded that Megan McCain has endorsed Romney (that doesn't mean that her father has though, he said he isn't making an endorsement). Megan McCain has a dislike of conservatives and dislikes the Tea Party Movement. So her endorsement of Romney shows that Romney is obviously a bad candidate if he is supported by those who hate the Tea Party Movement.
Chris Christie claims he won't run but it's important to know information about him just in case he does or in case of any future national elections.
He is the only current GOP governor who supports Obamacare. He refused to join the lawsuit against it. He has lied to conservatives groups by claiming that the lawsuit would cost too much money. But a legal group that opposes Obamacare offered to do the legal work for a very small amount compared to what a state budget is.
He also supports a "cap&trade" program that many Republican voters oppose.
Christie has been pandering to groups such as CAIR:
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/01/18/chris-christie%E2%80%99s-troubling-appointment/
He also bragged about endorsing Mike Castle during last election, who is considered by many to be as liberal as Arlen Specter was.
Christie also attended the White House dinner for China's president while other politicians turned it down. His supporters tend to be hypocrites because many of them claim that Palin was unqualified and/or too inexperienced to run for VP. Yet, Christie is less qualified and has less experience than she did and yet, his supporters are talking about him being a presidential candidate.
Ann Coulter is being a hypocrite. If McCain were to do some of the things that Christie has done, she'd be basing McCain. She doesn't realize that she's losing more credibility.
For Jeb Bush, he supported everything that people dislike of George W. He is a big supporter of LaRaza type and has accused anyone who disagrees with him as being racist. His supporters think he's entitled to run for president.
For Mitch Daniels, in addition to him wanting a "truce" on many issues, he was also a budget director for George W. Many Republican voters are unhappy with those budgets.
Of potential candidates, Romney may be the most difficult to defeat. So far, he has raised the most money among potential Republican candidates. Also, he is very rich and would spend some of his own money. Also, since Romney ended his campaign during the '08 primaries, he seems like he's never stopped running. Political commetnators have stated that he basically kept a campaign staff in lace in some states. He seems like someone who would say whatever he felt like he needs to say to anyone, to get their votes.
RationalThought110:
More info about Romney's record as governor of MA:
http://www.massresistance.org/docs/marriage/romney/record/
You should skim through it.
It says:
"Romney appointed prominent homosexual activists and Democrats as judges"
"Romney opposed federal legislation that would stop public schools from promoting homosexuality"
The information reveals that Romney supported some of the type of groups that Megan McCain supports.
If you know conservatives who would be bothered by Romney's documented record, you should send it to them.
We need to figure out how to get the info out about Romney. Some conservative commentators such as Hannity and Monica Crowley probably don't know about his record because they seem to think he's a great conservative.
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