tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post7757038756948205483..comments2024-01-13T08:49:14.041-08:00Comments on Myrhaf: Around the World Wide Web 41Myrhafhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16340507405537605164noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-42022859707671204712007-12-07T03:59:00.000-08:002007-12-07T03:59:00.000-08:003. Democrats from the early 20th century were a di...3. Democrats from the early 20th century were a different philosophical breed than modern Dems. For example, consider that every war the U.S. had in the 20th century prior to Reagan's presidency was started by a Democratic president. Frankly, the Democrats of the early 20th century were more conservative than today's Republicans.<BR/><BR/>4. Huckabee does have one thing going for him: He supports the FairTax. I will be interested to see if he still supports it when everyone is actually paying attention next year.<BR/><BR/>5. Amen brother.<BR/><BR/>6. At this point, NO ONE is inevitable. However, short of a major stumble, Hillary does look like a lock for the Democratic nomination. Obama is still cutting his teeth as a presidential candidate.EdMcGonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892046331126818396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-85371776949145580012007-12-03T22:26:00.000-08:002007-12-03T22:26:00.000-08:00Interesting post by Born Again Redneck on Christia...Interesting post by Born Again Redneck on Christian Democracy. The Conservative movement is more interesting to me than the liberal one and more complex. I see three general camps under the conservative big tent: <BR/><BR/>1)Neo-conservativism / liberal Christianity - Examples would be Bush and Huckabee as well as Gulliani and Thompson. Pretty much all of today's major Republican candidates are from this camp. It consists of primarily pro-American welfare-statists (as opposed to the anti-American socialists of the left). Also all in this camp have a liberal interpretation of Christianity. They are not Augustinian Christians.<BR/><BR/>2) Traditionalist / Cultural Conservatives - I can't think of any big name Republican politician that is from this camp but I am sure there are some. This camp is essentially full of Paleo Conservatives. These are your Augustinian / Calvinist oriented Christians that do not agree with the universalism of Christianity that the liberal Christians do. They are the advocates of strict conformism to tradition and past institutions (ex. heterosexual exclusivity, conservative marriage norms, etc). They are also the worst of the anti-immigrationists. They also have a tendency to be racists and they are all anti-Darwin and anti-science (unless they think it helps to prove that non-whites are inferior). This camp of conservatism is not the dominant one IMO but I feel it is "waiting in the wings" so to speak. These are what I think of when Peikoff talks of M2 Christians.<BR/><BR/>3) Classical Liberalism - This is the smallest camp under the tent. Now it is true that many of the Neo-Cons will pay lip service to some of the precepts of Classical Liberalism but its actual influence on Republican politics is minimal. Incidentally, the Paleo-Cons hate classical liberalism and they also hate the Neo-Cons which they view as having stolen Conservatism.<BR/><BR/>As I say Conservatism is really fascinating as a political movement. The idea of Republican "Cristian Democrats" falls nicely in line with my understanding of the Neo-Con liberal Christian Right.<BR/><BR/>John KimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-44039536197636189212007-12-03T21:09:00.000-08:002007-12-03T21:09:00.000-08:00Huckabee seems to be just like Bush but without th...Huckabee seems to be just like Bush but without the occasional free market rhetoric. If Huckabee is the Republican nominee, I too will vote for Clinton (Obama will not get the nomination). But I will also vote all Republican for Congress. If Clinton wins I want as many Republicans in Congress as possible that way we might get gridlock. If there is to be an explicit socialist in the White House let it be a Democrat.madmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14375140131881725965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-12410605927207307462007-12-03T19:25:00.000-08:002007-12-03T19:25:00.000-08:00You could call Huckabee a religious Democrat. What...You could call Huckabee a religious Democrat. What a concept!Myrhafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16340507405537605164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19129587.post-84251519005901672972007-12-03T16:04:00.000-08:002007-12-03T16:04:00.000-08:00I just did another post about Huckabee's "Christia...I just did another post about Huckabee's "Christian Democracy." Shudder!Jouberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04970872086435575755noreply@blogger.com