Huckabee won the values Voter debate by 63%

[LibertyOfOne]

What did you think of the debate?

What are your thoughts? I didn't get to see it.

 

[Mr. White]

I came away from it with

• that Ron Paul has major guts showing up at a debate with this crowd
• this is probably the best debate I've seen so far for giving equal time
• the idea that Huckabee is trying to run as vice president
• that Keyes is completely crazy
• that Keyes is there to attack Ron Paul
• Tancredo is worse than I thought he was
• Brownback is worse than I thought he was
• that John Cox is a bad public speaker
• that Duncan Hunter scares me as a person
• that there is more dislike for the IRS than I knew existed
• that there is more dislike for NAU than I knew existed
• that rational arguments took a backseat to pandering in this debate
• that the questioners and audience are short sighted on issues of government internvention

Second

 

[crhoades]

Sometimes it's tough being a Christian. Watching a lot of the post debate commentary is one of those times...

 

[stevedasbach]

The big vote losers were the ones not there. Not surprising that their supporters switched to Huckabee. MSM tells them he's the next most popular candidate, so it must be true.

 

[CMoore]

OK, here is the deal

Huckabee won by a landslide, but does anyone really think that he is going to win the Republican nomination? If he is not the nominee, who is the next person in line? See?

 

[mconder]

This could be a good thing. Huckabee will draw votes from the first tier. Ron Paul voters will stay the course. The voting block is becoming further fragmented to the benefit of Ron Paul.

 

[ctb619]

These people scare me beyond belief. One of these hacks on the post-debate commentary (the hag in the blue dress) was clearly implying that this 300 person straw poll of people they pre-selected is somehow conclusive in expressing the political will of "values voters." She also said that the Huckabee victory is a answer to prayer, meaning that Huckabee is somehow God's choice for president.

 

[wgadget]

That woman is totally out of line.

It was good to hear the rabbi call Rudy a coward, and it was also good that Phyllis and the other guy were not willing to declare a candidate yet.

They did have some nice things to say about RP.

 

[kalami]

it's funny that they claim god wants us to vote for huckabee based on their accurate straw poll, MSM has nothing on these spinners

 

[themanhere]

Huckabee won by a landslide, but does anyone really think that he is going to win the Republican nomination? If he is not the nominee, who is the next person in line? See?

Dont you see what these evangelical neo cons are trying to do? They want us Ron paul supporters to rally behind Huckabee.

Well i tell you one thing if Ron Paul doesnt make it i know where my vote is going and it isnt to anyone with a (R) before their name.

 

[inibo]

I did like the format of the debate. Not real crazy about the results, but then no one but a John Hagee dispensationalist is going to win with a John Hagee dispensationalist crowd.

 

[apropos]

I guess we now know for sure that the right wants to use government to control our lives as much as the left.

 

[kaligula]

No libertarian is ever going to win a bible thumpers debate

nuff said...

Is Huckabee running for president or Baptist Church Deacon..i can't tell half the time. I have yet to be privileged enough to have God tell who to vote for, I'm sorry to say.

Bill Clinton won the evangelical vote both times...that's all you need to know about these claims that "Values Voters" are some monolithic voting block. When republicans run on "family values," it usually means they got a lousy economic record to run on and they get trounced at the polls.

 

[lapi7]

Well, to be fair, at least this was one debate where every candidated was given equal time and all had to answer the same questions and received the same amount of time...

There was no cherry picking questions for "top tier" candidates which was nice to see.
Now if only the rest of the MSM could follow suit...

 

[Syren123]

That is for sure. The whole Libertarian philosophy of "you are responsible for yourself" is completely lost on fundies and democrats.

I'm gearing up for the 1000 years of darkness that will follow hard on the heels of this election if it's anyone but Ron Paul.

 

[Original_Intent]

I agree, the format was great, it gave each candidate time to talk, the moderator mostly kept his piehole shut. Good format. Voting delegates pre-selected by the panel, and they WANTED a result that they could try to convince all Christians to get behind ONE candidate. In the after debate chat they mentioned how their greatest weakness was that their voter block was split. They even made mention about "Would Ron Paul voters unify behind Huckabee" so that the values voter block would wield more power.

Ron Paul did great, he didn't pander to the crowd, Phylis Schafley afterward had good comments about him and honestly mroe of the discussion afterwards was about Ron Paul than Huckabee. He truly frames every debate he participates in.

 

[Mastiff]

I guess we now know for sure that the right wants to use government to control our lives as much as the left.

Let's not get carried away. Censoring cable isn't like taking 75% of your income, giving us one world government or sticking us with socialized health care. They wouldn't really do that in the end anyway (censor cable). And don't forget that Clinton/Gore was pretty into the censorship stuff too.

 

[TheConstitutionLives]

It's now official. God has chosen Huckabee over Paul

The people of the post debate commentary are telling us after fasting and praying for a month that God revealed his personal favorite tonight after the debate and that's who we have to rally around. God had to really think about it for a while and after deliberating with the Son and Holy Spirit for over 30 minutes the three have come together offering the official triune endorsement and it goes to none other than Mike Huckabee. However, many are protesting this devine endorsement citing that God is playing favorites seeing is Huckabee is a PASTOR after all.

 

[Cindy]

I guess we now know for sure that the right wants to use government to control our lives as much as the left.

True.

At least anyone who doesn;t want the fundie voters and their Bibles to rule the nation who tuned in, saw clearly that Ron, though a Christian Republican, would not do that.

 

[paulpwns]

I see people like this every day.

Americans are too stupid to elect Ron Paul.

I am in the political science department at a good south eastern school. All of my teachers supposed "experts" don't know anything about limited government. I destroyed my foreign policy teacher on nuclear policy and 2nd amendment rights numerous times. She was a PHD of peace studies. The more liberal i wrote my papers, the better grades I received. All my constitutional law teachers are total left wing nuts. It is a sad state of affairs. I love to have hope and to wish, but it seems that we are wishing for impossible dreams. Sigh.