Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is the favored 2012 presidential nominee among social conservatives, according to a straw poll released this afternoon.
Huckabee came in first place by a wide margin against eight other prospective nominees with 170 votes out of 597 cast over two days of balloting at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C.
“I think [Huckabee] was surprised and encouraged by it,” said Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, a sponsor of the event. “He’s probably doing a lot of soul searching over whether or not he’s going to run,” he said.
There was nearly a four-way tie for second place between former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (74 votes), Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (73 votes), former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (72 votes), and Indiana Rep. Mike Pence (71 votes).
While Palin has generally polled very high among self-described social conservatives, she was notably behind three other Republicans in the straw poll. Palin was invited to attend but did not. Perkins said her decision not to appear likely affected the result. “I think that clearly makes a difference,” he said.
Of the nine candidates on the ballot, just four spoke during the conference: Huckabee, Pawlenty, Pence, and Romney.
Further down the ballot was former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (40 votes), Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (28 votes), former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum (15 votes), Texas Rep. Ron Paul (13 votes). There were 31 “undecided” votes cast and 10 votes for persons not listed on the ballot.
About one-third of the 1,850 in attendance cast ballots in the straw poll. The results are unscientific but do provide a pulse check on where the socially conservative wing of the GOP is leaning. Link
Dear God - please Rapture these nutjobs from the Earth so that the rest of us can live in Peace!
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(if i had quoted them from the bible you may freak out)
You shall have no other gods before me
You shall not make for yourself an idol
You shall not make wrongful use of the name of your God
Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy
Honor your father and mother
You shall not murder
You shall not commit adultery
You shall not steal
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor
You shall not covet your neighbor\'s wife
You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor
now tell me, if you lived in a city where all the people adhered to these laws, would it really be that bad?
think about it:
they practice religion. no effect on you. they may come to your door with a pamphlet. darn.
they would take it easy and be with their families on sundays. you can wait until monday to go shopping
they have respect for their parents. what\'s so bad about that?
they don\'t kill people. this is a good thing.
they don\'t cheat on their spouses, which means less chance for your significant other to be cheating on you.
they don\'t steal stuff. your stuff doesn\'t get stolen. this is good.
they don\'t lie. no one blames you for stuff you didn\'t do.
they\'re not coveting your wife, err, significant other. this is good.
they\'re not jealous of all your stuff. this makes them less likely to steal it.
would it really be so bad for you? granted, this is an idealization, but we\'re talking about the commandments here, not the people.
nowhere in the commandments does it say:
push Christianity down the atheist\'s throats.
if we were all \"raptured\" away, how peaceful do you really think it would be?
why are you so intolerant of other peoples religion?
your exactly right.
all forms of religion have extremists.
all forms of religion are intolerant of certain acts. that\'s the foundation of religion if you think about it, being intolerant of things that are percieved to cause the individual and/or community harm.
i never said that any one religion is better than another, nor would i ever expect to \"convert\" any of the patrons of this blog.
my point was, laws based off of the ten commandments wouldn\'t cause you any harm.
Lame statement when history counters!
History have shown Man (believers) have twisted and mis-interpret biblical laws to what they want it to say and give them the rights to attack those they find offensive.
The Puritans followed and obey the 10 Commandments and what has history taught us about Salem.
The Seventh Day Adventist follow the 10 Commandments - but wait, aren\'t they a cult?
Judaic Laws abide by the 10 Commandments - but Jews don\'t accept Christ - they are going to eternal damnation, right?
Remember - Biblical Literalism Kills Literally
They have done it in our History and doing it today.
Churches have been guilty of it too, I agree. It\'s a shame, an embarassment to those who follow Christianity. This is why, although I am a member of a church, I don\'t let it run my life.
It\'s not Christianity that is to blame, it\'s just human nature.
That is why the interpretation of the Bible from its Aramaic, Greek and Hebrew can be questioned. And since Man wrote the Bible (yeah, I know the rhetoric,\"men divinely inspired by God, wrote the Bible\") - this too can be questioned.
I have known many men, women and missionaries today that testified they are inspired by God in their Daily Walk - but I could see the contradictions and hypocrisy in frequent mistakes & errors in judgments they continued to make. The statement, \"I was inspired by God\" is now just another tossed around uttered nonsense to legitimize their actions.
A Christian roommate/guitarist I had in College told me he was supremely \"inspired by God\" to write beautiful song/music. When he played several pieces for me - it really sucked! I can\'t carry a tune but listening to his song was agony to my ears. Does this mean God has absolutely no musical talent??
But back to the Gospel - these \'inspired\' men who interpreted the Bible can make mistakes. The Bible wasn\'t written by one man - it was many. And how many of them were truly \"inspired?\" In contrary, how many books from the Apocrypha were truly inspired but man dismissed it from the Bible?
Here is one great example about man\'s fallible nature: when a group of \'inspired\' men re-interpreted the Bible - this created a new Gospel - The Book of the Mormons.
Today, thanks to these \"inspired men and women\" - a new religion had emerged with millions of followers.
We also have the JWs, Christian Science, Scientology, Unification Church, etc.
Can we envision that possibly the religion that we hold near and dear to hearts today - can also be _ well, Fallible?
Our history have shown the Christian Church have misinterpreted the teachings of the Bible to make laws that are unthinkable. The ones that would fall victim to these \"Biblical laws\" are usually the ones that are weak or considered 2nd class citizens: women, children, non-white race, the Jews, and today - Gays and Transgendered.
That is why Theocracy is so dangerous in our multi-ethnic, diverse society. Separation of Church and State must be paramount!
I think you and I have reached agreement.
I\'m still voting for huckabee though.
I\'ll vote for Huckabee over Sarah Palin anyday!
Its the secular society that makes the laws that can and should change and adapt to changing times.
"But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns."
"You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."
So stuff it, you have no credibility!
I\'m not here to gain credibility, I\'m here to learn about todays liberal ideology. I\'m learning a lot too
Unless you are a Slave!
Yeah - the Bible is filled with humanity.
Generalizing? Pffft! If you only knew!
Do you also carry the 4 Spiritual Laws everywhere you go and share your faith to every Tom, Dick and Slutty Susan?!
Gee I actually know your types very well.
Preaching the Gospel and how Sin separates you from the Holy God (Romans 3:23). Blah, blah, blah!
But behind closed doors - believers would commit against half of those commandments and think nothing of it.
This is why the word Hypocrite fit the moral Christian superiors like a glove.
With Christian hypocrites, I pray that my name is removed from the Book of Life!
Seems like it!
Talking with people I agree with all the time is boring, but you guys are fun as hell!
A demented one -but still a riot!
Well - something we liberals agree with you Troll! Evangelical Conservatives are downright BORING!
I would say they are severely repressed and ignorantly possess a superiority complex.
:huh:
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