The news media is billing the GOP presidential race as a choice between a “moral conservative” (
Tax Hike Mike) and a “fiscal conservative” (
Rudely Julie Annie), leaving voters with the impression that they must choose to compromise on morality or economics. Occasionally, they suggest the “middle-of-the-road on both” third choice,
Mitt Romney.
The news media is right in characterizing both the
Huckster’s tax and spend big government policies and
Rudolph the Red-Faced Blame-Smear’s liberal positions on abortion and homosexuality.
Being fiscally conservative means being in favor of both cutting taxes and spending. Borrow-and-spend “conservatives” are worse than tax-and-spend liberals. As governor of Arkansas,
Friar Huck raised taxes like a true fiscal liberal.
http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2007/01/a_report_on_mike_huckabees_fis.phpHe claims to be an advocate for homeschoolers and for more local control of education, but out of the other side of his mouth he supports the No Child Left Behind Act which takes more taxpayer’s money and gives more power to the Federal government over the schools.
Tax Hike Mike called it "the greatest education reform effort by the federal government in my lifetime." (Washington Times 03/01/05) On his own website he said, “there is value in the ‘No Child Left Behind’ law's effort to set high standards.” He sends his kids to public school and says other officials should. He believes in incorporating character education (which is the responsibility of parents and not the state) into school curriculum. He thinks that spending more money on music education will help students to learn math better. Huh?
http://www.taxhikemike.org/http://www.ontheissues.org/2008http://www.gopprogress.com/story/2007/1/29/9141/89818The
Huckster favored allowing illegal aliens to have driver’s licenses and their children to attend public schools at taxpayer’s expense.
http://www.nwanews.com/story.php?paper=adg§ion=News&storyid=104629The news media is correct in portraying
Rudely Julie Annie as the “abortion choice” candidate. He claims that even though he is “pro-choice” that he would nominate Supreme Court Justices who conservatives would be happy with. Don’t count on it.
Three things news media won’t tell you:
1.
Tax Hike Mike isn’t so morally conservative.
2.
Rudolph the Red-Faced Blame-Smear isn’t so fiscally conservative.
3. There is no need to compromise—
Ron Paul is both morally and fiscally conservative.
Friar Huck raised his hand when asked the question, “Who does NOT believe in evolution?” But yet he is in favor of pouring more of your tax dollars into a system which teaches evolution as if it were a fact. If the
Huckster really is creationist, he can’t take his belief in it that seriously.
Ron Paul, on the other hand, did not raise his hand, but made this
statement recently and does not believe in forcing taxpayers to pay for the teaching of evolution.
Huckaberry Fin has also
said that he is “pro-life, but respects choice as mandated law”.
Ron Paul, on the other hand, says that Roe v. Wade is entirely illegitimate.
Some other things you should know about the
Huckster:
He supports principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment.
He would change the rule barring immigrants from running for president.
He would import farm workers from Mexico.
He said, “I believe in free trade and allowing the marketplace to push innovative ideas to the top & prices to the bottom. Perhaps the most compelling challenge is ensuring that a free trade correspondingly represents a fair trade.”
http://www.ontheissues.org/2008The war in Iraq is costing the U.S.
nine billion dollars per month. The total cost will in all probability top a
trillion dollars and may reach even
two trillion dollars. Nearly
four thousand American soldiers have been
killed in Iraq and 28,000 have been wounded. The National Debt is
nine trillion dollars. The population of the U.S. is about 300 million. So that’s about $30,000 in debt per person and at least $3000 of this is due to the war Iraq.
Rudely Julie Annie supports the war in Iraq. Some “fiscal conservative” he is.
Ron Paul’s anti-Iraq war position is not isolationist, but non-interventionist. He would get rid of the Department of Education, and all federal control over the public schools, returning it to the states and local governments. He has earned his reputation as “Dr. No” for always voting against unconstitutional and runaway government spending. He is pro-life without exceptions, and against gay marriage.
Taking money from people without a biblical mandate is theft, and is always immoral. On the other hand, “immoral” policies (e.g. legalizing the murder of the unborn and legitimizing homosexuality) always lead to more poverty in the end. Therefore, in the final analysis, you can’t really distinguish between “moral” and “fiscal” conservatism. You are either a conservative or you are not.
