exjdub,
You asked: What has Ron Paul said in any way, form, or fashion that "sounds like a grouchy old man"?
Everything he says sounds that way. I'm not talking about the content of what he says. For the most part I like the content. Unfortunately his presentation leaves a lot to be desired.
You wrote: the Rasmusson poll was discredited and shown to be a biased and unreliable
It was? According to who? Ron Paul fans? Rasmussen has Ron Paul at 6% nationwide. I know of no poll that puts him substantially higher.
You wrote: You are like most of the Fundamental Christians (not the reasonable Christians that I know) that will sell our country down the river to achieve your "moral values"
I'm hardly a Fundamentalist. I have argued on this board against a global flood and for the idea that God used evolution as his means of creation. And how is believing that the government should pass laws that instill in people a respect for human life "selling my country down the river"?
Concerning Huckabee you say: the guy is a Christian
You are right about that.
You say: who hates homesexuals
I'm not sure what a "homesexual" is. But if you mean to say that Huckabee hates homosexuals, that's a lie.
You say: and would quarantine people with AIDS
That also is a lie. And I think you know it is a lie. I think you know as well as I do that Huckabee said in 1992 that the government should consider such a thing, after he just saw a woman testify before congress that she had contracted aids from her dentist. Huckabee has said that since we now know much more about how the disease is transmitted that such action is not called for. I'm not sure I agree with him. There have been many cases reported where people actually knew they had the disease but continued to act in such a way that put others at great risk of contracting it.
You wrote: Sheesh, the guy is a moron!!
And you are a fool - for believing and regurgitating all the lies and other crap that the left has been throwing at a good and honest man.
You wrote: Huckabee would be a disaster for this country.
You would I suppose rather have Hillary? Or maybe Romney? Or McCain (my second choice who has any kind of shot)? Or Guiliani? Choose someone. Because, unfortunately, it sure is not going to be Ron Paul. If he was going to catch on with Republican voters he would have done so by now. A large part of his relatively small group of supporters are Democrats, independents, and Libertarians - who are not going to help him much in Republican primaries.
Mike Huckabee impresses me as anhonest man who as President will not be in the pocket of anyone, right-wing corporate/Wall Street Republicans or left-wing- big government/high taxing Democrats. That's why he is hated by the Republican establishment as much as he is by the Democrats. The truth is he offers both of them enough to like to gain enough votes from both sides to easily win the Presidency.
Like Ron Paul, who I might support if I thought he had any chance to win, Huckabee is for instituting the Fair Tax to replace the income tax. This one position of his is enough to get me excited about his candidacy. For one thing, I hate having to tell the government all of my personal business every year.
You wrote: All of the friends that I have that are Republicans are sick and tired of the manipulation by the Fundy Christians and say that they will not vote for a candidate who uses religious manipulation as a presidential platform.
Huckabee does no such thing. The only time he even mentions religion is when the press asks him a religious question. He gets a lot more of them than other candidates because he was a pastor many years ago. It is Romney's religion which has caused most of this ruckus. Everyone keeps asking Huckabee what he thinks about Mormonism. He has tried his best to say nothing. I know I couldn't. Mormonism like JWs is a mind control cult.
Oh, by the way, wishing people a "Merry Christmas" is not religious manipulation.
Merry Christmas
still on top nationally in the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination. It’s Mike Huckabee at 23%, Rudy Giuliani 17%, Mitt Romney at 15%, Fred Thompson at 13% and John McCain at 13% (see recent daily numbers). Ron Paul currently attracts 7% of Likely Republican Primary voters nationwide.