Lucille
01-24-2011, 01:10 PM
The Face of Conservative Populism (http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/257692/face-conservative-populism-brian-stewart)
He snorted with derision at “libertarians” who fail to recognize that “we don’t have a health-care crisis in this country, but a health crisis.” He spoke with passion and knowledge on the need for preventative care to bring down exorbitant costs. And then, without the least amount of prompting, he mustered a vigorous defense of Mrs. Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign against childhood obesity. This was the “art of governing,” he argued, rather than the cheap “science of campaigning.” He finished his call to a compassionate conservatism by echoing recent comments made by Governor Daniels touting prison reform. Invoking a “Biblical standard” of crime enforcement, he granted that criminals must be punished while stressing that the status quo needs to be replaced. Opposed though he is to the decriminalization of drugs, he endorses a more “hopeful,” therapeutic approach that would thwart the creation of “monsters” within our prison walls.
The governor was hardly less restrained when the subject turned to foreign policy. He warned of the dangers inherent in the role of “world policeman.” Invited to plead for cuts in defense spending, he delicately declined, but noted that combat operations in Afghanistan were futile and therefore constituted government “waste.” U.S. policy in Afghanistan, he hastened to add, was not exceptional in this regard. The specter haunting the U.S. is that of a broader overstretch. Sounding very much like George W. Bush as governor of Texas, Huckabee denounced the use of U.S. armed forces for any kind of nation-building. “Leave that to the Peace Corps,” he concluded. “The nation that most needs building is America.”
Related (http://newsflavor.com/politics/world-politics/white-house-insider-obama-celebrates-shortly-after-delivering-tucson-memorial-speech/):
Insider: I still believe a primary challenge from the Democratic Party will come against Obama, and will be announced within next few months. I also believe Mike Huckabee is the frontrunner for the Republicans and the man most capable of defeating Obama in 12. More important to any of that though is what comes out of House oversight in the next month or so. If it appears quiet, I fear a deal was made and Obama survives the scandal.
(Still unsure about this alleged insider.)
Even so, I'd still rather eat glass than vote for Huck.
He snorted with derision at “libertarians” who fail to recognize that “we don’t have a health-care crisis in this country, but a health crisis.” He spoke with passion and knowledge on the need for preventative care to bring down exorbitant costs. And then, without the least amount of prompting, he mustered a vigorous defense of Mrs. Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign against childhood obesity. This was the “art of governing,” he argued, rather than the cheap “science of campaigning.” He finished his call to a compassionate conservatism by echoing recent comments made by Governor Daniels touting prison reform. Invoking a “Biblical standard” of crime enforcement, he granted that criminals must be punished while stressing that the status quo needs to be replaced. Opposed though he is to the decriminalization of drugs, he endorses a more “hopeful,” therapeutic approach that would thwart the creation of “monsters” within our prison walls.
The governor was hardly less restrained when the subject turned to foreign policy. He warned of the dangers inherent in the role of “world policeman.” Invited to plead for cuts in defense spending, he delicately declined, but noted that combat operations in Afghanistan were futile and therefore constituted government “waste.” U.S. policy in Afghanistan, he hastened to add, was not exceptional in this regard. The specter haunting the U.S. is that of a broader overstretch. Sounding very much like George W. Bush as governor of Texas, Huckabee denounced the use of U.S. armed forces for any kind of nation-building. “Leave that to the Peace Corps,” he concluded. “The nation that most needs building is America.”
Related (http://newsflavor.com/politics/world-politics/white-house-insider-obama-celebrates-shortly-after-delivering-tucson-memorial-speech/):
Insider: I still believe a primary challenge from the Democratic Party will come against Obama, and will be announced within next few months. I also believe Mike Huckabee is the frontrunner for the Republicans and the man most capable of defeating Obama in 12. More important to any of that though is what comes out of House oversight in the next month or so. If it appears quiet, I fear a deal was made and Obama survives the scandal.
(Still unsure about this alleged insider.)
Even so, I'd still rather eat glass than vote for Huck.