March 14, 2007
The Right Choices
Seems like there are at least three Republican Parties today.
Today, the NYT runs an article about the National Association of Evangelicals rejecting attacks on their global warming stance and endorsing an anti-torture position.
Also: Southern Baptist Convention poobah Richard Land says that he can't vote for Rudy in a general election.
Name a candidate for President with these characteristics:
1. worried about global warming.
2. anti-torture
3. thinks abortion is murder.
4. supports a guest worker program
There are three. Brownback, Huckabee, McCain.
Name a candidate for President with these characteristics:
1. not so worried about global warming
2. wants to give the govenrment maximum flexibility to stop terrorism
3. thinks abortion is murder
4. opposes a guest worker program.
There are four: Romney, Hunter, Gingrich, Tancredo
Name a candidate for President with these characteristics:
1. worried about global warming
2. wants to give the govenrment maximum flexibility to stop terrorism
3. Pro choice, pro gay rights
4. supports a guest worker program
There's one: Rudy.
(And then there's Chuck Hagel).
What's the typology here? Any thoughts?
Are the Democratic Party's divisions this acute?
Posted at 11:29 AM
Comments
You left out Gilmore as well as Tommy Thompson and Fred Thompson (not to mention Pataki, although it looks less likely that he will run.)
Gilmore (and I assume the two Thompsons) would fall in with Romney, Hunter, Gingrich, Tancredo.
Riley, Not O'Reilly | 03.14.07 12:10 PM
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you left out two: which candidate's law firm works for Hugo Chavez and which candidate has several drag queen videos floating around the internet.
William | 03.14.07 12:27 PM
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I hope you are joking about Romney. He is the slickiest flip-flopper one has ever seen. Romney can fit into any of the four categories that you described. It all depends on the time of the day.
If you ask Romney in the morning he will claim that he is pro-choice and pro-gay rights. If you ask him in the afternoon he is pro-choice but anti-gay. If you ask him in the evening he is anti-choice but pro-gay. And if you ask him in the night he is very very anti-choice but anti-gay.
Romney is a joke. This is the same guy who decided not to run for re-election as MA governor because he would have lost that race.
Matt | 03.14.07 12:40 PM
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McCain voted in favor of torture. You've got him in the wrong column. He talks anti-torture and votes pro-torture.
MikeJ | 03.14.07 12:43 PM
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Fred Thompson, right?
Mark | 03.14.07 01:09 PM
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There's Ron Paul, too.
"2. wants to give the govenrment maximum flexibility to stop terrorism"
They're pro-torture. They. Are. Pro-torture. Just say it. I knew you could.
As for the typology, it's pretty obvious. The candidates see that there are three ways into the heart of evangelicals and Republicans generally: God, hate and fear.
God => anti-abortion => the Brownback group and they go liberal on the climate change and torture issues.
Hate => anti-immigrant sentiment => Romney group
Fear => Giuiliani machismo/"leadership"
goethean | 03.14.07 02:11 PM
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Don't underestimate Mitt!
www.iowansforromney.com | 03.14.07 09:11 PM
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