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Not that my endorsement matters in the long-run but after the comments from a few in the last post, I figured I’d give a glimpse into some of the reasons I’m pulling for Huckabee!
#1 – Faith in Politics
Huckabee’s words: “My faith is my life – it defines me. My faith doesn’t influence my decisions, it drives them. For example, when it comes to the environment, I believe in being a good steward of the earth. I don’t separate my faith from my personal and professional lives.”
As a follower of Jesus Christ I believe that this is EXACTLY what EVERY believer should be about – allowing our FAITH to DRIVE us, not merely ‘influence’ us! This makes me extremely nervous in this area of politics – especially after many of us Evangelicals voted for a guy who claimed similar phraseology, but I don’t believe that’s reason-enough NOT to vote for an Evangelical Christian for President. I had a conversation just today about whether we should vote for a Christian as our next president – when the issue of integrity and politics aren’t even seemingly possible to be seen together. I say YES! Just because one-or-more examples before us have failed to stay-the-course (in OUR eyes, mind you) as being both men of Christian Faith AND Leader-in-Chief, doesn’t mean that we should give-up and NOT do our part to see a Follower of Christ in office!
Read more on Huckabee’s “Faith in Politics” here.
#2 – Sanctity of Life
Huck’s words: “I support and have always supported passage of a constitutional amendment to protect the right to life. My convictions regarding the sanctity of life have always been clear and consistent, without equivocation or wavering. I believe that Roe v. Wade should be over-turned.”
In my lifetime I can only imagine how many potential presidents, disease curers, inventors, teachers, preachers, and artists have been killed in the EVIL that is abortion.
With a President like Huckabee – I believe that in my lifetime we could see America lead the way in reversing the tragedy of abortion and re-realizing the value of human life at conception!
Read more on Huckabee’s “Sanctity of Life” outlook here.
#3 – Taxes/Economy (Fair Tax)
Huckabee’s words: “I’d like you to join me at the best “Going Out of Business” sale I can imagine – one held by the Internal Revenue Service. Am I running for president to shut down the federal government? Not exactly. But I am running to completely eliminate all federal income and payroll taxes. And do I mean all – personal federal, corporate federal, gift, estate, capital gains, alternative minimum, Social Security, Medicare, self-employment.”
It’s hard to imagine a world without a large portion of my paycheck going instantly back to the government. The “Fair Tax” that Huckabee supports would remove the Internal Revenue Service, Federal Income Taxes, and numerous other cash-cows that we’ve paid for our entire lives. In place, a 23-percent sales tax (that would be difficult to get used to!) would be the “norm” and would enforce an ALL-PAY of tax back to the government. The more you BUY, the more you PAY. For the first-time, all consumers would be paying taxes! Not just the ‘legitimate’ consumers who ‘decide’ to do the right thing and pay their income taxes, but EVERY consumer!
Obviously there are HUNDREDS of pro’s and con’s to the Fair Tax. Read more on Huckabee’s “Taxes/Economy” plans here.
#4 – Energy Independence
Huckabee’s words: “The first thing I will do as President is send Congress my comprehensive plan for energy independence. We will achieve energy independence by the end of my second term.”
It’s about time that the government does all that it can to promote the US in becoming independent of foreign energy-sources! I believe Huckabee has the desire to make that happen!
Read more about his Energy Independence thoughts here.
Final thoughts…
As my mother wisely said, ALL of us can learn about where Huckabee stands on issues that we believe are valuable by doing our own research! Don’t say, “you don’t have time”, or “any candidate that is pro-life is good-enough” – learn where the candidates stand and make an educated-decision.
Huckabee has a page on his site devoted to where he stands on hot-topic issues.
This morning at around 2:30AM, my sister Sherilyn arrived after traveling all the way from my folks’ home in Pennsylvania! She stopped briefly at her home in Naperville, IL and came the rest of the way to spend the day with us today!
Ella had a blast hanging with Aunt Sher and even received an amazing, glowing teddy bear for Christmas from her!
Sherilyn is now on the road back to Naperville – knowing her she’ll be there in record-time.
The gift was their old furniture to use in our basement! We had sent out a request for some basement-furniture via e-mail a few months ago and they replied quickly telling us that they were upgrading and would give us their old stuff including a loveseat, couch, and two recliners! We couldn’t wait!
When we got home yesterday we quickly ran down to the basement to see the furniture they had dropped off while we were out-of-state.
Boy were we surprised!
Little did we know that the furniture downstairs was MUCH nicer/newer than the furniture we had in our own living room! This evening I had the help of Eric Parsons to bring the couch and loveseat upstairs and the ‘old stuff’ back downstairs!
Come try out our new furniture!
