coverage of 'Values Voters' convention (Right Wing watch):

[rodeodance]

Most talk is about abortion and gay marriage.


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October 20, 2007
Huckabee to Right: Don't Sell Out

Mike Huckabee, the second-tier candidate many at the Values Voter Summit hope will become their champion, brought down the house when he said that he appeared “not as one who comes to you, but as one who comes from you.” In an endorsement of Dobson’s threat to bolt the Republican Party, the former pastor and governor of Arkansas came back time and again to the idea that some issues are “non-negotiable”: namely, opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion.

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Posted by Ezra at 1:47 PM | Permalink
Subject: Religious Right/Values Voter Summit, People: Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, Robert Bork
Giuliani to Right: 'You Have Absolutely Nothing to Fear from Me'

The spirit of Ronald Reagan was invoked as a cadence on Saturday morning at the Values Voter Summit, first by Bill Bennett—Reagan’s Secretary of Education, who emphasized the need to nominate a candidate who understands the need to prevent a “preemptive cultural surrender” in the war on terrorism—and then by Rudy Giuliani, who was working hard to make the skeptical audience think of his “leadership” rather than his position on social wedge issues.

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[AtomicKitten]

1. another slice of the wedge issues pie for them

One would think they would catch on after awhile that their chosen leaders don't give a rat's ass about this stuff and only roll them out at election time to incite and rally the loons.

[Bitwit1234]

2. Wonder if they ask the politicans running

if they object to all the executions in Texas and Virginia. If they object to all the cutting of social services. Those things seem to be more important than gay marriage. Who in the hell cares if two gay people are living together.

[muntrv]

3. These baboons think Britney Spears & K-Fed are better parents than say,

Mary Cheney and her partner.

[dugggy]

4. Did'nt Mitt place 1st in their straw poll?

and Huckster came in a close 2nd?
Or was that some other RW group I just read about?

[Bolo Boffin]

6. You are right.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/056514.php

Candidate Name ... Percentage
1. Mitt Romney ... 27.62 %
2. Mike Huckabee ... 27.10 %
3. Ron Paul ... 14.98%
4. Fred Thompson ... 9.77 %
5. Sam Brownback ... 5.14 %
6. Duncan Hunter ... 2.42 %
7. Tom Tancredo ... 2.30 %
8. Rudy Giuliani ... 1.85 %
9. John McCain ... 1.40 %

Fred is dead, Giuliani should notice the fat lady has been given her cue by the stage manager, McCain should pack it in...

And Romney might start to interview veep candidates. The only person that can take it from him is Huckabee, and we will see about that.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

7. Thirty votes. (The Romney Huckabee difference)

[Lucinda]

5. Mark my words

Huckabee is going to come out of this weekend with very strong fundie support. I don't know if they will think him "electable" enough...but he's definitely one of them.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

8. He will crack 20% in Iowa... a strong second

[Clintonista2]

9. Did Obama attend? nt.

[jonnyblitz]

11. HA, I was wondering the same thing.

This seems to be his favorite crowd.

[Tactical Progressive]

10. Republicans only have two values: greed & bigotry

which should be pointed out whenever the subject comes up.

The Conservative-coddling mainstream media treats the issue as if it implicitly represents 'good values', when nothing could be further from the truth.