Reducing the Government (Formerly McCain and Huckabee).

**JesusFreakGirl** · 01-07-2008, 04:42 PM

Ok, politics confuse me a little and I am clueless about what the platforms are for those running for president. So, here is my question: What do McCain and Huckabee beleive/promote, how are they alike, and how are they different?

Bryan · 01-07-2008, 05:15 PM

www.johnmccain.com

www.mikehuckabee.com

start with those.

**Chrysostom** · 01-08-2008, 07:28 AM

McCain's major plank is war. He has plenty of war experience and is committing to fighting all the wars he deems necessary to end any terrorist threat.

Huckabee is somewhat ambivalent, saying that he wants to try to heal the blue/red dichotomy but also consistently using rhetoric like "God told me..." and "We're fighting in God's army," putting God on his side and therefore obviously extending a blue/red dichotomy. Wants to reduce taxes, and wants to use government power for many domestic and foreign programs, such as education, war, etc.

**JesusFreakGirl** · 01-08-2008, 01:02 PM

Thanks

JerryLove · 01-08-2008, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Chrysostom

Huckabee is somewhat ambivalent, saying that he wants to try to heal the blue/red dichotomy but also consistently using rhetoric like "God told me..." and "We're fighting in God's army," putting God on his side and therefore obviously extending a blue/red dichotomy. Wants to reduce taxes, and wants to use government power for many domestic and foreign programs, such as education, war, etc.

Huckabee has used all the Bush rhetoric, only moreso. That's what scares me.

**Chrysostom** · 01-08-2008, 10:12 PM

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Huckabee has used all the Bush rhetoric, only moreso. That's what scares me.

Nothing like that good ol' American civil religion to boil your blood, eh?

But, why be scared? If he gets the nomination (which he won't), he can't possibly beat Obama or Clinton.

mulletman · 01-08-2008, 11:10 PM

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But, why be scared? If he gets the nomination (which he won't), he can't possibly beat Obama or Clinton.

Mostly because there are enough people in this nation who think like him that he is still in the race.

Bryan · 01-09-2008, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by JerryLove

Huckabee has used all the Bush rhetoric, only moreso. That's what scares me.

so which primary are you voting in and who are you voting for?

bowstaff981 · 01-09-2008, 09:41 AM

If everything goes as I hope for Obama and Huckabee will win the next primary, then Clinton and McCain will win the one after that, then Obama and Huckabee again etc. And then the republican and democratic parties will implode because they won't know who to nominate

**nbfan** · 01-09-2008, 12:35 PM

You want the parties to implode?

**Ridley's Own** · 01-09-2008, 01:49 PM

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If everything goes as I hope for Obama and Huckabee will win the next primary, then Clinton and McCain will win the one after that, then Obama and Huckabee again etc. And then the republican and democratic parties will implode because they won't know who to nominate

They won't implode. There's something called a National Convention, and that's when they actually nominate. It'd be a change from the week-long political ad for either party.

JerryLove · 01-09-2008, 05:04 PM

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But, why be scared? If he gets the nomination (which he won't), he can't possibly beat Obama or Clinton.

That thought is how I sleep at night.

**Chrysostom** · 01-09-2008, 09:40 PM

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They won't implode. There's something called a National Convention, and that's when they actually nominate. It'd be a change from the week-long political ad for either party.

Obviously you've forgotten everything about the American political system while away in the UK. What happens is that if the parties oscillate between two candidates in primaries three consecutive times then most of the world will spontaneously combust. The only thing left will be Dubai, because there is a protective bubble of taxlessness that protects it from the onslaught of the US parties. And there are a lot of hot babes there. And an indoor ski slope.

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That thought is how I sleep at night.

Wow. I think I may be a little less invested in the US presidency than you are, haha.

**Chrysostom** · 01-09-2008, 11:32 PM

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Mostly because there are enough people in this nation who think like him that he is still in the race.

A half-hour of primetime television should be enough to tell you enough scary things to make Huckabee's popularity superfluous.

Mattlock · 01-10-2008, 05:33 PM

McCain likes war. A lot. That's the only thing I got out the 4 things he sent my family telling us to vote for him.

And unfortunately, if he's nominated Republican, he gets my parents votes. To quote my father: "There's a lot of things I don't like about Mike Huckabee, but if he gets the Republican nomination, he gets my vote. Same goes for Ron Paul and McCain and Giuliani."