Posted by
Tonewah on Friday, October 26, 2007 11:11:00 PM
I noticed yesterday that there were several sites linking to my blog on Mike Huckabee. As there were no comments on my blog entry, I thought it strange that it would be linked. I backtracked the links, and found some things being said about my blog on other forums.
Here's an example:
To my comment that holding people at Guantanamo Bay without Habeas Corpus "attacks free speech, and denies the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, the core beliefs of our country's founders! Who's to say what kind of people Huckabee might find offensive enough to categorize as a 'risk'?" This is what they had to say: Our freedoms are for US, not our enemies!
I hear this a lot. The fact is, our Declaration of Independence declares that EVERY MAN has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Not just Americans, it states that God gives mankind these inalienable rights.
The scary part is that they don't realize that by giving those who rule over us the power to detain anyone without charging them or giving them a chance to defend themselves sets a frightening precedent.
To my comment that Huckabee "made the statement that the invasion of Iraq might have been a 'mistake,' but that 'we broke it, we bought it.' We didn't break anything. Saddam broke it. And if you get right down to it, the Iraqi people are responsible for not rising up against a brutal dictator!" they replied:
Whatever the Iraqis should or shouldn't have done is irrelevant. We are under siege by extremists Muslims and we need to take the fight to them.
I hear this a lot, too, but what kind of logic is this? There were no 'extremists Muslims' (sic) laying siege to us from Iraq. If there were, we should have declared war on them. What the Iraqis did or didn't do is VERY relevant. People who pay no attention to the mistakes of the past are doomed to repeat it.
Admitting that we 'broke' Iraq was a huge mis-step for someone who supports the war in Iraq. I thought the logic was that it was already broken, and we were fixing it... right? There is no honor, Governor, in continuing a violent occupation when you admit you're wrong to be there in the first place.
As of the last time I checked, I still didn't have any comments posted to my blog. I don't know why I'd be attacked on another site when there is no ban on posting on MY blog. I'm not going to post the link to the pro-Huckabee site, because I don't want to drive any traffic to a site that supports beliefs contrary to mine (or logic for that matter). But, if you want to find examples of these types of comments and attacks on common sense, you can just look at any of the forums or blogs supporting 90% of the GOP candidates for President.
The facts are clear: Huckabee is a former minister. He knows how to rouse the Christian right; preachers are good at that. For this, he is getting a BIG push.
I STRONGLY favor a Christian leader. I'm just afraid he's not as true to his convictions as it seems. His willingness to waffle on fiscal issues and immigration makes his motives seem suspect. I simply don't want someone who panders to people just to get elected. I remember seeing Bill Clinton speaking in a church back in 1992. Hearing Mike Huckabee reminds me so very much of that. I also think the Governor KNOWS the occupation of Iraq isn't right. He just won't admit it because he knows it will hurt his campaign.