Wednesday, December 12, 2007

NPR"S GOP RADIO DEBASE, I MEAN DEBATE

I heard about the Republican radio debate today on the news and I was looking forward to hearing it after church. So I came home, downloaded the media file on Itunes and was once again blown away by Huckabee.
This was of course an NPR production, a democrat ran company. So the questions were slanted, obviously meant to trap the speakers in proving them ignorant or religious nuts. Like the one on global warming, Do you beleive that global warming is an issue and that it is caused by man? is a semi exact example from the debate. Now this is not a bad question in general. But when the moderator only wants a yes or no answer to this the steel bar of the trap is obvious.
My senior year in high school would have been amazing if my mom fell for those kind of questions. Hey mom do you love me, and can I buy a motorcycle? And Please just one answer for those if you can.
Much to the moderators apparent dismay no one would answer unless allowed 30 seconds to respond. Because there isnt one answer for both.
M. Huckabee not only handled these questions with granduer but he even found a way to answer the questions meant to trap him, in clear concise ways.
For instance his idea to for a government mandate on Bio fuels, the question generally wanted to know how he could support this when the result of using more bio based fuels would raise the cost of feed for livestock owners and crops at the produce market. He didnt dabble with a yes or a no he went straight for the questions juggular and explained what his real opinion was. Create the market within the government and find a way to lower the prices instead of raise them.- by the way IF we can do this it still wouldnt solve the lower mileage we get from ethanol based fuels-
The man isnt an artist, he doesnt use word tricks, he explains himself clearly, the way it was always meant to be.
Out of sheer stupidity on my part I listened to the commentary after the debate. The topic was Huckabee and our opinions on a preacher running for president. Personally i think President is a step below the calling, but since he is only southern Baptist I think i can make an exception. But after all that was talked about, after what I think was the greates show of Republican strength over a liberal moderator You would think that they would have something to talk about other then his way of thinking.
But it was the thesis for the whole editorial, how that perhaps his black and white style thinking could be hazardous, how his beliefs cause him to make quick and dramatic decisions without accepting the appeal of those around him. I could have been sick all over my key board I really could have. What we need in our country is a man, a man who is not afraid to stand up on his two feet, two feet that are touching the ground and not a pile of money. A man who will agree with what he knows to be the truth, and is not ashamed to say that he holds allegiance with it. Someone who is not afraid to share what he knows and couldnt care less about public image.
When Christ gave us the Great Commision He wanted us to do it with boldness and without fear, we should stand up for what God has taught us, including the way we are supposed to live.

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