Right wing conservative evangelicals like me pick Huckabee for VP!

Jeffrey ~ Good for you, dear one. For your information Bush is not the leader of the religious right. There is a group of individuals in this country who are spiritual, who love theor country and want this country to be a shining light once again. Liberals promise freedom, but in the end we as a country will be in the same bondage communism has on a society.

Isreal ~ You have been bashing Christians long enough here in the Rain, and its time you stop.

Me too. It will be interesting to see who it is!

Nicholas- You aren't making sense. There  was no bashing of any kind in this thread. You calling me names was the only blemish on an otherwise stimulating conversation.

Back to the topic at hand. I don't see how you can dispute the fact that most Americans are middle of the road in their political beliefs. They already had eight years of the far right and all the polls say that we are unhappy about it. So the question is, does the Republican party stay the course with a far right, evangelical ticket or do they take a more moderate course. Conventional wisdom suggests a more middle of the road approach has a greater chance of success.

I am a perfect example of this. I don't really like Obama very much. I think he is too far left and I am sure my taxes will go up considerably under an Obama Presidency. At this point McCain seems like a better option. However, if McCain was to pick an evangelical running mate and swerve towards the far right, I will vote for Obama. I think the last eight years have been a disaster for our country and more of the same is even worse.

If I think McCain is going to be the same as Bush, than that is worse to me than anything Obama will do. If McCain takes a moderate approach and doesn't go way right, than he gets my vote. I don't want a continuation of the policies of the last administration.

Jeffrey ~ Israel is a closet liberal...lol

Israel ~ You have been attacking the Christian right as long as I have known you. Don't suddenly now take the offensive and say I put a blemish on this thread.

I thought you were voting for Bob Barr Israel? As for me, I really don't see how anything could be worse than a far left socialist (most liberal member of Congress) teamed up with the third most liberal member of Congress who doesn't think the guy at the head of the ticket has the experience to do the job!

Simon ~ Well said, and thank you. You are truly a man of principle whereas some members here in the Rain say they are Conservatives and say they will vote for Obama. Nothing further from the truth.

Nope. A continuation of Bushs policies is not only the worst thing that could happen to this country,it is the worst thing that could happen to the world. If McCain picks a moderate v.p. and tones down his pro-war rhetoric, I will vote for him. A vote for Bob Barr is a waste of a vote. I would pencil in Ron Paul if I wanted to go that route. If McCain panders to the religious right and picks Huckabeeor some other evangelical type, I will see the writing on the wall.

Spoken like a true Christian bigot.

Israel, perhaps you would prefer we had three parties, the Republicans, Evangelicals and the Democrats. Would you be seeing RED then because no one would get anything accomplished? . We are being taken for a RIDE right now with the Republicans, Independents, Dems and Evangelicals. They are all promises and no results. What I would like to see is NO parties. Yep, I said it again.

I want to see a complete restructuring of our govmt that includes no congress, no senate. One where each person votes on issues, laws, budgets, etc individually. If you stop paying senators and congressmen then you can come up with an affordable way for us to speak our own minds be it via the internet, at polling locations, over the phone, wherever.

We are still running this country like it's 1908 and it's 2008!

I want change, only REAL change not Obama change.

The American people are intelligent enough to run their own country, to vote on their own issues, to decide for themselves how they want the country ran down to how much the first lady spends on Christmas trees. We no longer need a senate and congress. The sooner people realize that and we do something about it the sooner we can turn this country around.

Cheri ~ This is a representaive form of government otherwise we would have anarchy. Problem is that the people who we elect to represent us forget who voted for them and what were the issues that got them elected in the first place.

Mike- Bush deserves to be bashed. The worst President of all time.

Nick- You aren't getting it. You don't even realize that just because you think something is right, doesn't mean somebody else doesn't. You are willing to go along with whatever the Bush administration tells you too because they purport to be Christians. If you are truly a Christian Conservative, you should be madder than anybody else over the way your party has been hijacked.

Cheri- I like the fact that you are thinking outside the box. Your ideas might be nearly impossible to implement, but I agree things have to change. All the parties are feeding us the same kool aid, it just comes in different looking packages.

Jeffery- You make some good points. You will quickly realize that it is easier for some people to make accusations than to have to think things through. Sean Hannity would be so proud.........