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Ron Paul or Mike Huckabee? I Dunno Yet, But...

The following is a fairly thought-out short response to a friend and brother in Christ that I thought may be helpful to any [other] blog readers out there about where I stand right now regarding our next President. Some names were changed to protect the...ahem ;-)

Thanks Xxxxx:



Good news about Xxxxxx, praise the Lord.



I have read the information in the first two links of what you sent me so far. I’ll look at the rest of them soon. While I have not made up mind yet by a long shot, it is probably down to Paul and Huckabee for me. But one thing I will say in defense of Ron Paul that looks like may be possible in the first two posts I read, is that he is sometimes mistaken for supporting a particular issue itself when it is because of the government’s involvement that causes him to vote again such issues. No doubt that Ron Paul is both Libertarian as well as Constitutional. Sometimes his libertarian views make him look worse than he is and perhaps sometimes those same views aren’t good period. I’m still wrestling with the issue of whether we as a country should be pro-active in other country’s affairs. Things aren’t the same as they were over 200 years ago, nuclear weapons especially, amen? We say (and I’m just as concerned as the next person) that we will not let countries like Iran and North Korea develop nuclear weapons. Yet how would it have been if some country years ago did everything they could to prevent us from developing it? By the grace of God we know that the US is more sound and not radical like those countries. But from God’s perspective, it is wisdom or pride that says we have the right to have these weapons and not others? Ron Paul believes we can defend ourselves and leave other alone. I have not come up with an answer on that and I’m thinking out loud so to speak. I was telling Xxxxx the other day (by the way, I’m going to copy this to him if you don’t mind since we have been talking too) that if I’m going to be a one issue guy (Pro-Life/Anti-abortion) because of the morality of the issue, I need to be willing to vote for a guy that is pro-life and weak in other important but not as crucial issues, just like I would not be willing to vote for someone who is not pro-life yet may be stronger on the other issues. To me the murder of the unborn is the most heinous sin we are committing that neither Democrat nor Republican is really done anything about. I mentioned on the radio broadcast today that you may have heard about how almost 6 million babies have been murdered since the Iraq war. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t care about the families of soldiers that have died in this war, but it doesn’t mean that the murder of the unborn, baby which is how many times worse?--- is any less important. I am a constitutionalist, and voted along that party in 2004. Now I’m back to being an independent Party wise. Our government is wayyyy out of control in spending, taking away our liberties, and more. I’ll be just as upset as the next man if someone gets in who wants to raise our taxes. Republicans don’t raise our taxes, but they still increase our deficit. Our children are in big trouble in my opinion. Yet, I think abortion and some other social issues are of most importance. Put all of that together and that is why I have a lot of respect for Ron Paul and see this packaged in him. Both he and Mike Huckabee are pro-life and professing evangelical Christians. Hopefully I’ll be able to make up my mind within the next year J. I also gave up 4 years ago on the voting for the lesser of two evils and the best one out of who has a chance to win. I may be wrong, but I don’t see that as a biblical principle. If we applied that in many other Christian areas, me thinks we’d be in twouble J. We vote for the best person based on principles of God’s word and leave the results up to Him. Just like when we share the gospel…we plant and water, God gives the growth (results). Anyway, sorry if I got to a ramblin, LOL. Keeps that info comin in…



Brother Bret



P.S. In all that I said, I’m not saying that you believe otherwise. I don’t know where you stand on some of these things. God bless you!

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