tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798622578639107707.post4965521899494945801..comments2023-10-03T10:34:28.990-04:00Comments on Oh Baby That's What I Like!: This Comment Nails It!BDBopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00604056417218719226noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798622578639107707.post-8103733789831754042008-04-14T19:14:00.000-04:002008-04-14T19:14:00.000-04:00By the way, I expect I'l get back to blogging, soo...By the way, I expect I'l get back to blogging, soon. But, I've only posted about 3 times, since Huckabee withdrew on March 4. I'll be commenting on daily events, watching the HuckPac progress, and getting into my personal perspectives as a philosophically-inclined conservative Christian MS-sufferer. Something I have relatively unique experience regarding. :-)Larry Perraulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036975077624213349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8798622578639107707.post-76760853012984282692008-04-14T18:35:00.000-04:002008-04-14T18:35:00.000-04:00Your response is heartening to listen to. I have ...Your response is heartening to listen to. I have always been pro-life. But, I explained to some that I think Huckabee's position on an abortion amemdment is shorthand for saying that the practice of abortion is unconstitutional, which I agree with. But, 1) if such an amendment actually ever made significant progress, America would by definition have already progressed in its understanding of an respect for the sanctity of life, which would make an amendment a mere formalization of a change in public sentiment.<BR/>2) As I told someone else, before such a change in the public consciousness, striving after the constraint of law is, practically speaking, spitting in the wind.<BR/><BR/>I also not only don't make a priority of, but oppose a constitutional amendment defining marriage. The federal government should have nothing to do with it. And if we concede that it has the province to define it how we might like the definition today, we concede that it has the province to define it how we don't, tomorrow.<BR/><BR/>Briefly on The Fair Tax, the likely surge of activity and revenue that it would present may be the only possible escape from financially drowning under the tsunami of entitlement liability that the federal government has taken on and is by now upon us. By the way, that's why I support McCain, with whom I have often disagreed. McCain has long demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to control extravagant spending, like Bush never has. In fact, McCain opposed most of Bush's spending extravagance.<BR/><BR/>One last thing which I didn't mention before in my mistake-laden comment. Years ago, I argued with liberals that being conservative does not imply that you are selfish and indifferent to other people.<BR/><BR/>After watching the reaction to Huckabee of many whom I came to describe as "dyspeptic conservatives," it was clear that I might very well ask whether in some cases, I was certainly not correct.Larry Perraulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036975077624213349noreply@blogger.com