Predicting 2008
by Bill Mosley
Issue 99 - January 16, 2008

The last paragraph of last issues' editorial, "Predicting 2008," says it all! Frankly, there isn't a Roosevelt, Lincoln, or Reagan among any of the candidates.

But, while your prediction that conservatives will stay home if Rudy Giuliani is the candidate may be accurate, it would be a huge mistake. I see that as a vote for Hillary Clinton, still the presumptive nominee, a national disaster waiting to happen.

John McCain is weak to abysmal on immigration and has not represented the conservative Republicans that elected him in Arizona for years. The campaign finance reform he helped sponsor is a lot of baggage also.

Personally, Mitt Romney's Mormonism bothers me. And he changes his positions easily.

Mike Huckabee's appeal as a Southern Baptist diminishes when you look at his performance as a governor. Anyone that gets favorable comments like,

But on many substantive matters demonstrated during his ten years as the governor of Arkansas, Huckabee is a progressive, with enlightened views and a record of substantive action on immigration, public health, the regressive nature of sales taxes, education of poor kids and the possibility of redemption for convicted criminals.....

This is by the radical lefist Alexander Cockburn, the co-editor of the muckraking newsletter CounterPunch and tells me Huckabee cannot be seriously considered the right man for the job.

I think Fred Thompson is the best all around candidate, but his campaign doesn't seem to be going anywhere.

But, if people stay home, do they think the Democrats will appoint a Scalia or Thomas to the Supreme Court? Do they think taxes will not be raised? Having read several books about her, I'm convinced that Clinton is a Marxist Socialist trying to create this "moderate" persona when, in fact, she is the most liberal of the candidates.

I urge your readers to support the Republican nominee, even if they have to hold their nose.

Bill Mosley