RON PAUL

Ron Paul said the Iranian speed boats that approached the USS Hopper posed no threat to the ship. He obviously has not heard of the USS Cole.

FDT VID

RESPONSE TO MINIMUM WAGE

Perhaps you should actually read what he has to say about Social Security Reform instead of what the media says he says about Social Security Reform. I would suggest you read this:

FRED THOMPSON ON SOCIAL SECURITY

MINIMUM WAGE MILLIONAIRE

It doesn't make sense

"GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson caused an uproar Friday by suggesting that Social Security benefits be cut to reduce spending. The actor is in a lot of trouble. He never would have said anything so stupid if the writers weren't on strike."--Baraboo News Republic

Why do people want and expect politicians to lie to them and then get upset when they don't?

An interesting column about Mike Huckabee by John Fund in the Wall Street Journal. Some of the pull quotes:

“Betsy Hagan, Arkansas director of the conservative Eagle Forum and a key backer of [Huckabee’s] early runs for office, was once "his No. 1 fan." . . . "He was pro-life and pro-gun, but otherwise a liberal," she says. "Just like Bill Clinton he will charm you, but don't be surprised if he takes a completely different turn in office."

“Phyllis Schlafly, president of the national Eagle Forum, . . . "He destroyed the conservative movement in Arkansas, and left the Republican Party a shambles," she says. "Yet some of the same evangelicals who sold us on George W. Bush as a 'compassionate conservative' are now trying to sell us on Mike Huckabee."

Blant Hurt, a former part owner of, and columnist for, Arkansas Business magazine. "He has zero intellectual underpinnings in the conservative movement," . . . "He's hostile to free trade, hiked sales and grocery taxes, backed sales taxes on Internet purchases, and presided over state spending going up more than twice the inflation rate."

“Rick Scarborough, a pastor who heads Vision America, attended seminary with Mr. Huckabee and is a strong backer. . . . "Mike has always sought the validation of elites." When conservatives took over the Southern Baptist Convention after a bitter fight in the 1980s, Mr. Huckabee sided with the ruling moderates.

“Paul Pressler, a former Texas judge who led the conservative Southern Baptist revolt, told me, "I know of no conservative he appointed while he headed the Arkansas Baptist Convention."