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HatchetBy Lucas RoebuckOne of the most successful strategies during the 2008 presidential campaign was Team Obama's efforts to peel off the Christian Left. In the Clinton and post-Clinton eras, Evangelical Christians were largely thought to belong to the Republican Party, and the Christian Right certainly has little-to-no incentive to cross the aisle.But the Christian Left - progressive

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AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH JIM BOB DUGGARAs most marriages on TV fail, the Duggars reveal how they work to keep their marriage strongBy Lucas RoebuckNot being a fan of television in general, I am perplexed at how much my wife and her friends enjoy the super-sized family shows like “Jon and Kate Plus Eight” and “18 Kids and Counting.” She takes care of our two kids all day long, so why would she

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HatchetBy Lucas RoebuckOne of the great ironies of the fall of General Motors and Chrysler was how red America's patriotic ethos to buy American was what kept those companies afloat - and Democrat-contributing uber-high wage union workers in their jobs - for years if not decades.Drive on the freeways of the blue state coasts, and you'll find a disproportionate number of foreign-made cars. In the

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HatchetBy Lucas RoebuckThe problem was already bad when President Barack Obama hit the scene. Now Obama's capriciousness, unchecked by a pliable Democrat-controlled Congress, has only served to exacerbate the problem of our national debt.One of President Bush's greatest failureswas continuing the generational theft to prop up our outof-control borrowing and spending. Obama is taking Bush's

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HatchetBy Lucas RoebuckThe murder of abortionist George Tiller was wrong. Period. His death cannot be justified.I am as right-wing as they come on abortion. Life begins at conception, and once conceived, a child is entitled to naturally grow into a mature human. Tiller painfully denied thousands of innocent children that fundamental right. That he did it legally is a source of great grief - and

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The crazies from the left and the right meet in the middleHatchetBy Lucas RoebuckWe often like to think of modern American politics as a line, sort of a spectrum from the extreme left to the extreme right. This simple model helps us understand and relate to each other politically but perhaps is lacking in the complexity needed to explain some political realities.A circle has often been proposed

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HatchetBy Lucas RoebuckIn one sense, the Obama doctrine — which says we can do more for our foreign policy with an open hand than a clinched fist — is embedded in an element of truth. If you subscribe to the realpolitik philosophy popularized by Theodore Roosevelt's speaking softly and carrying a big stick, you believe a good president has both of these critical diplomatic skills. President

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Click through to this must read blog post from David Freddoso over at the National Review...Here's a sample.Yet it was Obama who signed the very bill that made the rules for bonuses under TARP, and that bill clearly allowed these bonuses. Obama stumped for it all over the country — but did he actually read it? And are politicians such as Obama, Dodd, and all the others who supported the stimulus

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Here is my column I wrote on the passing of Paul Harvey for the Northwest Arkansas Times:I was surprised how little the online media covered the death of radio news legend Paul Harvey. Even on the conservativeleaning Drudge Report the mention of his passing was so short-lived that I couldn't find it in their archives. National Review had a few short notes on its blog. I only found a frontpage Web

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I thought if anyone was going to live forever, it would be Paul Harvey. When I was a junior in college, Harvey mentioned a column I wrote on air. To get kudos from Harvey on-air was one of the highlights of my life. Godspeed, Paul Harvey. He's sitting with Jesus now, learning the rest of story.

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Let's add double-talking to the One's list of strengths HatchetBy Lucas RoebuckIn the next two years, President Barack Obama may single-handedly destroy both the Democratic Party and the "progressive" movement in America. Democratic politicians who enjoy their office may be wise to start slowly distancing themselves from him sooner than later.Oh sure, right now, Obama is enjoying pretty high

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HatchetBy Lucas RoebuckFirst of all, while I am pretty confident the recently enacted stimulus legislation will not be the cause of a resurgent American economy, I hope I am wrong. May the stimulus bring untold prosperity to America, that we may pay off the new debt of $1 trillion worth of principal and interest quickly, so that we do not fill the economic galoshes of our children with proverbial

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HatchetBy Lucas RoebuckTrue to the Chicago Way, Obama and his merry band of Democrats are using their newfound partisan advantage to increase their control and get a tighter grip on power in Washington, often at the expense of the people they are supposed to represent.The stimulus bill is mostly just borrowing money from our grandchildren to give cash to the people who fund Democratic campaigns.

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HatchetBy Lucas RoebuckIf I didn't know what a sincerely compassionate guy President Obama is, looking at his policies one week in office, I'd have to believe he must hate unborn children.Of course, I am talking about abortion - but not just abortion. It appears certain that either as a part of the stimulus or as a separate bill, Obama's pro-choice allies will get their political payoff in cash.

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Questions we should be asking about global warmingHatchetBy Lucas RoebuckSILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. -- There is a delicious - albeit meaningless - irony that as Gov. Mike Beebe begins to implement the plans of his global warming commission, state offices have to close because of cold weather.Baby, it's cold outside. It's black ice season for travelers on I-540 and U.S. 412 and all those twisty roads in

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Journalists must ask Barack tough questions about ChicagoHatchetBy Lucas RoebuckThe media and U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald both hold a unique, important public trust as the not-so-shocking Illinois pay-for-play corruption scandal unfolds.Fitzgerald must not turn the case against Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff, John Harris, into a witch hunt, where Fitzgerald is determined to get a

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Pro-lifers have been helping low income mothers for decadesHatchet By Lucas RoebuckThe Washington Post pushed an interesting thesis in a front page article Tuesday. Under the headline "Some Abortion Foes Shifting Focus from Ban to Reduction," Jacqueline Salmon posits that as a result of an devastatingly unfavorable 2008 election, some Pro-Lifers are "setting aside efforts to outlaw abortion and

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Social Conservatives are not to blame for 2008 GOP lossesHatchetBy Lucas RoebuckThe Republicans will now begin soul searching in earnest, as the party plots its way to a competitive 2010. But first, we will have to endure the blame game why the GOP was shamefully routed by the Democrats for a second election cycle.The conservative elites, those who populate the think tanks and the Manhattan

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If you're serious about listening to those who disagree with you, try thisHatchet By Lucas RoebuckDear President-elect Obama: Let me join the chorus of well-wishers at your election, and recognize the symbolic and real significance of a black man being elected to America’s highest office. Even though I am a conservative, evangelical Christian (and a Republican to boot ), on Inauguration Day you

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Conservative Christians should still pray for a McCain miracleHatchetBy Lucas RoebuckIn 2000 and 2004 the heads of many secular-progress/angry-left voters figuratively exploded when they realized that George W. Bush was going to (still) be president. Bush didn't just represent Satan, he literally was Satan to the secular left. That's because generally secularists don't believe in a spiritual

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SARCASM WARNINGHatchetBy Lucas RoebuckSomebody must have told the glaciers that Sen. Barack Obama is going to be the next president of the United States. Maybe Obama wasn’t just having delusions of grandeur when he said back in June that his nomination would be the “ moment when the rise of the oceans will begin to slow and our planet will begin to heal. ”I am one of the many who mocked the

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HatchetBy Lucas RoebuckThings aren’t very pretty for the GOP right now. Many conservatives, evangelicals and people who claim both titles weren’t exactly thrilled when Sen. John McCain won the Republican presidential nomination this spring. Fiscal conservatives would have preferred Gov. Mitt Romney and the social conservatives had lined up behind Gov. Mike Huckabee.Only the brilliant choice of

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Abortion rationalizers and slavery defenders have similar motivationsHatchetBy Lucas RoebuckDon’t be fooled. The media / left-wing outcry against Gov. Sarah Palin’s rise to prominence is not about her experience (or lack thereof ). With Sen. Barack Obama having a Slim Fast resume of a similar girth to Palin’s petite vita, Republicans and Democrats have learned to talk out of both sides of their

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HatchetBy Lucas RoebuckSen. John McCain ran with the media as his ally in his quest to become president in 2000. The press loved his “Straight Talk Express” when he gave them unlimited access to his campaign. The love-in was so great that the senator jokingly referred to the media as his “ base ”We all know how well playing to that base did for McCain in 2000, who was stomped by then Gov. George

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Historically, Obama would be the most inexperienced president everHatchetBy Lucas RoebuckOf course, when the Obama campaign slammed Gov. Sarah Palin for her "inexperience," the Democrats were throwing a proverbial boulder in a glass house. Within hours of the announcement of Palin as the GOP VP nominee, the Obama camp put out this statement: "John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000

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... while Obama's is just lip service. I love this from Obama's hometown newspaper. Columnist John Kass writes:The young Alaska Republican put her political career on the line by challenging the corrupt, old Alaskan Republican bulls on their sleazy pay-for-play politics and their use of the public trust to fill the pockets of their friends. She didn't merely talk about abstract change in

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Now we know how Barack Obama reacts when he is caught in a lie. He angrily defames his accusers by calling them liars in return. That's exactly what he said about the National Right to Life Committee when they unearthed voting records showing Obama opposed requiring medical care for babies born alive after a botched abortion.When people previously questioned Obama on his vote against the Born

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If you are pro-life and are considering voting for Obama, this article should dispel you of that consideration. Maybe you are pro-choice, but you believe that once born, babies deserve medical attention. You should see what Obama thinks... a shocking, eye opening well documented article that tells the truth about Obama's defense of infanticide. Read this National Review article from David

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So I am writing a new blog that will make the case for that Bush's presidency has been GOOD for America here. Here is some more on the blog: WE WILL MISS BUSHAs the Bush administration comes to an end, I wanted to make a blog dedicated to pointing out all the great things that George W. Bush has done for America. Unfairly attacked by a biased and partisan media, my hope is that this small corner

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However theologically suspect Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life" is (if we all turn up in the afterlife as angels a la Clarence, I'll owe Mr. Capra an apology), the movie provides a wonderful life lesson about overlooking the good things we have and can't see.I know, according to very accurate modern scientific near infallible surveys, that I am statistically the only person left who thinks

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Global warming nuts declare jihad!HatchetBy Lucas RoebuckI am pro-environment, for strict pollution controls and the general conversion from fossil fuels to alternative energy, including wind, solar and nuclear. Developed nations need to incentivize the preservation of rain forests. We should have a national public transportation strategy. We should be subsidizing electric cars, not ethanol.Using

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The ink in my blood grieves the slow fall of the New York Times. The New York Times is one of, if not, the greatest newspapers in the history of newspapers. But ink flows as easily as blood: The New York Times is hemorrhaging money and circulation (the two are usually related ) at a rate that should alarm the owners and employees of the old rag. As a lover of periodicals, I morn the slow

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McDonald's serious about promoting homosexual agendaHatchetBy Lucas RoebuckI get all sorts of e-mail from a wide spectrum of conservative and religious advocacy groups telling me of the latest outrage in the American culture war. Usually, most of these messages end up on the lethal end of my delete key for two reasons. First, even though I am sympathetic to the causes of many of these groups, I

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The content of his character is looking thinHatchetBy Lucas Roebuck"I kinda want Obama to win," the white, conservative, pro-life, Evangelical friend of mine confided in me, "Because he's black."So goes the untold narrative of the 2008 election. The center-left media and other allies of Democrat presumptive nominee Barack Obama have covertly and sometimes outrightly suggested that if you are

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HatchetBy Lucas RoebuckIn typical Barack Obama messianic arrogance, the senator prophesied when he clenched the Democratic nomination earlier this summer that his inauguration would be when America finally started caring about its sick and jobless."I am absolutely certain, that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to

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I have a healthy respect for the Constitution and Libertarian parties. Both appear to have some semblance of intellectual consistency — the Constitution Party pushing for strict interpretation of the 220-yearold namesake document, the Libertarian Party emphasizing personal freedom over all.Republican John McCain is the candidate who will most likely suffer should the Libertarian presidential

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As Obama movies into the final round, some loyal superdelegates have stuck with Clinton, including first term Sen. Mark Pryor, through the Obamamania. When the nails go into the coffin holding Clinton’s presidential ambitions, I wonder, what will Pryor do ? Will he line up like a good little party-line Democrat and get behind Obama ?Or will Pryor become the second Democratic senator to become a

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HatchetBy Lucas RoebuckAssuming Sen. Hillary Clinton doesn’t pull off one of the most astounding political feats of all-time, the most likely November scenario is for Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain to both win the 2008 presidential election.More specifically, Obama could win the popular vote by overwhelming McCain in the urban metropolitan areas of this great country. But McCain will win

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Because of President George W. Bush’s low approval ratings, many Democrats and their liberal allies want the next presidential election to be a referendum on Bush’s performance over the past eight years.The words “ Bush’s third term ” and even “ carbon copy of Bush” have already become commonplace among the second- and third-tier liberal pundits / hacks (and Democrat presidential candidates ) in

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Conventional wisdom suggests Sen. John McCain will not pick former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to be his running mate this summer. Doing so will really tick off two vocal, powerful groups of Republicans: the elite Manhattan / Wall Street crowd, and the conservative punditocracy (led by talk radio and publications like National Review ).Huckabee was unfairly branded (I speculate by rival Gov. Mitt

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HatchetBy Lucas RoebuckAfter a supremely disappointing summer of movies last year, the summer of 2008 looks more promising for moviegoers, especially now that the box office has safely buried every Iraq war movie that came out this winter.Hollywood, stuck in the WE-REALLYHATE-IRAQ-WAR gear, decided to blow a wad of cash to produce quite a few anti-war movies over the past six months. They all

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In Pennsylvania on Tuesday moderate Democrats had their revenge on the limousine liberals and race baiters who took over the party when Bill Clinton left office. Mrs. Clinton’s 10-point smack down of former golden boy and media dream Sen. Barack Obama does not mean her campaign is off life support, but Sen. Hillary Clinton is still alive.At least until North Carolina, where in two weeks Obama may

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With their champion out, will a new movement form?Hatchet By Lucas RoebuckHuckabee, hanging on till the bittersweet end, is out of the 2008 presidential race, but the new social conservative movement that coalesced around his campaign will forge on.This time last year, as Mike Huckabee started building his campaign to be president, few people expected he would be a contender. Huckabee, however,

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New EU reports question the NIEHatchetBy Lucas RoebuckThe American media gave little play to an International Atomic Energy Agency report issued last week that blasted Iran for dodging questions about documents from 2005 that point to its nuclear weapon ambitions.Reuters had this Feb. 23 report: “ In unusually strong wording, the IAEA said in a report Iran had not so far explained documentation

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Five Reasons I Oppose BarackHatchetBy Lucas RoebuckI teach at a conservative, evangelical university. Many of my students are supporting Sen. Barack Obama for president, although when I ask them, few can really articulate why. Few of my students can list off anything that Barack is for or against, save two items: Barack’s promise to surrender in Iraq and his promise to give everyone free health

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By overselling the CEO, talk radio helps Romney dig his own graveHatchetBy Lucas RoebuckOnce again, conventional wisdom gets shredded when people go to vote. I'd invest in crow; it looks like there may be a run on that commodity. Super Tuesday was a real myth buster (not to be confused with a Mitt buster). Here is what the collective wisdom of the voters taught us.Myth one: Conservatives are

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Why abortion trumps everythingHatchetBy Lucas RoebuckPeople are tired of hearing about it. They just want “it” to be “solved,” like they want immigration, health care, the deficit and terrorism to be “solved.” This issue has been the topic of literally endless discussion, debate, lobbying and protesting for longer than I have been alive. Thirty-five years ago this week the Supreme Court of the

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Supporters of Mike Huckabee should check out and sign up for this great effort.http://huckabeemomentum.com/

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By Lucas RoebuckThe GeneralThere once was a general named PetraeusWho Moveon.org said betrayed usBut the Surge was a hit(Even Reid must admit)In Baghdad some Iraqis now praise usA Funny NameThere once was a candidate named ObamaWho spoke with much passion and dramaBut he was destined to loseThe people were confusedBecause his name sounded just like OsamaPoor PreacherThere once was a preacher

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By Lucas RoebuckAlthough I have always been partial to the formerly rotund governor from the Natural State, this summer I decided to officially throw in my minuscule amount of influence to push a Huckabee presidency. Most conservatives in Arkansas are supporting Huckabee; a few who crossed wires with Huckabee during his decade in office are vocally opposed.For me, five core reasons pushed

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Well into the second year of my exodus from the Natural State, my family and I always enjoy the chance to get back and visit friends and relatives. We’re glad to be back in Arkansas for the holidays. Unfortunately, somewhere between Boise and Wichita I caught a flu bug, so I’ve been spending most of my time kneeling at the porcelain throne instead of catching up with Arkansas friends.While I’m

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Huckabee “Attacks” on Mormons a Media Fabricationhttp://hucknews.com/index.php/huck/story/huckabees_attacks_on_mormonism_manufactured_by_media/By Lucas RoebuckHuckNews.com editorThe collective groupthinking media seem hell-bent on telling this FALSE narrative: Mike Huckabee is playing the "Mormon card" to attack Mitt Romney. The media want to see a Mormon verses evangelical Christian smack down,

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I am sure that Glenn didn't mean to misrepresent Mike Huckabee, but Beck got Huck's position on if Mormonism should be a voting issue all wrong. Huckabee said on Fox News this Sunday that Romney's Mormonism should not play a roll a person's voting decision. Popular conservative talk show host Glenn Beck, a Mormon, reported on his radio show Monday that Huckabee said, "Well, I don't know if I

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HatchetBy Lucas RoebuckIf you missed the news let me fill you in: Mike Huckabee is the new national front-runner in the race for the GOP nomination. As of last Wednesday's Rasmussen Daily Presidential Tracking poll of likely GOP voters Huckabee leads Rudy Giuliani, 20 percent to 17 percent. Huckabee's meteoric rise from fifth place to first place, if sustained, will prove two important political

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We're just a month away from the first contest of the 2008 election, the Iowa Caucuses, where, according to a Rasmussen Poll released Wednesday, Mike Huckabee leads the GOP pack (28 percent to Mitt Romney's 25 percent ) and Hillary Clinton holds a slight lead over Barack Obama.Unfortunately, several issues / ideas that could be critical to the future of our country are getting as much attention

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My brother Jacob and I have launched a news site dedicated to gathering information about Mike Huckabee. We call it HuckNews.com. Check it out at HuckNews.com

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My friend Mark Martin sent this to me last night. He's one of the many rank-and-files upset at NRTL.Rep. Mark Martin, R-Prairie Grove, issued the following statement regarding the National Right To Life Endorsement of former Sen. Fred Thompson:The Declaration of Independence states in simple eloquence a philosophy of government that is profound. The founders believed that Life, Liberty, and the

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With Thompson Endorsement, National Right to Life Proves Its IrrelevanceBy Lucas RoebuckIn what may prove to be a crippling folly for the organization, National Right to Life will endorse actor Fred Thompson for president by the time you read this, according to Fox News. The decision to endorse Thompson represents what could be a colossal mistake for the pro-life organization. First, the NRTL's

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Political analyst Dick Morris, who has ties to when Clinton was in Arkansas, is now making the case that Huckabee could win Iowa. Read his article here.His column echoes some points I made about Huckabee's road to victory a few months ago in this newspaper column. Read about the Huckabee Calculus here.

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Is the 700 Clubber relevant anymore?By Lucas RoebuckWhatever behind-the-scenes deal led to has-been evangelical leader Pat Robertson endorsing former New York City mayor Rudi Giuliani smells quite Faustian. What’s unclear is who is devil in this awkward pact.Pro-life and anti-gay marriage activists are scratching their collective heads on this one. Why would Robertson, who once said the Sept. 11

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Note: My good friend and former state legislator, Doug Matayo, has this insightful post on Huckabee's work to fight illegal immigrants from getting drivers licenses.Mike Huckabee: Protecting the integrity of state documentsBy Doug MatayoAct 2210 of 2005 was signed into law by Governor Huckabee. The legislation made it illegal for a driver’s license to be issued to anyone who could not prove legal

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I was about to write a rebuttal to a lot of the misinformation the Club for Growth has been putting out on Mike Huckabee, when I see that Joe Carter at the Evangelical Outpost has done a better job than I could do. His analysis of CFG's critiques are a must read.The bottom line: Huckabee is not a perfect fiscal conservative, but he's just as good, if not better than all the GOP front runners.Read

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Here's a little satire I wrote about Al Gore in my weekly newspaper column...Chapter I... 1. In the first year of the reign of the evil King Dubya, the sins of man had become great. Verily, though the people had been smote by higher gas prices, they continued to turn their backs on The Provider and to drive their SUVs, adulterating the air with greenhouse gasses, and Mother Earth groaned because

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-- Huckabee’s social conservative track record is unrivaled by the GOP frontrunners-- The governor’s fiscal track record stacks up well, tooBy Lucas RoebuckManhattan myopia fueled by the natural tension between fiscal and social conservatism seems to be the modus operandi of the assassination piece against former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in Friday’s Wall Street Journal, penned by John Fund,

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Mega-retailer answers critics with new sloganHATCHETBy Lucas RoebuckWal-Mart unveiled the first major change in its marketing slogan in nearly two decades — a sign the retailer knows it will have to perpetually invest in upgrading its image, because bluevest enemies aren’t going away.“Everyday Low Prices. Always.” has been supplanted by “Save Money. Live Better.”Both slogans incorporate the

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Could political sacrifices be made to end the infanticide?HATCHETBy Lucas RoebuckLife-changing events often either shake or galvanize our most sacred values. I have always been extremely pro-life, against the termination of unique human life at any stage for any reason — with one exception: if the life of the mother was in certain jeopardy. Only then should the mother be allowed to authorize a

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Numbers that point Mike toward the White HouseHATCHETBy Lucas RoebuckIn 2005, I wrote Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee had a 30 percent chance of wining the 2008 GOP presidential nomination. At the time, I took good-humored flack from my Arkansas press colleagues, who didn’t think our thinning governor fit the White House. After Huckabee’s “surprise” second place showing in the Ames, Iowa GOP straw

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God doesn’t need this zealot to avenge blasphemyHATCHET: Unlike Islamic teachings of violence, Christianity teaches that we should love our enemies and pray for them. When I observe blasphemy of Christ, I certainly do not condone it, but God does not need me (nor a Christian mob ) to be his instrument of judgment. God doesn’t need me to stab a copy of the Gideon’s Bible to the chest of a movie

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COMPUTOREDGE: Most technological advances have brought about good things for couples. One technological marvel, however, has become a flash point for matrimonial mayhem and nuclear nuptial warfare: online coupons. A little semi-humorous article I wrote for the fine folks at ComputorEdge Magazine.Click here for the full article.

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HATCHET: Barack Hussein Obama, the junior senator from the great state of Illinois, has foolishly promised to meet (with no precondition ) with the dictators and terrorist-supporting states of the world, should he become president. The idea that talk alone can bring the mad and / or jihadist leaders of the world into the peace circle to sing Kumbaya is a fantastic fiction, but let’s indulge it,

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HATCHET: Former Speaker Newt Gingrich's well-timed rant at a breakfast sponsored by the American Spectator this week points to a presidential run. Gingrich took shots designed to sink Sen. John McCain’s fading hopes, cripple the infancy of former Sen. Fred Thompson’s campaign, and generally reinforce what GOP primary voters are thinking about the field of Republican candidates: Yawn. (7/26/06)

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COMPUTOREDGE: Does the iPhone solve the gadget problem? It's close--but not quite. But, future iterations of the iPhone have the potential to be the ONLY gadget that we need. (7/13/07)Note: I have since gotten my iPhone and love it.Click here for the full article.

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HATCHET: I have been particularly emboldened this week to speak my mind on women’s issues, specifically on which women I would like to see in the White House. The recent row between John Edwards and Hillary Clinton has also made me think about women in the Oval Office. In case you missed that dust up, here’s the reader’s digest: Mrs. John Edwards said that Mr. John Edwards is better being an

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Summary: With the prevalence of MySpace and other social-network sites in teen America today, perhaps I shouldn't have been surprised that, sooner or later, MySpace would invade my classroom. The nature of MySpace, which has become infamous for students showing off the seedier side of student life, has educators at a loss sometimes to know when it is appropriate to bring MySpace into the

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The Roebuck Report is going to change the format slightly. Instead of posting full articles here, I am just going to excerpt them and provide links to the appropriate article. I will also link to other articles that I think my readers, precious few that they are, will enjoy. Peace.

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Why I say, hail to the chief!HatchetBy Lucas RoebuckBeing two of a few senators to vote against funding the war earlier this month, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama joined 12 other senators on the losing side of an 80-14 vote. I was sad to see Hillary, my horse on the Democratic side, pandering to the anti-war left that seems to have a chokehold on the donkey party.I had hoped that Clinton, who

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Hard to do worse than the dysfunctional, broken status quoHatchetBy Lucas RoebuckOne sure way to lose friends as a political columnist is to write about immigration reform. Either you end up being called a racist or a turncoat to the conservative cause — or other unsavory words, the sort that make junior high types feel empowered when they utter them.For the many on the “conservative” side,

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Former Arkansas Governor finishes 2nd out of 10 in GOP debateHatchetBy Lucas RoebuckAs an Arkansas expatriate and an admitted Mike Huckabee fanboy, I have to Huckabee’s performance made me feel like I was betting on the right horse. For a “second tier” candidate, the former governor stepped up to the plate, swung for the fences and hit several balls out of the park during Tuesday night’s GOP

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Here is some of the positive things folks had to say about Gov. Mike Huckabee's debate performance.On the front page of the The State (Columbia, South Carolina Newspaper)---QUOTE---Tuesday night’s Republican presidential debate in Columbia did little to alter the campaign landscape.The only exception, as candidates depart for a summer in Iowa ahead of that state’s key straw poll, is Mike Huckabee

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The Devil I know is better.HatchetBy Lucas RoebuckIn case you haven’t noticed, the Republicans haven’t exactly been walking in a land of milk and honey recently. For the GOP faithful, the stroll has been more like one through the valley of the shadow of death.The party of the elephant isn’t very popular right now, so much so that even Rush Limbaugh has suggested that a Democrat — Sen. Hillary

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I didn't get to see the debate... the Web stream wasn't working, but I did have to make an emergency trip to the hospital (baby issue -- don't worry, mother and baby are fine), and I saw some of the rerun on MSNBC. I thought Huckabee did well, even though Matthews (who I can't stand) kept throwing ALL the questions to an orange-faced Romney. Here is what people said about Huckabee at other Blogs.

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Rating the candidates with an evangelical Christian filterHatchetBy Lucas RoebuckPolitical labeling is a useful practice. When a candidate self-identifies herself with a partisan or ideological tag, voters then have a basis from which to start in evaluating these candidates. Granted, one should not rely solely on a Democrat or Republican and/or conservative or liberal label when making a vote

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Speaker can't tell difference between friend, foeHatchetBy Lucas RoebuckSpeaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, is letting the power of her office go to her head. As speaker of the House, her role is to make sure the business of the House of Representatives gets done, and as a U. S. Representative for the 8th District of California, she represents the people of San Francisco.However,

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Christian opposition to ‘gay’ marriage isn’t homophobiaHatchetBy Lucas RoebuckI’ve always summarized my Christian-informed philosophy on homosexuality with the quip: Love gays; just don’t love like they love. After all, if I go by the Bible, which reminds us in Romans 3:23, that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” I know that in the eyes of God, we are all inherently no better

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Real steps must be taken to destroy Iran’s nuclear capacityHatchetBy Lucas RoebuckThe international community, represented by the United Nations Security Council, must drop the hammer on Iran for its nuclear defiance, and the hammer must be dropped quickly and hard. Iran’s act of war in capturing 13 British sailors and marines is a test to see where the world resolve is in light of the Security

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After Libby-gate, the President wises up to Democrat witch-huntsHatchetBy Lucas RoebuckIf President Bush accidentally killed the White House goldfish by feeding it too many of those stinky food flakes, you can bet the Congressional Democrats would be holding oversight hearings.Their ideological bedmates in the mainstream news media — journalists are five to six times as likely to be Democrats

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HatchetBy Lucas RoebuckRemember when we used to say that sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt them ? A bad mix of political correctness, institutionalized thin skin and a media desperate to shred everyone and anyone for the next headline has created a culture of wimps and gossips making mountains out of molehills.America is weaker for it.Everyone is so sensitive that a

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Even if convicted, Libby’s fate is a big non-story HatchetBy Lucas RoebuckAs a recovering journalist, few media practices grate on me more than the misleading shock headlines being slapped on the coverage of the perjury trial of Lewis Libby, the former chief of staff of Vice President Dick Cheney. Most of the coverage refers to the trial as the “CIA leak” case, as if some confidential information

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Shutting up Mr. Plame and the Global Warming CriticsHatchetBy Lucas RoebuckAre we returning to the good old days of science when you could be excommunicated from the faith for bucking the orthodoxy? Somewhere, in the passion of Al Gore and left-wing environmentalism and anti-globalization, the world of science has forgotten the work of Galileo, famed astronomer who fought to separate

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HatchetBy Lucas RoebuckIf you will indulge me a brief few sentences, I would like to remember President Gerald Ford. The man who was president when I was born, Ford steered this country successfully through a season of troubled waters. Perhaps more importantly, Ford served the nation as an ex-president with dignity. Unlike former Presidents Jimmy Carter, and to some degree, Bill Clinton, Ford

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Hatchetby Lucas RoebuckI don’t mind Hollywood executives trying to make money by making movies that appeal to my religious sensibilities. However, when I pay $ 7. 50 to see a flick, I expect the movie to live up to how it bills itself.For example, if I go to see a movie that bills itself as a comedy, I expect to come out of the theater laughing and feeling good. If a movie has “ Star Wars” in the

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Hatchetby Lucas RoebuckThe international organizations — many of which exist to line the pockets of their bureaucrats (while they all wring their hands over the poverty in this world ) — are lining up to laud outgoing U. N. Secretary General Kofi Annan. The awards will pile high, but not as high as the corpses of those who suffered and died on Annan’s watch.Annan failed millions who were

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Hatchetby Lucas RoebuckOf course, the stunning defeat — no, the absolute whipping — of the Republicans nationwide in Tuesday’s election was obviously far short of what this columnist hoped. Looking back at the predictions I made just one week ago, I find the rose color that must have been tinting my glasses has moved to my cheeks. “ Embarrassingly wrong” best describes my electoral

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I thought I’d go ahead and make an educated stab at how things will end up on Tuesday for the constitutional offices, so here goes. I see no reason not to endorse the full GOP slate, as none of the Democratic candidates comes close to offering anything for possible Republican crossover.Governor: Too close to call. I’m obviously pulling for Asa Hutchinson, who is far better qualified than Mike

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Gov. Mike Huckabee’s viability as a Republican presidential nominee hinges on what happens on Election Day next week. The amount of oxygen available to candidates for president is limited. When too many candidates show up, the suffocation begins early. Just ask Gen. Wesley Clark, who was barely able to suck in a few a breaths before his candidacy started going blue in the face. Some candidates,

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For my Hatchet newspaper opinion column, several weeks ago I contacted both the Arkansas governor candidates' -- Mike Beebe (D) and Asa Hutchinson (R) -- campaigns with a request for an interview and indicated that an e-mail interview would be fine, considering the busy schedules. The Beebe campaign didn't respond; but the Hutchinson campaign did. To make the column flow better and meet the

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Hatchetby Lucas RoebuckWriting columns prophesying the outcome of elections a few weeks away is a haphazard task, replete with the probability of error, embarrassment and the potential for the decimation of said columnist’s reputation for prognostication.Some of my readers from the left side of the political spectrum have written me personal e-mails recently, questioning if I indeed can see

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