Part 3

This is a hardline republican crowd.

I like that the Republicans have a candidate who is willing to support gun control legislation. I don't like that the Republicans still have candidates who are sellouts to the NRA.

Romney is turning the inner city crime issue into a family values issue. Answer the question!

He also sounds like he's for bigger government.

Here comes the abortion question...Oh, and it's kind of a legal question...

Ron Paul takes the federalist view. Leave it up to the states. Answer the question!

For the record, I think it should be a state issue and the president will have little to say about abortion. I could be wrong, especially through future Supreme Court appointments, but I think it's a copout for Paul to not answer the question.

Fred Thompson talks about the Supreme Court. He says overturning Roe v. Wade should be a priority. I think we have much bigger issues in the country right now, especially out of our president.

For the record, I wish Roe v. Wade would be overturned.

Giuliani leaves it to the states to decide issue of abortion and would not sign a bill. Not good for equal protection under the law in an increasingly modern and mobile society.

Romney would sign the bill if there was such a consensus in Congress and the states to pass the bill.

Time for Death Penalty question: What would Jesus do?

I think it's more important to be aware about the candidates running for president than to outline Contracts tonight. I may regret thinking that.

Huckabee acknowledges the difficulty in deciding to execute a criminal. Best answer of the night so far: "Jesus was too smart to ever run for public office."

No For the Record here, I'm not sure about the death penalty.

Question: Do you believe every word of the Bible?

Giuliani: There are allegorical/interpretive parts of the Bible. I believe it, but I don't believe every single thing in a literal sense (i.e. Jonah in the whale)

Romney: I believe the Bible is the word of God, I miss in some ways, but I try to live by it.

Huckabee: Until we get the simple things (Love your neighbor, As you've done to the least of these...) we can't worry about the harder things.

Good sermon for a large number of churches Sunday morning. Let's get the simple things right, then worry about the little things.

For the record, I am not going to touch what some of those little things are. This is a political post, not a theological/religious one.

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