(Assuming that a 3rd party candidate has no real, viable chance to win).

I’m not convinced that’s a good standard for voting. While I haven’t liked what has happened under the Obama presidency (increase in war, unjustified targeted killings, extending Bush’s tax cuts, amongst others), that doesn’t mean that any other option would be inherently good. Some might even be worse. That same mindset is what helped get Obama elected: “Anybody but Bush” (admittedly, that was a pretty terrible presidency, but nevertheless still a bad mindset). I know that my ballot won’t likely be for Obama, but it’s not because he’s necessarily the worst choice.

As a fellow prodigal, I welcome Mr. Gingrich home, but the White House is a more than a fatted calf. The elder brother after all kept the farm.

Good sense and mercy in that Father!

Doctor John Mark Reynolds (P.H.D.)

~Freely change uncopyrited prayer as spirit leeds~

Reagan was divorced and reputed to have been rather distant as a father, Washington and Jefferson owned slaves. Adams (the elder) disowned his own son. Andrew Jackson was a violent oppressor of Native Americans, Lincoln was depressive and melancholic and led us into the most violent and bloody war ever on our soil. Teddy Roosevelt expressed an admiration for eugenics… FDR? — a long time adulterous affair? JFK? — well we know all about him… and that’s just off the top of my head.

On the other hand Jimmy Carter seems (aside from the moral preening) to be a pretty good role model. The current President seems like a fine father and husband. However, neither was (or is) even an adequate President to my mind. So…

Isn’t it the Left who is most often accused of wanting to “immanentize the eschaton”?

I think it was Cal Thomas who wrote once that “the Messiah is never going to arrive on Air Force One” …

“He is running for head of state. As head of state, he represents us at symbolic events. Newt is a dreadful choice for that role.”

In my observation, most other countries aren’t very finicky about having a head-of-state who isn’t a cad.

Why do you think a US president should be our role-model, anyway? Why not ministers, or missionaries, or parents?

Really?

To state the obvious:

1. God has no party. He is a monarchist.
2. Our political leaders need not be Christians to be good political leaders.
3. Some Christians are not fit political leaders.

As for partisan, since an overwhelming number of white Evangelicals are GOP voters, a party founded appealing for their votes, that one candidate is unfit seems important.

Billy graham to benedict to joel osteen to DOCTOR john mark reynolds PHD coming all together to fasting and to praying and to breaking Gods sweet sweet manna under the great cloud of witnesses among whom we see with insurence of faith Abraham and Lincoln and Reagan. The tea party is the true party all praying for the stimulis of God driving out the magots and the mormons and the mortgage lenders with jehovah jirehs milk and his honey and his holy holy hallelujah fire.

Amen.