John Piper has called out the Tea Party movement, and I agree with John Piper. He references this article in the NY Times that discusses how the Tea Party purposefully avoid social issues.

This article identifies an issues symptomatic of a bigger problem aloft in the Conservative movement, it is a movement that centers around economics and avoids social issues. The are known by different names, "Fiscal Conservatives", "Moderates", but they attempt to marginalize Conservatives who stand firm in their social values, even to the point of falsely representing them as not being conservative enough from a fiscal standpoint. This part of the Conservative movement has little patience for the pro-life part of the movement, and almost act embarrassed by them. It's part of the reason Christian Conservatives were willing to embrace someone with an iffy pro-life record, like Mitt Romney, and through a clearly strong pro-life candidate like Mike Huckabee under the bus.  In other words, it is fiscal value that define what is Conservative to this group, not social values.

We need to continue to push the Conservative social issues agenda as well. Anyone who knows history knows that a nation's economic stability is closely connected to its moral compass.

Huckabee from Jenn Grover on Vimeo.

• Mike Huckabee has added a new news radio show to his media makeover.  His show will be a brief take on the news starting Jan. 5th.  I think it will be more long the lines of Paul Harvey than Rush Limbaugh.


• The Romney people are still bitter about Huckabee and taking cheap shots at him..check out political blog comments to see what I mean.  I have one thing to say to them...."Wahhhh!"  Romney is a wash but Huck is here for a while.


• Is it just me, or does it seem obvious that other Republican leaders are visibly jealous of Sarah Palin's popularity?


• The RNC filed a lawsuit today to have McCain-Feingold declared unconstitutional.  How poetically ironic.


• Hillary Clinton is rumored to be on the short list for President-elect Obama's Secretary of State.  Bring back the royal food tasters, she'd be third in line for the presidency.


• A Catholic Priest in South Carolina informed parishioners that if they supported Barrack Obama they needed to do penance before they could take communion because of his gross anti-life stance.


• The Steelers are having a pretty good season considering the amount of injuries they have sustained.  Most teams would have losing records right now, not be at the top of their divisions given they way they have been beat up.


• What's the deal with fining Steeler players for legal hits and only explaining they are hitting too hard?  It is football, right?


• I found the three freebies from the new SG album (T4G Live) completely underwhelming.  It might be nice for people who did not grow up in a mainstream church, but it did not feature new arrangements, new lyrics, or even exceptional talent.  It's just a bunch of guys singing hymns that are available on other albums with better arrangements, so what's the point?  The only plus is that Bob always sounds good, but he is hard to hear most of the time.


• I still have the best dog in the world, who has been very patient with a sick owner for the last three days.