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What do Candidates Know about Evangelicals?

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Test Candidate Words with the Sword
by Phil Harris
January 19, 2008

Dust in the Wind and the Fullness of Time

( Published at TownHall.com on 12/30/2007 )

It is a relentless quest, under no man's control. Every tick of the clock marks a step forward on the roadway that mankind knows as time. In the grand scheme of eternity, this human experience is but a piece of thread, floating in the vastness of everything that there is or ever was.

RE: Dust in the Wind, the Fullness of Time

Dust in the Wind and the Fullness of Time
by Phil Harris

Published on 12/30/2007

Edit:  Some of you have been asking... The ignored candidate, referenced in the article is Alan Keyes.

Alan Keyes or McHuckaDuncaRomThomPauliani for President

( Previously published at Townhall.com on 12/26/2007 )

If the Republican primaries were a game of musical chairs, it would seem that there are six seats and seven players ready for the game to begin. Ambassador Alan Keyes would make it an even field of eight vying for seven chairs.

About: Jesus Christ

(Published in TownHall.com on Dec 5, 2007)

My next statement is one-hundred percent correct. Not one person who saw my headline thought to himself or herself, "Jesus Christ… who is that?" Perhaps some of you thought I was swearing. Others, no doubt, are offended that I should use the name of Jesus in such a manner. In any case, the name rings a bell for everyone.

The name Jesus is familiar in nearly every corner of the globe. For the Jews, Jesus was a Rabbi who stirred things up at a particular time in history. The Muslim's Quran speaks of Jesus as one of the great Prophets, created miraculously. Muslims believe that Jesus did not die on the cross, but ascended to Heaven while still alive.

Christians believe Jesus was crucified, died, and was buried. Then he arose from the dead and ascended to heaven. This is central to the Christian faith, because the entire reason for Jesus' coming was to defeat the consequences of sin, and eternal death. Christians believe that Jesus took the death penalty of sin upon Himself, and paid the price on our behalf.

Abortion and the U.S. Constitution

Published at TownHall.com on Nov. 22, 2007

I am thankful for my constitutional scholar hat, which I am wearing at this very moment. It is a magic hat, of course, because I am not a constitutional scholar. To make it work, I sprinkle a bit of common sense powder and a dash of logical thinking on the inside of it. Then when I put it on, …BAM!!!

For all of you front-end baby boomers, the answer is no. Common sense powder is not a hallucinogen, and no, I do not buy my logical thinking in a bottle imported from Mexico. I realize that many of today's social realities were conceived in that manner, and that our liberal politicians lost far too many brain cells during their period of enlightenment, otherwise known as attending college in the '60s.

Unfortunately, those were the brain cells that contained wisdom, passed down from parents, grandparents, and educators; not yet infected by the viral scourge of hedonism. Even in the poorest of communities, a fierce pride was maintained in the fight to provide for the family. Values and character were instilled in children by parents with as much urgency as the struggle to provide food for their bellies.

My last column was addressed to Fed Thompson, a candidate for the Republican nomination to run for President in 2008. I suggested that his desire to place the question of abortion in the hands of individual states was unwise, and that the result would be the perpetuation of abortion in a handful of liberal states.

Memo to Fred - Infanticide is Not a State's Right

Published on TownHall.com on Nov. 19, 2007

For some, it is a feeling in the gut, while others call it common sense. Give it whatever name you wish, but it is that God given inner voice that whispers advice whether we want it or not. The louder the little voice gets, the more likely it is correct. So often, we ignore the little voice, and then stand in amazement as misfortune runs over us like a runaway freight train.

Now I am going to address someone directly, which is a bit unusual. Normally, when I have something to say about a political figure, my ulterior motive is to speak to my fellow underlings ( a.k.a. citizens like me who vote). In this case; however, Fred Thompson is a candidate in whom I find a lot of comfort.

Veteran's Day After

(Previously Published on TownHall: Nov 12, 2007)

It is wonderful that we have a special day to commemorate our Veterans. It is fantastic to honor those who have passed on and those who are still with us. In fact, it may be better to have a Veteran’s day every month, such as Veteran’s Tuesday or some such variation.

I think that we should swap out some of our lesser holidays, such as President’s Day and even Columbus Day and make those Veteran’s Days too. After all, those old President’s are long gone, and are mostly irrelevant now, and gee whiz, even if Columbus knew he was the subject of such an honor in this country, he would have no idea who we are. It may just get him riled up, because he might wonder how the Queen of Spain managed to screw up all of his hard work.

I find it somewhat distressing, that the ranks our Greatest Generation are dwindling so quickly now. These men and women knew without question the value of their service, and they are rightly proud to this very day of what they accomplished. They will all be gone one day, and no longer available to share their stories of courage in the face of fear, and determination in the face of unreasonable odds.

Robot Meat and Abortion ?!@+#

Okay... my column today on TownHall titled: Abortion and Robot Meat, may leave some folks scratching their heads. Nevertheless, people have become desensitized to many things in life, and certainly there is no urgency in the minds of many regarding the practice of abortion.

No one wants to talk about abortion... or see the remnants of an abortion... or read about abortion... or tell anyone not to have an abortion, because if it is not on your plate, then you don't want to put it there. Abortion for many is now just an abstract political ideology; no longer viewed as the act of brutality that it really is. Kind of an "out of sight, out of mind" concept in action.

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