It astounds me how rapidly the 2008 elections seem to be approaching! 2008 will be the first presidential election that I will get to vote in, which is crazy. Plus, I really consider it to be the first big presidential election since I have been politically aware and active. I mean, 2000 was when I first started to become interested and 2004 seemed to be a given (at least to me) that Bush would win. Now, in 2008 we actually have to sort through the primaries for both parties and then go on to the general campaigning and election.
At this point, I really think my ideal ticket would be Sen. Brownback and Rep. Hunter, both of whom appear to be sensational conservatives (in my definition of conservatism). The title of this blog, “I Vote for Cake,” also references Rep. Hunter in a slightly embarassing way for me… Haha, I noticed that a couple of times I called him Duncan Hines instead of Duncan Hunter. 
Well, you have to admit, the names are surprisingly similar and the mistake is not entirely far-fetched!
Anyway, the official website for “Duncan Hunter for President” is here and Sam Brownback’s page is here. I really am excited for the point when most of the candidates are in the race and debate about the issues begins. I am completely open to changing my preferred ticket, but only for someone who is more pro-life and more conservative than Brownback and Hunter, which seems unlikely.
Now, back to the insane amount of reading I have to do for my various lectures. Right now I am plowing through George Marsden’s “Fundamentalism and American Culture.” Interesting, yet incredibly boring and sleep-inducing at the same time.
“I mean, 2000 was when I first started to become interesting…”
Great post, but you might want to fix that line :).
Haha… well, maybe I was a little boring before then! But thanks
I tend to write these kind of fast in between boring myself to tears with lecture readings.
I’m laughing so hard I’m crying.
If I remember right, I had to read portions of Marsden’s book for one of my classes @ IBC. That or I scanned through it at one point just because the title got me curious.I was thinking that this book mentioned the church that started IBC, but after looking through the index preview on Amazon, I’m thinking it was a book by George Dollar.
I may have to change my ticket preference to Tancredo/”Hunter-Hines”
(or vice versa).
Hi,
I remember when I was coming of age to vote. We were in Vietnam and the Left had spent years endlessly pounding home the necessity to leave and not look back. And we did. The results of that strategy was nasty.
The Dem candidate was George McGovern, as dovish and anti-war as they come. However, Americans fearing the Soviet Union and the threat of nuclear destruction, returned Nixon in a landslide.
I hope the nation repeats it’s decision to keep a defense minded deliberate person unafraid to fight when it’s necessary, cause sometimes it is.
But thats light years away.
No one promised me tomorrow.
Please be encouraged in your efforts here.
Hank =;-)
If you’re needing some research on Fundamentalism in America, there is a recent article on Sharper Iron which is an excellent resource (with others linked). Clarification to Joel Tetreau’s “Line in the Sand”
I had a year under Dr. Singleton and four years under Dr. Sproul. Dr. Sproul’s father (also a Dr.) was the human agent that God used in my pastor coming to Christ. I know Pastor Joel Tetreau (tet-roe) and of course his father (often called Dr. T, just because it was easier for the newcomers) who was President of the college.
That is really interesting, Scott. I’m actually taking a course titled “Evangelicals and American Politics,” and right now we are skimming some evangelical history. As nice as it is to be able to study evangelical history at Cornell of all places, I am really looking forward to getting into the more current issues of political involvement, etc. I guess as a charismatic non-denominational Christian, I’m just not that into theological terminology and history.
I mean, it definitely has its place, but I’m much more of a “here and now” sort of person.