What the hell?!

From Jonathan Martin:

They agree on cultural issues, but Mike Huckabee and Tom Coburn part ways on fiscal policy.

In the middle of the ring, HUCK THE PRAGMATIST:

The greatest threat to classic Republicanism is not liberalism; it's this new brand of libertarianism, which is social liberalism and economic conservatism, but it's a heartless, callous, soulless type of economic conservatism because it says "look, we want to cut taxes and eliminate government. If it means that elderly people don't get their Medicare drugs, so be it. If it means little kids go without education and healthcare, so be it." Well, that might be a quote pure economic conservative message, but it's not an American message. It doesn't fly. People aren't going to buy that, because that's not the way we are as a people. That's not historic Republicanism. Historic Republicanism does not hate government; it's just there to be as little of it as there can be. But they also recognize that government has to be paid for.
 

So apparently Constitutional Government is "heartless, callous and soulless" and "unamerican" now. Haven't we heard this song-and-dance before from another "Christian candidate?" Or what about another "compassionate" politician who uses Christ as an excuse for big, tyrannical government? Social conservatives should drop this populist turkey faster than you can say "John Humphrey Noyes."

In the meantime, let's remind ourselves of the correct position with this quote from Frederic Bastiat:

"Anytime we object to something being done by the State, the socialists conclude that we object to it being done at all. We object to State-sponsored education, so the socialists say we are against education. We object to a State-sponsored morality, so the socialists say we are against morality. We object to a State-sponsored religion, so the socialists say we are against religion. It is as though the socialists were to conclude that we do not want people to eat because we do not want the State to raise grain!"