I am a Mike Huckabee advocate. Starting with his consistent stand for the unborn and the sanctity of human life to his biblical world view, I support Gov. Huckabee and use this blog to promote his candidacy. Generally I speak of his qualities rather than the drawbacks of others but today, I find myself very much identifying with Mitt Romney.
When I was in high school I still had dreams of being a major league baseball player. I joined every team I could and played almost non-stop but there came a point when I realized I wasn’t major league material. It came at the hands of an all-state quality pitcher named Greg Archer. Coming up through little league and senior league etc. I had seen curve balls and experienced fast balls. I could hit a fast ball and generally could time my swing for the hook. But Greg Archer knew how to throw the curve ball as fast as the curve and make it look like he was throwing the same pitch. I’ll never forget the game I realized I wasn’t going to make it to the big time.
As I stood in the batter’s box, Archer launched a pitch that looked like it was a 90 mile an hour bullet heading straight for me. I bailed to the left as the pitch curved over home plate. Strike One! Undaunted, I got back in the box and purposed not to let that happen again. But once again the ball was headed right toward me and I valued my body so I bailed to the left. You guessed it, the pitch curved right over the plate, “Strike two” called the umpire. This was not going to happen again, as the third pitch came in heading straight toward me I said with all the courage I could muster “I’m not moving, I’m hanging in there, it doesn’t matter what it looks
like , I’m not moving!” And so it was . I didn’t move and the fast ball banged against my elbow forcing me out of the game and introducing me to a lot of pain and a bag of ice. It was clear. Unless I learned how to respond to the different pitches my major league dreams would have to end.
Which brings me to Governor Romney. Gov. Romney has been bailing on issues for years. On abortion he said in 2002 that he would “preserve and protect a woman’s right to choose”. He claimed to be more pro-choice than Ted Kennedy. Then when running for the GOP Presidential nomination in 2008 he said he was an abortion opponent. The list goes on from there and includes such issues as gay rights, gun control, campaign finance control and immigration. Each time Romney would change his position to accommodate the new political landscape in which he found himself. For all of this he widely received the reputation as a “Flip-Flopper”. He knows the perception but he still wanted to make it to the big time so yesterday he took his stand. Widely acknowledged as the precursor to ObamaCare, his Massachusetts healthcare dubbed “RomneyCare” is one of his biggest obstacles to getting the 2012 GOP nomination. He could have said “I tried it. It didn’t work. I see that forcing people to buy insurance from the government is wrong. $50 co-pays for abortion are wrong. I’ve learned my lesson and I now oppose Obamacare”. But he didn’t do that. He didn’t want to bail out one more time and have everyone call him the flip-flopper again. Instead he hung in there talked about how proud he was of his achievement and he’s taking the fastball right on his elbow. This was the time to acknowledge a mistake and adjust. Instead he did not apologize but presented the argument that the plan was good for Massachusetts but shouldn’t be forced on the country. How is the philosophy of an individual mandate different in Massachusetts from anywhere else in the country? Why is a $50 abortion OK in Massachusetts but not acceptable for the whole country? The explanation does not satisfy. The pitch came right at him. Romney hung in there. And now he will be out of the game. His dreams of making it to the big time will have to be replaced.
Today I am not a major league player but I enjoy watching the professionals play. I am a very happy person and know that God has blessed me far beyond my teenage dreams. Mitt Romney will land on his feet and hopefully he’ll enjoy rooting for the real professional soon to be in the race, Mike Huckabee.
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