Comments on: His Name is John Wayne… John Wayne Tucker http://www.pubdef.org/2008/04/07/his-name-is-john-wayne-john-wayne-tucker/ CHANGE THE GAME Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:59:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: John http://www.pubdef.org/2008/04/07/his-name-is-john-wayne-john-wayne-tucker/comment-page-1/#comment-18585 John Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:25:22 +0000 http://www.pubdef.net/?p=2948#comment-18585 I have mixed feelings about John Wayne Tucker, or Mr. Tucker as I'm used to calling him, as a former student of his from his days of teaching history at Oakville High School. On one hand, he was always a man who stuck to his story. He is a man of genuine principle and faith. The fact that his website is so filled with references to state rights should not come as a surprise to anybody who learned about the Civil War in his class. On the other hand, is this consistency really a good thing with these positions? He seems to want election based largely on his pro-life background, an issue that most of Congress seems to have abandoned (it's up to the Supreme Court to overturn its own decision, anyway). He adheres to some likable, mildly libertarian stances (pro-gun, anti-PATRIOT Act, even support of the gold standard), yet still seems to want government intrusion on issues where his religious stances can interfere (abortion, gay marriage, stem cell research, so on and so forth). Honestly, I do hope he gets the Republican nomination. He seems to be less in the palm of the Republican Party hand than the other candidates. But if he pulls it off and goes against Russ Carnahan, he's going to make 2004 Bill Federer look like 1984 Ronald Reagan. I have mixed feelings about John Wayne Tucker, or Mr. Tucker as I’m used to calling him, as a former student of his from his days of teaching history at Oakville High School. On one hand, he was always a man who stuck to his story. He is a man of genuine principle and faith. The fact that his website is so filled with references to state rights should not come as a surprise to anybody who learned about the Civil War in his class.

On the other hand, is this consistency really a good thing with these positions? He seems to want election based largely on his pro-life background, an issue that most of Congress seems to have abandoned (it’s up to the Supreme Court to overturn its own decision, anyway). He adheres to some likable, mildly libertarian stances (pro-gun, anti-PATRIOT Act, even support of the gold standard), yet still seems to want government intrusion on issues where his religious stances can interfere (abortion, gay marriage, stem cell research, so on and so forth).

Honestly, I do hope he gets the Republican nomination. He seems to be less in the palm of the Republican Party hand than the other candidates. But if he pulls it off and goes against Russ Carnahan, he’s going to make 2004 Bill Federer look like 1984 Ronald Reagan.

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