But yeah, he's done a good job on the fiscal matters. I just wish he'd keep his religion a bit more to himself.
He has described himself as a “pretty ordinary Christian <http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/news-opinion/incoming-mike-pence/>” and as “a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order <http://www.ibj.com/articles/59383-pences-unflappability-could-help-trump-stay-cool> .” But he also once said, “I made a commitment to Christ. I’m a born-again, evangelical Catholic.” That’s not a combination you hear every day, as journalist Craig Fehrman, who has covered the Indiana governor for Indiana Monthly, has pointed out <https://craigfehrman.com/2013/01/09/mike-pences-religion/>. Here are five faith facts about Pence and how his unusual faith mix has shaped him as a politician. http://religionnews.com/2016/07/14/5-faith-facts-on-mike-pence-a-born-again-evangelical-catholic/ I never heard that term - evangelical Catholic; have you? But I agreed with him on fighting against getting more refugees here. The ones we were forced to take from Burma have resulted in skyrocketing rates of TB. :( On Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 7:30:48 PM UTC-4, Navybrat wrote: > > I had to call family in Indiana to find out a what they thought of Pence. > My brother in law said he was pretty conservative fiscally...but he also > said he wasn't a social conservative...and I'm hearing differently. What do > you think of him Perp? > > On Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 12:56:18 PM UTC-6, Perplexed wrote: >> >> >> The deadline for Pence to withdraw from the governor's race is tomorrow >> (the Star is saying he already has). Then, a committee of 22 republicans >> have 30 days to name his replacement on the ballot for November. That means >> whoever does get the nod then has 2.5 months to campaign before the vote in >> November. >> >> Second, the three people being mentioned for Pence's replacement are US >> Representative Susan Brooks, US Representative Todd Rokita (both of whom >> have made preparations to remove themselves from ballots and run for >> governor instead) and the current Lt. Governor Eric Holcomb - who was named >> as a replacement in March of this year when the previous Lt. Governor >> resigned. >> >> So that throws 2 of the House races here into disarray and in need of >> replacement candidates too. >> >> To top it off, former democrat representative Baron HIll, who was set to >> run for our US Senate seat vacated by republican Dan Coats, has withdrawn >> his bid and former governor and US Senator Evan Bayh will be running >> against republican Todd Young, who is currently serving his second term as >> a US representative - thus leaving yet another congressional district with >> no incumbent. >> >> I've never seen such upheaval at one time in my life! This state is going >> to be as fun to watch as the national elections for once. >> >> For the record, I'd like to see Susan Brooks win the governorship and >> Todd Young in the Senate. I voted for democrat Evan Bayh twice as governor >> and twice as senator - as he used to be a very moderate/conservative >> democrat, but then in his second term veered far left right alongside >> Hillary during the 2008 presidential campaign (he was widely touted as a >> potential running mate for her when everyone thought she would win the >> nomination). Bayh and Clinton were among the 2 dozen leftwing democrats to >> oppose the nominations of two highly qualified SC justices (Roberts and >> Alito) and then turn around and vote to appoint the least qualified and >> most radical one ever nominated - Sonia Sotomayor. >> >> Should be interesting. Bayh has the huge advantage (having been >> governor), but it will depend on how many recall that he sadly became such >> a partisan hack before leaving the Senate to become a lobbyist. >> > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
