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Sun 20 Jan, 2008 06:41 am
"I believe it's a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God. And that's what we need to do is amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards rather than trying to change God's standards so it lines up with some contemporary view of how we treat each other and how we treat the family."-- Mike Huckabee
... and push him off a cliff.
Joe(we don't have ayatollahs, we have huckabees.)Nation
Re: Let's get behind this Huckabee fellow...
Joe Nation wrote:"I believe it's a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God. And that's what we need to do is amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards rather than trying to change God's standards so it lines up with some contemporary view of how we treat each other and how we treat the family."-- Mike Huckabee
... and push him off a cliff.
Joe(we don't have ayatollahs, we have huckabees.)Nation
I'm with you.
The most frightening thing about huckabee is all the popular support he has gotten.
"He's such a likable person" said my lunch companion the other day.
"He's not running for Senior Class President." I replied.
Joe(no need of that Sixth Amendment, we'll be judged by God.)
The American Electorate has a weakness for "genial" politicians.
dyslexia wrote:The most frightening thing about huckabee is all the popular support he has gotten.
He's a born again and creationist.
Enough said.
Haven't you guys had enough of that stuff?
The campaign ends as the Rev. Huckabee prays for the USA to be a "moral nation" and simultaneously admires the legs of a new choir singer. (thank you Sinclair Lewis)
The man scares the pants off me.
Fortunately, he hasn't won much in the primaries, as yet.
Eeek. Both Ron Paul and this Huckabee have the dubious distinction of making shockingly ludicrous things come out of an otherwise reasonable-seeming person's mouth.
Huckabee is just the wackiest of the Republican Candidates.
Rudy? Completely amoral.
Mitt? Creepiness defined.
John McCain? Says 100 years in Iraq would be okay by him.
Ron Paul? A cartoon of contrariness.
Fred Thompson? Thinks he's auditioning for Season 6 of "24".
Joe(how many days before the GOP dies?)Nation
That was a very good recap of the candidates, Joe.
Even a Republican must admit that none of the candidates is even
remotely a consideration for president.
I almost participated in this thread's poll, but then I realized choice Three had a second sentence.
I will not vote for Huckabee in part because I do not want a president that is so greatly informed by religious fundamentalism, but I think it demonstrates irrational bigotry to express fear of the man, and an appalling lack of faith in and knowledge of the American system of government.
If Huckabee had any desire to rule in a theocracy, surely that desire would have manifested itself in his 11 years as governor of Arkansas. It did not.
Mor importantly, I will also not vote for him because he is a populist (although not as demagogic as his fellow populist John Edwards), prefers, when faced with fiscal problems, to raise taxes rather than cut spending, and because he has no foreign policy experience and apparently holds position in this realm that have led to his using a high school popularity contest as a metaphor for America's place in the world, and apologizing to Pakistani's after Bhutto was assassinated.
He has a record of public service that compares favorably with that of Hillary Clinton's and is more substantive than those of Obama's and Edwards.
There are plenty of reasons not to vote for Huckabee, including his religious views because he himself has said "Politics are totally directed by worldview. That's why when people say, 'We ought to separate politics from religion,' I say to separate the two is absolutely impossible,"[, however to cast him in the role of theocratic bogeyman is silly.
No one has to assign the role of theocrat, he is doing a fine job of that on his own, although I was disappointed to see him spend the two days following the speech I quoted backpaddling with the speed and intensity of a kayaker on the edge of Niagra Falls.
He's got a great immigration policy too. You know how if you are born in the USA, you get to be a citizen? Huck says 'No more of that."
Joe(what about playing football on Sundays, Mike?)Nation
woah, even if he could deliver the flat tax - it's not worth that. Yikes, good post.
Re: Let's get behind this Huckabee fellow...
Joe Nation wrote:"I believe it's a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God. And that's what we need to do is amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards rather than trying to change God's standards so it lines up with some contemporary view of how we treat each other and how we treat the family."-- Mike Huckabee
... and push him off a cliff.
Joe(we don't have ayatollahs, we have huckabees.)Nation
We are witnessing the rebirth of Dubya
Gustav(let us not walk down this road again) Ratzenhofer
I just looked at the poll results.
Thank christ for that.
Tell that to the bible belt voters
Calamity(I don't trust them at all)Jane
Jane's avatar is back!!!!
Gustav (adjusts trousers to hide excitement) Ratzenhofer
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