Huckabee [in MI]: Evangelical Christians Now Have a Chance to Lead GOP

The WashingtonCompost ^ | January 13, 2008 | Perry Bacon Jr. and Juliet Eilperin

[rintense]

Bastardizing Christianity for political gain. There is a place in hell warming up for someone from Arkansas... and it ain’t a Clinton.

[HokieMom]

Definitely socialism. From the article:

Joel Hunter, an evangelical pastor who heads the Orlando megachurch Northland, A Church Distributed, said his congregants are particularly receptive to Huckabee's message because the candidate combines economic and religious populism.

"Especially with the economic insecurity people are feeling, they like that there's a leader who, because of his religious belief, really wants to care for everybody," said Hunter, who recently announced that he is backing Huckabee in the upcoming Florida primary. "It's about evangelicals who are willing to care for people who are hurting, who are marginalized."

[Prokopton]

Sadly, I am losing respect for Christians who support Huckabee just because he is a “Christian”. They don’t even look at his record. :(

Such people are politically and religiously offensive to me.

[Bogie]

Yeah, Ark sure has spit out some real weird ones.

[Eric Blair 2084]

I wish the social conservatives a lot of luck storming the castle of liberalism....BY THEMSELVES.

GOOD LUCK. HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Brad from Tennessee]

[Instead, what Huckabee seems to have tapped into is what he is himself: a traditional Republican who advocates keeping taxes low and maintaining a strong military, but with strong roots in the social conservative movement. . .It makes sense, said GOP pollster David Winston, that Huckabee has established a “Christian brand” in a party in which evangelicals will represent the majority of voters in some states.]

This is a shameless puff piece promoting Huckabee’s candidacy. Huckabee and his camp are being played for patsies by the DNC and the news media because as Democrat pundit Susan Estrich said on FOX News: “If Huckabee’s the nominee I’m going to be dancing at the (Clintons’) Inaugural Ball.”

Every time any other Republican candidate appears to be moving forward the news media attacks with negative stories. Rudy and Romney—not that it bothers me—have been ripped to shreds. But they can’t flatter this cartoon character from Arkansas enough.

[HokieMom]

Good grief.

[Free Vulcan]

I can’t believe the sniveling arrogance that drips off this man. He does nothing but pimp Jesus to get votes.

[okie01]

"But rarely has there been one who comes from us."

A blatent appeal to "identity politics".

Vote for me because I'm an evangelical (black, Latino, woman, homosexual, etc.), just like you.

It's an insult. It assumes that people can't think for themselves, but must act as members of a group -- not as individuals.

[nckerr]

Why not next time post an excerpt and not the whole article in the response column. Thanks

[nmh]

Right you are! Ron Paul be da man!

Ron Paul is an immoral imbecile.
He couldn’t win dog catcher of the neighborhood - no threat of him winning.

[nmh]

He’s hijacking Christianity into an abomination.

[Brad from Tennessee]

Incredible! I knew some of this story but I didn’t know it was this outrageous. This is one of the bombs the news media is sitting on until Huckabee is nominated. Then they will destroy him with this and other issues.

[nckerr]

...but I’m a seminary trained evangelical pastor/church planter in MI and I am NOT voting for Huckabee. Sorry Huck...Mitt’s got my vote!

A seminary trained evangelical mormon? How could you vote for such a flip flopper?

[tennmountainman]

“Sadly, I am losing respect for Christians who support Huckabee just because he is a “Christian”. They don’t even look at his record. :(”

The same lind of people who sent their SS checks to Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggert and propably Benney Hinn.

All the while not realizing they are being exploited by the lowest form of humanity.

[Neenah]

Why did he give up being a Pastor ? Think about that.

[nckerr]

There is a place in hell warming up for someone from Arkansas

I see someone annointed themselves God and has now condemned a man of the cloth to hell. I remember one part of the Bible says, "Touch not my annointed". (Psalm 105:15)

[1curiousmind]

Nope...not Mormon at all. I can tell you that I am probably more a “fundamentalist” evangelical than Huckabee.

But I can’t stand how he is using his faith to win votes. I’m sorry but that’s just wrong.

One more time I’ll quote Jerry Falwell in his last interview:
“We’re electing a President, not a Sunday school teacher.”

And all God’s people said....

[rintense]

Keep quoting the Bible. I’m sure you’ll stumble across one that is appropriate for Huckabee using his faith as a false beckon for personal gain. A real man of the cloth would be humble in his faith, not tout it as a political selling tool.

[vbmoneyspender]

they like that there's a leader who, because of his religious belief, really wants to care for everybody . . .

That's just what we need - a President who will care for us. George Washington really fell short in that area as did Lincoln. But with Huck as President, maybe he can turn our country around even though it has been suffering from a presidential compassion deficit for 200+ years.