I don’t like the tone of Huckabee’s campaign. We ought to be debating policies, both foreign and domestic: economics, taxation, nat’l security, energy, etc., not dogmas of the various churches.
I am a rather traditional Catholic, and it offends me to hear any candidate question another candidate’s religious dogmas. The only thing that is important to me in a candidate is whether he/she is a decent human being, a patriotic American, a conservative, a good role model, etc. I think Mitt Romney fits all of those criteria, although he may be less conservative that some other candidates.
Personally I have not decided yet which candidate I prefer. I did have Huckabee listed as a possibility, but now I am ruling him out. Since he’s into mouthing off about dogmas, it’s just a matter of time when he will go off on Catholics too.
So, he has made my choice a narrower one. I like Hunter, Thompson, Romney, Guiliani, McCain in that order. But, I don’t think Hunter has a ghost of a chance, unfortunately.
As a traditional Catholic also, I agree with you. Pope Benedict has worked very hard at bringing religions together with what they have in common. Mr. Huckabee went a little over the line, which I am sad to say. I am a little disappointed in him and him alone. Being a person in his position, he should have known better. He has shown that he is not capable of bringing the entire GOP base together and, if he should want to do that, he will have to get a little bit of credibility back.