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Hugh Hewitt owes Mike Huckabee an apology
TownHall.com ^ | 12.12.2007 | Kevin McCullough

Posted on 12/12/2007 8:23:32 AM PST by jodiluvshoes

Instead of quoting from an AP release of the story that sensationalized one aspect of a 12 page article in which he was first baited into commenting on whether Mormonism is a cult or religion (Huckabee answers, "religion") he (Hugh Hewitt) should have done due diligence...

(Excerpt) Read more at kevinmccullough.townhall.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: brotherwho; hughhewitt; kevinmccullough; mikehuckabee; mittromney
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To: LadyNavyVet

Where did you find the article? It will not be published until this Sunday. Is it on the web somewhere?


21 posted on 12/12/2007 8:50:44 AM PST by SusanDonim
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To: roses of sharon
Does he not realize he is running for the leader of the free world?

The President of the United States of America? The Commander in Chief?

That we have men in TWO WAR THEATERS right now?

Unfortunately, these are not "social" things he's concerned with or conservative about.

22 posted on 12/12/2007 8:51:06 AM PST by Prokopton
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To: MaestroLC
If a presidential candidate isn't weighing every word that comes out of his mouth - especially on such an explosive subject - he has no business in the race. Huckabee knew full well what he was saying and who he was saying it to. He was reminding Christian conservatives of who the "real" Christian in the race was.

He absolutely knew what he was doing, as have the other religious leaders comments, emails, and threats of 3rd party or staying at home. This kind of "you arn't religious enough, don't go to church enough, your life is not vice-free, your not a good enough Christian", has been going on for 6 months.

Not to mention threatening voters could lose their souls or principals if they vote the wrong way.

Huck is the result.
23 posted on 12/12/2007 8:53:00 AM PST by roses of sharon
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To: HoustonTech

Trent Lott, Harry Truman, and tens of millions of Americans are part of baptistic type denominations....(those that practice “believer’s only baptism”)

They are conservative, liberal, republican, democrat, white, black, short, tall, .....


24 posted on 12/12/2007 8:54:04 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain! True Supporters of Our Troops Support the Necessity of their Sacrifice!)
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To: roses of sharon

James Dobson started it with his comments about FDT not being a Christian. It’s gone downhill from there.


25 posted on 12/12/2007 8:54:55 AM PST by traderrob6
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To: jodiluvshoes

Huckster is trolling for votes among bigots. There are even worse quotes from his supporters to validate that. No apology needed.


26 posted on 12/12/2007 8:57:45 AM PST by WOSG (Pro-life, pro-family, pro-freedom, pro-strong defense, pro-GWOT, pro-capitalism)
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To: MaestroLC

>>We don’t need to be calling candidates names - we can address them on the issues and their actions.


Sure we do. When a candidate acts and speaks like a jerk, then I think we Americans should call them for who they are.<

I think you got it right in this 2nd post. Call Huckabee on his failed policies. Call him on his religious attacks. Call him on his name calling. But don’t drop to that level.


27 posted on 12/12/2007 8:57:56 AM PST by gondramB (Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words.)
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To: rickomatic

lol


28 posted on 12/12/2007 8:59:37 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: rickomatic

“A con man commenting on a religion invented by a con man....how ironic.”

Well, then, he should feign ignorance should he. :-)


29 posted on 12/12/2007 8:59:38 AM PST by WOSG (Pro-life, pro-family, pro-freedom, pro-strong defense, pro-GWOT, pro-capitalism)
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To: xzins
They are conservative, liberal, republican, democrat, white, black, short, tall, .....

Yes, I agree with that, however, a good number of "conservative Evangelicals" are conservative on some social issues (abortion), but see government programs like welfare and other social programs as a way of showing compassion to the poor. Remember the first president Falwell help to elect was Jimmy Carter.

Each should be judged individually, but it looks like Huckabee is one of those conservative liberals.

30 posted on 12/12/2007 9:01:03 AM PST by HoustonTech (Fred Tax Calculator: http://gil.yoder.home.comcast.net/)
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To: WOSG

I doubt the majority are real bigots, but good people being told that voting for Huck, instead of the other “sinners” in the race, will be moral, principled, and good for the soul, so to speak.


31 posted on 12/12/2007 9:01:52 AM PST by roses of sharon
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To: SusanDonim

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/magazine/16huckabee.html?hp

It’s in today’s NYT. They say it’s a preview of the article for Sunday, but the part about Mormonism is in there.


32 posted on 12/12/2007 9:05:39 AM PST by LadyNavyVet (An independent Freeper, not paid by any political campaign.)
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To: WOSG

Any Republican who bashes Mormons is a fool. Mormons are the most loyal Republican voters. If no Mormons existed, then NV and AZ would be as Blue as California. Ironicly while white Evangelicals and Mormons disagree on theology, they share the same political concerns. White Evangelicals have more in common politically with Mormons than with Black Evangelicals.


33 posted on 12/12/2007 9:06:27 AM PST by Kuksool
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To: jodiluvshoes

Huckabee is a liberal on every issue other than abortion and gay rights, which are two issues he won’t be able to do a damn thing about if he’s elected President anyway.


34 posted on 12/12/2007 9:08:17 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: traderrob6
Yes, and Dobson knew what he was doing too, with his so-called “leaked” email, at the time I guessed that Rightwing base was too smart for this kind of nonsense.

That our men with boots on the ground were most important, but I was wrong.

35 posted on 12/12/2007 9:13:20 AM PST by roses of sharon
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To: HoustonTech; Brilliant; P-Marlowe; Dr. Eckleburg

An interview with Huckabee: http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:VZad4M8-EcsJ:www.rightwingnews.com/interviews/huckabee.php+democratic+legislature+of+Arkansas+and+Mike+Huckabee&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us

John Hawkins: Now, a related question on taxes… According to your bio, you “pushed through the Arkansas Legislature the first major, broad-based tax cuts in state history.” On the other hand, let me ask you about this. The Club for Growth blog noted several tax raises that you had during your time in and they said, “Huckabee signed a 3-cent gas tax increase in 1999. He called for a state sales tax hike in 2002. He signed a 25-cent cigarette tax hike in 2003. He allowed a major tax hike package to pass in 2004.” So, where do you stand on taxes on the national level? Are there any taxes you think need to be cut? Any you think need to be raised? What do you think about that?

Mike Huckabee: Well, The Club for Growth, in a typical fashion, acts more like a talk show host than they do a serious seeker of facts and they have a lot of nice tools that they use for their own fund raising mechanism to show that they’re champions of conservatism, but I find their message sometimes appalling. For example, one of the taxes they claimed that I had supported, I — in fact — didn’t sign. I don’t have much of a veto power in Arkansas.

John Hawkins: So that would be the 2004 package?

Mike Huckabee: Right, and that was the one where I felt like the legislature...we were under a court order to increase funding for education - and, you know, I would have been willing to see us put more money - but not if we didn’t have efficiency and accountability in how the money was spent. Well, the legislature basically put money, but they didn’t put a level of efficiency - and I refused to sign it - and what happens is, in Arkansas that will become law after 5 days without my signature.

The reason I didn’t veto the bill is because there already were far more than enough votes to override the veto because a simple majority overrides any veto. Even if the bill required 75 votes to pass, 51 votes would actually override the veto. There’s no point. I’ve only vetoed a few pieces of legislation in 10 years, most of which were because of they were unconstitutional and I had a clear reason to withhold them.

Interestingly with an overwhelming Democrat legislature. I’ve vetoed bills that were unconstitutional and they overrode the veto. I vetoed a couple of bills in 1997 because not only did I think they were unconstitutional, but I said they were a complete fraud of taxpayer money. They went ahead and overrode the vetoes and the net result was that within 2 years there were about 4 state senators either indicted and/or convicted and jailed as a result of that legislation. But, they still overrode the vetoes in spite of that.

So there was another tax increase I think that they tried to hit me up for; it was a surcharge on income tax. I did not support it and I did not sign it. It was later repealed, which I did sign the repeal. The gas tax was put to a vote of the people because it was for a road program - to do a bonded road program. We had some of the worst roads in the nation. The people voted on it by an 80% margin. I make no apology for fixing our roads because during our road program, again, the people overwhelmingly supported that and they had a chance to vote on it and the result was we created 40,000 jobs at a time when the nation was in recession and we re-built our highway system and it was very, very helpful to us and to our economy.


36 posted on 12/12/2007 9:15:20 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain! True Supporters of Our Troops Support the Necessity of their Sacrifice!)
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To: LadyNavyVet

Thanks.

Seems fairly benign to me. Maybe not savvy to have taken the bait, but not untrue either, according to many statements made by Mormons here and elsewhere.

I think there are better digs to make if that was his goal.

Still, all in all, it was one statement in an entire article.


37 posted on 12/12/2007 9:17:12 AM PST by SusanDonim
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To: LadyNavyVet
By Huckabee’s actions I do not believe he would uphold the Constitutional freedom of religion to which all Americans are entitled. Huckabee is a “my way or the highway” Christian, incapable of impartially governing a religiously pluralistic society. He is unworthy to be President.

Hmmmmm...you mean like some FReepers' setting their own bar on a candidate's conservative purity in order to fit their small-minded views?

Isn't the GOP a pluralistic political party too? Or, is it only for the far RIGHT?

Get REAL...we can't win elections by ourselves. And as the creep toward socialism picks up steam, we can't take the time to make protest statements with our ballots.

Whether Huckabee's in the midst of his 15 minutes or not remains to be seen, but I get seconds of mirth watching Malkin et al, get incensed over Gilchrist's endorsment.

38 posted on 12/12/2007 9:22:46 AM PST by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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To: jodiluvshoes
Kevin McCullough owes the entire universe an apology.

He is the most juvenile, ignorant and arrogant "spokesman for the right" and the GOP would be better off without his voice.
39 posted on 12/12/2007 9:28:56 AM PST by elizabetty ("Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." .Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: mmichaels1970

He’s romney’s spokes-concubine, best I can tell.


40 posted on 12/12/2007 9:30:10 AM PST by pissant (Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
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