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.
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.
More Huckabee supporters with Mormons ‘concerns’ ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/us/politics/28repubs.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1196265672-IdzKIpM06Zr5r/mDcU4n3g&oref=slogin
“Mr. Huckabee’s advisers admit privately they are cognizant of how Mr. Romney’s religion can work against him and how Mr. Huckabee’s evangelical roots are to their advantage at least among some voters....
At a recent Huckabee event in Iowa, Glenda Gherkey, an evangelical from Evansdale, posed a question to the candidate.
“I’m concerned a lot of Christians are thinking about the values issues and forgetting about the creator behind the values issues,” Ms. Gherkey said. “I guess I feel like this country and this world needs a president who would be able to pray to the God of the Bible and he would be able to hear his prayers.”
She wondered, Would Mr. Romney’s prayers “even get through”?
In response, Mr. Huckabee said he did not want to “speak for any other candidate or denigrate them at all.”
But he added: “My views are what they are. I don’t think I’ve ever hidden where they come from.”
He then tried to make a joke: “I’m glad you’ve made your choice for me. I don’t care why. I’m just glad you did.”