Well, then you have missed it Sage. I don’t have the time to go pull all the “another hick from Arkansas stuff”
Bush’s evangelical bent was quite the conversation before his election.
Carter’s even was since he too was considered Evangelical in 1976....I have tried to tell folks here that Evangelical does not infer instant Conservatism.
Huckabee is an ex-preacher, if an ex-priest ran I’m sure it would be fine....wasn’t John Danforth an ex-priest. ....does anyone care about that. Giuliani is Roman Catholic and no one says a peep but some guy (whom I don’t support for other reasons) comes along as a Southern Evangelical and the long knives come out that he’s too religious and he’s bigoted for even questioning Romney’s Mormonism....like no one can question peculiar Mormon creed....even if now deemed archaic.
I guess Southern Episcopalian support for slavery and Catholic Inquisition are now hands off too?
I think many here.... Catholic posters (and obviously Mormon) don’t like true believer Protestants for very old reasons.....and they know true believer Prods dispute their creed too.
The funny thing though is that Huckster is not a Fundamentalist or Charismatic...lol....now that would really get some around here’s heads turning.
in the end though....except for his abortion stances I don’t much care for Huckster at all but I think it’s amazing how someone who wears his Christianity on his sleeve gets folks going.
I think what scares milquetoast Christians the most about Fundamentalists and Charismatics most is that they know most of them actually believe. You cannot say that about most other Christian sects at all.....most are lapsed. Were they not lapsed, we would live in a very conservative nation easily.
Were Huckster a Fundie, he’d probably be a more appealing candidate to me.
“Giuliani is Roman Catholic and no one says a peep “
You missed that discussion. The same discussion that occurred with Kerry and his supposed Catholicism. You’ll notice there aren’t too many Giuliani supporters left at FR. I wrote a couple of days ago that I actually trust Giuliani more than Huckabee because Rudy’s negatives are known and Huckabee’s are murky. But if it came down to the defense of our country, it would be Rudy over Huck for me. The soldier maintains our security so that we can keep our religious freedom. The “Christian Soldier” has a slightly different job description.
I don't have a problem with someone who wears their Christianity on their sleeve unless they use it as a shield to deflect legitimate criticism of their policy positions. Huck uses that ploy too frequently as does Romney to a certain extent.