Posted on 01/03/2008 8:38:17 PM PST by 11th_VA
Edited on 01/03/2008 9:13:06 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
LOS ANGELES (Catholic Online) - First, it was Larry Sabato and then it was Rush Limbaugh. Sabato is the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics of the Center for Politics at the University of at the University of Virginia.
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Let he who has ears hear ...
No, it is Huckabee who is narrowly branding himself as the "evangelical" candidate, and who is narrowly appealing to that specific segment and telling people to vote for him because he is a "Christian leader". He is the one makingdirty, disingenuous comments about Mormon beliefs, implying that people shouldn't vote for someone because of their Mormon beliefs. I am a traditional Christian believer (Catholic) who absolutely hates the constant demonization of Christians by liberals in this country, but this kind of narrow confessional politics just plays into liberals' hands. President Bush didn't go around telling people to vote for him because he is Christian. Shame on the Huckabee supporters in Iowa. If Huckabee wins the nomination, the Republicans will be creamed in the general election.
The only way to believe that the president has powers over the womb is to buy into the liberal system that bought us the flawed Roe v Wade decision. I can never support a president who believes that.
As for the thought behind a constitutional amendment to change this, once again, a president has no power over this decision, it rests with Congress and the states. Since that /would/ give the Federal government purview over the womb, I’d say that’s a bad day for those who believe in the Constitution.
Get rid of the liberal interpretations of the Constitution, don’t get rid of the Constitution.
Gov. Huckabee saying he was a Christian is like another candidate saying he’s a member of the Chamber of Commerce - both suggest where the candidates stand on a large number of issues ...
According to Wikipedia, the term "identity politics" has been in use since the 1970s.
-PJ
huck is a kook.
kook. fortunately most Republicans know this....
So, when does Sabato appear on Hardball to say that heard Huckabee say the N-word?
-PJ
The Huckabee phenomenon marks the RISE of the NEW “religious right!” Let the Godless liberals beware!
Agreed. Among a few moderates around me who’ve actually bothered to see Huckabee in interviews (this is America, we’ve got better things to do than to obsess over some silly caucus), they’ve all had a uniformly negative reaction to all the Jesus comments. I’m one Catholic who wonders if once Huckabee’s finished demonizing the Mormons, he’ll decide we’re next on the hit list.
While I want a tough President, I want one who finds his enemies overseas shooting at our people, not his neighbors who follow a different Christian creed. Huckabee would have fit in well in the 30 Years War or the Byzantine Empires struggles over the Trinity. What is about Arkansas that produces these narrow minded, deceitful, hypocritical politicians?
Religious big governmentism is contradictory with Christianity. If one believes that God will provide for each individual then there is no need for the government to “do God’s work” in this area. There is no Christian basis for pursuing God’s plan through the government, be it providing for the poor or making God’s laws the laws of a nation.
I'm laughing and crying - don't remind me about that macaca stuff ...
Who and in what year?
What is the source of their disillusionment?
I don’t recall any Republican Christian politician using and abusing his religion for political gain as much as Huckabee. It smacks of Bill Clinton’s photo ops walking to church with a Bible in his hand, or photo ops John Kerry going to Mass during the election so all the little old churchgoing Catholic ladies will vote for him notwithstanding his votes on abortion issues. Real Christians shouldn’t use their religion to gain votes, or imply that someone shouldn’t vote for someone else because of their Mormon beliefs.
I don’t recall any Republican Christian politician using and abusing his religion for political gain as much as Huckabee. It smacks of Bill Clinton’s photo ops walking to church with a Bible in his hand, or photo ops John Kerry going to Mass during the election so all the little old churchgoing Catholic ladies will vote for him notwithstanding his votes on abortion issues. Real Christians shouldn’t use their religion to gain votes, or imply that someone shouldn’t vote for someone else because of their Mormon beliefs.
Who and in what year?
What is the source of their disillusionment?
Who and in what year?
What is the source of their disillusionment?
I agree. This article is right on the money. Huckabee is not going away because he represents a wide swath of opinion among middle American voters. Committed to faith, life, family and biblical values, they are also compassionate and see government as a tool not a master. Couldn’t have said it better myself.
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