Posted on 01/03/2008 10:15:51 PM PST by NormsRevenge
Ditto!
Speak for yourself. Huckabee isn't getting my vote because he's too wimpy for the job.
Does that include what the Bible says about Divorce (Malachi 2:16;Matthew 5:32; Matthew 19)? It also used to be restricted and illegal except under certain circumstances.
You cannot defend only one piece of it.
I am speaking in generalities, of course. It is "the Christians", the Evangelicals, who have lifted Huckabee up, and the only obvious reason for doing so is his "social conservative" position.
As a matter of disclosure, I cannot vote for Huckabee. While his faith is fine with me, the rest of his platform sucks.
I too vote "Christian first", but I am content to support Hunter, as most of my fellows undoubtedly would if they could see him at all... He fulfills my need of a practicing Christian, and is also as Conservative as the day is long.
The term word in the original refers to preaching, which is what Huckabee abandoned to become a politician, He abandoned it because he thought he could do more for Christ by becoming a politician, which is to say he despised his calling as a preacher as "foolishness."
IGNORANT!
Reagan made a deal with a Dem congress to grant amnesty to a few million in exchange for closing the border. He did not, as Huckabee did, say, “ya’ll come, illegals, and I’ll make you eligible for social programs and call Americans who don’t want to pay your bills unChristian. You can have drivers’ licenses and don’t need to show ID at the polls either!”
Reagan got screwed on his deal, because the amnesty was granted and then Congress reneged on the border, as they are doing now. If Republicans don’t learn from it, we are doomed to the trash heap of history.
Huckabee now says he’s against amnesty. Riiight. Pull the other one, Huck. That’s the same platform that Bush ran on, BTW. Which is why Bush’s amnesty plan was called Comprehensive Immigration Reform. I wonder what Huckabee will call his amnesty plan, Christian Immigration Reform?
You have a lot of company. According to the exit polls, only 50% of self-identified evangelical Christians in Iowa voted for Huckabee. He’s going to have a tough time, if the vaunted Christian leader can’t pull more than half of the evangelical vote.
I don't blindly support anybody. That amnesty deal was horrible - a huge mistake.
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