“Sincerity is everything. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.”
If a former preacher will lie about the cross, what won't he lie about?
Posted on 01/24/2008 4:54:34 PM PST by unspun
In 1984 at Immanuel Baptist, he preached about leading a revival where worshippers rejoiced as prominent members of the community _ an attorney, a businessman _ accepted Jesus. He said he was heartbroken that people overlooked a young mentally retarded woman who also came forward.
"She always came alone and left alone. And to all outward appearances, nobody really cared," he said. "But God made a very big announcement that night. Although she may sit in that pew by herself, he loved her."
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But his big-tent approach has left him vulnerable to detractors _ in Southern Baptist and GOP circles _ who say he's not conservative enough. Facing those critics has provided some of his toughest political lessons, making him a resilient campaigner.
In 1989, for instance, national Southern Baptist leaders wanted the next president of the Arkansas Baptists to sign on to their fierce purge of any moderate or liberal thinking in seminaries and churches. They backed the Rev. Ronnie Floyd, now of Springdale.
Arkansas Baptists felt they were plenty conservative and didn't want to be told who should lead them. They recruited Huckabee to run against Floyd. Huckabee said he was no moderate; he just didn't want the "political machine" of the Southern Baptist Convention telling him or any Baptist how they should act, said the Rev. Don Moore of Little Rock, who was executive director of the Arkansas Baptist Convention for 13 years.
Huckabee won, and now Floyd is endorsing the former governor in the Republican presidential race.
"A president has to be the president of all the people," Floyd said, "and I believe he can do that."
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Good article - I love the first part.
The calling to be a pastor far outweighs any siren call of politics.
He should stick to what he was called to do.
Since God doesn’t make mistakes, the Huckster must be the one making one.
The first part was first so that it could warm all our hearts. Sounds like the kind of garbage Hillary puts out about herself. Propaganda.
Yeah, so, but we don’t like the “Huckster” cause Rush told us not to like him, or something.
And where were you Huck when you were observing all her entrances and exits alone?
Kinda like saying "everyday I would pass this homeless person....till one day I saw someone finally stop to offer him a job or whatever. My heart was overjoyed!" So why didn't YOU stop?
We don't tend to be dualists, Christians.
Actual, hearty LOL.
No, we told Rush we don’t like him. Rush just agreed.
He, like many, know a Christian democrat when we see one.
Thats why his brother David endorsed Fred.
At least Fred wasn’t a phony slick mouthed socialist.
Kinda like saying, "Why doesn't the bandleader go out into the rear corner of the marching band?" People who lead meetings have things to do in front, pastors no different.
I don't know what the polite way is, to say, "Please get an education."
>>Huckabee’s experience as pastor an asset in presidential race<<
I think that is fair - it cements his Christian credentials and almost guarantees he’d be a good speaker.
I have a “reality education”. You went to the school of “I will believe anything if it gets the Huckster as nominee”
Thats okay, he’s toast anyway. People can always vote for Hillary, Obama, or Edwards, particularly Edwards, because they play the same populist gig.
Night!
Another left-wing paper trying to boost the GOP’s most easily beatable candidate. Very transparent.
Thanks for the second LOL of the thread, lindy.
Truth hurts, doesn’t it?
Glad to oblige.
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...(Real men of genius)
Today we salute you, Mr. Mike Huckabee paid FR campaign shill!
...(Mr. Mike Huckabee paid FR campaign shill)
What does a liberal Republican do when he is afraid to face grass roots conservatives himself? He pays his coffee and errand boy minimum wage to do it for him
...(skim milk with three sweet and lows)
Sitting in a cubicle at campaign headquarters you search Conservative websites like the NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Salon, CNN and Daily Kos looking for favorable articles about the Huckster to post on FR
...(oooh, here's one from DU!)
Armed with nothing but talking points from Hucks' website, you attempt to convince conservatives that your candidate is not a Christian socialist or a pro-life Democrat
...(Jesus would want amnesty for illegals)
When FReepers say Huck is a fiscal liberal, algore loving environmental wacko, open border amnesty pusher, violent criminal pardoner, Jimmy Carter foreign policy appeaser, nanny state smoker banner you provide the brilliant original response...a link to his campaign website
...(copy, paste, copy, paste)
Conservatives? We don't need no stinkin' Conservatives!
...(Highly overrated)
All we need is a leftist who is pro-life, has an R next to his name, and talks about Jesus.
...(Praise the Lord!)
So crack open an ice cold Bud Light, oh Karl Rove of the blogosphere, because when a FReeper runs for office, we'll be calling you...
...(Mr. Mike Huckabee paid FR campaign shill)
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Spam is always an excellent and compelling argument. /s
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