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To: Kurt Evans
Maybe he was trying to hint to the interviewer that his refusal to answer was an act of religious tolerance, not intolerance.

If that was true then he never would have asked his rhetorical question about Mormons and Jesus and Satan. He would have said something to the effect, "I respect people of different religious beliefs and feel that you are free to worship as you please in this country. It would be inappropriate to comment on another candidates religion. I think I'll just talk about mine if I choose and Governor Romney can talk about his if he chooses."

Huckabee asked his question on purpose and just like the NYT, he ran a correction but the inference was already made. If he is going to be goaded by liberal, or what not, journalists into discussing another candidates religion then he can be goaded in other circumstances and thus shows he doesn't have the maturity to be president. One-liners don't cut it - maybe on SNL tomorrow where Mike will be among brethern of liberals - but not on the campaign trail.

40 posted on 02/23/2008 2:05:00 AM PST by torchthemummy ("The law of unintended consequences has not been repealed." - Fransam)
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To: torchthemummy

“He would have said something to the effect, ‘I respect people of different religious beliefs and feel that you are free to worship as you please in this country. It would be inappropriate to comment on another candidates religion. I think I’ll just talk about mine if I choose and Governor Romney can talk about his if he chooses.’”

That’s almost exactly what he had said—over and over and over—and the media was ripping him to shreds for refusing to say Mormonism wasn’t a cult. Was the rhetorical question a political miscalculation? From the standpoint that it underestimated the malicious intent of the reporter, it probably was. But I hardly think it disqualifies him as a presidential candidate.


45 posted on 02/23/2008 2:15:50 AM PST by Kurt Evans (This message not approved by any candidate or candidate's committee.)
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To: torchthemummy

“If that was true then he never would have asked his rhetorical question about Mormons and Jesus and Satan. He would have said something to the effect, “I respect people of different religious beliefs and feel that you are free to worship as you please in this country. It would be inappropriate to comment on another candidates religion. I think I’ll just talk about mine if I choose and Governor Romney can talk about his if he chooses.”


So what is the answer to that rhetorical question? You keep trying to sell us that a Jewish writer and an ex-preacher would know the answer to such a simple question, what is that answer ?

LOL, by the way is this the way that people talk on your planet?

“He would have said something to the effect, “I respect people of different religious beliefs and feel that you are free to worship as you please in this country.”


46 posted on 02/23/2008 2:16:11 AM PST by ansel12 (post-apocalyptic drifter uttered three words, polygamous zombie vampires!)
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