“I have no pet candidate, and I really really hate Huckabee, and anyone else who says it is “Unchristian” to deny public benefits to illegal aliens.”
Sounds like you are just anti-Christian to me. IF the government is in the business of helping the needy (that is a big if) if would be intrinsically “unchristian” to deny aid to a starving child of an illegal alien. Mike was making a correct statement. Now if you have a problem with Christian compassion.....then you are running counter to basic tenants of American thinking. Now that being said...I agree the qualifier “public funds” does change things somewhat....it is not necessarily “Christian” to give away what doesn’t belong to you. However, as the governor, he had that delegated authority to make decisions; the election gave it to him. IF you expect him to NOT be influenced by his religious beliefs, you are not very wise. If you think his religious beliefs are wrong....you are not a “moral” conservative that is his base. So, you don’t really matter. You are just an anti-Christian hater. You have problems with Mike’s beliefs, not the man.
I will say this. It makes more sense for a “Christian” governor to ask fellow believers to donate money to feed the illegals than to compel the taxpayer to do so. Charity should not be compeled. However, I entire government is compeled charity....so I don’t see the real beef. You may as well hate someone in authority for signing any legislation that provides welfare (charity) to the populace....see how far that attitude will get you?
Bottom line is that Huckabee has faults, as do all candidates; he is most probably NOT the best candidate for POTUS. However, this “Huck Hate” is just plain silly at times and those that push it scary. Those that scream “nanny state” too much as just libertarians that don’t count either; they ARE NOT conservatives. Vote for someone else.....but it is really time to can the Huck Hate. Personally, I don’t like that he didn’t speak out forceably against repealing DADT.....that scares me about Mike. However, Sarah Palin didn’t either??? Only minor contenders did like Bachman and Santorum.
The duty of Government is not to fulfill peoples Christian obligations to charity- and Mike Huckabee is an idiot if he thinks that is the proper role of government.
Render unto Caesar that which is Caesars and render unto the Lord that which is the Lords.
Hucabee would have it that we render unto Caesar that which is Caesars, and Caesar will render unto the Lord on our behalf.
The guy is an absolute moron who talked about the difficulty in defeating an incumbent President and then listed how rare it was and how long ago it was that it happened, completely IGNORANT of the electoral defeat of INCUMBENT George H.W. Bush.
Too stupid to know any better and too egotistical to realize he is out of his depths and should really LOOK IT UP.
The #1 nutrition problem of the poor in America is OBESITY. Nobody starves in America unless they are insane or someone is starving them.
We have Huckabee also saying this....
“My comments were about the statistical reality that most single moms are very poor, under-educated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death.”
Really? How many starving children did we have here in America before welfare?
Our economy is a complete disaster and your biggest concern is DADT?