I was about to post so I’ll just add the transcript:
STEVE DOOCY: Mike Huckabee has started running an ad in Iowa, where you’re at right now, also in New Hampshire and South Carolina, and in the back, it’s a windowpane but it also looks a lot like a cross. And, and, we had a guest a little while ago who said it was inappropriate to be using religion for political purposes. Congressman, I’m just curious what you think?
RON PAUL: Well, I haven’t thought about it completely, but you know, it reminds me of what Sinclair, uh, Lewis once said, he said ‘when Fascism comes to this country, it will be wrapped in the flag, carrying a cross.’ I don’t know whether that’s a fair assessment or not, but you wonder about using a cross like he is the only Christian, or implying that subtly. So, uh, I don’t think I would ever use anything like that.
DOOCY: So, uh, Congressm— you know, uh, Governor Huckabee is not selling fascism. He’s — simply sending out a Christmas message, anyway, just curious how you felt about that. Congressman, if you would sit right there in Des Moines just for a moment, we’re going to take a quick time out...
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I missed the Fox & Friends segment this morning but watched him earlier on CNN...the anchorwoman was asking him if he would run as a third-party candidate—pretty much urging him to do so—if he doesn’t get the Republican nomination. Of course Paul denied he had any intention of doing that (since that would have hurt his chances of gaining Republican votes in the primaries). It’s not hard to figure out why CNN would like to see a third-party candidate drawing away votes from the Republican nominee.
I’m not a Paul fan, I’m a “Hunter Ranger.” But there are a lot of people on this thread getting the very wrong idea about the quote based on the partial quote in the topic.
#1 has the complete quote - can you put it into the main message?
The poster was disingenuous for making the partial quote *especially since the next words are
“I don’t know whether that’s a fair assessment or not, but you wonder about using a cross like he is the only Christian, or implying that subtly.”
The quote is actually a Sinclair Lewis quote he is discussing - and his criticism of Huckabee is valid, IMO.
He's not simply sending out a Christmas message. These ads are gone over with a fine tooth comb. They move the camera so that you can see the pane behind him and if you're just glancing at it, you'd probably think it was filmed in a church. I don't care if Mike is God's endorsed candidate for President or not, but it's not random that Reverend Mike has cross imagery in his ads. That's why he's surging in the polls-- social conservative evangelicals are going over to his side. It's a very clever ad, but people shouldn't act like what is clearly there isn't there at all.
And Mike has made the suggestion that God is on his side. I get a little antsy when a politician tells me I should agree with him because God will punish me for eternity if I don't do what the politician says.
Between nanny Huckster and liberaltopian Paul, I’m lossing patience with the stupidity of Republican voters.
I guess Ron Paul would have a problem placing his hand on the Holy Bible to swear an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America. He just lost any chance of getting my vote.
So he used a quote, it’s not his own words. And he said he wasn’t sure if it applied or not in this case.
In my opinion, he was not saying Huckabee was a fascist. He was using a well-turned phrase about another circumstance to enforce HIS opinion that it was wrong for a candidate to wrap themselves in the flag and cross as if they were the only christian or patriot.
After all, Huckabee isn’t a fascist, he’s a socialist...
But wait. Would it be wrong to call Huckabee a smoking nazi? How about a fast food nazi? Doesn’t Huckabee want government to control my choices for me, to make us all into a more perfect race of humans?
Hmm..... I don’t agree with Ron Paul on the war or 9/11 or some other things, but hmmmm.....
“STEVE DOOCY: Mike Huckabee has started running an ad in Iowa, where you’re at right now, also in New Hampshire and South Carolina, and in the back, it’s a windowpane but it also looks a lot like a cross. And, and, we had a guest a little while ago who said it was inappropriate to be using religion for political purposes. Congressman, I’m just curious what you think?
RON PAUL: Well, I haven’t thought about it completely, but you know, it reminds me of what Sinclair, uh, Lewis once said, he said ‘when Fascism comes to this country, it will be wrapped in the flag, carrying a cross.’ I don’t know whether that’s a fair assessment or not, but you wonder about using a cross like he is the only Christian, or implying that subtly. So, uh, I don’t think I would ever use anything like that.”
Absolutely bad taste in a reply, but what was Doocy asking the question for in the first place? If it’s really just a non-political Christmas message (which was my impression) there would seem to be no point in asking unless he’s trying to “create” a story, which he did.
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Yeah. Okay.