If people could just get past the fact that the article talks about Huckabee, maybe they could see the issues evangelicals are having to deal with in this election from their own party.
Back earlier this year, Republicans had declared the death of the value voters. Over the summer we saw numerous articles where they rejoiced at the prospect that the "religious right" would no longer be calling the shots.
When Rudy became the "obvious" choice evangelicals were ridiculed for not supporting him because of abortion. Later they were chided for not wishing to support Romney because he is Mormon. It seemed as if everyone knew how evangelicals should vote except for evangelicals.
Here it is December and Huckabee is doing well in the polls. And we see article after article attacking Huck and attacking social conservatives. It has gotten rather nasty in the press and even nastier here at FreeRepublic.
It is obvious that Republicans want the evangelical vote, but only if they vote for the "right" Republican. Evangelicals have become the niggers of the Republican party and Republicans wants to keep it that way.
When did the Republican party become so anti-Christian?
FYI. I am both a social and fiscal conservative and I support Fred. My issue is not about Huckabee but how social conservatives are being treated by their own party.
The party hasn’t. The media always has been. The media is really monkeying with our primary and there’s no outrage over it. Fred is the closest thing to outrage when he refsed to answer that stupid moderators question.