Posted on 01/08/2008 5:56:29 AM PST by Invisigoth
Secular America looks at the rise of Mike Huckabee and fears the growing influence of evangelical Christians in the political process.
This evangelical Christian columnist fears it too, for exactly the opposite reason.
Huckabees win in the Iowa caucuses, and his sudden viability as a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, owes to one thing and one thing only. Large numbers of evangelical voters are looking for someone to represent their values, and Huckabee is the only candidate who seems to do so.
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With his willingness to cover for his son he doesn’t even have the moral personal life part down.
Boy if that ain't the truth. The 2006 losses could most likely be described "a perfect storm".
We were all disgusted.
The only thing worse than our own, the Democrats.
But I COULD see 3/4s of the state pass an amendment that protected the right of the states to legislate on abortion (whether for or against).
Hmmm .... That is a definite possibility.
I bet you, though, that any Presidential candidate that supports that would be tarred as "Pro-Abortion" by the evangelicals.
I prefer an overturn of Roe v. Wade as we already have a Tenth Amendment and we do not want to give any validity to the notion that we are a nation ruled by "penumbras" divined by judicial High Priests.
I agree in large part. However, Huckabee's abuse of office need not be translated into a black mark against all who are religious, as is often portrayed here on this board. I find it a far reach to lump all Christians into that category, in fact quite the reverse is true.
Neither can his abuses (or any other's) be held against the concept and authority of clemency as granted to various offices. Clemency has it's place, and is a necessary thing.
All of this fussing and fighting and name calling sounds just like my former mega Baptist church in Memphis, Tenn.. In fact, I really got confused as to what web sit that I was on.
I’m sitting this primary out for the first time. I have been voting for 45 years.
I read your comment page. I really admire you.
These people will have the blood of innocents on their hands because they “just don’t care.”
They should be supporting Thompson.
I see you are one of those who thinks a criticism on Huckabee is a criticism of your own religion and even Christianity itself. I have a friend like you.
Totally agree.
Then Huckabee should stop throwing the religious muck, and stick to politics.
But he doesn’t...
I for one and, I guess, a majority of Freepers still have some doubt about Huckabee's honesty. He is a politician first and foremost.
This is my understanding of Huckabee's supporters. There seem to be two types:
What can we do with the second group?
We need somebody who knows the scriptures well and can counteract Huckabee's actions on that basis since he uses the scriptures to justify his actions.
I am only in my early 40s, but this is not terribly different than it was in the past.
Every four years, we have a fight between the social conservatives (almost always pro-life) and the social “moderates” (almost always pro-abortion).
This time it’s especially tough because the presidency is an “open seat”.
I am only in my early 40s, but this is not terribly different than it was in the past.
Every four years, we have a fight between the social conservatives (almost always pro-life) and the social “moderates” (almost always pro-abortion).
This time it’s especially tough because the presidency is an “open seat”.
They haven’t figured out that the opposition to Huck has nothing to do with his faith, it has to do with his policy, and the fact he seems to be an opportunist.
If they have figured it out, and refuse to acknowledge it, then they must care more for his policy, and that is not conservative.
My opposition stems mostly from Huck bashing my faith. It showed bigotry in my view, and then when I read the information on his reasoning on granting clemency to convicts due to religious faith in Christ (who then went on to commit more crimes), I realized that this man lets his religious conviction blind him to reality.
I want someone whose feet are on the ground. Someone who doesn’t favor his faith above that of others.
I don’t remember the viciousness on FR in past elections.
I hate this term, but not real Christian like.
Then you will have a president without any moral convictions, no matter what their faith.
Much of the hatred of Bush is because he's an unabashed Christian. The possibility of a genuine preacher becoming president will bring millions more of these people to vote against him.
I have nothing against Christians or creationists. But there are millions of people out there who do, and it would be suicide for the Republican party to nominate someone that has this kind of background.
Just wait till someone comes up with a video of a Huck sermon. Guaranteed there will be a sentence or two that, taken out of context, will sink his candidacy in November like the Titanic.
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