And on that note, meet Mike Huckabee (and can he beat Rudy?)
Now that religion and politics is the current topic, I have found a segue for introducing Huck to our readers. “My Favorite Nut Job”, by Matt Taibbi, is in this week’s issue of Rolling Stone:
MIKE HUCKABEE, THE LATEST IT GIRL OF THE Republican presidential race, tells a hell of a story. Let your guard down anywhere near the former Arkansas governor and he’ll pod you, Body Snatchers-style — you’ll wake up drooling, your brain gone, riding a back seat on the bandwagon that suddenly has him charging toward the lead in the GOP race.
Be afraid! He not only carries the bible, he believes it word, for word.
Ever since Huckabee turned in a dominating performance at a summit of Christian voters in Washington a few weeks ago, he has been riding a surge among likely Iowa voters (he’s now second to Mitt Romney, and gaining). The media, like me, have been charmed by their initial impression: “It’s hard not to like Mike Huckabee,” gushed Newsweek. Even The Nation said he has “real charm.”
In a comment from my last post, a reader stated this:
It’s not just about prayer in public places that should concern us, it’s how public officials are using religion to promote themselves in public. A politician/candidate could be corrupt to the core, but he’s a good Christian and peppers his speeches with references to God and the bible. Another politician or candidate has no professed religion, but has led an honorable and exemplary life. How will the media and the masses react to the second candidate?
Enter Mike Huckabee as the first candidate (emphasis mine):
But Huckabee is also something else: full-blown nuts, a Christian goofball of the highest order. He believes the Earth may be only 6,000 years old, angrily rejects the evidence that human beings evolved from “primates” and thinks America wouldn’t need so much Mexican labor if we allowed every aborted fetus to grow up and enter the workforce. To top it off, Huckabee also left behind a record of ethical missteps in the swamp of ÂArkansas politics that make WhiteÂwater seem like a jaywalking ticket.
So, if Bush is “all hat and no cattle”, and Rudy is “all wig and no style”, Is Huck “all Bible and no brain”? It gets better:
HUCKABEE GAVE AN EVEN MORE DAMNING glimpse into his inner batshit self in a recent appearance at the PrestonÂwood Baptist Church near Dallas, where he told audiences that Christians are sitting in the pole position of the race to Armageddon. “If you’re with Jesus Christ, we know how it turns out in the final moment,” he said. “I’ve read the last chapter in the book, and we do end up winning.”
Well, I could reprint the whole article, but you get the idea. The Republican candidates are so pathetic this year, that this guy is a real possibility. Now, I don’t think that a Republican, any Republican can pull in over 50%, but there’s always that Bloomberg, 3rd party candidate, possibility that could deliver the presidency back to the Republican party. This is not a guy we want as leader of the free world.
Make no mistake, Huckabee can win this thing. None of his four main rivals — Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson and John McCain — can claim to represent the Christian right.
Be very afraid.
Addendum: (in the interest of being fair-thank you Lee) here is a link to Huck’s Issue Page on “Faith”.
And here’s one more article involving the Huckster that people may find interesting. I’m thinking this one could be a real downer for MH supporters. (but, that’s just me)
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HUCKABEE GAVE AN EVEN MORE DAMNING glimpse into his inner batshit self in a recent appearance at the PrestonÂÂÂwood Baptist Church near Dallas, where he told audiences that Christians are sitting in the pole position of the race to Armageddon. “If you’re with Jesus Christ, we know how it turns out in the final moment,†he said. “I’ve read the last chapter in the book, and we do end up winning.â€ÂÂ
….stick a fork in him - he’s done. That paragraph should summarize his campaign from here to eternity (pun intended Huckster).
Actually, I think he’s the most appealing of the legit candidates out there - a conservative who also created a health program for children, opened his state and its resources ot the Hurricane Katrina victims, and so on.
The Rolling Stone piece (yes, I read it), was biased and incomplete.
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