What are your feelings on Huckabee?

Question

i think that he is bush all over again...yet people like him just like they did bush so are we going to have another 4 yrs of basically bush what are your feelings on him?

Answer 1

I didn't write this quoted part, but this, and along with research I have done, makes me shun him, even though I cursorily liked him about 2 months ago.

"Huckabee the front runner is only now beginning to face new scrutiny. A speech he gave in 1998 is likely to come up again. Addressing Southern Baptist pastors gathered at the Salt Palace Convention Center, Huckabee, then governor of Arkansas, said that he “got into politics because I knew government didn’t have the real answers, that real answers lie in accepting Jesus Christ into our lives … I hope we answer the alarm clock and take this nation back for Christ.” Link

Many may not know this, but this “speech” was given at a Missionary convention in Salt Lake City where Southern Baptists had convened to come convert the Mormons from their “cultish” ways:

To outsiders, the Southern Baptists — who are arriving by the planeload for a national convention in Salt Lake City — and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints seem to have a lot in common. They are both politically conservative, morally pious and hungry for converts. They both praise Jesus, condemn alcohol and fight gay rights.

But when they start talking about doctrine, “I love you, brother” quickly turns into “You’ll burn in hell, sister.”

…Most of the Baptists’ door-to-door crusade will take place today. Called “Crossover Salt Lake City,” the $600,000-evangelical blitz also includes TV and radio spots and a direct mail campaign to reach 400,000 homes in the region. The annual Baptist convention, which is being held at the Salt Palace Convention Center, begins Tuesday and concludes Thursday.

Neither Morrison nor other Mormon leaders seem very concerned that some 20,000 Southern Baptists are coming to town over the next week, preceded by an advance team that has been spreading the word that Mormons are a polytheistic “counterfeit Christian movement” promulgating heresy and offering only false hope for eternal salvation."
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I also don't like his tax hikes, his soft illegal immigration stance, and the fact that he overturns legal judgments for mercy, instead of actual justice. It has been stated that it's due to his personal belief's of forgiveness, which is commendable, but not when a proper trial/judgment had already been issued. Legal judgments that would have saved some people from being killed.

Perhaps he feels compassion for the plight of illegal immigrants, why doesn't he feel compassion for all the Tyson meat packing plant workers displaced in his state, due to those illegal immigrants?

What about compassion of taxpayers made to foot bills of the state benefits available to illegal immigrants? Huckabee vehemently opposed a 2005 bill sponsored by Arkansas State Senator Jim Holt which would deny state benefits to illegal immigrants, calling it "un-Christian." I think Huckabee is "un-American".

He has called the war in Iraq, a "theocratic" war, that's ridiculous! What, suddenly WE are the Spanish Inquisition? Plus he is for it and with more countries, when 65%+ of Americans are against it, either as a timetable for quick withdrawal, or immediate withdrawal. He didn't even know about the NIE report until ~3 days had passed, it was headline news, and he still wanted war with Iran.

On top of that, he doesn't have a degree in "Theology" as he has stated in the past, and is reflected upon on wikipedia. He does have a minor in communications and public speaking, perhaps that, plus talking in front of people on the radio and at his church have made him a decent speaker... but it makes it harder to tell when he is spinning something, and why.

Huckabee's pull is the fact that upon a cursory glance, people see him as genuine.

Research like this hurts that image.

If Huckabee gets the GOP nomination, all the Democratic contender has to do is hammer him on how inconsistent anything he says is with reality. The only ones in the GOP that can probably beat a Democrat frontrunner, are probably Mitt Romney, or Ron Paul. The rest are worthless for the situation we are in.

Answer 2

I'm going to say some things that will really cheese you off. Please understand I'm neutral here, not just trying to bait Republicans. I don't think the Democrats are that much better these days.

First of all, I don't think there's any way the Republicans can win the next presidential election. I just think the party is too fragmented, and it's lost the respect of swing voters. None of the major candidates can criticize Bush or the war, so Bush's failure is staining the whole party.

When you vote Republican, you're not voting for a man, you're voting for an agenda. This is why the major candidates all have the same opinions on all the same issues. If Huckabee wins, his advisors and policy-makers will be the same ones that Giuliani will have if he wins or Romney will have if he wins. In fact they're the same ones Bush has. Bush was a perfect candidate for the GOP because he had no ideas or agenda of his own.

This time around I think party leaders are trying not to identify as strongly with the Christian Right. I think it helped them in previous elections but they've realized it's not helping them anymore (and this is also Bush's fault). I think Christians might also be beginning to realize that the GOP doesn't really share their agenda. The real god of the GOP is Mammon.

So with the other major candidates trying not to bring up their Christianity at every opportunity, this allowed Huckabee to carve out a niche for himself in that area. But Huckabee's version of Christianity is not the conventional Reagan/Falwell/Robertson version. It's way too early to tell, but it will be interesting to see if your traditional Christian Right voters will approve of him once they learn more about him.

That being said, I think Huckabee is very personable, a good speaker, knows what he's talking about, which is refreshing. His views are moderate, for a Christian. If he really was given control of his own agenda in the White House, he might be an acceptable Republican president.

Answer 3

Probably the anti-Christ for the following reasons: First, the Anti-Christ will be the leader of the "revised Roman Empire" which could mean America. He will share his power with the False Prophet who is a religious leader who points to the Anti-Christ as The world leader. The Anti-Christ will be very religious and closely allied to the False Prophet who will be a very successful and influential religious leader of the false religion. The false religion will look like a main-line religion but all of the spirituality will be absent. It will probably be a combination of secularism with religion with no real spiritual basis. An example is the recent rise of the secular political/religious movement. Another example is the recent rise in the "wealth and health" religious movement. Both of these are missing the true gospel as preached by Jesus, thus so many "Christians" that seem to be so hypocritical and worldly. The Anti-Christ will be a very charismatic leader who brings people together, not just in the United States but also in the world. He will also be a very intelligent person. The Anti-Christ is a man whom Satan eventually possess. When this happens the Anti-Christ will be a true super-human and capable of miracles, according to the Bible. I mention this in relation to Huckabee because his main interest is religion.

Answer 4

No way he is not Bush all over again. He is a ploy of the Clinton Clan. If Hillary can't win on the Dem ticket, they win on the Rep ticket with Huckabee from Arkansas.

Answer 5

When did he say women should work as slaves? Hadn't heard that one. You probably should try to relax a little. He won't impact your life any. I doubt he'll get the nomination. I actually like him though I don't agree with some of the things he's said and the positions he's taken. Life is too short to hate....unless of course we're talking about Hillary. Joking. But I hope she's defeated.

Answer 6

He is fatally flawed.

Before he became governor of Arkansas he did Public Relations work for a televangelist who promotes the practice of giving to his ministry and God will reward you.

He then became a televangelist (and refuses to release his sermons).

God told him to become a politician. He became Lt. Governor when the successor to Bill Clinton was sent to jail for corruption. He became well known for his penchant for accepting "gifts" to help supplement his income as Governor.

He also is well known for his clemency and commutations of prison sentences such as the rapist of a distant cousin of Bill Clinton and a repeat DWI Driver who donated 10,000 to the Arkansas Republican Party shortly after he was cleared to drive drunk again (only once so far).

He is a funny guy but he also has some very dangerous views on abortion, AIDS research and marriage roles.

But hey, he lost a lot of weight and looks much better now so he must be the best choice as president.

Best bet, vote for Edwards.

Answer 7

I dislike him. I feel he is a pretty radical conservative.
I mean come on he still thinks the earth was created 6000 years ago, he doesn't believe in evolution, he wants to quarantine AID's patients, he pardoned a rapist simply because the rapist claimed to be a "born again Christian", he's always taking jabs at Romney's religion for no reason other than to ridicule mormonism, and he doesn't seem like a very intelligent person quite frankly.
Everything he wants to do is apparently in the name of God. You know who else did things "in the name of God"? Dictatots, monarchs, and kings who ruled by divine right.

Answer 8

Like we need another bush in the office, hasn't he already screwed up this country enough? He needs to pull our soldiers out of iraq LIKE NOW! Yet, he say's " Even if I wanted to pull the soldiers out of iraq it take atleast, if not more 680 BILLION dollars $$$" How would it take that much money, I am voting for Clinton or Obama!!! And I think Bush should leave the country peacefully, instead of wrecking it!!!

Answer 9

Huck is a decent guy, he's just too soft for the job. Kinda like a GOP Jimmy Carter.

Answer 10

Huckabee is too conservative for a liberal America.