Huckabee:My faith is my life. I don't separate my faith from my personal and professional lives.?

Question

I pulled this right off Huckabees website..Theocracy or not?

Answer 1

Could we please have a normal president instead of another one that evokes God at every opportunity?

Answer 2

Not. He'd be an utter hypocrite if he said otherwise. His faith teaches to be honest, unselfish, give to the poor, treat others the way you'd like to treated, etc. Oh, how horrible!
All you people who cry "theocracy!" are displaying your rampant ignorance. There are THREE branches of government, not one. Even if he wanted to run a theocracy, which he doesn't, he couldn't.
And by the way, I'd make the same defense of Obama, or Romney, neither of whom are atheists. But you pick on Huckabee because over a decade ago he was a minister. The anti-religious bigotry of some people is just sickening.

Answer 3

The relationship between the Christian community and the Republican Party is breaking down. The mainstream Republican candidates are shying away from the 'Christian Right' because they see this as a liability today, not a credit. Christians, too, I think, are beginning to realize that their alliance with the GOP has been a 'faustian bargain', that the real God of the GOP is Mammon. (At least I hope they're beginning to realize this). When Pat Robertson endorses the likes of Rudy Giuliani, you -know- something is out of whack. 8^)

This allowed Huckabee to carve out a niche for himself as the 'Christian' candidate. He comes off as a very sincere Christian, but his beliefs, his political positions and ideas, are not the standard Reagan/Bush/Falwell/Robertson variety.

Huckabee got a big boost when Mitt Romney came out with his speech about Mormonism. Romney said a lot of things that traditional Religious-Righters wanted to hear, but he lost votes. My guess is that many of them simply weren't paying attention so early in the process and didn't realize Romney was Mormon. This is a big issue with Christians, who believe that Mormonism is a cult. A lot of them, learning this, shifted to Huckabee and he got a big boost in the polls.

But I suspect they don't realize that Huckabee is not 'Christian' in the Robertson/Falwell sense. He fought for rights for illegal immigrants, for instance, and to provide healthcare for children. He tried to raise 'sin' taxes but also taxes on things like groceries. If he speaks out on his ideas, these traditional GOP Christians may yet be turned off.

Strangely, Huckabee, the Christian candidate, is not the one in this election complaining of the War on Christmas, fighting for prayer in schools, or saying that our founding fathers meant this country to be Christian--that's Romney. The old rules are no longer in effect. New battle-lines are being drawn. Stay tuned! 8^)

Answer 4

Does his ( Huckabee's) above statement not mean to undermine Romney who wanted to separate his faith from his professional life as American President ? Back biting ? or assumption of gullibility of voters?

Answer 5

As soon as I heard him utter those words, I immediately removed him from my potential list of people for whom I would cast my vote. I do not want anyone's religion NOT separated from their personal lives, especially if said person is at the helm of the nation.

Answer 6

No, but it seems to scare you. Do you have a problem or are you just a run of the mill bigot?

Answer 7

I don't see anything wrong with it. I would love to see him as president, but I am not sure he will be able to get the votes.

Answer 8

Well he obviously believes that if Jesus were governor, he would let a rapist free (to later commit murder) and would execute 16 people.