Huckabee, Huck-a-been
The funny thing is that early on I thought Huckabee was one of the Republicans that I could kind of stand. He is an economic populists who understands the value of music education. And if someone as level headed as Mahaffie could write,
Does He Have a Prayer?
Presidential handicappers aren’t too sanguine about Mike Huckabee’s chances to get the Republican Party’s nomination for President, but I like the guy. I have several colleagues in the GIS world who worked in his government in Arkansas and report that he is practical, no-nonsense sort. In the several interviews I’ve heard, Mr. Huckabee sounds like a decent and smart guy.
…then Huckabee could not be totally nuts, could he?
Well yes, he could…
“I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution,” Huckabee told a Michigan audience on Monday. “But I believe it’s a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living god. And that’s what we need to do — to amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than try to change God’s standards so it lines up with some contemporary view.”
Nucking Futz!
….and let me see that EKG of your ‘living’ god, STAT!
He can blather all day long about a living God as far as I’m concerned – but when he takes the next step and talks about trying to impose a state religion, then I have a big problem.
I wrote him off months ago for this reason; also Mitt Romney for his statement that (paraphrasing but close) “Religion requires freedom, and freedom needs religion.”
This is a very good reason for anyone who thinks Separation is a minor issue to rethink their stance. It’s this kind of ridiculous dogmatic bullying that will ruin the ideal that our Founding Fathers built and fought for.
Huckabee won’t release his sermons from his previous church and I suspect that this passage is an indicator why.
Christian Nationalists are certainly the far right of the wingnut faction, but they constitute alot of its leadership. The spectacle of Rudy (America’s Playa) Guiliani trying to master the dog whistle politics of these Christianists is plenty of evidence to how critical they are to the repub base. Huckabee is pretty deftly trying to appeal to those who think that the Reagan coalition did not serve them well.
I recently read a remarkable book — Kingdom Coming by Michele Goldberg — that clearly deliniates the the leadership, networks and, importantly how these adherents of dominion theology intersect with the repubs. She also has some really instructive reporting on how these Christianists zealously persist in their attempts to change the law (and rewrite history) to get the so-called christian nation they think they’ve been promised. Highly recommended reading — he book is an easy read, but you won’t be able to put it down once you start it.
I don’t know that I’d call him “nuts.” His position here is logical within what appears to be his belief system. I don’t agree with that position though, and (despite finding him an agreeable person) I don’t think there’s any way I could vote for someone who takes this position.
Unlike some of my favorite commenters I don’t think that there is anything crazy about religious observance or even religious passion.
I regret when that passion leads people into un-American activities.
Amen, Jason.