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Republican Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee

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FreedomFry Avatar
FreedomFry
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Posted: 02.05.08, 09:23 PM
HUCKABEE does not speak for TRUE CONSERVATIVE america. BUT he is the best we have left to vote for.
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Manna
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Posted: 02.06.08, 09:59 AM
The thought of an ordained Southern Baptist minister as President of the United States totally freaks me out. He's well spoken and seems like a fine human being, but please...let's keep religion out of politics.
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heybd
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Posted: 02.06.08, 10:37 AM
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He's well spoken and seems like a fine human being
This is so true. He's very good at hiding his ultra-conservative Christian beliefs on television. I get sucked in by his persona sometimes, but then I read the section of his Wikipedia called "controversial public comments" and am put right off. Doesn't anyone see the dissonance between being anti-choice (what some might call pro-life) and pro-death penalty? And anyone who wants to change the Constitution to be in line with "God's standards" should probably be disqualified on the spot. I just don't think there is a satisfactory explanation for some of his views.
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Manna
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Posted: 02.06.08, 10:54 AM
Yeah, I totally get the sense he would pull a presto chango once in office. He's definitely hedging to the San Francisco crowd here...
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Iron-man
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Posted: 02.06.08, 11:06 AM
Just because God is not mentioned in the Constitution does not mean that religion has had no role in forming our current democracy. Have church and state ever been separate? Ridding of the IRS sounds good to me!
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heybd
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Posted: 02.06.08, 11:33 AM
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Have church and state ever been separate?
I think that's the general idea. I wouldn't boast about the fact that as a country we are failing to live up to that. I am not against a pastor or minister running for president per se, but he's going to have to work really hard to convince me that he will represent the interests of all Americans regardless of religious belief. Atheists and Agnostics need the president to be a leader for them, too.
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FreedomFry
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Posted: 02.06.08, 12:53 PM
USA: CHRISTIAN nation founded on CHRISTIAN priniciples

If you dont like it MOVE or else you can stay but GET USED TO THAT FACT

san francisco is a cess pool and Huckabee is wrong for setting foot there
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Manna
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Posted: 02.06.08, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by FreedomFry
USA: CHRISTIAN nation founded on CHRISTIAN priniciples

If you dont like it MOVE or else you can stay but GET USED TO THAT FACT

san francisco is a cess pool and Huckabee is wrong for setting foot there
Ah, the tolerance of the Christian conservative base. Support like this is why I find Huckabee to be so incredibly terrifying as a presidential candidate.
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Iron-man
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Posted: 02.06.08, 02:20 PM
Huckabee would make a fine President; we need a restoration of this country's founding principles and moral character. After all, we were founded as one nation under "God". Liberals and neocons have tainted our country's reputation, made us question ourselves, and divided our values long enough. It is time for a real conservative for real Americans.
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heybd
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Posted: 02.06.08, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by FreedomFry
USA: CHRISTIAN nation founded on CHRISTIAN priniciples

If you dont like it MOVE or else you can stay but GET USED TO THAT FACT
Ah, yes, the good ol' "Love it or leave it!" argument. I hate to break it to you, but I'm as much an American as you or anyone else, so you might have to get used to that. I'm not trying to rearrange our government to suit my own personal needs and beliefs, unlike your friend Huckabee who, again, wants to change it to fit God's standards. I just think it needs to protect the rights of all citizens equally, no matter what.

As for the USA being a Christian nation, here are the first few words of the First Amendment in our Bill of Rights. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." I don't know that the country was founded on Christian principles as much as on moral, ethical principles which Christianity, like most religions, tends to share.
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