Let's look at some other quotes from Huckleberry (and I am not making these up - he actually said them):

"I didn't get into politics because I thought government had a better answer. I got into politics because I knew government didn't have the real answers, that the real answers lie in accepting Jesus Christ into our lives."

"There's never been a civilization that has rewritten what marriage and family means and survived."

"I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution. 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."

Isn't that nice. First, let's dump the separation between Church and State and rewrite the US Constitution to make America a fundamentalist Christian theocracy. While we're at it, let's rewrite the laws so that they reflect only fundamentalist Christian values. After all, he is a fundamentalist Christian, and he can't possibly be wrong about anything, so by all means, let's make criminals of anyone who isn't a fundamentalist Christian. It's the "Christian" thing to do...

That last quote really frosts my apricots. In the first place, NOBODY has suggested changing God's standards so that they align with a contemporary view. In the second place, it is a dishonest argument from the get go. To quote my sister, "I really, really, REALLY hate this kind of bullshit -- trying to make a position sound reasonable by comparing it to an absurd one. Of COURSE it's easier to amend the Constitution than it is to change God's standards. That doesn't make it a good idea. It's easier to burn a building down than it is to build a new one, too, but that doesn't make arson a good idea".

Huckabee is a dangerous and dishonest man, preacher's collar notwithstanding. What he proposes for America is against everything the Founding Fathers stood for - and he damn well knows it. "He's as power-hungry as every other candidate, but he's more dangerous than the others because he believes that the only authority he has to answer to is God and that he has not only a right, but a moral imperative to impose his values on the rest of us" (sister, again).

That he is actually taken seriously as a candidate for President scares the living bejeezus out of me... and it should scare you too.

You're so right....romney's spot as a candidate is also unnerving. i don't come into contact which christian conservatives very often in my life, so i find it difficult to understand where these candidates get their support and how the US could have become dominated by christian conservatives...

It's really not controlled by these fools(religious conservatives)it just seems that way. Try voting more and if enough people (more than the 30% that could vote) then these threats to our country would not have ANY power to inflate.

True, we had a nice little discussion of that at Faith-Based several days ago.

Might also want to look into his suggestions that homosexuals be quarantined as a public health risk!

Th Paine:

True, we had a nice little discussion of that at Faith-Based several days ago.

Might also want to look into his suggestions that homosexuals be quarantined as a public health risk!

It's been awhile since I visited Faith Based - I found the vitriol disheartening after awhile. I will note, however, that I found a good many Christians there who were not the fanatical fundamentalists folks like Huckabee seems to be pandering to. I can only hope they show up to the polls in sufficient numbers to offset the more rabid members of the "Religious Right" movement. Otherwise, this country could be in for some very serious problems...