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'The Great One' on Hackabee

Mark Levin discussed Hack's proposed Constitutional ammendments this morning, including one to end birthright citizenship. Huckabee believes illegal immigrants are entitled to vote and receive state benefits, and labeled everyone a 'racist' who doesn't agree.

I can't, for the life of me, understand why anyone on the right would support such a candidate, who so easily reverses himself and lies about issues. Does he think we won't look at his record? Does he think we can't type "huckabee illegal immigration" into Google and look at his history on the issue? What kind of a minister of the Gospel must this guy have been before he was in politics? I think we can find out. Here he is "preaching" in December to an extremely confused congregation. Here are some highlights of his appearance:
Huckabee, who gave his first sermon as a teenager and got his start as an assistant to a televangelist, wasn't just playing at preaching in Dallas. He didn't take on that awkward way politicians have of speaking in church—drawl artificially deepening, voice dramatically quavering. He was entirely at ease. Huckabee never uses notes when he speaks, yet he covered a lot of Biblical ground in his talk, which centered on God's way of creating opportunity from adversity. He started out with the Old Testament story of Joseph and his brothers; touched on his own Everyman roots as a once poor kid "one generation away from dirt floors and outdoor toilets"; dipped into Romans 8:28 ("For we know that all things work together for good to those who love God …"), and gave "personal testimony" about how adversity in his own life has made his faith stronger. "You don't know that Jesus is all you need," he said, "until Jesus is all you've got." When he was done, the congregation gave him a standing ovation.

I watched his sermon at this appearance, and he's basically the same as Joel Osteen. One has to wonder, if Huckabee has so little regard for the welfare of his own soul, what will he do if elected leader of a nation?

I'll admit, I'm creeped-out by him. He doesn't strike me as a sincere, self-deprecating, aw-shucks sort-of-guy. He strikes me as a calculated manipulator like Bill Clinton, but infinitely more dangerous because he's ignored infinitely more severe admonishments to his character, namely those found in the Bible regarding ministers and their duty. Let's not pretend that he just fell into politics. I think that power has been his goal all along.

Posted on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at 11:58AM by Registered CommenterPRCalDude in | Comments2 Comments

Reader Comments (2)

Well, dahling, obviously a LOT of people aren't looking at his record. Ask people why they're voting for him. I don't need to tell you what 8 of 10 answers will be.


January 8, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJen

I posted the link to the Washington Times article over on my forum but according to this blog,

http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/never_mind_huckabee_doesnt_support_ending_birthright_citizenship/

Huckabee's campaign has issued a release denying that Huckabee supports such an amendment. So was Jim Gilchrist wrong, or is Huckabee weaseling out on a promise he made Gilchrist in exchange for his endorsement? Either way it doesn't look good for anybody involved.

I should have guessed that Huckabee would not suddenly favor such an idea, and if he had, he would only be trying to steal Ron Paul's thunder anyway.

January 8, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterVanishing American

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