Huckacide?

[Conveyor Belt]

I made a comparison between Dean and Huckabee a few days ago. I didn't know I was on the cusp of a real article.

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichLowry/2007/12/13/huckacide

Like Dean, Huckabee is an under-vetted former governor who is manifestly unprepared to be president of the United States. Like Dean, he is rising toward the top of polls in a crowded field based on his appeal to a particular niche of his party. As with Dean, his vulnerabilities in a general election are so screamingly obvious that it's hard to believe that primary voters, once they focus seriously on their choice, will nominate him.

The GOP's social conservatism inarguably has been an enormous benefit to the party throughout the past 30 years, winning over conservative Democrats and lower-income voters who otherwise might not find the Republican limited-government message appealing. That said, nominating a Southern Baptist pastor running on his religiosity would be rather overdoing it. Social conservatism has to be part of the Republican message, but it can't be the message in its entirety.

Someone needs to tell Huckabee. His first TV ads in Iowa touted him as a "Christian leader," and his target audience of evangelicals has responded. But according to a Pew poll released in early December, only 1 in 7 nonevangelical Republicans support him in Iowa and 1 in 20 nonevangelicals in New Hampshire and South Carolina.

Interesting. And then there's the issue with the evolution theory and Huckabee

Huckabee has declared that he doesn't believe in evolution. Even if there are many people in America who agree with him, his position would play into the image of Republicans as the anti-science party. This would tend to push away independents and upper-income Republicans. In short, Huckabee would take a strength of the GOP and, through overplaying it, make it a weakness.

There's nothing wrong with not believing in the theory of evolution. However, stating that the earth is only 6000 years old... that's something else. I'm going to start a new topic on that, b/c I'm curious.

[dreamhippy]

Actually, many modern scientists are among those believing in a created earth. The theory of evolution actually has been proven FALSE, and numerous times (look it up), but because court decisions forced it into our schools most of a century ago, the Americal education system refuses to drop it. Add to that that a great many of this country`s anti-Christian political liberals would be offended and you can easily see why it is politically incorrect to drop it. Still, I will not vote for the Huckster. He is wearing his religion because it is convenient. In effect, in my opinion, he is wearing his religion on his sleeve and attempting to use his religion to get him elected. More offensive, to me, is that he is attempting to use MY religion to get himself elected. He is much to flippant with his religion (if not outright blasphemous) for my taste. Come on, a telephone call from G-d? That offends me! Or his comment that if G-d was a registered voter of that state, he`d ask for HIS vote. Some probably thought it cute and became his supporter right then. I discounted him from then on. The "global warming" bandwagon (also disproven) clearly cannot make me like him better. I want a cleaner planet, but not because I was lied to to get it. Be honest and say that`s what we`re after, don`t go all gloom and doom and try to scare me into helping us accomplish this. As someone has said, real leaders can PERSUADE us into doing the right thing.

[dollfus46]

"Like Dean, Huckabee is an under-vetted former governor who is manifestly unprepared to be president of the United States".
Whoa!! Let me wipe the surprised look off my face!! Where was this clown when Jimmy Carter was running? Bill Clinton? George Bush? We'd damn well better find someone with experience, and that leaves out Hillary and Hussain too. But he never mentions Hussain who is less prepared than Huckleberry and is surging just like him. To me this is your secularist liberal blather again. You, CB probably would have done a more fair article, at least.