Letters to the Editor
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Classic and stupid
This is classic behavior of the delusional Christian right. It doesn't matter if you ACT like a Christian--you know, love thy neighbor, help the poor, turn the other cheek--as long as you say you're a Christian. We've seen this with Dubya his entire presidency: on one hand he talks about his faith incessantly and is supposedly a "good Christian man" to the 300-pound lady waddling out of Wal-Mart, while on the other he illegally invades countries, supports torture and rapes the environment while ignoring millions without health insurance. But it doesn't matter, because he TALKS a good game of being a Christian.
Huckabee is no different. He's obviously dangerously naive and deluded by his faith, to the point where a single pastor's endorsement carries more weight than a police or corrections file containing the expert opinion of cops, lawyers, judges and psychologists. And this man wants to be president? What would happen if an NIE landed in his lap with 99.9% bulletproof evidence that Iran was no threat to the U.S., but one influential minister whispered in his ear that God had told him the U.S. should nuke Tehran? Can you say holocaust?
Until Christians actually practice the values they purport to revere, I don't want another of them setting foot in MY Oval Office. As Gandhi said, "I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ."
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Politicization?
This is only political insofar as Mr. Huckabee held political office while the events in question transpired. I think he's confusing scrutiny with politicization.
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Finding God
The oldest trick in the get-out-of-jail-free book. Hey, I'm all for releasing people who have truly rehabilitated themselves. But there has to be more evidence of such than just spouting religious platitudes. Any moron knows to do that. It's in the manual.
One of the most disturbing aspects of the last seven miserable years is the tendency to elevate anyone who mentions the words "God" or "Jesus" to untouchable, infallible status, and excuse their every transgression on that basis alone. It's like the buzzword that can't be argued with, and which automatically renders its utterer a "good person." The key to the kingdom, as it were. With this key, you unhook the velvet rope and bypass the standards that lesser mortals are held to. All because you said the magic word. Said. Not "demonstrated true adherence to." Just SAID.
And no, I'm not a "godless liberal." Liberal, yes. Godless, no. I happen to be a Christian. I just don't buy the BS line that everyone who claims to be a Christian is above their fellow humans... especially as so many of them talk, behave and live in a manner completely at odds with the true teachings of Christ.
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Pardon me
Can I have an Amen Joe, Let me hear and Amen brothers and sisters.
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Yea, sistah
Well said, Laurie, and in clearer language than I used. You make the point exactly.
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The right kind of Christian
And this is the guy who is apearantly the GOP front runner over Mitt Romney. Who was a very sucessful governor and didn't release anybody from prison who then raped and killed someone else. And all because Huckabee is the right kind of Christian and Romney isn't.
Anybody who votes on that basis deserves exactly the kind of leadership they're voting for. The problem is, the rest of us don't.
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A few things here:
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Right on LaurieNY
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That said, I think this article is a gleaming example of why candidates' faith and views on religion matter. This is a direct example of a politician making bad policy decisions driven by his faith.
Anyone who tells you that religion does not effect the way a person would behave in office should read this article.
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Can someone dig through the clemency requests for the newly devout Jews, Muslims, Pagans, Buddhists, Hindus or Zoroastrians? I know that in that particular region Christianity is far and away the flavor of choice, but it sure would be a nice nail in the coffin to see open discrimination on the part of this lunatic.
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If anything could kill the Huckabee campaign, this'd be it.
I imagine his newfound sympathy for the victims families stems more then a little bit from the fact that at least one of them has vowed to campaign against him. Typical republican fraud. The media blindfold on this man is not surprising given how little scrutiny was given to "dubya" when he was in this same position. Only recently did "Newsweek" acknowledge he used to be a whore for the tobacco lobby and I'm not holding my breath anyone else, especially on TV, will pick up the story.
Huckabee's profound niavete is a perfect example of why religion should be kept out of political, even on a local level, decisions. After the past seven years and still no impeachment with still thousands willing to defend Bush because they still see him as God's own representative on Earth, however, I don't think anyone learned anything.
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Let's put it this way....
Hug a B is a bit misogynistic or in layman's terms...
A Mormon in a Baptist's clothing.
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Huckabee
Huckabee is a good guy, bless his heart. The guy just does not have good judgement. What was he thinking letting all of those people go free? We need someone who shoots from the head, not from the gut.
Take a look at this video of Lois Davidson telling her story. Lois is the mother of Carol Sields who was killed by Wayne Dumond after Mike Huckabee used his power as Governor to pressure his release.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFTdif_Lvsk
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Wowie zowie state politics is corrupt
Well, Dog my Cats. Every governor in every state has a job that is 50% lavishing money on developers and contractors and 50% bailing them out of jail when they get caught.
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Newsweek coverage
I read Newsweek's covery story about Huckabee and paid particular attention to their treatment of the DuMond case. Compared to your clear, detailed report, Newsweek just glossed over the case, repeating the surface details they could have learned simply from watching cable news. Good work.
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Better to be Righteous that Right
LaurieNY hits it right on the head: Jesus is everyone's get out of jail free card. No matter how stupid or incompetent you are, as long as you are a 'Christian' (whatever that means...) nothing you do is really 'wrong'.
People in this country will do anything they can to tell their fellow citizens, in subtle yet in no uncertain terms, that they are better than you. I'm a Christian, I'm a parent, I'm a veteran, I'm a senior, these are little digs at us mere mortals that say I'm better than you.
All I can say to these people is: No one cares and mind your own business.