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Saturday, November 03, 2007
Christians need to beware of Mike Huckabee
ARRA Comment: We post often about Mike Huckabee because he is an Arkansan. The below article is interesting because the author is an outspoken Christan pastor, writer, and speaker for conservative ideals. In full disclosure, he was a 2004 VP candidate for the Constitution Party. Comments to this post are welcome! Maybe Huckabee supporters as well as others may wish to express their opinions. by Pastor & Dr. Chuck Baldwin: With Christian conservatives trying to scramble to find a Republican presidential candidate they can support, some of them seem to be coalescing around former Arkansas governor, Mike Huckabee. Janet Folger, especially, seems to be trumpeting his candidacy. But is Mike Huckabee someone Christian conservatives should be supporting? Not everyone thinks so.Randy Minton, chairman of the Arkansas chapter of Phyllis Schlafly's national Eagle Forum, said, "We called him a pro-life, pro-gun liberal, when I was in the state legislature and he was governor"
Phyllis Schlafly herself was even more direct.President and Founder of Eagle Forum, Phyllis Schlafly, said this about Governor Huckabee: "He destroyed the conservative movement in Arkansas, and left the Republican Party a shambles." She went on to say, "Yet some of the same evangelicals who sold us on George W. Bush as a 'compassionate conservative' are now trying to sell us on Mike Huckabee."
Even one of Huckabee's strongest supporters within the Religious Right, Pastor Rick Scarborough, head of Vision America, admitted, "Mike has always sought the validation of elites." Of course, my question for Rick Scarborough is, With an indictment such as that, how can you continue to support Mike Huckabee?
According to an opinion piece written by John Fund in the Wall Street Journal, "Paul Pressler, a former Texas judge who led the conservative Southern Baptist revolt, told me, 'I know of no conservative he [Huckabee] appointed while he headed the Arkansas Baptist Convention.'" . . .
Mike Huckabee is also terrible on immigration. According to Jim Boulet, Jr., executive director of English First, "Rudy Giuliani spent years defending the right of New York City to remain a sanctuary for illegal aliens. Yet Giuliani was a veritable Lou Dobbs Jr. on illegal immigration in comparison to Mike Huckabee." Regarding Huckabee's stance on immigration, Mr. Minton said, "Until of late, he has been an open-borders guy on immigration — amnesty, the whole works. As governor, he wanted to give free college scholarships to all illegals." Minton's assertion is backed up by Daniel Larison at The American Conservative. He said, "Like his fellow presidential candidate [who recently dropped out of the race], Sen. Sam Brownback, Huckabee regards it as his Christian duty to help subvert and liberalize U.S. immigration laws. Together, they embrace the notion that fidelity to the Gospel requires privileging the interests of non-citizens over those of fellow citizens."
Ann Coulter agrees: "On illegal immigration, Huckabee makes George Bush sound like Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO). Huckabee has compared illegal aliens to slaves brought here in chains from Africa, saying, 'I think, frankly, the Lord is giving us a second chance to do better than we did before.'"Toward that end, when an Arkansas legislator introduced a bill that would prevent illegal aliens from voting and receiving state benefits, Huckabee denounced the bill, saying it would rile up 'those who are racist and bigots.'"He also made the insane point that companies such as Toyota would not invest in Arkansas if the state didn't allow non-citizens to vote, because it would 'send the message that, essentially, "If you don't look like us, talk like us and speak like us, we don't want you."' . . .
In spite of Huckabee's proven big-government, big-spending, and pro-amnesty record, however, some Christian conservatives are falling for his conservative rhetoric. It seems that all a Republican candidate has to do is start talking "pro-life" and "pro-marriage" and he or she will gain the support of certain Christian conservatives.First it was Bob Jones, III endorsing the liberal former governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, and now it is Janet Folger endorsing the liberal former governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee. Why any Christian leader would want to support a man with such a dubious record truly escapes me.Christians need to beware of Mike Huckabee. He is not a conservative. Even worse, he is not a constitutionalist. He is an opportunist, . . . [Read More]Tags:amnesty, Christian Conservative, Chuck Baldwin, Election 2008, illegal immigration, liberal, Mike Huckabee, presidential candidate, RepublicanTo share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service. Thanks!
Where in this mess of political half-truths do I find something resembling doctrine? The title is specifically directed at a religious group, so I assume your warnings are of a religious nature. Yet there's little more here than a political disagreement.
It's perfectly fine if you think penalizing illegal immigrants is amnesty, but please don't parade your opinion around as Christian principle.
If you read the issues sections on Mike Huckabee's web site under immigration, you will see that he is quite firmly against illegal immigration. Is there anything there with which you do not agree? I must say I disagree with your analysis.
Beware of those that say we need to beware of Mike Huckabee, go to mikehuckabee.com and learn more about a clear thinking, not in lock step with the Republican Party, gutsy, innovative, articulate, and solidly evangelical candidate. Yes Dr. Baldwin people are "coalescing" around Mr. Huckabee and there is a good reason. By the way Ms. Schlafly is great for throwing rocks but her credibilty is zero with me because she offers no positive alternative and refuses to print any substantial rebuttals to her positions on her so called Eagle "Forum" blog.
Huckabee is obviously embarrassed by his record as Governor since he carefully presents only the parts that make him look like a conservative. It makes sense that he needs to court their votes, but when he told George Stephanopoulos that he is a ‘paradoxical Republican’ because he takes positions that people don't expect Republicans to join up with, one has to conclude that his comments are meaningless. I highly recommend that voters look at the record and disregard the words. Huckabee does not practice what he preaches. He favors big government, raising taxes, illegal aliens, and criminals over victims.
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ARRA Comment: We post often about Mike Huckabee because he is an Arkansan. The below article is interesting because the author is an outspoken Christan pastor, writer, and speaker for conservative ideals. In full disclosure, he was a 2004 VP candidate for the Constitution Party. Comments to this post are welcome! Maybe Huckabee supporters as well as others may wish to express their opinions.
6 Comments:
Your article intrigued me right up to the point where you quoted Ann Coulter.
One more thing...
Where in this mess of political half-truths do I find something resembling doctrine? The title is specifically directed at a religious group, so I assume your warnings are of a religious nature. Yet there's little more here than a political disagreement.
It's perfectly fine if you think penalizing illegal immigrants is amnesty, but please don't parade your opinion around as Christian principle.
If you read the issues sections on Mike Huckabee's web site under immigration, you will see that he is quite firmly against illegal immigration. Is there anything there with which you do not agree? I must say I disagree with your analysis.
Beware of those that say we need to beware of Mike Huckabee, go to
mikehuckabee.com and learn more about a clear thinking, not in lock step with the Republican Party, gutsy, innovative, articulate, and solidly evangelical candidate. Yes Dr. Baldwin people are "coalescing" around Mr. Huckabee and there is a good reason. By the way Ms. Schlafly is great for throwing rocks but her credibilty is zero with me because she offers no positive alternative and refuses to print any substantial rebuttals to her positions on her so called Eagle "Forum" blog.
Ms Schlafly, to her credit, is posting rebuttals to her commentary
regarding Mr. Huckabee on her EagleForum.org blog.
Huckabee is obviously embarrassed by his record as Governor since he carefully presents only the parts that make him look like a conservative. It makes sense that he needs to court their votes, but when he told George Stephanopoulos that he is a ‘paradoxical Republican’ because he takes positions that people don't expect Republicans to join up with, one has to conclude that his comments are meaningless.
I highly recommend that voters look at the record and disregard the words. Huckabee does not practice what he preaches. He favors big government, raising taxes, illegal aliens, and criminals over victims.
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