More lunacy from Mike Huckabee
And so the godidiocy continues from Mike Huckabee. Now it’s how we “need to amend the Cosntitution to meet God’s standards.” From Pensito Review:
Huckabee:
“[Some of my opponents] 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 is to amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than try to change God’s standards,” Huckabee said, referring to the need for a constitutional human life amendment and an amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman.
So basically, we’re talking about a Christian form of sharia (the Islamic law that theocratic Muslim states have).This stuff will undoubtedly win him some votes in Kansas and Oklahoma, to be sure. But it has about as much of a chance of happening a he does getting elected. And in Huckabee’s America, will he be consistent with Biblical law, or just the convenient ones, as these evangelical whackjobs usually are?:
In fact, while being gay is an abomination-class sin — along with eating shellfish, leftovers and snakes, reading a horoscope, burning incense, women wearing pants, arrogance, improperly covering your poop in the desert, to name a few — there are only Ten Commandments, and if you believe any of it, you have believe that being an adulterer is as immoral, and thus should be as illegal, as being gay, if not moreso.
I don’t poop in the desert… that’s not to say I won’t some day, but I have pooped in the forest. What does the Bible say about that? Am I off the hook? If this guy weren’t so serious, it’d be funny. Problem is there’s a number of people who believe the same horseshit. The Right’s Field has also picked up on this, but it focuses on Huck’s push-poll efforts as of late.
I know, some people on our side genuinely worry that Huck’s populist rhetoric and aw-shucks non-threatening demeanor can somehow get him to the White House. I beg to differ. There is so much well-documented dirt on this guy, godidiot related and otherwise, that I don’ think he’ll make it out of the primaries, let alone win the general. I really think this guy is the last gasp of the religious right.
January 15th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
I don’t know what they teach at the seminary that Huckabee attended, but last time I read my Bible, it said that the law didn’t work, and that’s why Jesus came and died, etc, etc. In other words, you can’t force people to follow God’s standards with law.
January 15th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Well, then perhaps someone needs to school the Pentecostalists and Baptists about that one. Not like they care, of course.
January 15th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
"There is so much well-documented dirt on this guy, godidiot related and otherwise, that I don’ think he’ll make it out of the primaries, let alone win the general. I really think this guy is the last gasp of the religious right." I’m sorta rooting for him to get the GOP nod, just for all those reasons. I think his extreme religiosity and not-coincidental ignorance of evolution (and hence biology, and hence science) will play well only for the most benighted of our fellow Americans.
January 16th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
I wouldn’t worry about it. God told me I would be elected President this year a ways back. I figure God’s vote matters more than some silly election, so I’m just kicking back waiting for the call.
January 16th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Wait a sec.. he told me the same thing… can’t both be right.
January 16th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Ed Sebesta at Anti-Neo-Confederate has this:
Mike Huckabee and the Council of Conservative Citizens
"This is an extract from the Citizens Informer, official publication of the Council of Conservative Citizens, Vol. 24 No. 3, 1993. ‘Ark. Lt. Governor Mike Huckabee, unable to leave Arkansas by law because the Governor was absent from the state, sent a terrific videotape speech, which was viewed and extremely well received by the audience. The celebrities and candidates present were introduced, including Dan Ivy, esq., Republican primary candidate for Arkansas Governor.’"
I think I’ll vote for an anonymous candidate.
January 16th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Ah, the fine people at the CCC. Not all that different from another organization with 3 of the same letters.
January 17th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
this guy is SCARY. between him, Giuliani and Mitt, the Repugs are looking like a bunchy of loonies. Oh, wait, my bad…they are a bunch of loonies!
Happy New Year, JR!
January 17th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Hey LSG … I didn’t even know you stopped by these parts… drop me a line and lemme know how yer travels went. Also, check out Wes’s new blog here.