Difference between revisions of "Mike Huckabee"

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* '''2008-01-15 (upld date)''' [[youtube:onHkywYc_1M|Huckabee: Amend Constitution to Reflect God's Standards]]: "I have opponents in this race... who do ''not'' want to change the [[US Constitution|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 so it lines up with some contemporary view of how we treat each other and how we treat the family."
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** ''There are so many problems with this quip that I know I don't have time to do it justice... {{woozle.init}}''
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** '''2008-01-15'''[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2008/01/15/geist-take-away-charm-huckabees-crackpot Geist: Take Away the Charm and Huckabee's a Crackpot]: right-wing website stops just short of criticizing Huckabee, and instead turn it into a criticism of media "[[hypocrisy]]" for not pointing out that [[Barack Obama|Obama]] had done "something very similar, going into a church to preach his political word". ''I'm sorry, but those two things are in no way equivalent. -{{woozle.init}}''

Revision as of 00:16, 17 January 2008

Overview

Mike Huckabee is a Republican running for president in 2008. He won the Iowa caucus in January 2008, and is currently the Republican front-runner.

Huckabee supports the proposed FairTax.

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Reference

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Video

  • 2008-01-15 (upld date) Huckabee: Amend Constitution to Reflect God's Standards: "I have opponents in this race... who 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 so it lines up with some contemporary view of how we treat each other and how we treat the family."
    • There are so many problems with this quip that I know I don't have time to do it justice... W.
    • 2008-01-15Geist: Take Away the Charm and Huckabee's a Crackpot: right-wing website stops just short of criticizing Huckabee, and instead turn it into a criticism of media "hypocrisy" for not pointing out that Obama had done "something very similar, going into a church to preach his political word". I'm sorry, but those two things are in no way equivalent. -W.