Huckabee, Taliban, pretty much the same message?

HardDrive · 01-15-2008, 05:01 PM

"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 amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than trying 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. "

Lets do a little edit, shall we?

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 Allah. And that’s what we need to do is amend the Constitution so it’s in Allah’s standards rather than trying to change Allah’s standards so it lines up with some contemporary view of how we treat each other and how we treat the family.

So Huckabee is a smiling white male in a suit, and that makes his desire to change the United States into a theocracy acceptable? WTF?

The quote is from a campaign stop he made in Warren, Michigan yesterday.

legion · 01-15-2008, 05:03 PM

Yeah, I'm sure he would establish a theocracy.

Troll on.

TheMentat · TheMentat's Garage

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Originally Posted by legion

Yeah, I'm sure he would establish a theocracy.

Troll on.

but why not hold him accountable for things he says in his speeches?

WI wide body · 01-15-2008, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by legion

Yeah, I'm sure he would establish a theocracy.

Troll on.

So do you have a real reply for what Huckabee said or is "troll" your only answer?

nostatic · nostatic's Garage

that's just crazy talk. We all know that the republican candidates are good people who would never do bad things. He was probably misquoted by the liberal media.

We all know it is the democrats are the ones who need every word scrutinized and held accountable for them.

Moneyguy1 · 01-15-2008, 06:47 PM

Even his handlers fear that after S. Carolina (at which the comments were addressed; large Christain vote down there) these comments could bite him in the nether region.

Normy · 06:52 PM

Edited - religious comparisons removed. -Z-man.

It's all religious persecution.

In the Soviet Union, people would walk down the street and you would be forced to view 5 or 10 propaganda pictures. You learned to ignore it.

We, fortunately, live in a secular country, where we are not forced to view a Baptist prayer at every stop sign. But if the vermin behind the religious right have anything to do with that, this situation will END and your local grocery store will have a big advertisement on the front showing Jesus granting your food- as long as you are Baptist. If you are Catholic, well, then you are entitled to shop at the special "Catholic Only" stores that your new religious federal government has set up for YOU.

Or maybe it is the other way around: The Catholics force the Baptists to bow down to THEIR views. That is, it is now ILLEGAL for a Baptist to eat red meat on a Friday.

Hey! If we can prevent gays from marrying, we can prevent different religions from marrying. And we can prevent you from shopping at the wrong store too. That's how we did it back in the 1950's, and we can legalize that again-

THINK!

N!

HardDrive · 01-15-2008, 06:54 PM

I'm not trolling.

Mike Huckabee suggested that the United States constitution be changed to conform to the views of the Christian faith. This is a radical, anti-American view.

Hugh R · 01-15-2008, 07:02 PM

He didn't really say that did he? Wow, that's scary, really scary. Of course, W believes literally in Creationism, the whole Adam and Eve and Garden of Eden thing, and he's got his finger on the nuclear football.

WI wide body · 01-15-2008, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by HardDrive

I'm not trolling.

Mike Huckabee suggested that the United States constitution be changed to conform to the views of the Christian faith. This is a radical, anti-American view.

HD, legion knows that. He simply does not have a cognizant reply and he suscribes to the finstone "Handbook For Dummies" when he gets flumoxed or a tad nescient.

"Troll" solves all for them.

Moneyguy1 · 01-15-2008, 07:07 PM

Umm..Doesn't a Handbook imply one has to be able to read and comprehend things at some intellectual level?

Jim Bremner · 01-15-2008, 07:17 PM

Huck's God wants you forgiven.

The Taliban want's you dead.

At this time in history, nobody is forcing a knife to your throat for Christ's sake.

yes, Iknow that this was not the truth in the past.

I would be voting for BEN STEIN if he would run.

WI wide body · 01-15-2008, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Bremner

Huck's God wants you forgiven.

The Taliban want's you dead.

At this time in history, nobody is forcing a knife to your throat for Christ's sake.

yes, Iknow that this was not the truth in the past.

I would be voting for BEN STEIN if he would run.

Hmm...what about the guy who perpetrated the second biggest terrorist attack in the USA...was Tim McVeigh a Taliban soldier or a Muslim?

1fastredsc · 01-15-2008, 07:50 PM

I was slowly starting to warm up to Huckabee considering Ron Paul is definitely not getting into office. If this turns out to be true it truly is disturbing. And if hillary gets the primary vote along with Huckabee, assuming that statement is true......................... i don't even know what to say anymore.

WI wide body · 01-15-2008, 08:06 PM

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I was slowly starting to warm up to Huckabee considering Ron Paul is definitely not getting into office. If this turns out to be true it truly is disturbing. And if hillary gets the primary vote along with Huckabee, assuming that statement is true......................... i don't even know what to say anymore.

Even if it's not true, a Huckabee vs Hillary race for the presidency of the USA could be a true sign that the end actually IS near!

If this is the best that our two parties can provide then we really should go to the system we have for providing a jury. Pick 10 or 12 tax paying citizens for all the top elective offices and let them make the damn decisions. How could it possibly turn out any worse than it has in the recent past?

djmcmath · 01-16-2008, 02:14 AM

Huckabee seems to have shoved his foot firmly down his throat, which sucks, because he doesn't seem like that bad of a guy. Seems like everyone makes those kinds of statements from time to time, the kind that they really wish they could just go back and do over.

And what's with bringing gay marriage into a comparison with Al Quaida? I seem to have missed the news report about Baptist suicide bombers in San Francisco, and the legislation requiring gay men to wear bourkhas, and the gays being stoned for being homosexual. Next, someone's going to compare Hillary to Hitler (easy, because their names sound similar) and this thread will have descended entirely to the depths of idiocy.

I can't imagine that the US would ever turn into a theocracy. Stop for a moment and think about it: if we have a candidate who has strong religious beliefs, he gets shouted down because he might turn the country into a theocracy. Imagine if he was somehow elected ... would the outcry die down? Don't be ridiculous.

Dan

legion · 01-16-2008, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by WI wide body

HD, legion knows that. He simply does not have a cognizant reply and he suscribes to the finstone "Handbook For Dummies" when he gets flumoxed or a tad nescient.

"Troll" solves all for them.

No, I just think some members forget the process for changing the Constitution, and instead think that a new president gets to dictate it.

Shaun @ Tru6 · 01-16-2008, 04:35 AM

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No, I just think some members forget the process for changing the Constitution, and instead think that a new president gets to dictate it.

You've got to be kidding! Bush has rewritten the Constitution more times than he's gone on vacation to cut brush.

You can thank George when Hillary starts using those powers.

legion · 01-16-2008, 04:52 AM

Someone shouldn't let him in the National Archives with a pen then--just like Sandy Berger shoudn't be allowed in with socks.

And you've proven my point that you do not, in fact, understand how the Constitution is modified.

The Gaijin · 01-16-2008, 04:55 AM

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And that’s what we need to do is amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than trying 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. "

Can we have a little context here? I imagine this was something to do with abortion or defining marriage? Or do you think he is looking for a complete re-write?