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Old 01-04-2008, 10:35 PM
 
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"It is no secret that Southern Baptist preacher Mike Huckabee positioned himself as a "Christian leader" to win Thursday's Iowa Republican presidential caucuses.

Huckabee's campaign featured a glowing cross in one television commercial and the ancient Christian symbol of a fish as the backdrop in another. And he slipped Biblical quotes and paraphrases into his campaign rap -- even suggesting when he pulled an attack ad that he did so because "we want to do unto others as we wish they would do unto us."


It worked in Iowa, where evangelical Christians have been prime players in Republican politics for three decades."

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"Huckabee arrived in New Hampshire Friday morning with new literature that drops the religious references used in Iowa and plans for a television advertising campaign that will eschew the crosses and fish that meant so much to his Iowa base.

Huckabee is nothing if not consistent. Sure, he losing the religious trappings that served him well in Iowa, but he's remaining every bit the crassly calculating and cynically manipulative politician that he has proven himself to be from the start of this campaign."

Hypocrite Huckabee Leaves His Cross in Iowa - Yahoo! News (broken link)
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Old 01-04-2008, 10:39 PM
 
Location: Albemarle, NC
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Unfortunately, what got Huck the votes in Iowa will sink him in NH. His national numbers are falling.
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Old 01-04-2008, 10:40 PM
 
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It is better he sink. He used religion to pander for votes.

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Unfortunately
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Old 01-04-2008, 10:41 PM
 
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LOL what else does he have to offer besides "religious morals"? Weight loss advice?
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Old 01-04-2008, 10:44 PM
 
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LOL what else does he have to offer besides "religious morals"? Weight loss advice?
I think plenty of people would better off if they gained some morals and lost some weight.

Michael Moore, to name one.
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Old 01-04-2008, 10:47 PM
 
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It is better he sink. He used religion to pander for votes.
100% with you.
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Old 01-04-2008, 10:48 PM
 
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I think plenty of people would better off if they gained some morals and lost some weight.

Michael Moore, to name one.
Moore has plenty of reasons to hate him besides his weight. He is also drawing some really good attention to issues that affect people. You know, the ones the government is supposed to protect?
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Old 01-04-2008, 10:54 PM
 
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Moore has plenty of reasons to hate him besides his weight. He is also drawing some really good attention to issues that affect people. You know, the ones the government is supposed to protect?
I don't think Moore has any idea who Huckabee is. But he knows every fast food joint from Natchez to Mobile. Do you think the government needs to protect Moore from french fries?
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Old 01-04-2008, 11:00 PM
 
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I don't think Moore has any idea who Huckabee is. But he knows every fast food joint from Natchez to Mobile. Do you think the government needs to protect Moore from french fries?
Not at all. But we have a lot of people under the current system that is going to have no choice at all when the system falls apart. We should be working to find ways to get them out of that system. People have more freedom when they don't depend on the government.
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Old 01-04-2008, 11:06 PM
 
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Not at all. But we have a lot of people under the current system that is going to have no choice at all when the system falls apart. We should be working to find ways to get them out of that system. People have more freedom when they don't depend on the government.
Maybe, as I suggested earlier, they need to work on having a moral reason to live that doesn't involve obesity.
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