As he disarms the mainstream media with his folksy charm, it can be easy to forget that Mike Huckabee is campaigning as a Christian Right candidate, sans fire and brimstone. His new ad in Iowa is a pretty good reminder, earning Huckabee God-o-Meter’s first “10″ rating of the ’08 campaign cycle. The ad opens with the words “Christian Leader” flashing across the screen as the onetime Baptist preacher explains that his “faith doesn’t just influence me, it really defines me.” The spot goes on to heavily excerpt his recent speech at the Values Voter Summit, and ends with an exhortation to religious conservatives to “live or die” by such principles as recognizing that life starts at conception.God-o-Meter concedes that Huckabee says all this in his usual uber-folksy tones. But can it be very long till his media sympathizers start frowning on such theo-talk? 10
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posted November 26, 2007 at 6:57 pm
Yes! He is now the most God-like of all the candidates and it seems appropriate that he achieved that status for an ad that uses his Christianity to solicit votes.
posted November 26, 2007 at 9:01 pm
I have to agree with Robert Novak, who calls Mike Huckabee a false conservative. The more I hear Huckabee speak, the more I study his policies and proposals, the more disturbed I become, especially as I watch a steady stream of evangelicals flock to him like he is their modern-day savior.
Him using his “faith” as another selling point for himself is just another reason for me to dislike him. His faith is not of his doing. It is by grace that we are saved and that not of ourselves. The fact that he’s tauting it as a reason to vote for him completely turns me off. I’m sorry I ever gave the man a second glance.
posted November 27, 2007 at 11:47 am
That is an excellent point Tamara! It isn’t his to go around brandishing as his accomplishment.