Myrhaf Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 By Myrhaf from Myrhaf,cross-posted by MetaBlog How bad is Huckabee? Salon.com has a piece called Huckabee: God wants us to fight global warming. A conservative Republican and devout Christian, Huckabee believes he has a biblical responsibility to protect God's planet from climate change, even though he's not convinced that climate change is largely human-caused. But mandatory limits on greenhouse-gas emissions make him squeamish. If he has a biblical responsiblility to protect God's planet from climate change, even though he's not convinced that climate change is largely human-caused, then isn't he trying to protect the planet from the climate changes caused by God? Even by his own mystical standard, his position is incoherent. But that last sentence in the quote, about him being squeamish on limits on greenhouse-gas emissions, is probably enough to persuade pragmatist Republicans that he is okay. After all, he's not an extremist! Huckabee is currently running second behind Romney in Iowa. In New Hampshire, however, he is a distant fifth, behind even Ron Paul. It will be interesting to see if the best candidate, Giuliani, survives the early states, which do not favor him. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D'Ippolito Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 It does sound like he is the worst of both worlds. Spends like crazy and a religious nutball. The ONLY thing I like about him is he supports the FairTax. Sorry, not enough for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 Huckabee's latest comment is that, as president, he may defy the Supreme Court by insisting that a fetus is a human being and that he can protect their rights under the 5th and 14th amendment. he says he could send troops into states to enforce it. The mind boggles at a candidate for president promising to do something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacassidy2 Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 (edited) He's in the class of the most scary. Because of what he says, but more so, because of what he says in the context of what it can be reduced to in specific policy ideas - the things he doesn't say, but believes. Edited July 31, 2015 by jacassidy2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicky Posted August 1, 2015 Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 He's in the class of the most scary. Because of what he says, but more so, because of what he says in the context of what it can be reduced to in specific policy ideas - the things he doesn't say, but believes. I submit to you that he's in the class of least scary...because he has the least power, and the least chance to get any. jacassidy2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacassidy2 Posted August 1, 2015 Report Share Posted August 1, 2015 LOL Nicky, Good Point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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