Huckabee: God Wants Me to Be President

Outside the Beltway ^ | 12/6/07 | James Joyner

[pissant]

God wants Mike Huckabee to be President. Is there any other way to interpret this?

STUDENT: Recent polls show you surging… What do you attribute this surge to?

HUCKABEE: There’s only one explanation for it, and it’s not a human one. It’s the same power that helped a little boy with two fish and five loaves feed a crowd of five thousand people. (Applause) That’s the only way that our campaign can be doing what it’s doing. And I’m not being facetious nor am I trying to be trite. There literally are thousands of people across this country who are praying that a little will become much, and it has. And it defies all explanation, it has confounded the pundits. And I’m enjoying every minute of them trying to figure it out, and until they look at it, from a, just experience beyond human, they’ll never figure it out. And it’s probably just as well. That’s honestly why it’s happening.

The irony is that Huckabee is saying this with sincere humility — it’s divine intervention, not the power of one mere man at work — but it’s an incredibly arrogant thing to say.

Jim Geraghty has the best line I’ve seen on this so far: “Wow. Huckabee’s been endorsed by both Chuck Norris AND Jesus Christ.”

[pissant]

Interesting.

"Little boy with with two fish and five loaves??

[fieldmarshaldj]

In your guts, you know Huckster’s nuts.

[Man50D]

Uh oh.

[Plutarch]

Other candidates: "I'll have the Jesus Juice he's having."

[kittymyrib]

I didn’t know God voted in U.S. presidential elections. I thought He had more important things to do.

[enough_idiocy]

lol.

and when he doesn’t win the nomination, will he accept that God wants him to sthu?

[weegee]

Are you with the Juice For Jesus movement?

[Lx]

It’s the same power that helped a little boy with two fish and five loaves feed a crowd of five thousand people

And the little boy turned out to be Hitler!

Little boy, wasn't he was 33 when he was crucified?

[weegee]

Render unto Caesar what belongs to Caesar....

[weegee]

Maybe he reads a different text...

[dblshot]

2 fish and five loaves of bread, a little heavy on the carbs but at least some Omega 3 and protein for the Huckster’s I lost 100 pounds and so will you (or else) diet plan.

[Prokopton]

This man is dangerous.

[SE Mom]

Oh man, this is embarassing.

Unbelievable.

[Sybeck1]

This is a true quote? Is there audio? Talk about grandeur.

[Lily4Jesus]

I agreed. It has been decreed and it will be established.

[Puppage]

Huckabee: God Wants Me to Be President

[Sherman Logan]

Caught my eye immediately, too.

I thought he was supposedly knowledgeable about the Bible. This sounds like he thinks Christ was a toddler when this happened, not a man in his early thirties.

[r9etb]

So much for Huck’s campaign....

[ari-freedom]

G-d to Huck: I’m giving you your surge but don’t count on the presidency

[afnamvet]

Huckabee’s gods are power and greed. Just another marxist from Hope.

[Free Vulcan]

Huckabee is a media wet dream. After they prop him up for the GOP nomination they are going to shred him. The irony of all ironies is that Huckabee practically a Clinton clone in the way he plays politics.

[sweetiepiezer]

Did he say it in his Gomer Pyle voice?

[RockinRight]

Huck’s imploding...FAST.

[popdonnelly]

Good grief! By the way, the “little boy” was past thirty.

[pissant]

LOL

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

One slick dope from Hope was enough, the thought
of a second one makes me spew chunks!

[Nervous Tick]

God wants Mike Huckabee to be President. Is there any other way to interpret this?

Unfortunately, Carol Sue Shields could not be reached for comment.

[pgyanke]

Yea, he’s being a little too flippant here. The little boy had the loaves and fishes to offer... but he didn’t feed the multitude.

I still don’t like this guy. I’m not praying for his candidacy but for the real miracle guy... It will take a miracle for Duncan Hunter to get where America needs him to be.

[VOA]

“Huckabee: God Wants Me to Be President”

Looks like he’s going to give Obama a good run for the money.

In the “demi-Messiah” race, that is.

[supremedoctrine]

That was going to be my EXACT response: “Uh-oh”
( I woulda put that hyphen in it)

[Nonstatist]

Oh for crying out loud , what a pompous numbnut!

If only Thompson had a pulse, he'd be surging to the top!

[M203M4]

This could well be more frightening than it is embarrassing.

[Jim Robinson]

"Is there any other way to interpret this?"

Yes.

"There literally are thousands of people across this country who are praying that a little will become much, and it has."

He's talking about thousands of people joining in prayer. He's gaining the support of many Christians and it's a growing movement. Makes sense that his poll numbers would improve likewise.

[Shermy]

“Little boy”

Jeez, what a great Bible scholar Rev. Huckster is!

/sarc

[#1CTYankee]

Rut row, the Huckster is proving he’s a little wacked. If he wins the nomination he should get Ron Paul to run with him, they can call it the wing nut ticket.

[RockinRight]

Huckabee keeps stepping in it, daily.

[r9etb]

I thought he was supposedly knowledgeable about the Bible. This sounds like he thinks Christ was a toddler when this happened, not a man in his early thirties.

Uhhhh.... you might want to rethink that comment. The little boy in question comes right out of John 6.

[DoughtyOne]

I believe that God is allowing things to play out on this old planet. What point is there in correcting or directing every activity on earth, if evil is to be allowed to show itself for what it is?

In due time God will intercede on man’s behalf, but not until it is dramatically clear that evil is evil and that man would utterly destroy himself if He didn’t.

The wages of sin must be overwhelmingly clear, not just for us but for all beings in God’s universe.

[TheGunny]

No, the little boy was in the crowd and thats who Jesus got the fish and loaves from.

[Servant of the Cross]

Hmm. I, like Mike, seek to be a follower of Jesus Christ, but I'm thinking Mike's toast as a Presidential candidate.

how big a wopper was it?

[altura]

Well, dangit, I thought God wanted me to be President.

Oh, well, I’ll have to get back to him.

[samtheman]

UPDATE: ChubbyChaser offers the obvious retort: “I guess this means Huckabee thinks his supporters in New Hampshire are really sh–ty at praying, since he’s in fourth place there with single-digit poll numbers. Either that or the Granite State’s recently-installed God Blocker 9000 (TM) anti-divinity force-field is working quite well.”

He's shaping up as the ONLY Republican who Hillary could beat.

[TomGuy]

IIRC, in 04, Dean was surging, then his yyaaaeeeewwwwaaaaahhheeeaa moment, and his rapid descent.

Maybe G_d is just funnin’ with ya, Huck. The votes haven’t even started being cast yet.

[Hoodlum91]

Lemme guess. The next statement will be “God will call me home if I don’t become President”.

[GourmetDan]

"I thought he was supposedly knowledgeable about the Bible. This sounds like he thinks Christ was a toddler when this happened, not a man in his early thirties."

He is.

Apparently others aren't. ;-)

[Travis McGee]

[kstewskis]

and they call Ron Paul certifiable....

[TonyRo76]

» Huck’s imploding...

Not a moment too soon!

[Lx]

No, the little boy was in the crowd and thats who Jesus got the fish and loaves from.

I don't have a Bible handy but didn't his Disciples ask Jesus how he was going to feed the multitude and Jesus asked them to gather up what they had and then Jesus broke the bread and fed the multitude or are you joking?

[Spok]

Why is religion an issue with every candidate except Obama, the ex-Muslim? And how come know no brings up how his family members who are Muslim might influence him?