What is amazing is the number of Republicans and conservatives who seem to be taken in by his religious rethoric, overlooking the fact that Huckabee is left of Castro — “the government will take care of you, because it knows better” — just ask the Cubans.
Lots and lots of people were taken in by Elmer Gantry as well.
Elmer was also a preacher type who had a great gift of gab.
We have friends who are Baptist and are voting for him just becasue he’s Baptist. I asked them “have you looked at his position on the issues”? silence
Then I tried to point out the hypocracy of their stance on Mormons who would vote for Romeny for the same reason. continued silence
They’re still supporting Huck because he’s one of them.
If I had to base my vote on someone who shares my religion, I’d be out of luck, not a single Episcopalian is running.
Before someone says McCain, he has left the Episcopal church and attends a Baptist church although he has not been baptized there, according to an interview he did with Beliefnet.
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/220/story_22001_1.html
It appears afte I looked further that there’s some controversy over McCain’s Baptist comments.