I think he makes anyone with a brain, uncomfortable.
I’m a lifelong Catholic and I will be voting for Huck in the Feb. 5th IL primary.
Huck’s got a bigger Conservative problem.
I think Huckabee makes most people uncomfortable... The only ones it seems that he DOESN’T make uncomfortable are evangelical fundamentalist Christians who seem to be more concerned about his expressed faith than his liberal record...
Just my $.02...
I think Jonathan Martin is reading more into this than there is though really... After the stunt he pulled in regards to Thompson I’m not inclined to trust his judgement on ANYTHING frankly...
It would seem that Martin is trying to make this race about religion by even bringing this up frankly... That shouldn’t be the focus in this race, IMHO. What SHOULD be the focus is the type of record these candidates have in regards to Conservative issues — on that score both Huckabee AND Romney have some problems to say the least.
For a minister, he sure has a potty-mouth.
How dare he say that Fred needs Metamucil!
Not very Presidental.
Why would a preacher for Jesus make any Christian uncomfortable???? Just asking.
They will if he needs votes, but will the cult thing work again? Na, he will have to try something new.
Stay tuned.
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Actually, he makes this Catholic a lot more comfortable than Abortiani or Flip Romney.
You would have to ask Catholics. My guess is it depends on their politics and who they support. I think it is his politics and nothing more. Personally I chose the catholic Sam Brownback before the evangelical Huckabee before Brownback dropped out, and I’m evangelical. Many evangelicals hate Huckabee’s guts (see many pro-Thompson FR postings over the past couple of weeks for proof.) It isn’t about the religion unless someone sees an opportunity to cause harm with it. Clearly many are doing just that (again, see the pro-Thompson, anti-Huckabee postings). I don’t see this particular problem coming from the Romney crowd. Keep in mind a Catholic is choosing a mormon in supporting Romney. They’ve already figured out this is about politics and not theology.
Its really pathetic when the best choices I have are Mitt and Mc. Sorry folks, but Duncan Hunter has as much chance of winning even a single state as I do of bedding Scarlett Johanssen.
Mike Huckabee to speak at strongly anti-Catholic preacher's church
He makes me uncomfortable but it has nothing to do with my being Catholic.
You know, I have no problems with so-called fundamentalists. I don’t agree with them on a number of points, but I find them sincere and generally admirable.
My problem with Huckabee is that I think he’s a hypocrite, a fake, and a liar. It’s up to God to judge him personally, but it’s up to us as voters to judge what kind of president we think he would make. Lousy, stupid, and corrupt.
I don’t see eye to eye with Pat Robertson on every issue, but I admire and respect him as a Christian. I would not say that about Huckabee. He’s a snake-oil salesman.
Beyond that, you have to be careful about writing about "Catholics", because you have CINO's (like RINO's) and conservative Catholics and liberal Catholics and their political opinions are going to be very different.
But let's say you ask a conservative, reasonably devout and informed Catholic, like say, me. I would say, "yeah, beyond his stance on the issues and I what I perceive to be a superficial understanding of foreign policy, I'm uncomfortable with him." In Catholic social teaching, we're taught to vote on the issues but not necessarily on religious affiliation. There are some issues which the Church teaches us are make or break. These are:
but beyond those five non-negotiable issues, the guidelines to the Catholic voter are pretty general. However on this forum I've gotten into a discussion with a person who's first qualification on voting was that the candidate be a Christian. I asked what he would do if candidate choose a Jewish running mate and got an answer that indicated it would cause the candidate to lose his vote. Huckabee seems to appeal to that strain of voter and does so very deliberately. The underlying theme of much of his candidacy is "vote for me, I'm a Christian". My attitude is that I would sooner vote for a virtuous and experienced pagan who's solid on the five issues I noted above than I would on a devout, but unqualified Christian. However that is not the attitude that the Huckabee campaign appears to embrace.