Posted on 01/18/2008 6:50:19 AM PST by SE Mom
I agree with your points on the Constitution and that “we” don’t need to paint him as some “wild-eyed Theocrat”. But, we have to be aware that all of the guns of the MSM would be trained on this man as the Christian Taliban if he ever would miraculously get the Republican nomination. IMO, they are not making a big deal of this now in hope of propping him up to win the primary and then slam him on it in the general.
I guess Huckabee thought that black people were not considered people in the US until the 14th amendment was adopted. If he were to read the original document some day, he might find a clause about counting “three-fifths of all other persons”—meaning slaves. So even slaves were considered “persons,” and free blacks were treated the same as whites or tax-paying Indians as far as representation in Congress was concerned.
I would caution you about shying away from a candidate because of what the MSM might do to him. They can demonize anyone when they put their mind to it. Romney-crazy Mormon,McCain-old, bad health, unstable, Guiliani-adulterer, Thompson-womanizer.
There’s plenty to oppose Huckabee on merit. I try to stick to issues and policies.
Prime time, hell, he ain’t ready for local access....
From NRO today on this topic:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/
Huckabee and the Living Constitution [Shannen Coffin]
A friend brought to my attention an interview that Mike Huckabee did with CNN this morning, which is currently available on his website. In the interview, Huckabee calls the Constitution a “living, breathing document,” a phrase that should send shudders down the spine of any conservative concerned about the Supreme Court.
But if you watch the entire interview, it appears as if Huckabee is more clueless when it comes to the Constitution than he is dangerous. He used the phrase in explaining his comments this week that we need to amend the Constitution to please the Almighty (I’m paraphrasing a bit there, I realize). In that context, he explained that the Constitution is intended to be amended through the constitutional process, a correct observation. But in describing that amendment process, he said that the Constitution is a “living breathing document written in order that it could be changed.”
Now I’d like to give him the benefit of the doubt, but I prefer to think of the Constitution as a “dead document,” as Justice Scalia describes it. Huckabee’s comments raise questions about whether he understands the Constitution at all, and whether he could be trusted to appoint judges who understand their limited role in our government of separated powers.
01/18 12:46 PM
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Re: Huckabee and the Constitution [Andy McCarthy]
Ramesh, I think, regardless of what Huckabee has said about judges, Shannen is quite right to be concerned given that it was only a couple of days ago that the Governor told us: “I believe it’s a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God. And that’s what we need to do — to amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than try to change God’s standards so it [sic] lines up with some contemporary view.” I’m sure he has an explanation for that one, too — he seems never to be short on either explanations or comments that need to be explained.
01/18 02:18 PM
Right on! But of course Huckabee thinks Government can do the same things God can...thats why he says he raised hope by raising taxes.
I love how you get ready for elections, sweetheart ................ FRegards
Rudy Guiliani is appearing Sunday afternoon within spittin' distance of me. I'd really like to see him in person, but he's appearing at the same hall where I went to see Fred.....and I can feel FRed's hot breath on my neck if I went to swell the crowd for the competition.
Sorry, Rudy, Fred's my One and Only, and I'll never betray him for you........LOL.
Leni
Huckabee sounds like he was advocating a theocracy. I will say this again and again: We do not want a theocracy in this country. A natural result of any theocracy is the implementation of an Unholy Inquisition. The theocrats may call it a holy inquisition, but there is nothing holy about it, it is just a naked power grab.
Regrettably, it doesn't guarantee or protect them. All it does is declare that any government which infringes them is illegitimate.
I would also skip a Rudy event! Looking forward to the Fred events here soon! Can’t wait to see his schedule for Sunday 01/20 through the 29th! GO FRED!
Where’s the “AWE Geez not this sh$% again guy”?
What’d the Huckster do, shake hands with Hitlery and get infected?
You are referring to the liberal support of judicial activism. That is NOT what Huckabee is talking about here. Get a clue.
This is crazy… the “living, breathing document” statement is a scary statement no matter how you read it. The Constitution isn’t something that should be played with lightly and it certainly isn’t something that should ever be used to restrict rights, or to restrict access to a particular privilege. The country did that once and it didn’t work out so well…
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