Monday, December 03, 2007

Conservative Christians Need To Denounce Rev. Mike

Am I the only conservative, Republican, Christian, that is totally offended by the Rev. Mike Huckabee, er former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee touting himself as a "Christian" leader in an video ad shown at the infamous YouBoob debate?
Why do Republicans ready, shoot, aim and give the Democrats and those Republicans the ammo to rid well-meaning and mostly decent Christians from the political and public square?
By Mr./Rev. Huckabee saying he is a "Christian" leader-and it is in his voice-he gives the impression that he is not seeking the votes of non-Christians. Is that what he wants? Only the Christian vote? Or is the message he is really trying to send is that Mitt Romney, the Mormon, or Rudy Giuliani, the lapsed Roman Catholic, are not really Christians? When will the DDBMSM discuss this in their near orgasmic praise of Mr./Rev. Huckabee?
Those of us who are conservative and Christian need to stand up and say enough to this kind of gutter politics. As a conservative, and Christian, I believe that I can and should vote for non-Christians who stand as close to my world view as possible. Sometimes it is a roll of the dice. We need to be inviting to those who maybe not quite what we would like. In other words, I could easily vote for a Jew, or an Islamic that shares the basic thought that we have a debased culture and while the president may not be able to change it, he or she can use the bully pulpit to address these issues.
Would there not be a loud and righteous cry if say Mitt Romney said he was the Mormon leader in the presidential race? Or Rudy Guiliani saying he was the best Roman Catholic leader? How about Barack Obama ranting about the virtues of being in the most liberal Christian denomination, the United Church of Christ? Or Hilary Clinton being a better Methodist than current President George W. Bush? Do you see where this goes?
I think that Mr./Rev Huckabee should be held to the higher standard because he is a minister of the gospel. Mr./Rev. Huckabee needs to be reaching out, not narrowing, to get the pyricc of possible victories in the Iowa caucuses and beyond. It is an immature approach that Mr./Rev. Huckabee is taking and dangerous to sane political discourse.
A Romney victory in Iowa and beyond is the beginning to show that the Republican party can vote for a man of faith and he can be from a different interpretation of that faith.
Here is one conservative, Republican, Christian that is saying to Mr./Rev. Huckabee, rebut your own video ad and stop seeking only Christian voters. We can and will do better.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mark,
Thought provoking post...

I believe that Huckabee will be the President(check out blog entry 11/30). And I am not specifically a supporter.

I have no problem with him going after the Christian vote. It only makes sense as this is a Christian nation overall. And seeing as the American Christian is the best friend Jews have (whether they like it or not), as one I am perfectly content with a conservative Christian President.
Are you saying that if Huckabee and Romney have the same values, you would choose Romney, simply because he is non-christian?
I hope you will still vote Republican, no matter who the nominee is.

Anonymous said...

"Non-Christian" In the opinion of alot of folks, anyway.

Righty64 said...

Of course I will vote Republican, except if Ron Paul is the nominee. And AMEN to the fact that Christians are a true friend to Isreal. I am an Episcopalian and feel like I am fighting a losing battle at my parish with those who are "peace activists" and decidedly anti-Semitic. And I would be thrilled if an Orthodox Jew would run and win the White House. And as far as Mr. Romney, I will call him a Christian with an asterisk. I hardly agree with LDS theology, but one thing I do admire about the LDS is their evangelism. We Episcopalians could sure use that!

Incognito said...

Agreed... I think we tread very dangerous ground when we start voting religion over politics into the presidency. Veryimportant to separate church and state or we are no better than Muslims and their sharia.

Righty64 said...

So right, Incog. BTW, did you watch "The Speech?" I thought it did a great job contrasting the religious freedom we have in the United States agaisnt the tyranny of the enemy, radical Islam.

Anonymous said...

For whatever he said in the speech, it was a political calculation. I don't think he would have made it if he wasn't worried about Iowa. People seem to be slapping on magnanimity after the fact to this purely political move.

Incognito said...

"The Speech"? You mean Romney's? No I didn't Righty.