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Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 07:20 PM Feb 2015

Huckabee’s False Witnessing

Mike Huckabee made a number of twisted claims about President Obama’s recent reference to the Crusades and the Inquisition at the National Prayer Breakfast.

In an appearance on Fox News on Feb. 9, the former Arkansas governor and 2016 Republican presidential prospect said the president’s statement was “nothing short of shocking,” and added that Obama was against Christians, against Jews in Israel, and that Muslims are the “one group of people that can know they have his undying, unfailing support.”

Huckabee was attacking Obama’s remarks at the annual event on Feb. 5, when the president denounced the terrorist group known as the Islamic State, or ISIS or ISIL, for committing “unspeakable acts of barbarism” in the name of Islam, and added that centuries earlier “people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ” as well.

“How on earth he could go back a thousand years in history and pick up something that Christians did in response to Muslim aggression and somehow blame Christians for the burning of a Jordanian pilot, for the cutting off of the heads of children who are Christians, it’s just absolutely stunning to me,” Huckabee said.

in full:http://www.factcheck.org/2015/02/huckabees-false-witnessing/
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99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
1. This lying POS Should be expelled from Office for 6 months without pay
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 07:26 PM
Feb 2015

oh wait, his name isn't Brian Williams??

never mind.

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
2. He is a terrible liar, but he was not part of the congress..thankfully.
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 07:28 PM
Feb 2015

He wants to be president. lol

I should not laugh off these creepy men, considering we had Bush for 8 years.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
7. I agree ...
Sun Feb 15, 2015, 11:52 AM
Feb 2015

though I suspect Huckabee is implementing the $I$ter $arah (palin) Revenue Stream Generation Method (trademark thingy),which holds the best and fastest way to establish a solid revenue stream, for someone that wants to live high on the hog (on other peoples' money) is to run for office, any office, and say the most ridiculous tea-partyish, Rah Rah 'Mericka', Let the church say 'Amen', stuff you can think of ... the fish are in the barrel, social security and U/C checks in hand.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
4. Radical extremist Christian Huckabee got a lapdog CNN terrier to toss him some softballs again today.
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 08:27 PM
Feb 2015

Why is obvious fraud and religious zealot yet so honored by mass media?

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
5. Another thing CNN is good at..I am so going to miss John Stewart's departure from the DS.
Sat Feb 14, 2015, 08:31 PM
Feb 2015

I think they love the fight and encourage the division..makes for better ratings and
they have no sincere interest in seeing democracy thrive.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
6. The Crusades were a response to Muslim aggression? Who knew ...
Sun Feb 15, 2015, 11:41 AM
Feb 2015

my studies, including those in my Parochial School days, led me to the conclusion that the crusades was more a trade war, with Europeans (primarily, the Vatican) seeking increased access to, and greater control over, middle eastern trade routes and markets.

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
8. The world according to bigotry history lesson, that is what Huckabee is about..among his other
Sun Feb 15, 2015, 12:05 PM
Feb 2015

absorbing agenda. Pathetic man, the level of deceit is vast, as you articulate quite well
in your post#7.

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