Two GOP contenders duel over religion (Brownback and Huckabee)

[RamboLiberal]

Source: MSNBC/NY Times

Over the last several months, the Republican presidential field has been consumed by the near-collapse of Senator John McCain’s campaign, the question of whether Fred Thompson would enter the race, and whether Rudolph W. Giuliani’s appeal would endure.

But on the ground in Iowa, which holds the first nominating contest, a pitched battle has broken out involving two lesser-known candidates who are trading accusations of religious bigotry and hypocrisy. The battle has become the most heated and personal rivalry in the Republican field.

The fight is for second place in the Aug. 11 Iowa Straw poll, a traditional bellwhether that signals the strength of Republican campaigns, and it pits Mike Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor, against Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas. And it could mean life or death to either of their candidacies.

The current tensions stem from an e-mail message sent to two Brownback supporters by Rev. Tim Rude, the pastor of an evangelical church in Walnut Creek, Iowa. In the message, Mr. Rude, a Huckabee volunteer, compared the religious backgrounds of Mr. Huckabee, a Baptist pastor, and Mr. Brownback, who is Roman Catholic.

“I know Senator Brownback converted to Roman Catholicism in 2002,” Mr. Rude wrote. “Frankly, as a recovering Catholic myself, that is all I need to know about his discernment when compared to the Governor’s.”



Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20148464/

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IMHO both of you need to go back and read Jesus' words!

[Ferretherder]

1. Jesus' words? There are only two words that mean ANYTHING...

...to THESE two guys - and that's when someone can finally walk up to one of them and start off a sentence with, 'Mr. President,.....'.

Just my take on things.

[Wildewolfe]

2. Looking at the name of the Rev...

... the only comment, and I'm soooo sorry I just can't help it, that comes to mind is...


How Rude!....;p

[Sapere aude]

3. Kool, christians fighting about who is most holy!

I'm holier than thou!

No! I'm holier than thou!

No I am!

No you are not I am!

[LordJFT]

4. Two of the evolution-denying nutjobs fighting about religion! I love it.

If only Tancredo would stop his crusade against Mecca long enough to join in.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

5. It's been my experience

that the fundamentalist Christians are most intolerant of other Christian sects. There is, and has been, an undercurrent of anti-Catholic sentiment in the fundamentalist crowd. I had a cousin who was a missionary for one of the evangelical churches back in the '30s. When I was a child, we'd visit her (she was over 90). This was in 1960, and she'd load us down with anti-Catholic tracts and take the time to tell me that Catholics were idol worshipers and worse. I was told that in the 1920s, when the KKK had a revival in the Northern states, the cross burnings were as much against Catholics as against blacks.

[tanyev]

6. No one could have anticipated that the right wing fundies would turn their hatred on each other.

:spray:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

7. Two snowballs argue over who has a better chance in hell. n/t

[Orangepeel]

8. Rev. Rude is aptly named (n/t)

[BadGimp]

9. Who's the Krispiest Krystian?

pass the popcorn please...

[TankLV]

10. My god is better'n your god, my god is better'n yous...

My god's better 'cause my god eats...

oh - that's a DIFFERENT commercial...

Gee - Catholics are the largest group of "christians" in the US - wonder how THIS news makes them feel?

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[tchunter]

11. They are contenders? n/t

[UTUSN]

12. Knock yerselfs OUT, boyz!!1 n/t

[Thor_MN]

13. Why can't religions fundies go old school with their duels?

They want everything else like the 1800's, I say give them pistols at ten paces....

[damntexdem]

14. How about water guns filled with ...

holy water? ;-)

[sarcasmo]

15. My Santa is better than your Santa.

[radfringe]

16. HA!

crosses and bibles at 20 paces?