Why should a president huckabee concern you, personally?

[Philosoraptor]

Are you gay for instance? And if you were, why would the concept of a president/preacher huckabee be of concern to you? Are you a woman? If so, why should the thought of huckabee in the oval office scare you?

Have you ever heard a born again republican talk about how they'd make over America and the world in their own image? I know it sounds like an impossible fairy tale, a nation overtaken by religious zealots, but such a thing IS possible. Think it can't happen here?

Are you perhaps an atheist, or agnostic, or some other form of secular humanist? If so, why would you be worried about 4 to 8 years of president michael J. huckabee? (the J is for Jesus)

Why should a president huckabee worry any of us? If he was elected, would it be a good thing, or a bad thing, or does it make any diff at all in the grand scheme of things?

[abluelady]

1. How Huckabbee Concerns Me

First, I do not believe he is an intelligent man. I've had enough of a moron leading the free world. I am tired of being embarrassed by the President of the United States.

Second, as an atheist, I am horrified that someone would make decisions because they feared god and I believe Huckabee fears god. I think evangelicals are very, very frightening. And I see him in that camp.

[demnan]

2. It concerns me that I will have no one to talk to

n/t

[TwilightGardener]

3. You know why I really hate him? He's a downscale George Bush.

Chimpy for the lower classes of Repugs. Narcissistic, very full of himself, totally incurious, expects other people to come up with his policies and keep him informed. He's just there for the show, just wants to play his gee-tar in the White House. He has no clue as to why he wants to be Preznit, just wants to be a star.

[Tyler Durden]

7. BINGO. Plus, the Jesus thingy is no prize.

[TwilightGardener]

22. Yes, that was my next concern. I actually think the Jaysus stuff is

a symptom of his personality disorder, rather than a separate affair. Religion is his tool, his way of gaining power and attention, his vehicle. He left the ministry to go into politics, but brings it up every chance he gets--he even stops at churches and gives sermons on the campaign trail. This tells me that he has no intention of separating his political life from his religious life, because his political career is dependent on it--that and his "charming" personality. He may believe the Baptist agenda, but he also uses it cynically for political advantage, just like Bush used his born-again shit. I find that abhorrent. Makes us no better than theocracies in the Middle East, if we elected this jackass.

[Jim__]

4. Huckabee would be an embarassment as the president of the US.

His views on evolution:

"If you want to believe that you and your family came from apes, that's fine. I'll accept that," he said Friday. "I just don't happen to think that I did."

As for what should be taught in public schools, Huckabee said he wants "schools to acknowledge that there are views that are different than evolution."

Huckabee downplayed the role evolution should have in the election. "Is a president going to sit in the Oval Office and really make a decision on what's being taught in a third-grade class in Dubuque, Iowa, on creation or evolution?" he said. "The answer is no."

If you want to disagree with the scientific Theory of Evolution, you should at least have some clue as to what it says.

[CanonRay]

5. He's getting a lot of money from the Dominionists.

They've vowed to make this a Christian nation. Scary stuff.

[Marrah_G]

6. Because I am Wiccan and so are my children

I also have a bi/lesbian daughter (she is still figuring out who she is).

Huckabee is a scary loon that would probably love burning myself and my children personally at the stake to appease his "loving" god.

[gratuitous]

8. Two words to derail Mike

Wayne Dumond.

Say it over and over again, and his conservative support will disappear like snow on a 35° day.

[shadowknows69]

9. Pagan, disabled, no health insurance, believe in the Constitution

Pro-choice, pro-privacy, pro-sex, pro-truth.

[MichiganVote]

10. I do not want a Baptist minister for President, nuff' said.

[bryant69]

11. He'd be bad in a lot of ways

He might be better than Guiliani, in the same way getting only one leg cut off is better than getting both legs cut off.

On the other hand as a Candidate, he might well be a good candidate to run against. The Republican Establishment and Rush Limbaugh have it in for him.

Bryant
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[Angela Shelley]

12. Bad move for the US

because the rest of the world would be convinced that we´ve truly lost touch with reality, voting for evangelists instead of intelligent national decision makers.

[spanone]

13. theocracies belong in the middle east not america

[TahitiNut]

14. "personally"?

"All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated...As therefore the bell that rings to a sermon, calls not upon the preacher only, but upon the congregation to come: so this bell calls us all: but how much more me, who am brought so near the door by this sickness....No man is an island, entire of itself...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

:shrug:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

15. The social conservatives are a paper tiger, IMHO

Most Americans are smart enough to know a theocracy isn't in the country's best interest and won't stand for it, despite their best efforts. Plus, you may not agree with what they are saying, but at least they don't lie about saying it. They are who they are, and we know who they are.

The ones who are the real scary ones are the corporatists who mask themselves as "economic conservatives" or "Republican libertarians." These are the ones who can wreck the most havoc on this country and really tear us apart. To these guys, the only ones who matter are the big corporations and the top 1% income earners. Those are the only ones who deserve the privilege of government. The rest of us to these guys have to bow to their wishes. Somebody's product injure you? Too bad--we don't want you filing a "frivilous" lawsuit."Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are all "big government" meant to impose "socialism" on you--you are better off at the mercy of a for-profit private insurer or a worthless pension that your employer refuses to pay. Taxes are bad, but really only the taxes on the top 1%, inheritance taxes on millionares, and corporate taxes--as for the rest, who cares? Let's replace the progressive income tax system with a regressive sales tax and call it a "fair" tax.

These "economic conservatives" have absolutely nothing to do with fiscal responsibility or good government. They simply are in favor of destroying anything good that may come from government just because it is of no use to them, giving big corporations free reign from any regulation or oversight, and perpetuating the myth that the poor are useless and lazy. And that is exactly why I fear them more than any sort of social conservative.

[mzteris]

16. because having one bat-sh*t crazy guy

in the WH for 8 years was bad enough, we don't need any more.

[KansDem]

17. Two words: "Supreme Court"

:scared:

[MiniMe]

18. I can't stand that his eyes aren't both looking the same way

I want somebody who can look me in BOTH eyes. :evilgrin:

[bdamomma]

19. huckabee knows nothing about anything, why doesn't he

just go back to being a baptist preacher, is that what he is. enough with these religious wackjobs.

[mmonk]

20. It would be like me leaving my city and going out

to the eastern part of my state (NC) and finding a bubba standing along the road and inaugurating him as President.

[HughBeaumont]

21. Because we're supposed to be a nation of thinkers, not religious right hayseeds?

President Huckabee. Listen to that damned name. Huckabee.

It sounds so . . . . backwoods.

President Hucafuck of Incestistan.

That's a morale builder, isn't it.

That will win us over in the eyes of the World, won't it? We go from one know-nothing warmongering dumbfuck to another. Stellar.

[Philosoraptor]

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