Huckabee's Presidential Campaign Begins in Earnest

[Joanne98]

Ethics Daily is reporting that about two months ago around 40 Conservative Christian leaders gathered near the airport in Dallas to plot the political overthrow of President Obama. The meeting was convened by Evangelist James Robison.


In another article, Robert Parham chides these leaders for calling their plot a "prayer meeting."
30 years ago, James Robison convened a meeting like this and the result was the election of Ronald Reagan as president.

30 years ago Mike Huckabee quit seminary to assist Robison and his coterie of conservative clergy in their efforts. Later, he parlayed his connections to become governor of Arkansas. Now, Mike Huckabee is running for President of the United States.

For the past two years Huckabee has been courting the far out religious conservatives who think democracy is heresy and want an American theocracy. Some of those at Robison's recent meeting in Dallas are undoubtedly in that camp. Most of them, however, are simple Christian Nationalists who are opposed to the first amendment's disestablishment clause and want to impose conservative Christian morality on all society by force of law. The latter group appears more moderate to the public and has a larger audience within the conservative Christian community.

This entry is cross-posted from the Mainstream Baptist weblog.


http://www.talk2action.org/story/2010/11/28/7418/8951/Front_Page/Huckabee_s_Presidential_Campaign_Begins_in_Earnest

[Major Hogwash]

1. When the devil went down to Arkansas - rosin up the bow, son.

He can't get out of the South without people laughing at him.

[LibDemAlways]

2. It's frightening, but I could see Huckabee as the

VP nominee on a ticket with Mittens or someone else they'll dredge up who'll be more palatable to independents. They have to keep the far right nutcases on board, and giving them the VP slot (like they did with Palin) is a given.

[Yavin4]

3. It's Mittens/Rubio in 2012

Bet the house on it.

[rgbecker]

4. Ouch! But you are probably right!