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Pat Robertson has removed all doubt on what he’s really about: Power, baby. Power.
Big news in the world of GOP politics today, with Rev. Pat Robertson endorsing former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani…
And of course, to hear another GOP presidential contender — former Arkansas Gov. (and Baptist minister) Mike Huckabee — tell it), this is further evidence that some of these conservative evangelical leaders “are more intoxicated with power than principle, … I hear some of the so-called Christian leaders say, ‘Well, we love Huckabee. He really agrees with us, and he’s one of us in terms of views. But, you know, we’re looking for somebody that we’re confident is going to win.’
Well, two things. First, a lot of these people if they would get behind me I’d be winning right now, and I think I will ultimately without them. But secondly, if they really are principled, it’s not about who might win, it’s about who stands with us. And, frankly, it’s a little disturbing, if not frightening, that some have forgotten the essence of what Jesus taught, and that is if you gain the whole world but lose your soul what does it profit you?”
Joke’s on you, Rev. Mike. It was never about souls to begin with.
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It was never about souls to begin with.
I think that depends on how far back you want to go. If you go back to the beginnings of the Christian Right, clearly there were some for whom it was only about power. Sadly, that number has grown exponentially in recent years.
But if you go all the way back to the Cross, souls was all it was about.
Mike Huckabee is so much closer to the original teachings of Jesus than modern-day Pharisees like Robertson and Weyrich will ever be. But this thirst for power doesn’t surprise me; the Pharisees always loved to dine at the king’s table.
Huckabee is pro-Iraq war. He has some issues with the teachings of Christ himself–you know the list.
The war is killing innocent children at an alarming rate. It is the, “Love the fetus, hate the child,” on full display.
Oops! My previous comment got eaten because I didn’t put my name and email address on it. I’ll try to reconstruct what I wrote:
The war is killing innocent children at an alarming rate.
Here are some pictures of those baby-killers “killing innocent children at an alarming rate.” I haven’t looked at all 417,000 images, but most of the first 100 or so are pretty inspiring. As violence continues to decrease in Iraq, as it has since the height of the surge in June, I fully expect to see more such images.
Re Huckabee’s position on life, here’s a quote from his website:
“To me, life doesn’t begin at conception and end at birth. Every child deserves a quality education, first-rate health care, decent housing in a safe neighborhood, and clean air and drinking water. Every child deserves the opportunity to discover and use his God-given gifts and talents.”
If you’d like to educate yourself about how he followed through on this while governor of Arkansas, a good place to start would be mikehuckabee.com.
P.S. The link to the pictures starts on the fifth page. Don’t forget to go back to page 1 and enjoy the all!
P.P.S. If you don’t have the time or patience to look through them all, here’s a great synopsis of the photos, complete with “shocking” commentary.
“Baby killers” is your term, not mine. I said the war is killing children. I think they call it collateral damage. The vast majority of our troops are great people.
Sam,
Given the fact that it’s impossible to un-ring the bell that tolled in March 2003, which unleashed the sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shiites, do you think the moral thing to do would be to 1) stay until Iraq is more stable; or 2) simply walk away and let the Sunnis and Shiites go back to blowing each other up?
During one of the debates, Governor Huckabee used the Colin Powell “Pottery Barn” analogy (”You break it, you’ve bought it”), for which he caught a lot of flack from other Republicans. But now that we’re finally (after more than four years) beginning to stem the violence, this isn’t the time to turn our backs on the Iraqi people and leave the country broken.
I don’t know if you’ve seen the latest Michael Yon photograph of Iraqi Muslims helping Iraqi Christians put the cross back on the top of their church. If you haven’t , here’s a link to it.
Golda Meir once said that “peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than hate us.â€
To the extent that we can model that love, we stand a chance of being able to leave Iraq a better place than when we arrived.
Here’s a better link to the Michael Yon photograph, entitled “Thanks and Praise,” complete with the photographer’s commentary.
What an uneasy alliance between him and Giuilani, eh? Not a combo I want in power. I believe Giuilani still has it in for the radical Islamists, after all it was his city hit during his watch. I just don’t feel he really believes the job is done. And Pat, with his Christian agenda…same thing. No anti war sentiment in that pair, that I can see…