How many others does Huckabee frighten?

[God23]

He's doing well with the Repugs and hints that he will bring his religion into the office rather than stay secular.

I feel that any of our candidates would win against him, but my mother asked me a similar question earlier today and she's an old fashioned christian (Presbyterian).

[book_worm]

1. He is scary except that he doesn't come across in debates as such

he's like Ronald Reagan that way.

[LSparkle]

2. which makes him scariest of all ...

Jump aboard the Theocracy Express ...

[sniffa]

3. any of our candidates?

:wow:

seriously, after last night's debate, Huckabee is the one to fear in their lot. he's been on my radar for some time (i just like to mention that to boost my horse-race picking credentials) but last night i tihnk is going to send him on.

if/when he gets their nod, we better either have a candidate to match his (folksy/populist) charm or someone who can at least ream his ass in the media/debates, and not come too much like a douchebag in the process. it's a fine line.

[God23]

6. I feel edwards would upend him easily.

Obama could but Hillary might have a problem in garnering pieces of his base. All only my opinion.

[MoonRiver]

22. I agree with you. Edwards should be our nominee. I hope he is. n/t

[sniffa]

23. I think Edwards could, but...

it really depends on the campaigns they both run. GE's tend to water down candidates.

Obama is a tough call. campaigns will play an obvious part, but i think the nation's prejudices could play a huge factor. i don't think the race angle will play as big a part with most of the repub candidates because i don't think they can connect with people, or are just downright liars, panderers, or insane. at the moment, i think Huckabee is playing the republican version of the third way and if he gets the nod, he may just pull out the latent prejudices out of people, and pull a good amount of the non-white vote. and then there's the courting of the religious bloc, and if it's these two, i'm not sure that Obama can pull enough votes from there.

i think Hillary would be blown out. no matter who she runs against, she's in trouble; even if she wins, i think she'll drag down the congress.

i think Biden would do fine. i don't think he'll win by a large margin, but i think he could pull it off. i think we won't won't lose either house, but we won't gain much.

i think Dodd would do well. being a New Englander, he'll have his issues but i think he'd pull it off and have similar congress results as Biden (give or take depending on the regions and candidates).

Richardson, i think, would win by a comfortable margin. i think the difference in his margin and Dodd's and Biden's would be the large Latino vote (assuming they come out to vote in large numbers), especially in some midwest/soutwest states that Dems struggle to capture every four years.

Kucinich would be a crapshoot. it would be 2004 again, and targeting certain areas of certain states to hopefully pull it off. he could do it, but i think it would end up being drawn out like 2000 based on recounts in (insert states).

Gravel is great, but he's like the loving grandfather i never had.

[immoderate]

12. I've been picking Huckabee for a while, too...

In September, when he was at about 3% he looked like a likely choice for them. I posted it and dropped it in my journal.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1815447

As the other Repubs look more and more ridiculous, slow and steady Huck is rising to the top. He's less horrible than the others. As you say, he won't be a pushover.

[sniffa]

24. GMTA or something

:hi:

i only wish i added my posts to a journal. x(

[Skidmore]

4. Moi...

He reminds me of my brother in law...an evil, smarmy, Bible spouting, sanctimonious, child molester. Physically resembles him, sounds like him when he speaks, and I want to puke everytime I see him.

[zippy890]

5. freaks me out

"...he leaves absolutely no doubt about his commitment to religious wackohood.

Huckabee gave an even more damning glimpse into his inner batshit self in a recent appearance at the Prestonwood Baptist Church near Dallas, where he told audiences that Christians are sitting in the pole position of the race to Armageddon. "If you're with Jesus Christ, we know how it turns out in the final moment," he said. "I've read the last chapter in the book, and we do end up winning."

http://www.alternet.org/stories/68057/?page=1

just what we do NOT need IS a friggin religious wacknut in the whitehouse

[AX10]

7. Huckabee trails our frontrunner (Clinton) quite badly.

That could change though during the GE next year. Huckabee's religious nutery needs to be exposed. It needs shown to the world. It would be the best way to defeat the SOB.
Rudy is still the top threat, but things do change.

[biscotti]

8. No preachers for President

What a scary scenario! :scared: :puke:

[slackmaster]

I ain't afraid of no Flat Earther

:nuke:

[spanone]

9. ah the good old days of separation of church & state....

[LSparkle]

10. He called the Bible "the revelation to us of the word of God"

The fact he used the word "revelation" right off the bad turned my stomach. My father, a minister, loved the Bible but when I got old enough to hear what Revelations was about, I asked him and he told me, "It really doesn't belong with the rest of the book -- I wouldn't recommend you read it."

[GreenPartyVoter]

Your dad sounds like a smart man

[God23]

13. LOL... When I was a kid, that was my favorite part!

But then again, I loved "On the Beach," "Maleville," and tons of other apocalyptic fiction so I could imagine myself a hero. But then again, I was twelve years old at the time.

[lonestarnot]

16. Oh and by the way, Joseph Smith is not in the Bible. Tee hee.

[AlCzervik]

11. i find him creepy, underneath that nice guy exterior and claims of liking Led Zeppelin

is a theocrat. He sounds like he should be having tent revivals and not running for President. With Bush i don't buy his position on social issues, i truly believe that Bush could give a shit less about abortion or gay marriage for that matter, Huckabee on the hand seems like a true believer.

[Island Blue]

14. He scares the shit out of me.

I've been predicting since before he entered the race that he would be the eventual Republican nominee. (I stand by that prediction by the way.) I also think that there is a strong possibility that if nominated, he could very well win the general. (Yes, I think that people are that stupid AND that the majority prefers a good back-story (even if it's fabricated) to people who are actually a.) actually capable of doing the job and b.) not insane.)

[lonestarnot]

15. Since he is a cult member, I don't think he's a good idea.

[supernova]

17. He's scarey and I'm also a former Presbyterian

As a minister for a church you couldn't pay me to attend, he'd be A OK.

But is a potential office-holder he's worrisome in the extreme.

[slackmaster]

18. I used to be a Presbyterian too

Now I'm just presbyopic.

[supernova]

19. lol

I'm probably on my way to UU or Quaker. I'm not sure which.

[slackmaster]

20. The Presbyterian church I attended was rather liberal at the time

I recall a 4th grade Sunday School teacher saying that evolution was not incompatible with the stories in the book of Genesis.

She then spent about 20 minutes trying to explain the concept of allegory to a room full of 8-10 year olds.

[supernova]

21. Yes, the Presby Church

is pretty liberal as a denom, but the particular church I went to, most people were a little too conservative for me and quite insular.

I'm looking to expand my opportunities for service in the community. :-)