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Huckabee Surges, Obama Gains in Iowa

The new NEWSWEEK poll shows the former Arkansas governor now has a two-to-one lead over Romney, while Barack improves against Hillary.

By Michael Hirsh | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Dec 7, 2007 | Updated: 3:50  p.m. ET Dec 7, 2007

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  • Posted By: larryws52 @ 12/13/2007 12:21:26 PM

    Jesus also said "Let him who is without sin, cast the first stone". People are good at throwing stone but as I recall we don't have nail prints in our hands so I guess that means we are not perfect. All things work for the glory of God and so will this election.

    Larry Sims

  • Posted By: Mwalimu @ 12/12/2007 11:45:13 PM

    Jesus healed the lepers. He deliberately went out to the tombs to heal the madman.In 1992, Mike Huckabee wanted to quarantine all AIDS victims. Strangely enough, Fidel Castro once tried to quarantine all AIDS victims too. I realize that Huckabee claims his statements reflected ???the state of knowledge of AIDS at that time.??? However, even in 1992 almost everyone, except apparently Mike Huckabee, knew that AIDS was not spread through common contact. Besides, I am concerned about people who use ???the state of knowledge??? as a cover-up for willful ignorance. Let???s look at the Bible for examples. In Jesus??? time, it was the ???state of knowledge??? that women who committed adultery must be stoned to death. Otherwise, she would endanger the entire institution of marriage. A death sentence for adultery is even stipulated in the Bible (Deuteronomy 22:22 and Levidicus 20:10). Jesus, however, did not accept this ???state of knowledge/". He put himself between the woman accused of adultery and stared down the mob of would-be holy believers, saying ???Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.??? Jesus asks us to have the courage, strength, and love to go beyond the dictates of the current state of knowledge, conventional wisdom, hearsay, and even commonly accepted Scripture. . Huckabee's gospel seems to appeal to hatred, ignorance, and fear. Huckabee seems to have more in common with Fidel Castro that he does with Jesus Christ.

    • Posted By: axxo_rocks @ 12/13/2007 12:02:26 AM

      Your argument is wonderful and I like the concept of going beyond today's "knowledge, conventional wisdom, hearsay, and even commonly accepted Scripture." However, you use this specific instance of Huckabee's ideas coinciding with Castro's to generalize his similarity with the Cuban dictator; not cool...

  • Posted By: Mwalimu @ 12/12/2007 11:57:13 PM


    Let???s look at the Gospel and see how closely Mike Huckabee measures as a Christian.

    1. Jesus spent most of his ministry healing the sick. He never once asked about HMO???s, insurance or the ability to pay. Huckabee is opposed to universal medical care.
    2. Jesus told the rich man to sell all he and give to the poor. Huckabee???s vision of America is one in which the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. He opposes any programs to reduce or eliminate poverty.
    3. Jesus would definitely rewrite the rules of the WTO and World Bank. Huckabee finds nothing wrong with a global economic system which condemns billions of people to abject poverty.
    4. Jesus told Peter to put down his sword and healed the centurion whose ear Peter just cut off. Huckabee loves guns and weapons. Would guns be allowed in the Kingdom of Heaven?
    5. God gave us a beautiful world to share. Huckabeee and his ilk are doing nothing about globarl warming or the environment, turning a beautiful world into an inferno.
    6. Jesus never condemned homosexuals nor did he speak out against gay marriage. His outreach to the Samaritans whom righteous people loved to hate illustrates what he would say about the homophobia that Huckabee and his ilk so love to preach.
    7. While never condemning homosexuals, Jesus had nothing but the worst words for pharisees, basically the same sort of Bible thumbing preacher that Huckabee represents.
    As Jesus said, ???Be ware of those who come in my name but are not of me.??? That admonition definitely applies to Huckabee.

  • Posted By: Evolutionist @ 12/12/2007 9:59:11 AM

    Im not religious but this guy isnt bad compared to Hilary and Obama Bin Laden. A woman for president....OMFG what is this world coming to,...and a muslim for an american president is even worse. Whats next a gay president getting caught in a public place preforming oral sex on another male?

    • Posted By: axxo_rocks @ 12/12/2007 11:53:52 PM

      Let's just look down on ALL the people who are not Protestant, male, middle-class, and educated. Respect your peers regardless of their sex, religion, and sexuality. Ever heard of the concept of synergy, where the group as a whole is stronger/more productive than the individual parts by themselves. Unite and move forward!

  • Posted By: mzachary @ 12/11/2007 9:52:10 AM

    It is interesting that the candidates that are religious seem to be ahead in the polls...but this is a nation that doesn't believe in God...I'm confused...I thought that we didn't want God. And to the idiot that said you can't be a man of God and a man of the people...I beg to differ. People are the reason that ministers do what they do. If you are not a man of the people, then you can't fulfill the role of pastor, or of President. Not all religious people are radicals

    • Posted By: mfenwick @ 12/12/2007 10:55:59 PM

      You cannot deny that most so-called religious leaders start wars. I noticed you did not respond to my charge that Huckabee was a manifest destiner. Wanna place a bet that he is? Answer me this: How many Wiccans or Satanists have ever started a war? I can name you several Christians who have.

  • Posted By: PauliticsAsUsual @ 12/12/2007 6:05:52 PM

    Does Huck have an answer for this

    youtube. com/watch?v=KjZBOCAgR64

    Ron Paul is the ONLY guy seriously talking about the dire situation we're facing.

  • Posted By: PauliticsAsUsual @ 12/12/2007 6:05:10 PM

    Does Huck have an answer for this

    youtube. com/watch?v=KjZBOCAgR64

    Ron Paul is the ONLY guy seriously talking about the dire situation we're facing.

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  • Posted By: Lets Move Foward...Not backward @ 12/11/2007 3:09:00 PM

    Not all are radical, but the ones who get elected sure have turned out to be.

    Anywya, the media has just designated who they want to promote....for whatever reasons.....that probably are not in the interests of the common good. I wouldn't worry about the polls. In 2004, Howard Dean was the medai golden boy. They he started loose primaries and they dropped him like a hot potato and shifted to Kerry.

  • Posted By: bfeheley @ 12/11/2007 1:33:26 PM

    Learn more about Ron Paul and develop your opinion based on what you learn. We aren't all "crazy," you know. We have good reason to support him. I think our eagerness comes from waiting so long for someone like Paul, and the sense of urgency that we feel about the national and global state of affairs.

  • Posted By: mzachary @ 12/11/2007 9:47:36 AM

    I think that it is interesting to see that the religious candidates in the race seem to have an advantage over those who are not...and America claims that we are not a Christian nation. The voters speak for themselves, and they have said, "Yes, we are!"

  • Posted By: mfenwick @ 12/10/2007 10:28:20 PM

    You cannot be a man of God and a man of the people at the same time. Besides, this Baptist minister ,I would be willing to bet ,is a manifest destiner; he believes God has a special mission for America, namely to take over the world in the name of God, Country, Mom, and Apple Pie. We do not need any more leaders who believe in a Christian , Jewish, or a Muslim God because it always leads to war. How many Wiccans or Satanists have ever started a war? Think about it.

  • Posted By: Jeremy Pepper @ 12/10/2007 10:27:11 PM

    Click on the link for the poll at the beginning of the article. The poll is the information the article is just the interpretation.

  • Posted By: Jeremy Pepper @ 12/10/2007 10:25:24 PM

    Funny how this article doesn't even mention Ron Paul and it does mention John McCain. Ron Paul's 8% tally in the poll is better than McCain's 6%. Why doesn't anybody mention that Ron Paul has gone from 0-1% in the polls to 8%? Read the link for the poll, that's the information, the article is just the interpretation.

  • Posted By: Jeremy Pepper @ 12/10/2007 10:23:02 PM

    Funny they didn't mention Ron Paul even though he did better than John McCain. Ron Paul's 8% is certainly better than John McCain's 6%.

  • Posted By: austin68 @ 12/10/2007 10:21:03 AM

    Is anyone else totally turned off by Oprah using her celebrity to back Barack? And didn't she seem to take on a different "tone" in her speech--did anyone else get that?

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