Huckabee: "Jesus was too smart to run for office"

[Daveforliberty]

I, on the other hand...

In the immortal words of Bugs Bunny, what a maroon!

 

[robert4rp08]

Yeah, he completely dodged that question.

 

[brandon13830]

He dodged the question but I've got to be honest, that's a great line.

 

[Broadlighter]

I thought it was a good answer. Maybe Huck should follow Jesus out of the race.

 

[Daveforliberty]

But doesn't Huck want to be like Jesus? Doesn't he want to be smart too?

 

[Hope]

I thought it was a good response. I dislike Huckabee with a passion, but that whole Bible question was complete nonsense.

 

[asdf]

I liked when Huckabee said we should send Hillary to Mars.

 

[user]

Total dodge, more hypocrisy from the religious right

 

[alien]

But by that comment he is pretty much saying he is not that smart.

 

[Qiu]

ugh. It's that kind of answer which truly bothers me about Huckabee. I'm no Bible expert but one quote comes to mind; "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." Instead of dealing with serious issues, the guy just makes some joke out of the entire thing and gets away with it with applause and everybody thinking he's got some great personality.

Same thing about Mars; he didn't state any position- just made fun of Hillary Clinton. I didn't want to watch improv comedy.... I actually wanted to see a debate.

 

[dircha]

I thought it was a good answer. Maybe Huck should follow Jesus out of the race.

Huck says he prefers razor blades in warm bath water.

 

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[FreedomAndLaw]

ugh. It's that kind of answer which truly bothers me about Huckabee. I'm no Bible expert but one quote comes to mind; "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." Instead of dealing with serious issues, the guy just makes some joke out of the entire thing and gets away with it with applause and everybody thinking he's got some great personality.

Same thing about Mars; he didn't state any position- just made fun of Hillary Clinton. I didn't want to watch improv comedy.... I actually wanted to see a debate.

well put. Watching a Marshall McLuhan clip discussing the Carter/Ford Debate feels like hes describing this one as well - http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZF8jej3j5vA&feature=related

 

[JayDee]

It's absurd to think that Jesus wold enforce the will of god by the brutal force of government.

No, you must choose to follow Jesus, he does not enforce morality upon others.

Jesus spoke out often of the Pharisees that would use the religion to gain power over people. Yes.. Jesus would absolutely be against Huckabee authoritarian rule.

 

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[apc3161]

Total dodge, more hypocrisy from the religious right

Total hypocrisy, because we all no Jesus wouldn't do any of the things these candidates are endorsing.

 

[partypooper]

But doesn't Huck want to be like Jesus? Doesn't he want to be smart too?

exactly. the response sounds clever but is in fact stupid. do you wanna be like jesus or not? if not, why not? if yes, why do something he would consider stupid?

 

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[derdy]

I thought it was a good response. I dislike Huckabee with a passion, but that whole Bible question was complete nonsense.

I think that's the whole point, whether you find the Bible question to be nonsense or not, is that HE is a former pastor and as such should know about the Bible and the answer to that question, so in essense he wouldn't follow in the steps of Jesus!

That was a really dumb thing to say!

And I'm an aetheist!

 

[Ron LOL]

I may be in the minority here, but this folksy crap from Huckabee really just rubs me the wrong way.