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Huckabee Has Those Darned Christians Arrested
Tue Jan 1, 5:55 PM ET
The Nation -- DES MOINES -- Mike Huckabee, readers will recall, is running for the Republican presidential nomination as a "Christian leader." In case anyone missed the point, the Baptist preacher-turned-politician's campaign aired television commercials during the Holiday season that featured a glowing cross along with the candidate's observation that "what really matters is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ."
So what did this follower of the Prince of Peace do when the Christian faithful gathered in his Des Moines headquarters on New Year's Eve to preach the gospel of reconciliation and sing the praises of the Nazarene?
Huckabee sicked the "plagues of the Pharisaic party" on the true believers and had them taken into custody by the local centurions. Or, for those not currently consultive with the Biblical texts: the candidate called the cops and had the peacemakers arrested.
What was the crime of the Christians? The folks from the Catholic Peace in Des Moines and the group Voices for Creative Nonviolence read scripture and held up a sign asking: "Who Would Jesus Bomb?"
That did not sit well with Huckabee, an Iraq occupation apologist who has tended to eschew issues of war-and-peace on the Republican campaign trail where he has emerged as a serious contender in recent weeks.
Huckabee's response to those who preach peace at his headquarters suggests that critics who fear the former Arkansas governor's theocratic bent have less to fear than they might anticipate. Obviously, Huckabee's strict reading of the Bible loosens up a bit when he gets to the "thou shalt not kill" part.
Tue Jan 1, 5:55 PM ET
The Nation -- DES MOINES -- Mike Huckabee, readers will recall, is running for the Republican presidential nomination as a "Christian leader." In case anyone missed the point, the Baptist preacher-turned-politician's campaign aired television commercials during the Holiday season that featured a glowing cross along with the candidate's observation that "what really matters is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ."
So what did this follower of the Prince of Peace do when the Christian faithful gathered in his Des Moines headquarters on New Year's Eve to preach the gospel of reconciliation and sing the praises of the Nazarene?
Huckabee sicked the "plagues of the Pharisaic party" on the true believers and had them taken into custody by the local centurions. Or, for those not currently consultive with the Biblical texts: the candidate called the cops and had the peacemakers arrested.
What was the crime of the Christians? The folks from the Catholic Peace in Des Moines and the group Voices for Creative Nonviolence read scripture and held up a sign asking: "Who Would Jesus Bomb?"
That did not sit well with Huckabee, an Iraq occupation apologist who has tended to eschew issues of war-and-peace on the Republican campaign trail where he has emerged as a serious contender in recent weeks.
Huckabee's response to those who preach peace at his headquarters suggests that critics who fear the former Arkansas governor's theocratic bent have less to fear than they might anticipate. Obviously, Huckabee's strict reading of the Bible loosens up a bit when he gets to the "thou shalt not kill" part.