Mike Huckabee

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On a recent episode of the Colbert Report, Huckabee reiterated his believe that, regarding evolution, "it's all a farce."<ref>Colbert Report, 15 minutes through, 9 Jan 2008.</ref>
 
On a recent episode of the Colbert Report, Huckabee reiterated his believe that, regarding evolution, "it's all a farce."<ref>Colbert Report, 15 minutes through, 9 Jan 2008.</ref>
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===Huckabee the Historian===
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Mr Huckabee has been careful to avoid actually saying that he believes the earth is six thousand years old. When he was asked by Wolf Blitzer if the creation of the Earth occurred six thousand years ago and only took six days, as stated in the Old Testament, Huckabee said, "I don't know. I wasn't there." <ref>[http://papastraighttalk.blogspot.com/2007/12/huckabee-preacher-or-president.html Huckabee not present at creation!]</ref>
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===Huckabee the Hunter===
 
===Huckabee the Hunter===
 
He has claimed that angels guide his bullets when he hunts.  (seriously) <ref>[http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080106/COLUMNISTS03/801060323/1005/ Angels guide his bullets]</ref>
 
He has claimed that angels guide his bullets when he hunts.  (seriously) <ref>[http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080106/COLUMNISTS03/801060323/1005/ Angels guide his bullets]</ref>

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Michael Dale "Mike" Huckabee is a former governor of the State of Arkansas, and is a candidate for the 2008 United States presidential election. He surprised everyone by winning the Iowa Republican caucus. He is a Baptist minister, and a skeptic towards Evolution. One of Huckabee's greatest victories was losing over one hundred pounds, and then turning that energy towards making the kids of Arkansas healthier as well. Huckabee polled first in the Iowa Caucuses, and third in the New Hampshire Primary.

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Leadership

Evangelism as an Influence on Huckabee's Candidacy

Huckabee and Covenant Marriage

The Republican Base.
He is, in some ways, a really creepy guy. He worked hard to bring "covenant marriage" to Arkansas. Covenant marriage is a formal status in which the couple is not eligible for "no-fault divorce" - people who sign up for this form of "super marriage" must show a reason for divorce such as abuse or neglect. This is as opposed to the usual situation where "irreconcilable differences" are sufficient cause for divorce. Obviously this was designed to bring the definition of "marriage" more into line with his Christian fundamentalist viewpoint. After the passage of the law Huckabee converted his own marriage to a "covenant marriage" - though he is the only high profile Arkansan to have done so.

Actions such as this should be a warning to those non-evangelicals who would support Huckabee for President. Post-Huckabee America would be an unmistakably more Christian place.

Huckabee the Scientist

He has used the infamous bumblebee argument to try to show that science doesn't know everything. Speaking about the bumblebee he said:[1]

the fat bumblebee whose ability to fly has baffled generations of scientists. The bumblebee, being unaware of these scientific facts, goes ahead and flies anyway and makes honey and pollinates the other plants
In fact he showed more about what he doesn't know, and probably lost the votes of the aeronautical engineers, the entomologists and the rationalists at the same time. Of course, since most Americans aren't entomologists or freakin' aeronautical ingineers, what does that matter? He totally pwned the ignorant YEC vote!

He also has reservations about evolution. Apart from the famous "hand raising" at the first Republican debate (where he, Tom Tancredo, and Sam Brownback raised their hands to the question, "who doesn't believe in evolution?"), he said recently:[2] "If you want to believe that you and your family came from apes, that's fine. I'll accept that. I just don't happen to think that I did."

On a recent episode of the Colbert Report, Huckabee reiterated his believe that, regarding evolution, "it's all a farce."[3]

Huckabee the Historian

Mr Huckabee has been careful to avoid actually saying that he believes the earth is six thousand years old. When he was asked by Wolf Blitzer if the creation of the Earth occurred six thousand years ago and only took six days, as stated in the Old Testament, Huckabee said, "I don't know. I wasn't there." [4]

Huckabee the Hunter

He has claimed that angels guide his bullets when he hunts. (seriously) [5]

I decided that one way or another, this hunt is about to be over, because I can't stand any more of this cold. And somehow by the grace of God, when I squeezed the trigger, my Weatherby .300 Mag., which has got to be the greatest gun, I think, ever made in the form of a rifle -- for my sake in hunting, I've never squeezed the trigger and not gotten something -- did its work and somehow the angels took that bullet and went right to the antelope, and my hunt was over in a wonderful way.

The Art of the Publicity Stunt - a.k.a., The 'Huck and Chuck' Show

When Huckabee was lagging in the polls, he resorted to a number of publicity stunts to raise awareness of, well... his existence... including appearance son the TV show, the Colbert Report. When Huckabee's poll numbers lagged below 5% in November, for example, he even promised host Stephen Colbert the vice presidential spot on his eventual (and, then, impossible) Republican presidential ticket. Recently, Huckabee reaffirmed his commitment to Colbert.[6] Despite his front-runner status, the image of the "involved" and "hip" candidate is clearly his goal... or at least, his interest.

Huckabee also gathered the support of prominent creationist, actor, and butt-of-jokes Chuck Norris. For example, when Huckabee appeared with him in a TV ad , the candidate proclaimed:[7] "My plan to secure the border? Two words: Chuck Norris." So far, Huck has remarkably coasted on style more than substance, leading to wild support amongst evangelicals (who merely demand to see a creationist, before they give their support), and wild opposition amongst the Republican Old Guard.[8]

References

  1. Huckabee the bumblebee.
  2. Huck not primate
  3. Colbert Report, 15 minutes through, 9 Jan 2008.
  4. Huckabee not present at creation!
  5. Angels guide his bullets
  6. Colbert Report, 9 Jan 2008.
  7. 'Huck and Chuck' show
  8. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/us/politics/13huckabee.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1200168121-P/vXr9rdiSTOk/f9uFnYTg
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