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Huckabee: '08 Evangelical Voters Unlike Others

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Fri, May. 02 2008 01:17 PM ET
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Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said evangelical voters are atypical this election year, and as a result, the evangelical vote is up for grabs.

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STEVE
  • Sat May 10, 2008 7:40 pm
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The Church has lost people because 1. Leadership is controled and operated as a family center, not as a worship center. 2. Money is the object because they are paying tto entertain people. 3. 58% of the Pastors or better don't believe in the virgin birth of Christ.
4. Sin is excepted as a norm of the times, so sin is over looked.
wrhalver
  • Sat May 03, 2008 4:02 pm
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"Younger evangelical voters are also concerned about poverty and the environment. I think the candidate that fails to address the broader agenda is going to fail to unify evangelicals."

If younger evangelical voters are also concerned about poverty and the environment, then they are watching too much secular television.

Young or old, evangelical voters need to be concerned with winning souls and being the salt of the earth. Maybe then the evangelicals could be influencial enough to produce their own candidate instead of trying to side with secular Party's.
4christ
  • Sat May 03, 2008 8:38 am
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Mike Huckabee got my vote in the primary. He IS the best Godly man for the job! You have to admit, when it looked bleak for him, a number of times he had god's favor. He captured more votes than even imagined. I think John Mc Cain would be wise to pick Huckabee as his runningmate! It's very nice to see Huckabee is still around.
ML
  • Sat May 03, 2008 12:47 am
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To say that Huckabee rode into town just in time is an understatement. McCain is shy about his faith, which may be very real, but who needs a President shy about his faith? Huckabee can balance out the ticket and knows how to answer with boldness questions about faith, national security, tax reform, and the compassion for health care and fighting poverty. He is not tricked up by questions, and usually gives sound reasoning and good goverment leadership. I hope McCain picks Huckabee. John & Mike can beat Barak and Billary.
giantrobot
  • Fri May 02, 2008 9:24 pm
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*** BREAKING NEWS ***

Reports coming out of Washington insiders are indicating Evangelical Christians have a unique opportunity this election season to captialize on their movement in the Republican party. Unlike any other time in recent history do those who have failth in a higher power have a landmark opportunity to score big in this upcoming generation.

"I've studied world and political history for quite some time and I have to say, those who believe in a higher power, that is an intelligent creator of mankind, are simple poised to make a paradigm shift in world politics this season and the generation coming through."

Our guest was interviewed a second time, and later reaffirmed his confidence that those who believe in life, marriage, poverty and the environment have leveraged the political platform in such a way to score big this election season.

"I was hesitant in coming out in saying this, but I thought the Republican party was basically doomed this November, but after seeing the rise of Arkansas's Governor Huckabee, this changed my mind or you can say my predictions this fall. The Governor has litterally pulled a rabbit out of his magic hat, he has created a storm of social conservatives that I have not seen or studied in the last century. His ability to communicate is extrodinary, he's been able to harness a power in dynamic speaking abilities that has put fire back into the social conservative movement."

The professor was asked if he thinks Huckabee could be tapped as Vice President. And the professor said rather bluntly, "Well, let me tell you this, if he doesnt, then my predication of the Republican party is doomed for sure. No money is going to buy this election from either party, this is going down to the wire, that is who can verbally convince the voters their ideas are the best for America."

Governor Huckabee appears to have rode into town at just the right time for the Republican party. A party and social conservative platform that may have gone out of existence, looks like it can hold on and take it into the next generation if Governor Huckabee is choosen as John McCain's running mate.
dgnymn
  • Fri May 02, 2008 9:20 pm
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Does it really matter what Huckabee says or does??!!?? The FACT is, my evangelical brothers and sisters seem to be marching in lockstep to the Republican Party, believing that Party to be the "Christian" party, which is the furthest from the truth.

If you want change, vote RON PAUL, or even better, vote CHUCK BALDWIN, the Constitution Party's candidate for President!!! Now that's a real Christian alternative to the two "same" parties, who talk and walk and look alike. EVANGELICALS, really look at your vote. Forget McCain, Obama, and Clinton!!! Vote for Biblical and Christian values!!! Vote for Constitutional principles to be enacted and a return to the tenor of the Republic!!!

BE DIFFERENT!! VOTE DIFFERENT!!! LET'S NOT DO BUSINESS AS USUAL!!! DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN PARTIES HAVE ABANDONED PEOPLE OF FAITH AND ARE NOW TRYING TO BUY US ALL OUT WITH EMPTY PROMISES, BUT WHAT THEY'LL DELIVER IS MORE OF THE SAME - THE MURDER OF CHILDREN AND THE HOMOSEXUALIZATION OF THIS NATION!!!

REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND!!!! (This includes Christians!!!)
FullGospel
  • Fri May 02, 2008 5:50 pm
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I thought Huckabee was supposed to be supporting McCain. Doesn't sound like support to me. For all those who want to vote for some unknown party as a protest, the way the election works is this: the one with the most votes wins. You can vote for the martian party if you want, but if Obama has more votes than McCain, you're going to see the floodgates of depravity open up on this country and the martians aren't going to be able to help you.
H Ray
  • Fri May 02, 2008 4:53 pm
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Huckabee lost my vote! For him the side with the likes of McSAME just shows that he is NOTHING But a Compromiser! And a Compromiser is worse than NOTHING, it's like voting for the lesser of TWO EVILS and we can all see what that got AMERICA!
pburwell
  • Fri May 02, 2008 2:25 pm
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The idea that our Mike Huckabee would run with an adulterer like McCain makes me nauseous. Mike would have won if he had stuck it out. But if he gets th VP spot then I would vote for him only because he could influence what McCain does. Maybe then we can stop the Federally Sanctioned Murdering of children in America.
Frankly I am considering the Constitutional party as I am sick and tired of the lies of the the RINOs but for now I stick with Mike.
As a wise lady, Janet Folger of F2A.org, said recently, "You don't pass a burning orphanage by because you can't save them all."
Abortion: A nice way to say murder.
Let's save some children this year...
Patrick@OnlyJesusSaves.com
DannyPoo
  • Fri May 02, 2008 2:14 pm
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I am ok with McCain not expressing his faith all the time, nor do I want him to pretend to be more religious than he is just to gain votes.

However, I still have some lingering concerns about the values McCain holds too and whether he would protect the values that I have This is why McCain might struggle to get as much of the Evangelical vote as he could otherwise.
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