Huckabee's populist rhetoric fit for a pastor, not a president

[MrSanity]

Huckabee's populist rhetoric fit for a pastor, not a president

Huck's proposals during the GOP Florida debate evocative of "New Deal" era


Washington, D.C. - Mike Huckabee's populist rhetoric may work in the private sector, but it has no place in politics, says the Libertarian Party. "Huckabee's continual call for populism in American policy is making it clear that he will not be a President that is committed to limiting government, lowering taxes and increasing personal freedom," says Libertarian Party Executive Director Shane Cory.

"Huckabee would make a great charity director or chairman of a nonprofit agency," says Cory, "but, as President, he would completely undermine the liberty movement in the United States that seeks to decrease the role of government in American society. His solutions for economics, education and healthcare are in the complete opposite direction that we need to be heading."

http://www.lp.org/media/article_561.shtml

I know it's from a purely libertarian standpoint, but I agree with just about every word of it.

[dajoga]

But of all the candidates, 'rat and [pub, only Huckabee and Romney are qualified to be prez having been gov of a state. When was the last sen to be prez?

[MrSanity]

JFK.

[DeclinetoState]

Huckabee might be "Christian socialist." Given that so many socialists are atheists or agnostics nowadays, that seems like an oxymoron. A hundred years ago, I think that there were a lot more Christian socialists running around, including Francis Bellamy (inventor of the "Pledge of Allegiance"—and I'll bet you thought that was Algore :grin: ) and William Jennings Bryan. Nowadays, a Christian socialist is more likely to clothe himself in the garb of a "compassionate conservative" Republican, like Huckabee or George W. Bush. (Of course, a black Christian socialist would be a Jesse Jackson or an Al Sharpton, but I sometimes wonder, given those fellows' ethical standards [Jesse an adulterer; Al a false accuser—Tawana Brawley case, for instance], whether either could really be called a Christian, despite the title Rev. usually placed before their names. But I digress.)

[MrSanity]

Huckabee might be "Christian socialist." Given that so many socialists are atheists or agnostics nowadays, that seems like an oxymoron. A hundred years ago, I think that there were a lot more Christian socialists running around, including Francis Bellamy (inventor of the "Pledge of Allegiance"—and I'll bet you thought that was Algore :grin: ) and William Jennings Bryan. Nowadays, a Christian socialist is more likely to clothe himself in the garb of a "compassionate conservative" Republican, like Huckabee or George W. Bush. (Of course, a black Christian socialist would be a Jesse Jackson or an Al Sharpton, but I sometimes wonder, given those fellows' ethical standards [Jesse an adulterer; Al a false accuser—Tawana Brawley case, for instance], whether either could really be called a Christian, despite the title Rev. usually placed before their names. But I digress.)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_communism

Christian communism is a form of religious communism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_communism) centered around Christianity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity). It is a theological and political theory based upon the view that the teachings of Jesus Christ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus) compel Christians to support communism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism) as the ideal social system. Although there is no universal agreement on the exact date when Christian communism was founded, many Christian communists assert that evidence from the Bible (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible) suggests that the first Christians, including the Apostles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Apostles), created their own small communist society in the years following Jesus' death and resurrection. As such, many advocates of Christian communism argue that it was taught by Jesus and practiced by the Apostles themselves; a point highly debated among other Christians.This is basically Huck's political/religious philosophy, as far as his record is concerned.

[DeclinetoState]

The Mormons practice a form of communism or socialism among themselves, but I don't think they advocate having the government force everyone else to do so.

One could argue that nobody has done more to screw up the idea of communism than Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Castro, Pol Pot, etc.

[dajoga]

The Mormons practice a form of communism or socialism among themselves, but I don't think they advocate having the government force everyone else to do so.



Having studied mormonism, I'd say they're more likely to want a mormon theocracy than evangelical Christianity does. Their religion is very autocratic just like islam, maybe even more so.