Another look at Huck's book
David Sanders has a look at Tax Hike Mike's new book:
Seriously, I had hoped that Mike Huckabee had put it behind him, but apparently the prospect of getting paid for pettiness was too much to overcome.Sanders also notes that the Hucktard gets a biblical story wrong. Huckabee says that Naaman confronted King David. Sanders says it was David. I thought that looked wrong when I first read this last week. It was Nathan that confronted King David.In his new book, curiously named "Do the Right Thing," the former Arkansas governor's vindictiveness is on full display as he systematically calls out those who campaigned against his quest to become the GOP's presidential nominee.
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Huckabee tries to hone his own prophetic voice by taking aim at his fellow Republican presidential contenders. He reserves his sharpest criticism for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, whom he attacks personally.He dedicates an entire chapter to what he calls the "real threat" to the GOP - the so-called "faux-cons," a term he coined for "libertarianism masked as conservatism." These so-called "faux cons," according to Huckabee, were his main detractors during the campaign. The Club for Growth, the Wall Street Journal and National Review all took Huckabee to task for his tax-and-spend record in Arkansas, his bent toward class warfare, and his warm embrace of left-leaning environmental policies. All now make his enemies list.
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It's hard to read the other parts of the book, in which he tries to copy Ronald Reagan's hopeful optimism, after spending so many pages emulating Richard Nixon's paranoia and vindictiveness.Instead of using his book to mend fences with those who didn't support him, Huckabee's pettiness has put him on a destructive bridge-burning crusade. That's not a smart strategy for someone who may be planning another White House run down the road.
That's funny. The pastor screws up a Bible story making and looks vindictive in the process. Great job, Mike.
Comments
Yes, Huckabee should stick to the New Testament, like Acts 4 (particularly verse 32), in which the early Christians shared everything and there was no private property.
The Old Testament values property rights. The Jewish tradition even claims that the righteous value their possessions more than their own bodies (B. Talmud, Chullin 91a).
But the pastor should know that the Bible does advocate fiscal conservatism (even the early Christian communities' sharing of property was voluntary, done without government intervention).
A 20% tax is called "serfdom" in the book of Exodus. In 1 Samuel, a 10% tax is "slavery." King Rehoboam is the leader of youthful change. He ignores his father's advisers and raises taxes and expands his government. The people of Israel are warned about their kings taking from them for the sake of big public works projects.
If Huckabee and others on the religious right take the Bible seriously, they should really look at what it says about politics.
Posted by: Robbie | November 24, 2008 11:56 AM
And lets be honest, at the risk of being politically incorrect. Religious Jewish Republicans should step up. They are usually the most sensible, knowledgable voices on the religious right, but a lot of religious Jews ignore their calling to be a nation of priests.
Posted by: Robbie | November 24, 2008 12:18 PM