HUCKABEE SCARED OF HIS OWN SHADOW

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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071205/D8TAUN3O4.html



Huckabee Bristles at Creationism Query (TG: Again?)



Dec 4, By LIZ SIDOTI and LIBBY QUAIDDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, a Southern Baptist preacher who has surged in Iowa with evangelical Christian support, bristled Tuesday when asked if creationism should be taught in public schools.



TG: Why bristle at the question? Why not just answer it boldly as a Christian should? Ron Paul had no trouble defending his pro-life views before a panel of hostile feminists like Whoopie Goldberg this week. Why should Huck duck when someone asks him about the Bible? Even Mitt the Mormon hasn't fled from his faith like Huckster is doing here.



Huckabee - who raised his hand at a debate last May when asked which candidates disbelieved the theory of evolution - asked this time why there is such a fascination with his beliefs. "I believe God created the heavens and the Earth," he said at a news conference with Iowa pastors who murmured, "Amen." "I wasn't there when he did it, so how he did it, I don't know," Huckabee said.



TG: Pssst, Hey Mike, READ THE BIBLE, it tells you how God did it! The Mormon said he believed "every word" of it. Do you Mike? Even the first few chapters? Adam, Noah, Sodom, Jericho, Jonah?



But he expressed frustration that he is asked about it so often, arguing with the questioner that it ultimately doesn't matter what his personal views are.



TG: Should a Christian (much less a preacher) be frustrated at getting so many opportunities to preach God's word to the whole country? He should be ELATED to get the opportunity! Can you imagine the apostle Paul being frustrated that someone asked what he believed?"



That's an irrelevant question to ask me - I'm happy to answer what I believe, but what I believe is not what's going to be taught in 50 different states," Huckabee said. "Education is a state function. The more state it is, and the less federal it is, the better off we are."



TG: Oh, NOW he's for State's rights. Wonder who he got that idea from? What's Janet Folger going to do now? She'd criticize Ron Paul for this position.



"Faith doesn't just influence me. It really defines me. I don't have to wake up every day wondering what do I need to believe," Huckabee says in the ad.



TG: Well Mike, you just did wonder how God created. How come you can use your faith to pander but flee from it when asked about creation?



http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071204/D8TAPTSG0.html



Huckabee Won't Give Views on Mormonism



Dec 4, 1:37 PM (ET) By LIZ SIDOTINEWTON, Iowa (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, a one-time Southern Baptist preacher who's seen his standing in Iowa surge with Christian evangelicals' support, wouldn't say Tuesday whether he thought Mormonism - rival Mitt Romney's religion - was a cult. "I'm just not going to go off into evaluating other people's doctrines and faiths. I think that is absolutely not a role for a president," the former Arkansas governor said during a week in which religion has become an important issue in the Republican presidential race, particularly in Iowa....As he has risen in polls, Huckabee has emphasized his own faith and in recent weeks has sought to draw subtle distinctions with his rivals by running a TV ad on the issue in the state.



TG: Huckabee is sure quick to throw around the fact that he is "the only candidate with a degree in theology", but suddenly he's lost his sheepskin when it matters. I suppose that's so he can join BJIII and endorse Mitt the Mormon (or run as his VP) if Huckster doesn't get the nod himself.



http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2007/12/06/ap/headlines/d8tcagd00.txt


Huckabee Keeps Faith Views to Himself


By MIKE BAKER Thursday, December 6, 2007 8:44 PM CSTGREENSBORO, N.C. - Maintaining his silence about his religious beliefs, Republican and Baptist preacher Mike Huckabee declined Thursday to outline his views on women in the ministry but praised a presidential rival for speaking about his own faith.



TG: The guy is running from his own shadow. Every day he is ducking something.



Huckabee said he did not see Mitt Romney's speech Thursday in which the former Massachusetts governor vowed to serve the interests of the nation, not the Mormon church he worships in, if elected president. But he praised Romney for doing it."I think it's a good thing and healthy for all of us for people to discuss faith in the public square," Huckabee, a former governor of Arkansas, said outside a private fundraiser.



TG: If it's so healthy, why are you running away from any question about your faith, Mike?