Comments on: Huckabee Hits His Target

National Review Online: Candidate's New Christmas Ad Is A Perfect Appeal To Christian Voters

[Razzl]

If Huckabee becomes the Republican nominee he seals the Party''s fate as a minority party driven by regional religious obsession rather than broad conservative intellectual views. Since we need the Republican party out of our government for a while in order to give the Democrats (who now are about 20% crossover moderate Republicans and almost all of the regisetered independents) time to heal the divisions in our national political life sown by Rove and Bush and DeLay, and to fix the actual problems that Congress can''t act on with Republican obstruction at every turn. The broader public is quite ready for a return to the respectful separation of church and state that existed prior to Reagan and Huckabee will remind voters all the way to the polls about that. And I heartily approve the message we''ll send the GOP next November...

[ih2005]

Clearly, Mike Huckabee draws people to him. He *is* what *leadership* looks like: snipr.com/leaderlook

[cbs_oliver]

The Day is not called Present-mas. It''''s not called Food-mas, Drink-mas or Santa-mas. It''''s called Christmas (Christ is right in this word) So, When it''''s Christmas, I see nothing wrong from wishing everyone a Merry one.
Posted by pjacobsuk at 06:30 PM : Dec 18, 2007

I have mixed thoughts on this. When people who know me and know I am a Christian wish me a Merry Christmas I appreciate it.

When people who don''t know me wish me a Merry Christmans during Hanuukkah I wonder what they are about.

The date of the Christmas celebration was almost certainly selected for symbolic and political reasons.

The Romans held a festival on December 25 called Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, "the birthday of the unconquered sun."

December 25 was also considered to be the date of the winter solstice. (In modern times, the solstice falls on December 21 or 22.)

If you are familiar with Constantine''s claimed vision which includes the cross over the sun and "By this sign you will conquer" you can see how December 25 might be selected for Christmas.

I am always pleased about Christ''s birth.

I see no reason to impose or abuse others because of this during a really quite arbitrary period of celebration.

[roger3815]

Christians love to think that they are persecuted. This is nothing more than a cynical ploy and it worked like a charm. He knew he''d draw criticism and that would give him the desired persecuted feel. The right-wing religious zealots are eating it up.

[imnho]

My suggestion is that he backup about twenty yyards and punt.

[jcr103]

"Huckabee Hits HIs Target" Sure--if the idiot fringe in society is his target.

[pjacobsuk]

The Day is not called Present-mas. It''s not called Food-mas, Drink-mas or Santa-mas. It''s called Christmas (Christ is right in this word) So, When it''s Christmas, I see nothing wrong from wishing everyone a Merry one.

[drivelphobe]

What Huckabee has is common sense and respect for the American citizen, our laws and our sovereignty. He knows enough to close the borders, stop illegal immigration, enforce our laws and make English the language of the country. He doesn''t have to have all the experience that his opponents claim he needs.

Just like any CEO, he will rely on advisors with expertise to give him input. The decisions are made with compassion, wisdom, integrity and keeping in mind the will of the people, our laws and our language.

Huckabee is the man for the job. His faith only means to me that he is reasonable in maintaining perspective with regards to moral behaviour. I don''t care what faith, other than Islam, the candidates have. I feel any faith, other than Islam, tends to improve the odds of decency.

Go Huck, the peoples'' choice.

[fredgrad2000]

"He''''s running as a christian - that''''s 90% of his platform. He has no foreign policy or military experience and from the damage that Bush is causing, our next president is going to need plenty of both." Posted by hungry1968

Well, the Dems are SCREWED then, Hill, Obama, and Edwards combined have, well, ZERO experience, despite what HIll''s handlers would have the mainstream media spew out. I''d love a battle on who''s executive, military, or forign policy experience is better in November between any of the 4 potential GOP candidates (McCain, Romney, Giuliani or Huckabee) and Hill, Barack, or Edwards. If the Dems really cared who had the best experience, they''d nominate Joe Biden or Bill Richardson; either one has 5x the experience of the "top tier" combined.

[fredgrad2000]

More lies from the Mouth of Satan!

What do you expect from the NRO flack brigade?

Huckleberry may do OK in tent revival country, but when he moves out of the Arkansas / Missouri / Iowa axis, folks might wonder about his ability as anything except a Holy Roller.

Please nominate him, Repugs! I''''m beggin'''' ya!


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Posted by gkc99

Please nominate Hill and Bill; I''M BEGGING YOU!!! Nothing better than Hill and Bill to draw out the entire GOP base; and I''ll gladly match any of our candidates experience to Hill''s as hostess-in-chief and no accomplishment senator anyday. Nothing better than a no-principled, half the country hates her, liberal to run against in November. Nominate Hill, I beg YOU!! I''ll take most of the GOP candidates against the Fem-bot with the mechanical cackle who the country hates anyday.