Huckabee: God's Blessing Would Help Me as President to Stop 'Secular Theocracy'

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Huckabee: God's Blessing Would Help Me as President to Stop 'Secular Theocracy'
The ex-Fox News host said he was considering a 2016 presidential run.

Former Fox News host Mike Huckabee said on Thursday that if he was elected president then he would have “God’s blessing” to fight a so-called “secular theocracy” that had been imposed by atheists.

During an appearance on the Christian Life Today program, Huckabee told televangelist James Robinson that he was considering a 2016 presidential bid because the country needed to become a “God-centered nation that understands that our laws do not come from man, they come from God.”

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“We have a theocracy right now,” Robinson interrupted. “It’s a secular theocracy.”

“That’s it,” Huckabee agreed. “It’s a humanistic, atheistic, even antagonistic toward Christian faith. And that’s what we need to understand. Our basic, fundamental rights are being robbed from us, taken from us piece by piece.”

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“You know, the only thing worse than not being elected president would be to be elected president without God’s blessing,” he observed. “I can’t think of a worse place in the world to be than in the Oval Office without God’s hand upon you. I’d rather not get near the place.”

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/huckabee-gods-blessing-would-help-me-president-stop-secular-theocracy

Trust me, Huckabee, you delusional pile of human excrement, we'd rather you not get near the place either.

And wtf is a "secular theocracy"?

[Warren DeMontague]

1. only Stalin can save us from the Stalinism of non-Stalinism.

[beam me up scottie]

2. I can't stand it.

How many months of this do we have to endure again?

[Warren DeMontague]

3. I dont think too many people are taking ol Huckafart seriously, this time around.

But, yeah, I hear ya.

[beam me up scottie]

4. Oh it's not just him.

They're all trying to out Jesus each other, and the Democrats won't be far behind.

They all have to play the game, even if they don't believe it themselves.

God bless America.

[A Simple Game]

15. I think that is part of the problem with people not wanting to vote. After

2 years of being bombarded with people campaigning for President people just don't care anymore and don't even vote.

Campaigns should be limited in time like Australia does it. 6 months should be more than enough time and 6 weeks would probably even be enough.

[beam me up scottie]

17. Think of the money that would save.

Not to mention my sanity.

You're right, I'm sick of the in-fighting on DU and it's not even primary season.

And only one Dem has announced.

sigh...

[LostOne4Ever]

48. Beside they are gonna lose to hello Cthulu :) (nt)

[beam me up scottie]

51. When Hello Cthulhu grows up she's going to be president!

[olddots]

5. comedy needs Mikey

because comedy is based in human dumbth .

[beam me up scottie]

7. If it's comedy you want,

wait until Lindsey Graham throws his hat in the ring (he's 91% sure he's running).

Jon Stewart is going to have SO much fun with that one.

[amuse bouche]

6. Yuk

Scary and sickening

[beam me up scottie]

8. He's not the only one that feels this way.

The thought of one of them making it to the White House is truly terrifying.

[trusty elf]

9. what a despicable piece of.......

Edited to take away disturbing photomontage.

Sorry, I get carried away sometimes. Huckabee's sanctimonious bs is revolting

[beam me up scottie]

10. What the hell are those things hanging from the tree???

[trusty elf]

11. :-(

http://www.snopes.com/politics/politicians/huckabeedog.asp

[beam me up scottie]

13. I think I'm going to be sick.

[ms liberty]

12. Really good question...

The one on the far right looks way too much like a desiccated animal, and considering the story about one of his sons hanging and murdering a dog...well, it makes that happy family portrait just a bit too creepy for me.

[beam me up scottie]

16. That's what I thought too, looks like a small dog or cat.

The one behind it looks like a pig.

Who poses in front of old animal corpses?

Even if they're fake (Halloween?) that says a lot about them.

[Scarsdale]

14. Dogs and guns

Which obese son hanged and skinned the stray dog? Which one tried to board a plane with a loaded gun? Clearly God's hand was missing in that household. We do not attend church, but none of my kids would be cruel to any animal. Nobody wants a gun, either. Isn't GLUTTONY one of the 7 deadly sins? These folks must cause a panic when they show up at "All you can eat" buffets.

[beam me up scottie]

19. S'ok, I get it.

After seeing that - his lack of judgment is appalling.

Guy has no business preaching about anything to anybody.

[Martin Eden]

18. Theocrats like Huckabee can't conceive that others don't adhere to some form of religious dogma

To him there are only opposing religions, so he projects his mindset onto everyone else.

[beam me up scottie]

21. So he sees secularism as religion?

And respecting no religion is unconstitutional?

I can't understand how his mind works.

[Martin Eden]

24. What else could he mean by "secular theocracy"

His mind works like any religious zealot; everything has to fit within the narrow worldview defined by his belief system.

Those who do not subscribe to his religion have to be members of a different religion, including atheism/agnosticism.

At a fundamental level people like Huckabee are no different than the Taliban or ISIS. Fortunately for them they were born in a more prosperous, safer part of the world. If the circumstances were different, their religious zealotry would likely manifest in more obvious forms of violence than the various forms of economic injustice and social oppression they inflict on our own country as much as they can.

[beam me up scottie]

26. Okay, I think I get it.

And I believe you about it manifesting into violence. I know there's slim chance anyone like him would be elected but the thought still gives me nightmares.

[nil desperandum]

29. NIcely put

he absolutely is clueless that a great many people like me don't even think about god or religion until some idiot knocks on our door or tries to indoctrinate your kids at school or at sports...

His worldview is dangerous, as he thinks he answers to a higher power and not you and I when is in office. We don't need that at any level of our government, all these religious fools looking for magical good old days...when there were none that were better than we have it now. As screwed up as we still are it's still better than any other period of our history...we live longer, we commit less murder by half compared to the 1970s, medical treatments over the last 40 years have made restoring eyesight to an eye damaged like mine a simple 10 minute procedure instead of a month in the hospital...and we are finally starting to recognize that all Americans should actually be equal under the law...one could argue that as we've become less religious we kill less people and recognize our fellow Americans more readily as worthy of equal treatment under the law. As religion recedes we are becoming a better nation than ever before.

[Martin Eden]

30. They feel their religion is under assault when they can't impose it on others

To them, the battle for marriage equality (LGBT) is an assault on their religion rather than a rejection of their bigotry.

With politicians you can't always be sure if they believe their own rhetoric or they're just blowing dog whistles to motivate the base to vote for them, but I think Huckabee (and especially Santorum) are true believers.

[Motown_Johnny]

20. He is trying to cash in.

Huckabee isn't a serious candidate. He will come up with another book deal and another TV show, maybe his own cable channel.

Just another clown in the car.

[beam me up scottie]

22. You're probably right.

But he's just going to make everything worse, can't have one clown upstaging the rest when it comes to bible banging.

[Motown_Johnny]

23. Worse for the (R) primary contenders.

Better for us.

The people that buy into that crap are never going to vote for a (D) anyways.

[beam me up scottie]

25. Well we'll have to listen to it.

And it does spill over, the Dems have to suck it up and pay lip service to Jeebus too.

I wish they'd stay out of the fray but I guess they can't.

[onager]

27. Here's all you need to know about The Huckster...

When he was governor of Arkansas in 1997, tornadoes hit the state. Thousands of people hurt and left homeless, millions in property damage.

Huckabee delayed emergency funding for WEEKS because the relief bill contained the words "act of God." He said that would be "blaming God" for the disaster, and he just couldn't tolerate that. Only the good stuff comes from God, as we all know from reading Other DU Groups.

And as most sane people know, "act of God" is standard insurance-speak for "disaster." The phrase has been used that way forever in insurance policies.

So while real people suffered, Huckabee refused to help because of a perceived insult to his particular Sky-Pixie.

Not to mention that Holy Huckabee stole the governorship. He was serving as Lieutenant-Governor when the state's Dem governor, Jim Guy Tucker, got swept up in the Clinton Inquisition. Tucker was acquitted and should have resumed the office. But The Huckster refused to leave.

The linked article is from 2008, when Huckabee was also running for Prez. Note that he was saying the complete opposite of the OP article above - he LOVES separation of church and state, and would NEVER try to impose his religious views on anybody else, nosiree!

And this lying POS is constantly pimped by the MSM as a "nice guy."

http://www.pensitoreview.com/2008/01/02/huckabee-delayed-act-of-god-aid/

[beam me up scottie]

34. He's a real piece of work.

Way to take care of your constituents, asshole.

I remember the Clinton inquisition, the day he beat impeachment I was on my way to our local Planned Parenthood clinic and heard it on NPR. I got to deliver the good news personally - we were all ecstatic.
Funny how all of us wounded wimmenfolk didn't want to see the evil whoremonger lose his job.


I also know all about those acts of God. One of our neighbors lost several cows to a lightning strike and the insurance company wouldn't pay up because it was an aog. They argued with them for almost a year but ended up losing. I remember my dad saying they should send God the bill.

[Cartoonist]

28. I find it absurd

That he can take the stage and rail against secularists, but if someone says "Happy Holidays" it's a war on Christians.

[FiveGoodMen]

31. There is no honor among religious leaders

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35. Everything is a war on christians when you're paranoid and delusional.

[Curmudgeoness]

32. He might as well pile into the clown car.

The more, the merrier.

And.....wtf is a "secular theocracy"? Now he's just making up words.

[beam me up scottie]

36. I can't wait for Lindsey Graham to come out.

Democrats won't even need to lift a finger, his fellow Republicans will shred him. I want to see them tear each other apart in public.

CLOWN FIGHT!!!

[Curmudgeoness]

38. Clown fight!!! LOL!

That is what they did last time around. I would think that they would be more careful this time and stick to where they stand and what they will do, but I doubt that they will do that.

Pass the popcorn.

And here's a beer while we wait.

[beam me up scottie]

40. Cheers!

Here's to hoping it's brutal and bloody:

[progressoid]

33. "secular theocracy"?

Can I get a tax deduction for that?

[beam me up scottie]

37. We should really consider starting our own church in this group.

Who wants to be pope?

[Curmudgeoness]

39. I don't want to be pope.

I just want to be a minion.

But I do think that we need to start a "church" to get all those tax exemptions. Why should be faithful be the only ones who benefit?

[beam me up scottie]

41. I think trotsky would be a good pope.

He's been around a long time and never stopped oppressing believers.

He kept the faith.

[progressoid]

44. Will we have to get him one of these?

[beam me up scottie]

45. LMAO!

I could totally see him wearing that.

Maybe AlbertCat could design a nice dress to go with it.

[AlbertCat]

53. Maybe AlbertCat could design a nice dress to go with it.

[mr blur]

50. Wow. Just, wow! I want one of those guys

who follows me around and flips up and down the hood ornament fixed to the top of my hat.

To be fair, he does look as if he's thinking, "Shit, I'm about to be seen doing something really stupid!"

[Jim Lane]

42. I can tell you what a secular theocracy is.

It's a country where, on every coin that's minted and every bill that's printed, the government writes, "In God We DON'T Trust."

When you find one of them, let me know so I can book my ticket.

[beam me up scottie]

43. May I live long enough to see the death of that stupid slogan.

It's meaningless and completely unnecessary.

Just another poke in the eye of separation of church and state.

[onager]

49. At the South Carolina DMV...

I was offered a choice of 2 free license plates:

1. Normal
2. IN GOD WE TRUST across the top of the plate.

I seriously thought about asking if they had "NO GOD" or "DON'T TRUST" option. But I was already immensely tired of dealing with the SC DMV, which is just as aggravating as the DMV anywhere. I didn't want to push my luck and get sent to the back of the line, again. "Now serving number 1,513,478..."

Off-topic Mom update: yesterday afternoon she yelled at me that a possum was on the front porch.

Huh? Lots of possums live around here, but they are nocturnal and avoid humans. They don't wander around in the afternoon visiting houses like marsupalian Jehovah's Witnesses.

Our visitor was a groundhog, not a possum. Yep, it was standing there on the front porch bold as could be. Like it was expecting to be invited in for dinner. Probably just woke up from hibernating and is hungry.

I walked around the property to make sure it isn't building a Groundhog Condo for the family. Those little bastards love to tunnel under buildings with concrete floors - giving their Condos a pre-fab roof to keep them nice and dry. And eventually collapsing the floor if they tunnel long enough.

Told Mom she had failed Wildlife 101. And after living most of her life out in the country, too.

[beam me up scottie]

52. marsupalian Jehovah's Witnesses!

It is unusual for groundhogs to come calling, they're pretty anti-social. We have to foul their burrows so the horses don't break their legs in them.

I remember when our big city neighbor wanted help dispatching an opossum that took up residence underneath his living room. He was going to kill it by shooting through the floorboards... I explained why having a decomposing opossum underneath your living room was worse than having a live one and to just block the tunnel under the house and leave the poor critter be.

I named him Bubba (the opossum, not the neighbor), he used to eat with the stray cats on the back porch. One time a German Shepard had him cornered by the garage, you should have heard Bubba snarl, thought we had a Tasmanian Devil out there. The dog looked at me like "Should I?" I was like "No, dude, really, I wouldn't". He did the smart thing and left Bubba alone.

I'm enjoying living out in the sticks now, opossums and groundhogs are more intelligent than our former neighbors. Quieter too.

[Moostache]

46. In later comments, Huckster continued with:

"The beatings will continue until moral improves..."

"2+2 = 5"

"War is Peace."

[beam me up scottie]

47. I'm wondering who he'll blame when he loses.

Will it be because god didn't bless him or another win for teh evul AthiEstz! coalition?

[AlbertCat]

54. I'm wondering who he'll blame when he loses.

No doubt it will be the "real god"... from the "What kind of god would atheists believe in" 12 step program.

[beam me up scottie]

55. Ah, Authentic™ religion.

It's Authentic because we say it is.