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VIDEO FLASHBACK: Mike Huckabee's Phone Call From God
thinkprogress.org — At a Republican Governors Association Dinner in 2004, Mike Huckabee took the stage and began to deliver remarks when his cell phone rang. He took the phone out of his pocket and proceeded to have a 3-minute conversation with God about President Bush's reelection, asserting that God was on the side of the Republicans.
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- thejoshuablog, on 11/30/2007, -5/+62Oy vey.
- djvchris, on 11/30/2007, -12/+2Wrong party.
- Tenetri, on 11/30/2007, -13/+1could I call shananagins on this one?
:)
- sacr3dc0w, on 11/30/2007, -11/+123I knew he was stupid but god damn.
- masamunecyrus, on 11/30/2007, -9/+7I actually thought that was a pretty creative an innovative speech. Whether or not I agree with it or not has nothing to do with its creativity.
- UsernameTaken, on 11/30/2007, -2/+9Religious types are quite creative, I give you that.
- Elranzer, on 11/30/2007, -2/+2Until you realize he actually believed he WAS talking with God.
- ICSU, on 11/30/2007, -2/+3especially with little boys
- MacEnvy, on 11/30/2007, -1/+5I saw something similar at my little sister's 8th Grade commencement.
Believe me, it's not that creative. Hackneyed, even.
- UsernameTaken, on 11/30/2007, -2/+9Religious types are quite creative, I give you that.
- blackmage439, on 11/30/2007, -6/+4He just list my vote (if he ever had a chance at it in the first place). I know this country was founded on Christian principles, but after Bush, there is no room in the Oval Office for another delusional, Evangelical, psychopath.
- SuperCUBE, on 11/30/2007, -1/+4You just realized this after how many presidencies?
- Elranzer, on 11/30/2007, -2/+4Actually, no, this country WASN'T founded by Christian principles.
- Drahkar, on 11/30/2007, -1/+6Indeed. It makes me laugh how many people these days say that. This country was founded on the concept of diversity and religious tolerance by people who were tired of being oppressed for their beliefs in Europe.
- yngtimmy, on 12/07/2007, -0/+0you both are idiots...The US was founded on the concept of taxation WITH representation. They wanted to escape the taxing from royalty and The Church of England, and to worship as they see fit. The laws are inherent natural laws.
" that all men are created equal", "that they are endowed by their Creator"..." in general Congress assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge"...on and on and on and on.
The Founding Fathers were people of faith. They didn't install a Christian government, however the laws are clearly laws from a religious standpoint, and that religion was overwhelmingly Christian.
Thank you very much and have a nice freaking day
- Bamont, on 11/30/2007, -1/+6This makes me feel stupid to even consider myself a Republican. My forehead still hurts where I smacked it.
- masamunecyrus, on 11/30/2007, -9/+7I actually thought that was a pretty creative an innovative speech. Whether or not I agree with it or not has nothing to do with its creativity.
- V3n0M, on 11/30/2007, -8/+126Unfortunately, that's the last time they ever spoke.
- tidu, on 11/30/2007, -4/+14Actually, Mike just spoke to Chuck Norris the other day when they made that campaign advertisement.
- groverblue, on 11/30/2007, -6/+37unreal.
- fuckedupworld, on 11/30/2007, -1/+5I almost thought when he said "You want me to deliver a message" he would then say "LIVE FROM NEW YORK, THIS IS SATURDAY NIIIIIIIIIIGHT!"
- groverblue, on 12/01/2007, -1/+1lolol
- fuckedupworld, on 11/30/2007, -1/+5I almost thought when he said "You want me to deliver a message" he would then say "LIVE FROM NEW YORK, THIS IS SATURDAY NIIIIIIIIIIGHT!"
- SocialSound1982, on 11/30/2007, -6/+51I once woke up and god was talking to me through my tooth. He wanted me to go to the White House... Something about popcorn and a ray of light...
- Identity4, on 11/30/2007, -0/+20Didn't I catch you naked with a bowl of jello once?
- fungusmonkey, on 11/30/2007, -0/+12He was hot, and he was hungry.
- SocialSound1982, on 11/30/2007, -0/+1They were some strong jello shooters! At 2am, a person should be entitled to walk around their house in the nude.
- fungusmonkey, on 11/30/2007, -0/+12He was hot, and he was hungry.
- looselips, on 11/30/2007, -0/+12Funny I had a dream like that, but FSM told me to bring a bag of pretzels instead.
- knightofbaawa, on 12/01/2007, -0/+1Only a real genius would remember the popcorn
- SocialSound1982, on 12/02/2007, -0/+1Touche.
- Identity4, on 11/30/2007, -0/+20Didn't I catch you naked with a bowl of jello once?
- IrishJoe, on 11/30/2007, -9/+89I wish those phone pranksters would stop doing that to poor Mike. They know he rode the short bus to school. He can't help it 'cause he's special. Poor little guy.
- dk911, on 11/30/2007, -4/+0I bet you think you're creative, right? Claiming he's "special" is just like calling a black man a nigger, or calling a Jew a kike. Dude, just because you think it's so funny to admonish someone with a title that indicated he might be a little slow on the uptake, try using some other way of doing it. Don't insult people who are born that way, or become that way through some unfortunate event. There isn't any way for them to admonish you for using that slang in some way. You might as well refer to Mike as a window licker or a 'tard. It isn't nice to do so, and you should be ashamed that you even wrote such a thing. Unless you're going to toss around the slurs evenly (wow, Barack is such a nigger! or Hillary is such a whore!) try to use some common sense and back off with the ***** name calling.
- CrackHappy, on 11/30/2007, -0/+1What The *****
- SlimFastForYou, on 11/30/2007, -0/+1This will probably get me burried but I'll bite anyway. "Retard" isn't PC anymore, so he said "special" but still incurred your ire. Let's face it, all these ethnic slurs you used as examples are really based on what a person looks like. To a small extent, how a person acts but overall what they look like. On the other hand, the "special" designation is almost completely based on how a person acts. And he obviously wasn't trying to offend "special" people. Besides, how many "special" people really go on Digg and read through the comments? (Before people make jokes about how many Diggers are "special", it was a rhetorical question!)
But seriously, what could explain Huckabee's call with God?
- He actually talked to God on the phone and it just happened to be right when he was in the middle of speaking (hahahahahahahahahaha give me a break!)
- He got a prank call and is so stupid (or "special" if you please) that he actually believed he was talking to God.
- He thought it would turn out funny but instead it made him look like a big creep.
- He's shamelessly lying about God in front of many many witnesses by distastefully manipulating the lowest common denominator in his audience.
No matter how you look at it, he's not the most qualified man to lead the biggest empire on Earth. - rv36116, on 11/30/2007, -0/+1I bet you feel better having said all that out in the open. I'm wondering if you have any of the following attributes:
1 - lots of cats
2 - a keg of slurpy style ben and jerry's at your bedside where you sit and bitch about the news and injustices of the world while you leisurely sit by and collect for disability from twisting your ankle at a state park when you stepped onto the gravel trail.
3 - living in parents basement at age > 40
- dk911, on 11/30/2007, -4/+0I bet you think you're creative, right? Claiming he's "special" is just like calling a black man a nigger, or calling a Jew a kike. Dude, just because you think it's so funny to admonish someone with a title that indicated he might be a little slow on the uptake, try using some other way of doing it. Don't insult people who are born that way, or become that way through some unfortunate event. There isn't any way for them to admonish you for using that slang in some way. You might as well refer to Mike as a window licker or a 'tard. It isn't nice to do so, and you should be ashamed that you even wrote such a thing. Unless you're going to toss around the slurs evenly (wow, Barack is such a nigger! or Hillary is such a whore!) try to use some common sense and back off with the ***** name calling.
- seks03, on 11/30/2007, -7/+39It wasent god on the line it was Cheney planting false info and chump bought it
- dafragsta, on 11/30/2007, -0/+1waaah... evangelicals are like small children... waaah... just repeat everything I say.
- conceptkid, on 11/30/2007, -11/+53Yep, sounds like something a preacher would do. Make up a complete lie and over exagerate everything with the intent of brainwashing people.
- dan222555, on 11/30/2007, -20/+6Because he was completely serious and everyone in the crowd really believed he was talking to God....
- vault, on 11/30/2007, -6/+51what the *****...
- truegodofwar, on 11/30/2007, -9/+163Wow. I hardly need to spam this guy. He generates plenty of badpress all by himself.
Mike Huckabee:
Supports and will continue TORTURE of detainees.
At 8:30, Colmes asked Huckabee if he, as President, would use torture to extract intelligence about an imminent terrorist attack on America. In the process, he made the point that John McCain says that accurate information cannot be extracted by torture. Huckabee countered that point by claiming, "we have received good solid information from individuals from doing things of the nature you're describing"
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295883,00.html
http://progressivezone.blogspot.com/2007/09/govern ...
Says he is for lower taxes, but INCREASED state spending 65.3 percent (1996-2004) and supported five tax increases. Taxes were raised twenty-one times for an increase of $883 million dollars. Arkansas' general debt shot up by almost $1 billion.
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/national/203850/
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NmNjMmI1ODhjN ...
Supports the War in Iraq, the troop surge and the continued operation of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
http://senate.ontheissues.org/Mike_Huckabee.htm
Opposes the medical use of marijuana, and said he would continue to RAID, ARREST, PROSECUTE, and IMPRISON patients who are using marijuana as a medicine.
http://granitestaters.com/candidates/mike_huckabee ...
Vowed to Sign a Nationwide SMOKING BAN in public places.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2007/08/hucka ...
Wants to give driver's licenses to illegal aliens.
http://arkjournal.com/2007/11/newsflash-mike-hucka ...
Grabbed national headlines with a governor's intervention that year to block the state from paying $419 for a retarded 15-year-old girl's abortion, her pregnancy stemming from being raped by her stepfather on a camping trip.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5244/is_19 ...
Huckabee secured the realease of a convicted rapist name Dumond who then raped and killed again. - http://www.arktimes.com/Articles/ArticleViewer.asp ...
Believes in Creationism.
http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/rncse_content/vol ...
Ordered the destruction of tapes and hard drives containing embarassing information. Early in Huckabee's term as governor, documents, e-mails and memos stored on hard drives just like the ones that were destroyed formed the basis of embarrassing stories about Huckabee, including a 1998 story in the Arkansas Times detailing how Huckabee and his family were using the $60,000-a-year Governor's Mansion fund as their personal piggy bank.
http://www.arktimes.com/Articles/ArticleViewer.asp ...
It's not suprising that he opposes Campaign Finance Reform:
http://www.q-and-a.org/Transcript/?ProgramID=1010& ...
Huckabee is against same-sex marriage and civil unions. He outlawed same-sex marriage in Arkansas.
http://www.ontheissues.org/Mike_Huckabee.htm
Huckabee seems to love loot and has a dismissive attitude toward ethics, campaign finance rules and propriety in general:
In the 1992 contest, Huckabee used campaign funds to pay himself as his own media consultant. Other payments went to the family babysitter.
In his successful 1994 run for lieutenant governor, he set up a nonprofit curtain known as Action America so he could give speeches for money without having to disclose the names of his benefactors. He failed to report that campaign travel payments were for the use of his own personal plane.
After he became governor in 1996, he raked in tens of thousands of dollars in gifts, including gifts from people he later appointed to prestigious state commissions.
He converted a governor's mansion operating account into a personal expense account, claiming public money for a doghouse, dry-cleaning bills, panty hose and meals at Taco Bell. He tried to claim $70,000 in furnishings provided by a wealthy cotton grower for the private part of the residence as his own, until he learned ethics rules prevented it. When a disgruntled former employee disclosed memos revealing all this, the Huckabee camp shut her up by repeatedly suggesting she might be vulnerable to prosecution for theft because she'd shared documents generated by the state's highest official.
Inauguration funds were used to buy clothing for his wife. He once took control of the state Republican Party's campaign account -- then swore the account had been somebody else's responsibility when it ran afoul of federal election laws.
He sped final action on a bill to allow video poker at the state's racetracks, an act followed not long afterward by a $10,000 campaign contribution from the owner of the state's biggest race track,.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/13/hu ...
Read More:
Political Positions - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_o ...
The dark side of Mike Huckabee - http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/13/hu ...- Chaoticfist, on 11/30/2007, -0/+20`Ouch.......Dude good for you. This dude not only stated facts, but supported them with info. If only the media has the balls to reprint this......
- Veretax, on 11/30/2007, -8/+2funny, because most of the things you are citing are taken WAY out of context
- wiihuck, on 11/30/2007, -0/+7if it's really "most" i'd think you could at least refute one.
- merper, on 11/30/2007, -1/+4Do you really need anything else other than this video to start with?
- RollFizzlebeef, on 11/30/2007, -13/+5I think it's so cute that Paultards are going after Huckabee, as if Saint Ron is any kind of threat to him.
- dictum, on 11/30/2007, -0/+2yeah but this one is funny, and videoized. your text bores me with facts. (but seriously thanks for the info)
- harajukukei, on 11/30/2007, -1/+2wow sounds like a great candidate for president. the retarded 15 year old pregnant girl would be a better president than this tool
- bryan567, on 11/30/2007, -3/+28makes me want to puke.
- kidcodea, on 11/30/2007, -18/+5scarier than the ufo guy!
- spucky, on 11/30/2007, -1/+10What part of unidentified flying object do you not understand? If you have ever seen an object/light in the sky and you didn't know what it is, you have seen a UFO. Are you some kind of freak?
- SuperWinner, on 11/30/2007, -10/+47Any politician who references god or religion in a public forum should be punished harshly by the voters. Unfortunately the opposite tends to be true.
- JQP123, on 11/30/2007, -2/+6In response, almost all candidates play along and do it. And religious voters feel all warm and fuzzy once their personal fantasy has been affirmed. Religion may not necessarliy make you stupid but it does seem to make a person more gullible to anyone who walks the walk and talks the talk.
- UTKEngineer, on 11/30/2007, -0/+2If they talk the talk AND walk the walk then there is no gullibility involved. The problems stem from folks who talk the talk with no intention of ever acting on it.
- JQP123, on 11/30/2007, -3/+1"If they talk the talk AND walk the walk then there is no gullibility involved."
Sorry, I have to disagree. To the religious, walking the walk means relying on your imaginary friend for guidance. Only the most gullible would consider such a person to be a good leader and decision maker. See Iraq for an example. - UTKEngineer, on 11/30/2007, -0/+3I am religious, and I believe God gave me the gift of reason so I could apply it as I get to know the universe he created and in choosing morals to live my life by. The fact that I believe there is a higher power to which I am accountable in no way relieves me of the responsibility to carefully weigh each individual choice I am confronted with. Instead, it places a greater weight on my shoulders as I know that I will be called to justify each decision I make. And I expect anyone professing Christianity to treat their positions and actions with the same gravity. How does that make me gullible?
- JQP123, on 12/01/2007, -0/+1"I am religious..."
Did you vote for Bush? If so why? Because he was the best candidate or because he was the most religious candidate?
- JQP123, on 12/01/2007, -0/+1"I am religious..."
- JQP123, on 11/30/2007, -3/+1"If they talk the talk AND walk the walk then there is no gullibility involved."
- UTKEngineer, on 11/30/2007, -0/+2If they talk the talk AND walk the walk then there is no gullibility involved. The problems stem from folks who talk the talk with no intention of ever acting on it.
- cusoman, on 11/30/2007, -0/+3What if they're ASKED a question about God (proper noun there guys) or religion in a public forum? You know, like they are CONSTANTLY?
- UTKEngineer, on 11/30/2007, -0/+6Why should any politician be punished for referencing God in a public forum?
- JQP123, on 11/30/2007, -2/+6In response, almost all candidates play along and do it. And religious voters feel all warm and fuzzy once their personal fantasy has been affirmed. Religion may not necessarliy make you stupid but it does seem to make a person more gullible to anyone who walks the walk and talks the talk.
- Berkana, on 11/30/2007, -7/+23Do NOT forget how the reich-wing spun the name of God to deceive voters last time around!
Here's the inside scoop, from David Kuo, the former #2 in command in Bush's "Faith Based Initiatives" program:
As covered by 60 minutes:
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DkUBfOLZH4
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWMLXAFO0Kk
As covered by Olberman:
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKWLYC2BSSA
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFuAbMaeyUg- gthyb, on 11/30/2007, -1/+3Thanks for those links.
- vatosplace, on 11/30/2007, -4/+13Right now the GOP would have an easier time getting Ronald Reagan's corpse elected as any of the 'mainstream' GOP candidates.
Dig up Dutch 08!- trogdoor, on 11/30/2007, -0/+7You think that the current GOP would ever back a candidate like Ronald Reagan?
- stalefries, on 11/30/2007, -0/+3What? Ronald Reagan, the actor? Hahahaha
- trogdoor, on 11/30/2007, -0/+7You think that the current GOP would ever back a candidate like Ronald Reagan?
- djvchris, on 11/30/2007, -7/+18I know this is just begging for major burying, but I see this more as a dumb "hop on the republican bandwagon" way to convey that conservatives believe they are the "evangelical" or "blessed" party than some silver bullet against Huckabee's candidacy. If you want to take issue with him, do so using the evidence mentioned above by truegodofwar rather than with what is obviously a poorly-executed joke.
- nonchai, on 11/30/2007, -4/+14i dug you, because i kind of agree. But i must say, its worrying that the USA has become such a victim of the religious right. Do you guys never learn ?.
The USA evagelicals will get their wish - USA will become a theocracy. But as a consequence it will destroy both the financial and moral standing of the US with the rest of the democratic world. The Chinese and Russians must be killing themselves with laughter and joy - watching the USA bankrupt itself while gradually self destructing in a fit of religious patriotic fervor - merper, on 11/30/2007, -2/+5For anyone who uses any sort of rational though process in voting for president, this video is as good as a silver bullet. The guy freaking says that his problem with science is that it changes while god stays the same. Seriously, how do words like that even come out of a quasi-serious candidate.
- nonchai, on 11/30/2007, -4/+14i dug you, because i kind of agree. But i must say, its worrying that the USA has become such a victim of the religious right. Do you guys never learn ?.
- geoboy, on 11/30/2007, -2/+73I am not a religious person, but I would think those who truly love God would find Huckabee's faux conversation somewhat offensive.
- tidu, on 11/30/2007, -1/+14All the applause just goes to show you how interested in the meaningful parts of their religion the people in the room are...
- yngtimmy, on 11/30/2007, -8/+1No, comon cant people laugh any more? I mean geeze it was meant to be a bit and I don't find it offensive. Why take offense to everything? Oh yea! So I can sue if I don't like it...
- scott2007, on 11/30/2007, -1/+3This does seem to be blasphemous. I'm a Christian and I don't believe God really cares which whore is in the Oval Office. Whores're whores.
- Qtip42, on 11/30/2007, -3/+8Egads, where's that palm/face ascii art when you need it?
- davrobi, on 11/30/2007, -4/+10The christianist in Iowa will give him a victory then he will fall off of the face of the earth when he gets to the real Amercia, just as Pat Robertson did in 2000.,
- citcokid, on 11/30/2007, -5/+21Huckabee was sac religious and insulting to the Lord trying to put words in Gods mouth. And the worst thing is that he is SUPPOSED to be a minister of Gods Word. Instead he showed his irreverence for the Lord by reducing Him to a stupid theatrical stunt. I thought it was very cheesy and very un-Christ like.
- yomamaisfat, on 11/30/2007, -6/+60Screw him and Chuck Norris for supporting him.
- yngtimmy, on 11/30/2007, -9/+1Better watch out Chuck Norris knows where you live!
- evildeadguy, on 11/30/2007, -2/+10Chuck Norris also knows how to suck mean *****.
- yngtimmy, on 11/30/2007, -9/+1Better watch out Chuck Norris knows where you live!
- XXXXXXXXXXXXXX, on 11/30/2007, -37/+4so does ron paul
- schavira, on 11/30/2007, -2/+6XXXXXXXXXXXXXX your high-larious!
- gofalcons, on 11/30/2007, -0/+1You know, it's funny that you say that the RP people are crazy and kooky for having nothing better to do than promote their presidential candidate of choice. Well then what does that make you? A guy who has nothing better to do than go around spouting anti Paul spam. Why not instead of using that energy on trying to get people not to vote for RP, you support a candidate who you think will be best for America and use your determination to get him elected?
- bspill1, on 11/30/2007, -4/+24what a nut job
- AshamedAmerican, on 11/30/2007, -1/+40No wonder god changed his number.
- antiorblkflag9, on 11/30/2007, -10/+4It's like Giuliani's.....expcet this was kinda funny....
- SRSco, on 11/30/2007, -2/+11Oh hell no.
- diggette, on 11/30/2007, -5/+22if he gets elected...I am moving to Canada.
- TwinTurboMike, on 11/30/2007, -4/+12You mean the northern part of the North American Union?
- Chaoticfist, on 11/30/2007, -0/+10As a canadian i will start a real rebellion if that happens. I swear i will start fighting. Over my dead body will this nation form a union with the usa or mexico.....
- solarsavior, on 11/30/2007, -1/+6Yeah, if we all the same union, we can't blame Canada anymore.
/kidding - Elranzer, on 11/30/2007, -1/+3North America needs to be broken up into smaller countries, to become more Europe-like. Only bad things happen when a nation wants to get bigger.
- telepip, on 11/30/2007, -4/+0Thats just unintelligent
- solarsavior, on 11/30/2007, -1/+6Yeah, if we all the same union, we can't blame Canada anymore.
- Chaoticfist, on 11/30/2007, -0/+10As a canadian i will start a real rebellion if that happens. I swear i will start fighting. Over my dead body will this nation form a union with the usa or mexico.....
- TwinTurboMike, on 11/30/2007, -4/+12You mean the northern part of the North American Union?
- MaTT2011, on 11/30/2007, -4/+10Thats some seriously scary s***! "Well hey there, my imaginary friend which i use as a means for judging all reality and my moral actions, you say you're a republican? Fantastic! Bush is going to have a great 2nd term? Well aren't you omniscient!"
It went from being pathetic, in a "lets try to be funny and completely fail" kind of way, to a just straight up "I just got out of the mental institution and so did the audience" kind of scary... - lexington86, on 11/30/2007, -4/+15what an asshat
- MarkusGarvey, on 11/30/2007, -2/+5oh yea Mike, thank George and Dick for sending me Down....oh!... i mean UP, all those brave souls!......
- meschmie, on 11/30/2007, -3/+10After this and reading the article in Rolling Stone about the "Huckster" I have decided if he is elected president I will be moving Europe somewhere.
- tvheadless, on 11/30/2007, -1/+7someone forgot to write a speech.
- gthyb, on 11/30/2007, -1/+9A bad Bob Newhart impression on top of it.
- Maamiyn, on 11/30/2007, -7/+20That is the most sacrilegious video clip I've seen in as long as I can remember. How can anyone claiming to have faith in the Lord be so light-minded as to feign a worldly conversation with the Lord, especially in front of an audience that must have at least some believers. That shows an utter lack of any sincere relationship with Him. Even worse, he is a Baptist (or some other evangelical) minister and was called to give an invocation, which should be a humble supplication in prayer, and he instead tries comedy. If evangelicals choose this guy over Romney, they deserve him and what happens to their country. I'm glad I live north of the U.S. border. No Mormon would ever be so trifling as to take the Lord's name in vain as Huckabee did here. It is appalling! I guess that's a natural outgrowth of believing in an incomprehensible ether-like sea of spirit energy as Protestants and Catholics believe God to be. If they refuse to think of our Heavenly Father as a very real and tangible exalted being who is omnipotent and omniscient, they would be unable to pray from the depths of humility in God-fearing reverence, as it is probably pretty difficult to think of a formless sea of ether-like spirit energy as having any kind of power or personality that could evoke reverent awe. I can barely think back to my life as a Protestant 22 years ago before my conversion, but this video clip does bring back some sense of what it was like and I'm glad I don't have a part of it anymore. It is worse than the theatrical prayers that you can see on Sunday morning nondenominational evangelical services on TV, especially just before they beg for money to support their lavish lifestyles.
- papashawn, on 11/30/2007, -1/+8Once upon a time, God dropped a pretzel in the oval office. Maybe he was trying to tell us something.
- ReturnToFreedom, on 11/30/2007, -2/+16Imagine this: Jesus returns and shows up at the Republican convention as a regular looking man. He gets on stage and starts talking about "loving our enemies" and about how it's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
Jesus gets labeled a terrorist sympathizer who is dangerous to America and a communist. Jesus gets ridiculed and declared a radical extremist, just like he did the first time and by the same type of people. He'd probably be killed (again, although this time covertly) because Jesus was obviously really successful in getting his points across.- MarkusGarvey, on 11/30/2007, -0/+10yeh.....he would be tazed right after the camel part............
- Gemfinder, on 12/03/2007, -0/+2Nah, I think he'd take a look at all the crosses hanging around their necks and pinned to their lapels; back away slowly; get out of the building with a backward glance over his shoulder — and seek sanctuary in the nearest Buddhist temple.
- mjl5629, on 11/30/2007, -3/+8Holy Wackjob!
- SquigglyP, on 11/30/2007, -2/+4i don't think the christians themselves know who this 'god' person is anymore. To most people he seems to be someone you just ask favors of. "Help me win the lottory, lord" "Help my favorite sport's team win, god" It's a crock of *****. The only reason god's on the side of the republican's is because the republicans are the only politicians low enough to stoop to using religion as a political bartering chip. Were it not for the religious zealots running that party it might be a worthwhile system. I don't care if the president believes all that nonsense, tho i'd prefer he didn't, but it ***** me off when they let their pastor run the country for them. That's the president's job, not the pope's. Listen to US, dickheads, not your priest.
- waynetheman, on 11/30/2007, -0/+2"Were it not for the religious zealots running that party it might be a worthwhile system."
No, this system will still be plenty broken even if the world was entirely atheistic.
Or do you still think the two parties are actually different, rather than merely pandering to different crowds? - JQP123, on 11/30/2007, -0/+1"The only reason god's on the side of the republican's is because the republicans are the only politicians low enough to stoop to using religion as a political bartering chip."
The other team seems to prefer a more "worldy" approach --- simple bribery. As in Hillary's plan to give people $5000 just for being successfully born. Which is the "lower" form of political debasement? Too close to call in my opinion. Vote Ron Paul in protest if nothing else.
- waynetheman, on 11/30/2007, -0/+2"Were it not for the religious zealots running that party it might be a worthwhile system."
- RandomGorilla, on 11/30/2007, -1/+7Sure! ALL the Religeous Right talk to 'god'. They don't tell you, though, that their god is Cthulhu!
- Viriatus, on 11/30/2007, -4/+1Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!!! Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!!! Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!!!
- atfleming, on 11/30/2007, -8/+2lol if only digg equally represented all political parties, not just whiny liberals.
''i'm like a computer nerd and junk who never gets laid but um like oh yeah we need pro-abortion laws"- meschmie, on 11/30/2007, -1/+4He claimed to be talking to god on a cell phone....why do "whiny liberals" have anything to do with this. Even the hard-core Christian conservatives I know aren't that crazy.
- IMJGalt, on 11/30/2007, -3/+4Think progress=liberal hit piece
- IMJGalt, on 11/30/2007, -3/+4Think progress=liberal hit piece
- fistulator, on 11/30/2007, -0/+1I dugg you up because I wish Digg represented more of the all of the absurdity in the political world. Your use of the term "pro-abortion" though shows your bias though. I really wish we didn't have to have such disrespect to each others views...without going to the extremes. Yeah, old Huck sort of scares me...but not so much because he decides to use an different vehicle for his speech (could we please lose the far left liberal crap of "he's claiming to be talking to god on the phone"?). Both sides have good intentions on all these issues and are trying to be compassionate to someone. For example, on abortion, one side is for the rights of what they perceive as unborn children, while the pro-choice compassion is directed at the idea that people should be able to control at least...their own bodies. Sweet god, cthulu, krishna, jesus, etc....could we please develop just a little understanding and appreciation for one-another??? alright...i'm ready to be dugg down deep ;)
btw...meant as reply to atfleming but the CAPTCHA sucks! - telepip, on 11/30/2007, -0/+1Well the benefit is that a lot of them think a much larger demographic think just like they do (not just liberal but the type of liberal to use a phrase like "Rotten Rudy" and say "***** this Candidate!"). So hopefully they'll be overconfident and decide their vote isnt needed.
- meschmie, on 11/30/2007, -1/+4He claimed to be talking to god on a cell phone....why do "whiny liberals" have anything to do with this. Even the hard-core Christian conservatives I know aren't that crazy.
- duddles, on 11/30/2007, -0/+2It's god, he wants women in the white house.
/Dead Poet's Society - solarsavior, on 11/30/2007, -0/+6"Can you hear me now?"
- 1timeuser, on 11/30/2007, -10/+3Just so I can beat all the losers being paid by Ron Paul to spam his name all over the Internet from their parents basement:
Ron Paul gets about 10 calls from god a day! In fact, god has calls him 'Ronsey'! God is firmly on the side of Ron Paul and you should be too! Man I like Ron Paul, don't you like Ron Paul? We should all vote Ron Paul. Whelp, I'm off to go harass people on Reddit by copying and pasting a 2 sentence reply about why I love this guy Ron Paul that no one with a brain will ever vote for. I fail to realize that by spamming some tools name all over the internet I am not gaining any attention but rather ***** intelligent people off. See ya!- solarsavior, on 11/30/2007, -0/+5Ron Paul doesn't pay losers. "Losers" pay Ron Paul. I'm proud to be a "loser". At least I'm doing my part to re-instate liberty to this country. You are free to stick your head up your ass.
- 1timeuser, on 11/30/2007, -4/+2Perhaps you think you are. I dont know for sure, but I do know that you are ***** up the internet with your spam. You request that I stick my head up my ass, but I request the opposite from you sir! I request you remove your head from your ass! Do it for the internet! Go about your miserable life being a "loser" and paying Dr Professor Capt Mrs. Ron Paul if you wish, but for the love of god, quit posting ever 10 seconds on digg about it. And please, tell your 2 other friends to quit too. DO IT FOR AMERICA!
- erasedgod, on 11/30/2007, -1/+4Are you serious? I really hope you die before you breed.
- 1timeuser, on 11/30/2007, -4/+2Yes, I'm sure all 3 of you have witty come backs. Understand, I will defend your right to say it to the death, but the spamming and spewing of it is rather annoying. Shut the hell up and find a new hobby that doesnt include the ass kissing of Captain Prof Queen Ron Paul or posting on digg with your mindless and inane thoughts.
- solarsavior, on 11/30/2007, -0/+1Original posts in this thread about Ron Paul were from XXXXXXXXXXXXXX and YOU. I had no intention to put anything in here about him. This thread is supposed to be about Huckleberry Hound.
And no, I will not shut up. Freedom is at stake.
- 1timeuser, on 11/30/2007, -4/+2Perhaps you think you are. I dont know for sure, but I do know that you are ***** up the internet with your spam. You request that I stick my head up my ass, but I request the opposite from you sir! I request you remove your head from your ass! Do it for the internet! Go about your miserable life being a "loser" and paying Dr Professor Capt Mrs. Ron Paul if you wish, but for the love of god, quit posting ever 10 seconds on digg about it. And please, tell your 2 other friends to quit too. DO IT FOR AMERICA!
- solarsavior, on 11/30/2007, -0/+5Ron Paul doesn't pay losers. "Losers" pay Ron Paul. I'm proud to be a "loser". At least I'm doing my part to re-instate liberty to this country. You are free to stick your head up your ass.
- solarsavior, on 11/30/2007, -2/+15Really getting sick of a country ruled by someone's imaginary friend.
- juicycutlets, on 11/30/2007, -2/+5what a looney.
- valkyries, on 11/30/2007, -1/+5whats sad is that some people might actually believe god called him....
- looselips, on 11/30/2007, -3/+6Mike Huckabee not only knows how to spot an allegory; he makes up his own, to get a thunderous applause from idiots who drank the same cool-aid. Bravo, thanks for playing the god card, now get in the back of the short bus on your way home.
I think China should begin making cheap "christ crackers" for the world coated with anti-psychotic medication.
I guess this is more helpful than my first thought of cheap lead crosses, and wine goblets. - SIRBERUS, on 11/30/2007, -2/+21I'm a Christian... and my opinion of this is... what could be more blasphemous and degrading than to exploit and bastardize the name of God for political agendas?
Seriously. Wtf.- kittnerrules, on 11/30/2007, -0/+5I'm not a Christian, but...exactly.
- faxxy, on 11/30/2007, -1/+5Huckabee talking about duck hunting in heaven (shown on the Daily Show):
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?vide ... - genezorz, on 11/30/2007, -1/+16Offensive on so many levels
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