That was more of a joke than anything else, but where, exactly, do you think “blessings” come from?
“Barney the big purple dinosaur bless thee, my child”
Correct me if I’m wrong, but amending the U.S. Constitution can be done in one of two ways. First, the states can get together and call a Constitutional Convention. This has never happened. Alternatively, the amendment must pass both chambers of Congress and then be voted on by the states. The POTUS plays no role in any of this.
So a POTUS who wanted to turn America into a Christian version of the Taliban would face difficulties unless some weird shit was going down. This isn’t to say that Huckabee’s views are defensible. Feel free to criticize until frogs rain from the sky. But I think worrying about the Constitution may be a little premature. I’d fret over Supreme Court appointments more.
Are the Republicans trying to throw the 2008 presidential race? Or are they trying to tap into a more mainstream feeling in America than I get to see in the gilded halls of NYC? Is there enough support for this sort of nut-jobbery here outside of the major metropolitan centers?
Sounds like I was right, then. I bet it was directed at McCain, and maybe at Giuliani.
While I tend to agree with that personally, I’m not religious, so religion doesn’t inform my position on anything. But most people in this country are religious, and they’re not going to find such a clear separation. The abolition movement had the support of a lot of people for religious purposes, and that led to the 13th amendment. There’s nothing to say that a voter shouldn’t look to his or her God for insight into how we should govern this country.
Agreed. There is zero chance that Huckabee could enact an anti-SSM amendment. Bush tried with a GOP dominated Congress, and it didn’t get anywhere. This says more about how MH goes about making decisions than it does about whether we’ll have an anti-SSM amendment during a hypothetical MH administration. And what that says about his decision making process ain’t good, if you ask me.
You prefer fundamentalists with a wide stance?
And lo: during the second term of the Huckabee administration it shall be revealed that Amendment XXII is an abomination in the eyes of the Lord.
In that particular sentence structure, the blessings are coming from “Liberty”. There can be some ambiguity about “blessings” sometimes that implies God, like a “blessed event” is probably blessed by God–but “blessings of liberty” pretty plainly refers to well, blessings of liberty.
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I would agree, but it is also a fine cudgel for the Democrats to batter him about the head in the general election. It is easily spun as an attempt to institute a state religion by codifying god in the constitution, which I believe more people will object to than support. While there are Christians aplenty, evangelicals and those that would make Christianity the state religion are considerably fewer.
I’d support amending the Constitution to say that!
No, I don’t think anyone here thinks Huckabee can actually change the Constitution himself. We’re just worried that having someone with those views as President would use his position to further the interests of his particular brand of Christianity in ways that his position allows. Nominating Supreme Court Justices, in particular.
Personally, I’m of the opinion that how the House and Senate shift in 2008 are at least as important as who holds the White House. The Senate seems poised to shift to the left, with something like 22 Republicans and 11 Democrats up for reelection, but the House could go either way. If the House shifts back to Republican control, that gives the Republican party much greater control. On the other hand, if the House gets enough Democrats to override a veto, it’ll make a huge difference.
I was unaware that every other supernatural being ever postulated to exist had given up on the blessing game with the exception of the Christian one.
Yep. He’s building his own traps if he gets the GOP nomination. I don’t think the Republicans are that stupid, though, to give it to him.
I was hoping someone would pick up on that. 
Never underestimate the stupidity of people in large groups.
My sister, who’s a fundamentalist Christian, is wary of Huckabee for exactly the reason the OP is. She doesn’t want someone holding that office who thinks he has to be a bridge between God and man. She notes that if she needs to consult God, she will do so directly.
well, that depends - they seem right fond of corporate welfare.
Well, it does say “general welfare”, which could be interpreted as a reference to General Motors or General Electric. 
Amen. The notion of fiscal conservativism among Republican leaders has become a joke. There was a time when Republicans were socially liberal and fiscally conservative — and then Lincoln was shot.