# Mike Huckabee, annointed by God. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 5, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-huckabee-annointed-by-god/425327 "2007-11-05T19:28:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-huckabee-annointed-by-god/425327/1 "2007-11-05T19:28:26Z")
Here is the [link](http://www2.arkansasonline.com/news/2007/nov/05/huckabee-makes-play-support-texas-churches/) to the Arkansas Democrat Gazette article. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-huckabee-annointed-by-god/425327/2 "2007-11-05T19:35:32Z")
I am so buying a copy of that when I get off work. Hooray for living in Arkansas! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-huckabee-annointed-by-god/425327/3 "2007-11-05T23:57:10Z")
I shall bump this thread by quoting Mrs. Plant’s response when I arrived home and showed her the paper. > [@Mrs. Plant](#): > > Yarmulkes? Some of them were wearing _yarmulkes?_ Jesus Christ. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-huckabee-annointed-by-god/425327/4 "2007-11-06T00:41:29Z")
I’d become a believer if that church got flattened by a tornado. Especially of the debris spelled out “I’m backing Obama, you shmucks.” ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-huckabee-annointed-by-god/425327/5 "2007-11-06T00:43:07Z")
St. Jude: “Thy disciples would have thee anoint this Mike Huckabee as the new Goliath.” God: “Yea, verily.” St. Jude: “He’s a bit of a weenie.” God: “Eh, whaddya gonna do?” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-huckabee-annointed-by-god/425327/6 "2007-11-06T01:55:23Z")
I didn’t realize the paper was subscription. > [@](#): > > Huch, saying he believes he has a word from God for the Republican hopeful, quoted a Scripture passage from 1 Samuel that ends with the Lord declaring: “Arise and anoint [David to lead the nation] for this is the one.” > > The crowd, some of them wearing yarmulkes, cheered noisily after Huch’s declaration, and they later stretched their hands toward Huckabee as they prayed for campaign-season favor from heaven. > > “I believe that Sen. Huckabee is the David that you’ve brought in to be a head over this nation’s house,” Huch said, misstating Huckabee’s political rank. “And Father, I ask for the blessing on him, on his family, on their campaign, that you will keep them safe, you will give them wisdom, that you will give him favor, for he is giving you all the praise and all the glory. Moderators, how much of this fascinating and politically important story may I quote? ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-huckabee-annointed-by-god/425327/7 "2007-11-06T03:02:37Z")
I thought that churches weren’t allowed to endorse candidates. Won’t they lose their tax exempt status? ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-huckabee-annointed-by-god/425327/8 "2007-11-06T03:20:55Z")
[QUOTE=Manduck] I thought that churches weren’t allowed to endorse candidates. Won’t they lose their tax exempt status? [/QUOTE] > [@](#): > > New Beginnings church hasn’t endorsed anybody in the 2008 presidential race, but God probably has, pastor Larry Huch said Sunday. That’s how they get around it. That’s all it takes. James Dobson starts off his speeches with the same sort of disclaimer. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-huckabee-annointed-by-god/425327/9 "2007-11-06T04:10:51Z")
I can see the election unfolding now: Heaven endorses Huckabee, Hell endorses the Democrat, and a tightly contested election comes down to a group of 537 seraphim in the southern peninsula of the afterlife. Finally, in a split decision that the Holy Ghost blames on partisanship, the Father and the Son rule that the vote stands and won’t be recounted. So Huckabee becomes President. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-huckabee-annointed-by-god/425327/10 "2007-11-06T13:11:25Z")
[QUOTE=Lamar Mundane] That’s how they get around it. That’s all it takes. James Dobson starts off his speeches with the same sort of disclaimer. [/QUOTE] Dobson is not a clergyman, nor head of a church. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-huckabee-annointed-by-god/425327/11 "2007-11-06T13:56:02Z")
Don’t know what’s so unusual about this. Democrats have always used churches in their campaigns. The photo-op and story of a Democratic candidate arm in arm with elders or the choir at the pulpit of (especially) a (black) church is standard fare for every election cycle. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-huckabee-annointed-by-god/425327/12 "2007-11-06T14:18:48Z")
> [@](#): > > New Beginnings church hasn’t endorsed anybody in the 2008 presidential race, but God probably has Just because he’s good enough for God doesn’t mean he’s good enough for the New Beginnings Church. > [@](#): > > Don’t know what’s so unusual about this. Democrats have always used churches in their campaigns. The photo-op and story of a Democratic candidate arm in arm with elders or the choir at the pulpit of (especially) a (black) church is standard fare for every election cycle. But I don’t recall any Democratic candidate of the last twenty years who’s claimed an exclusive endorsement from God. I suppose it’s just part of their wimpy liberal (no offense) agenda, claiming that God loves everybody. When conservatives know that what God really loves is winner. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-huckabee-annointed-by-god/425327/13 "2007-11-06T14:26:20Z")
Funnily enough, Mike Huckabee was “called to preach”, which he did for a while, then moved on to politics. My late step-grandmother, a Southern Baptist stalwart, was very miffed at him for “abandoning the call to preach”, for in her eyes, that was disobeying God’s will. So, for God to endorse Huckabee after he was so forsaken by him seems to be a stretch. Of course, if God just sits there and lets innocent children get raped and murdered, I don’t take much stock in what he thinks, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-huckabee-annointed-by-god/425327/14 "2007-11-06T14:37:04Z")
[QUOTE=Voyager] I’d become a believer if that church got flattened by a tornado. Especially of the debris spelled out “I’m backing Obama, you shmucks.” [/QUOTE] Oh goody. This give me another excuse to link to [my favorite scientific study ever.](http://www.gendersanity.com/orlando.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-huckabee-annointed-by-god/425327/15 "2007-11-06T16:04:50Z")
[QUOTE=FriarTed] Dobson is not a clergyman, nor head of a church. [/QUOTE] He’s the head of a non profit organization that does not pay taxes. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-huckabee-annointed-by-god/425327/16 "2007-11-06T16:24:02Z")
Head is still spinning over fundamentalist Christians wearing yarmulkes… I think baby Jesus might be crying somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-huckabee-annointed-by-god/425327/17 "2007-11-06T19:07:00Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] I think baby Jesus might be crying somewhere. [/QUOTE] Or kvetching. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-huckabee-annointed-by-god/425327/18 "2007-11-06T19:25:29Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Don’t know what’s so unusual about this. Democrats have always used churches in their campaigns. The photo-op and story of a Democratic candidate arm in arm with elders or the choir at the pulpit of (especially) a (black) church is standard fare for every election cycle. [/QUOTE] Unfortunately, all politicians feel they must infest churches. However, how many of these churches make endorsements in the name of god? One would think that the almighty creator of the universe could send out a press release if he had a mind to. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-huckabee-annointed-by-god/425327/19 "2007-11-06T19:36:53Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Or kvetching. [/QUOTE] Or throwing His yarmulke down in frustration? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-huckabee-annointed-by-god/425327/20 "2007-11-06T19:38:51Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] But I don’t recall any Democratic candidate of the last twenty years who’s claimed an exclusive endorsement from God. [/QUOTE] Me neither, but Mike Huckabee didn’t make any such claim. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-huckabee-annointed-by-god/425327.md?page=2)