Well, he was apparently perfectly willing to ACCEPT the endorsement. He was standing right there.
Then again, he didn’t correct the senator bit, so perhaps he’s hard of hearing? Or God was speaking sotto voice to him right at that moment? Or perhaps he was wondering where he left his yarmulke?
You misunderstand. Huck doesn’t need to listen. He knows what’s going to happen.
Yarmulkes? Oy vey, it’s those Jews For Jesus goyim again. They won’t be happy until they’re on everybody’s cult list.
There’s a subtle, but important difference between a candidate speaking in a church and that church’s pastor endorsing a candidate from the pulpit. The candidate is not a tax-exempt leader of a church, so he can sing his own praises anywhere. The preacher, as an individual, outside the church building, can back any candidate. The same preacher, in the church, speaking to his flock, cannot endorse a candidate without jeopardizing his church’s tax-exempt status.
I am not a constitutional scholar, so I can’t quote the necessary court decisions, but that’s the way this curious bargain works. The government shall not help the church, and the church shall not help (pay taxes to) the government. Each pretty much keeps its hands off the other, or the deal’s off.
Yeah, he should have taken off his shoe and beaten the minister with it. Maybe overturn a few tables while he was at it. At any rate, other articles paint a different picture of events. Huckabee was delivering the church’s sermon, not making a campaign pitch a la Democrats. Not that you’ll acknowledge the difference, but still.
Anybody with any shame would have pointedly (but verbally) rejected such an absurd declaration. He was literally introduced as a Messiah (an “anointed” ruler, chosen by God). It was incredibly crass for Huckabee to stamp such an asinine statement as anything but grossly inappropriate, presumptuous and sacrilegious.
Did I say Huckabee was making a campaign speech? Did I say I cared whether he spoke at the church at all? I was just pointing out that your own observation that Huckabee didn’t personally say he was God’s anointed was disingenuous in light of the fact that he was only too happy to accept it.
Also, the political endorsement by the pastor was unmistakable, so let’s not pretend the event was not political (not that I care, particularly, but at least be intellectually honest about it).
Also, I’m not a Democrat.
Bullshit. You should be more like Huckabee. As he told Jon Stewart, “Yeah, I’m a conservative, but I’m not mad at anybody about it.” He took the anointing metaphor (if it really happened — still no independent collaboration) as he would any compliment, with humility and graciousness.
Me neither.
If someone calls you a Messiah, the only gracious thing to do is demur. Accepting the accolade as valid is arrogant and sacrilegious.
I have no idea what relevance your Daily Show quote is supposed to have either to this thread or to me.
“Only the true Messiah would deny His divinity!”
I live in Arkansas, and I don’t recall Huck ever being humble or gracious. He’s more of an “I’m right and you’re some kind of nut” guy. Were he a Doper, he’d spend a lot of time in the Pit.
Here’s a mention in the Arkansas Times that compares the religious reference to, well, 1999.
He seemed humble and gracious with Jon Stewart. Jon liked him muchly. So did the audience.
Jon should have asked him about raising the minimum wage in Arkansas. 