Dick: I read your newsletters religiously and tune into Fox News whenever you are featured there. I respect your opinions and great knowledge of politics. You state in your current newsletter, " The most recent polling suggests that while a majority of voters agree that "other Americans" would be amenable to a black or female candidate for president, only 36 percent feel that way about a Mormon. Unjustified. Unfair. Outrageous as it is — it nevertheless is." I am a Mormon and I agree that it is unfair and prejudicial that people feel this way about Mormons. But, why is this? I must point out and I hope you will research this yourself is that for many decades Baptist Ministers, of which Gov. Huckabee is one, have preached to their congregations vile, hate, and lies regarding the Mormons and their beliefs about God, Jesus Christ, sacred temple ceremonies, and that Mormons are nothing but a cult religion. Indeed, I had a close relative lynched and murdered while on a Mormon mission in the State of Georgia in 1880. Is it any wonder then that so many people with so much misinformation and vile speech from these ministers of religion feel the way they do about Mormons?
What I want to know and what every American should know about Gov. Huckabee is what has he said in the past about the Mormons as a Baptist Minister? I will be pleasantly surprised if he had anything good to say. If Gov. Huckabee gets the Republican Nomination for President as you suggest that he should then I guarantee you his past feelings and comments about Mormons are fair game and they will be vetted by Mormons and Democrats alike. Democrats will certainly vet him on this issue because they will want to convince Mormons that the party that rejected Romney as a candidate is not the party for Mormons to support with a nominee like Huckabee who trashed Mormons and their beliefs in the past. Remember, Mormons have been the single largest religious group to support President Bush and is now the fourth largest denomination in North America. I would suggest that you and others encourage Gov. Huckabee to come clean on the Mormon issue now and reveal what he has told and preached to other Baptists about Mormons and their beliefs.
Thanks for your time. Garth Limburg
I feel I must, once again, comment on your assessment of Romney. Dick, he did not just "conveniently" become pro-life to join the frey to become a Presidential candidate. As he has said publicly, he became solid pro life when he saw how the left was using the pro choice arguments for partial birth abortions and other extremist views and issues. In his heart, he is and always has been pro life, which is the position of his Church that he is an ardent member of. What is at the root of your dislike of Romney? I have been trying to figure it out, as have members of my family who read your columns and newletters. Did he anger you along the way sometime ago? Did he turn you down as a consultant? What is it? Huckaby is a fine man, but he is not the only choice conservatives have. Mitt Romney is a true conservative. Look at his stand with gay marriage. He led the effort nationally against it. Even while he was still Governor. Why have so many ardent conservatives, with true values as conservatives, given money to his campaign. Mitt has raised more money that any other Republican candidate, and has thousands of volunteers on his team, who attest to his conservative values. Please give him credit where it is due. He will overcome the "mormon" stigma, already is. Are you aware of just yesterday's announcement of a key endorcement of a major "born again" I believe So Carolina church leader?
Thanks for listening, Dick. Please respond if you have time.
Nevin Limburg
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HUCKABEE IS THE RIGHT WING'S LAST SURVIVOR
By DICK MORRIS
Published on TheHill.com on October 17, 2007.
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Peel them away and, underneath, you have Mike Huckabee, the last survivor in the elimination tournament of the Christian right. And they could do a whole lot worse!
Start with the dreams about Sen. George Allen (R-Va.), who became former Sen. George Allen before he could become a viable presidential candidate. Then go to Mitt Romney, his putative opponent for the designation of the right wing. But that was before he ran straight into a wall of bigotry against Mormons. The most recent polling suggests that while a majority of voters agree that "other Americans" would be amenable to a black or female candidate for president, only 36 percent feel that way about a Mormon. Unjustified. Unfair. Outrageous as it is — it nevertheless is. That prejudice and the justifiable cynicism that his flip-flop-flip on abortion engendered have held down his vote share despite massive advertising. (He was pro-life before he ran against Sen. Edward Kennedy (D) in Massachusetts, at which point he discovered a relative who died after an illegal abortion, which, convenie ntly, induced a change of heart. He remained pro-choice as a governor of the most liberal state in America until, as he contemplated entering the GOP primary for president, he realized that abortion had cultivated a contempt for life and so decided to become pro-life — equally conveniently.)
Whatever the reason, Mitt Romney's lack of appeal led conservatives to search under various other burning bushes (no pun) to find a new standard-bearer. Their choice became Fred Thompson. But then it turned out that he had actually accepted a fee to lobby for a weakening of anti-abortion regulations and had waffled on the issue in the '90s in candidate questionnaires. That fact, combined with his lack of knowledge of issues and his aversion to hard work, have sent his candidacy into a downward spiral. Voters on the right understand that Fred can't stand up to Hillary in a debate. Hey, he might not stay awake that long.
So it became "Where have you gone, Newt Gingrich? The nation turns its lonely eyes to you." But Newt took one look at Hillary and decided he really wanted to head a nonprofit foundation educating voters on solutions for America instead of being president of the Unit ed States, so he pulled out before he ever got in.
In the meantime, plugging away in the shadows, with no money and no political backing, an articulate, principled, knowledgeable, conservative Christian, Mike Huckabee, has been plowing the fields in Iowa hoping to catch a break. He is witty, sincere, dedicated and courageous in his own way. With a minus share of the vote, he kept at it and refused to pander on the one hand or give up on the other.
I first met Mike when I became his consultant in his race for lieutenant governor of Arkansas. He was a refreshing change from my previous Arkansas client, but you probably know that story. I was impressed when I first asked Mike about his views on parole for violent felons. I anticipated a standard right-wing response. Instead, he said, "Oh, no, the Christian concept of forgiveness requires that we allow parole. We just have to use it wisely." I was amazed … and sold.
What, I wondere d, would a right-wing Christian activist do as governor of a state? He would sign off on the death penalty, veto abortion, oppose gay rights and insist on the Pledge of Allegiance, but then what would he do for the balance of his term in office? Mike Huckabee answered the question. He set up programs to fight childhood obesity, reformed prisons to emphasize reforming inmates, put values back in education and became a highly popular governor.
Now he churns his way to the forefront of the pack in the Republican primary. He's still broke, but still finished a strong second in the Ames, Iowa, straw poll with 18 percent of the vote.
Now in Iowa polls he has moved ahead of McCain and, in some trial heats, ahead of Romney. Rasmussen has him rising to 7 percent nationally. (Full disclosure: If he breaks 10, I win a dinner from Bill O'Reilly.) But he has the best of all possible worlds: Rivals who are falling of their own weight. So here comes Mike.Gore's Convenient Lie - Click Here Now!
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