{"id":214,"date":"2007-10-26T07:22:35","date_gmt":"2007-10-26T11:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/godandculture.wordpress.com\/2007\/10\/26\/why-are-conservative-leaders-afraid-of-huckabee\/"},"modified":"2007-10-26T07:22:35","modified_gmt":"2007-10-26T11:22:35","slug":"why-are-conservative-leaders-afraid-of-huckabee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/why-are-conservative-leaders-afraid-of-huckabee","title":{"rendered":"Why are conservative leaders afraid of Huckabee?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Frank Lockwood over at Bible Belt Blogger<\/a> highlights the attacks on Huckabee from conservatives in the wake of his positive showing at FRCs Values Voter Summit last week.\u00a0 Phyllis Schlafley is leading the charge, accusing Huckabee of destroying the conservative movement in Arkansas, quite an accomplishment to lay at the feet of one man. Dr. Randy Brinson of Redeem the Vote is cited by the Washington Times<\/a> saying that in a recent meeting of conservative leaders, some moved to support Huckabee, causing a “panic” at Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council.<\/p>\n

So what is it exactly about Huckabee that concerns pro-family leaders like James Dobson and Tony Perkins? That same Washington Times piece\u00a0quotes Family Research Council president Tony Perkins on Huckabee:<\/p>\n

Mr. Perkins said during a Christian Science Monitor press breakfast that although Mr. Huckabee is good on all social issues, “he has not seemed to have found solid footing on the issue of the threat, internationally, from radical Islam. There is some concern there about that issue.”<\/p>\n

Asked what Mr. Huckabee had said to elicit concern, Mr. Perkins said that in a Republican candidates’ debate, the former Arkansas governor “made the statement that we broke Iraq.”<\/p>\n

“We didn’t break Iraq,” Mr. Perkins said. “Saddam Hussein broke it.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Warren Smith at The Charlotte World<\/a>, makes the following observation in a piece titled, Why Huckabee Poses a Dilemma for Pro-Family Leaders<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n

Among pro-family leaders, though, there is some hand-wringing because they worry that Huckabee – who is the candidate the followers of the pro-family movement are obviously behind – is unelectable. Pro-family leaders such as Gary Bauer and Tony Perkins would prefer to pick a winner, and be seen as the guys who made him a winner. However, they don’t yet see Huckabee as a winner, so they’re hanging fire.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Warren hits the nail on the head when he says pro-family conservative leaders are putting pragmatism above principle. Shame on conservative evangelical leaders who refuse to back a principled candidate simply because of the perception he can’t win. Of course he can’t win if we don’t support him. These same leaders would rather throw their support behind a tired, anemic movie actor whose own Christian principles are questionable rather than support a man who clearly articulates the values conservative Christians are known for, and does so passionately.<\/p>\n

Mike Huckabee is clearly one of us. What makes pro-famliy leaders think Fred Thompson better represents our values than does Huckabee? Any support from conservative evangelicals for Thompson can only be justified on the basis of pragmatism (he is perceived as more electable than Huckabee) rather than on principle. I for one plan to stand on principle. If our leaders don’t stand with us on principle, it’s time for a grassroots revolt to overthrow the status quo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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