With the recent media attention garnered by potential presidential candidate Mike Huckabee this past week, certain questions must be asked about his intentions for America. (Or do we only ask Democrats about that?)
"I would love to know more. What I know is troubling enough. And one thing that I do know is [Obama's] having grown up in Kenya, his view of the Brits, for example, very different than the average American. When he gave the bust back to the Brits --
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The bust of Winston Churchill, a great insult to the British. But then if you think about it, his perspective as growing up in Kenya with a Kenyan father and grandfather, their view of the Mau Mau Revolution in Kenya is very different than ours because he probably grew up hearing that the British were a bunch of imperialists who persecuted his grandfather." -Mike Huckabee
Is Mike Huckabee Anti-American?
We would love to know more about Mike Huckabee. What we know is troubling enough. And one thing that we do know is his having been educated in Fort Worth, Texas, his view of the anti-secessionists, for example, very different than the average American. But then if you think about it, his perspective as studying in Texas with Texan teachers, their view of the Mexican-American War is very different than ours because he probably spent his years in seminary school hearing that the Americans were a bunch of imperialists who refuse to acknowledge Texas’ right to secede from the Union.
In addition, Mike Huckabee’s surname is British. Growing up having British ancestors, their view of the American Revolution is very different than ours because he probably grew up hearing that the Americans were a bunch of rebels who shot his great grandfather.
"Most of us grew up going to Boy Scout meetings and, you know, our communities were filled with Rotary Clubs, not madrassas." -Mike Huckabee
Is Mike Huckabee a secret Muslim?
Most of us grew up going to Boy Scout meetings and, you know, our communities were filled with Rotary Clubs, not oil sheiks. Mike Huckabee’s mother worked as a clerk in a gas company. Why is the question not being asked: what is his family's connection to the Middle East?
Furthermore, many of Mike Huckabee’s values directly align with the beliefs of Islamic extremists. He abhors homosexuality, and chided unwed mother-to-be Natalie Portman for her public displays of pregnancy. Mike Huckabee says that he is Southern Baptist, and we should take him at his word. But we can’t tell other people what to think or tell them not to ask certain questions that need to be asked…
"And I have said many times, publicly, that I do think [Obama] has a different worldview and I think it is, in part, molded out of a very different experience." -Mike Huckabee
Does Huckabee have a different world view?
Mike Huckabee does have a different world view and it is, in part, molded out of a very different experience. Having grown up in a small town in Arkansas, Huckabee speaks as an informed scholar on post-colonial Africa. Do we really want a president who goes on a worldwide apology tour every time he wants us to think he can’t tell Kenya from Indonesia? Does he or does he not believe in America’s exceptionalism at flunking geography?