Huckabee on Mormonism: “I think it’s a religion…”

Sunday’s NYT Magazine will feature this piece on Mike Huckabee. Zev Chafets covers all aspects of Huck and what makes this piece worthwhile is that he doesnt avoid the negative parts of Huck. The best part has been grabbing media attention this afternoon and will no doubt be fodder for cable news tonight. “I asked […]

Sunday’s NYT Magazine will feature this piece on Mike Huckabee. Zev Chafets covers all aspects of Huck and what makes this piece worthwhile is that he doesnt avoid the negative parts of Huck. The best part has been grabbing media attention this afternoon and will no doubt be fodder for cable news tonight.

“I asked Huckabee, who describes himself as the only Republican candidate with a degree in theology, if he considered Mormonism a cult or a religion. ‘‘I think it’s a religion,’’ he said. ‘‘I really don’t know much about it.’’I was about to jot down this piece of boilerplate when Huckabee surprised me with a question of his own: ‘‘Don’t Mormons,’’ he asked in an innocent voice, ‘‘believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?’’”

More negatives….

“Huckabee’s affability and populist economic and social views have sometimes been misinterpreted as a moderate brand of evangelical Christianity. In fact, as he wrote in his book ‘‘Character Makes a Difference,’’ he considers liberalism to be a cancer on Christianity.”

And,


“Many Republican strategists remain dubious about Huckabee’s chances. ‘‘He’ll get hammered in New Hampshire,’’ the Republican consultant Mike Murphy told me. ‘‘A primary campaign is like a book. Iowa is just the first chapter. After that come more chapters. Opponents will hit Huckabee for being soft on immigration, Arkansas allegations, that kind of thing. And at some point, Republican elites will begin to ask, Is what we need a smallstate governor who doesn’t believe in Darwin?’’”

Are these and other similar revelations about Huckabee going to frighten voters? Or is any press good press?

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