Joe Carter on why the GOP establishment can’t stomach Huckabee January 4, 2008
Posted by Paul Edwards in Evangelical Outpost, Joe Carter, Mike Huckabee.trackback
Reflecting on the Iowa Caucus, Joe Carter at the Evangelical Outpost makes this astute observation about why the GOP establishment, especially the conservative media, totally misread voters in Iowa:
If he (Huckabee) had a degree from Yale rather than Ouachita Baptist University, if he spoke with a Midwestern twang rather than a Southern drawl, and if he had spent a decade as an investment banker rather than a pastor then Mike Huckabee would be the Republican establishment’s “favorite son” right now. I truly believe that you could change only those three things and that would be enough to make him palatable for his critics.
And this is why he has pulled the heart strings of the Iowa electorate!
Personally, I would rather be a son of the most high God than a “favorite son” of any political party.
And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
And such were some of us. Now, whose ways are past finding out?
Whatever the outcome, this shall prove to be an interesting season.
Popcorn! Peanuts! (in the tradition of 2121 Trumbull) at Michigan)