{"id":68,"date":"2007-12-06T06:16:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-06T06:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/castingstones\/2007\/12\/huckabee-whines-that-hes-getti.html"},"modified":"2007-12-06T06:16:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-06T06:16:00","slug":"huckabee-whines-that-hes-getti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/castingstones\/2007\/12\/huckabee-whines-that-hes-getti.html","title":{"rendered":"Huckabee whines that he’s getting asked too many questions about religion!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unbelievable! He makes his Christian faith a major part of his campaign, speaks about it on the stump and even features it in his campaign ads and yet he complains when the press ask about it<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Huckabee bristles about the depth to which he\u2019s asked questions about his faith in an interview with GQ <\/a>and contends that, comparatively, Romney gets far less scrutiny of his Mormon faith. <\/p>\n

\u201cNo one\u2019s just kept pressing and pressing and going into the details of his doctrine,\u201d Huckabee says of Romney.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an excerpt:
\nSo, generally, do you think it\u2019s fair for people to take a candidate\u2019s theological convictions into consideration at the polling place?<\/strong>
\nAs long as everyone gets the same scrutiny. That\u2019s what I don\u2019t think is fair: I\u2019ve been given an unusual level of scrutiny. No candidate gets quizzed to the depth that I do about faith.<\/em><\/p>\n

Really? Even Mitt Romney?<\/strong>
\nHe hasn\u2019t gotten nearly as much for his Mormonism as I have for being a Baptist. I mean, I\u2019ve never heard the kind of interviews with him that I got from Bill O\u2019Reilly or Wolf Blitzer. No one\u2019s just kept pressing and pressing and going into the details of his doctrine. Not that I\u2019ve heard. <\/em><\/p>\n

In the past, being a minister was your job.<\/strong>
\nOkay, but are you quizzing Rudy Giuliani about being a lawyer? I haven\u2019t been a pastor in sixteen years. I mean, if you want to go back sixteen years and ask Fred Thompson, \u201cWhat were you doing?\u201d I don\u2019t mind; I just think that there\u2019s\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

<\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s an idea. If you don’t want people asking about it, then maybe you should stop talking about it. Don’t make it an issue. Campaign on other issues beside your faith, it would make some of us Christians a lot more comfortable with your campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Unbelievable! 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