Huckabee is playing the Christ Card:

In an early report:

Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee, an ordained Southern Baptist minister, asks in an upcoming [New York Times Magazine] article, "Don't Mormons believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?"

Some observations:

• Huckabee knows he's being wildly inpolitic. It's on a par with asking if Baptists handle snakes on weekends or if Jews have horns. (See the Weekly Standard for other crude stereotypes.)
• The consensus will be that Huckabee, a Baptist minister who brandishes his religious schooling, is lying when he proclaims ignorance about Mormon doctrine.
• This will piss off the Republican moneyed interests. Expect someone, probably McCain or Guiliani, to get some quick cash to counter the Huck.
• Isn't Huckabee beginning to sound a lot like Pat Robertson? (e.g. on AIDS, women submitting to men)
• Looks like this quote about "Jesus and the devil" being brothers will be around a long time. Great fodder for political cartoonists.

posted by Quiddity at 12/12/2007 10:16:00 AM