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Re: Akin hearts Huckabee

kendalloliver — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:23:57 -0500

Huckabee has the qualifications that we all are looking for in a president but he needs more funding from his followers. I do not understand why all of our Christian leadership in this country is not stepping up to the plate to support Huckabee. How they can on one hand preach the gospel of Jesus and on the other hand be torn over which candidate to choose so they can be on a winning ticket. The other choices Romney-Mormon(believes in a different Jesus than Christians), Giuliani-pro-abortion and pro-homosexual marriage, McCain-cannot keep his own campaign together, and Thompson-pro-abortion, checkered past and falls asleep during the debates, that is when he is not reading his answers.

Re: Akin hearts Huckabee

rpmoore33 — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:13:21 -0500

Huckabee definitely deserves more support and interest than he currently receives. He may not be a big name on the radar but he has a solid record and appears consistent with his stance.

Akin hearts Huckabee

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:35:41 -0500

It might seem obvious that the president of a Baptist seminary might endorse the only retired Baptist minister in the race for the presidency.

But that’s not why Daniel Akin, the president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, endorsed former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee Monday, Yonat Shimron reports.

"I'm grateful Mike Huckabee is a born-again evangelical, but that’s not the criteria by which I would support him," Akin said referring to the Arkansas Republican. Instead, he pointed to Huckabee's stand against abortion, his convictions about upholding family life and his desire to keep the United States strong.

Akin acknowledged Huckabee's presidential bid is a long-shot, but he said he had friends in the former Arkansas governor’s presidential campaign who had asked him if he was ready to make an endorsement and he agreed to do so.

"At this time I'll put my support behind the person who would do the best job regardless of where they are in the polls," Akin said. The seminary president said that aside from Huckabee he didn't have "much enthusiasm for any candidate in any party."