Huck Duping Evangelicals? Appears So
Posted on December 14, 2007
Several weeks ago, Mike Huckabee told Pat Robertson on CBN,
“I think I’m stronger than most people because I truly understand the nature of the war that we are in with Islamo fascism. These are people that want to kill us. It’s a theocratic war. And I don’t know if anybody fully understands that. I’m the only guy on that stage with a theology degree. I think I understand it really well.â€
Well apparently the former Governor of Arkansas misspoke about his educational background. It appears that Huck doesn’t have a Theology degree after all. It also appears that he may have even been a dropout!
From the New York Times Magazine:
If young Mike Huckabee was ever rebellious or difficult, there’s no record of it. He preached his first sermon as a teenager, married his high-school sweetheart and went off to Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia. There he majored in speech and communications, worked at a radio station and earned his B.A. in a than two years. He spent a year at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Tex., before dropping out to work for the televangelist James Robison, who bought him his first decent wardrobe and showed him how to use television. H/T: The Carpetbagger Report
HE DROPPED OUT!
Only in America can a dropout consider themselves to have a degree and get a “free-pass”. Where is the NYTimes editorial?!? This was an interview that appeared in the magazine not a political editorial. Where is the expose on CNN, FOX, MSNBC, etc…?!?
It remains my belief that there are facts about Huck that are being tucked away for future use by whoever the Democrat Party nominates. Huck is NOT the right choice for the GOP.
How for the love of Pete did Huck become a Pastor? Can ANYONE answer that?
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He got his B.A. then went to the seminary, where he was pursuing higher studies. Your story is factually inaccurate Grib.
No Justin, it isn’t.
According to a member of his own staff he does NOT have a theology degree. He did go back to school and in 1980 earned a BA in Biblical Studies. That is NOT a THEOLOGY degree my friend.
Joe Carter, Huckabee’s Director of Research said in an email to Jim Geraghty:
Jim,
Governor Huckabee doesn’t have a theology degree. He only spent a year in seminary.
Also, it’s not surprising that he doesn’t know much about the specific beliefs of the LDS church. There aren’t a lot of LDS members in Arkansas; they comprise just .007 percent of the population (about 20,000 out of 2,810,872 people). Most Southern evangelicals don’t have much exposure to that particular religion. Even in seminary you’re not likely to study the LDS faith unless you take a class on apologetics.
-Joe
Sounds a lot like confirmation to me……