The hidden message in Huckabee's RNC speech


	The hidden message in Huckabee's RNC speech

Lexica

9-4-2008 1:12 PM

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9-5-2008 1:29 AM

reimers

I picked up on this while listening. Being raised in a Southern Baptist church it sounded very familiar. .Does this make McCain the messiah now instead of Obama?

9-5-2008 4:22 AM

dannyhurt28

I think is wrong

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/702a83b1-6f76-4d61-a710-b5cce0924719/7E5AF4B1-773F-4478-9CEC-46254C749E62/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://takingsteps.blogspot.com/2008/09/did-someone-whistle-i-couldnt-hear-it.html" href="http://takingsteps.blogspot.com/2008/09/did-someone-whistle-i-couldnt-hear-it.html" style="font-size: 11px;">takingsteps.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://takingsteps.blogspot.com/2008/09/did-someone-whistle-i-couldnt-hear-it.html"><P>It's amazing how many layers of meaning you can pack into a little sermon if you know what you're doing.  I know:  sermons are my stock in trade.  And they're also the primary arsenal for aw-shucks just-plain-folks evangelical Republican Mike Huckabee, who stumped for John McCain at the Republican National Convention with a <A href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/republican_race/2008/09/03/2008-09-03_mike_huckabees_speech_at_the_rnc.html?page=0">speech that made my jaw drop</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://takingsteps.blogspot.com/2008/09/did-someone-whistle-i-couldnt-hear-it.html">toward the end of his speech, he pulled out a seemingly-unrelated story</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://takingsteps.blogspot.com/2008/09/did-someone-whistle-i-couldnt-hear-it.html">And this is where, reading this aloud, I said suddenly to my partner, <SPAN>Oh, I hope this doesn't go where I think it's about to go.</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://takingsteps.blogspot.com/2008/09/did-someone-whistle-i-couldnt-hear-it.html">Are we getting some clarity yet?  Shall we break it down?  Good sermons come in layers, and Huckabee is good at sermons.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://takingsteps.blogspot.com/2008/09/did-someone-whistle-i-couldnt-hear-it.html">But we're still missing a layer.  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