Media Elite Trying To Scary Mary Huckabee
HUCKABEE GUILTY OF CANNIBALISM, according to Fox News. I fully expect that to be next week's headline. After all, he has participated in the Lord's Supper in which Christians partake in the Lord's body and blood.
What the Democrats did to Judge Bork is nothing compared to the vicious and deceiving rhetoric being poured out by the media elite upon Mike Huckabee.
Ann Coulter calls Huckabee "Stupid." To Rush Limbaugh he is "The Huckster." Huckabee, according to Rich Lowry, is "Huckacide" for Republicans. Huckabee is the demon spawn of William Jennings Bryan according to George F. Will. And to Bob Novak, Huckabee is that dreaded evangelical whom all of the Republican elite has been worried about for decades.
Bob Novak went on Fox News to proclaim that Baptists are not supporting Huckabee. Oops, better tell all those other anti-Huckabee columnists who are claiming that ONLY the Baptists are supporting him.
Novak has reached back and found a single Baptist leader who does not support Huckabee to make the claim that Huckabee cannot even get his own people on board. Wow, that is scientific polling, isn't it. The fact of the matter is that the one leader whom Novak cites is one who was influential about a decade ago, but could not even move the needle for the candidate he endorsed in the election for the Southern Baptist Convention president two years ago.
The truth of the matter is that Huckabee has been endorsed by many of the most influential Southern Baptist leaders such as:
Zig Ziglar, Author and motivational speaker; Texas
Dr. Ronnie Floyd, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Springdale and The Church at Pinnacle Hills / Former President of the Pastor’s Conference/ Former Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention; Arkansas
Rick Scarborough, Founder and President of Vision America; Texas
Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel/ Dean of Liberty University Law School; Virginia
Dr. Jack Graham, Pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church, Former President of Southern Baptist Convention; Texas
Dr. James T. Draper Jr., Former President of Southern Baptist Convention/ Former President of Lifeway Christian Resources; Texas
Dr. Jerry Vines, Former President of Southern Baptist Convention/ Former Pastor of First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, FL / Founder of Jerry Vines Ministries; Georgia
Dr. Daniel L. Akin, President of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary; North Carolina
Dr. Jay Strack, President/ Founder of Student Leadership University, World- renowned Southern Baptist communicator and minister; Florida
Dr. Billy McCormack, Pastor of University Baptist Church/ Founding National Board Member of Christian Coalition; Louisiana
With less than five minutes of research Bob Novak would have been able to put together an extensive list of Conservative Southern Baptists who are supporting Huckabee.
Bob Novak was once a journalist and I have every belief that he could be one again if he set his mind to it. However, as it stands today he joins the cadre of the elite who are simply employing every rhetorical tool to try to Scary Mary Huckabee.
What do I mean by them trying to Scary Mary him? They are reframing every word, position, photo, and action to distort it and turn it into something it isn't. Just like in the movie trailer SCARY MARY below:
Note to Fox News: If you ever want to try to live up to the "Fair and Balanced" trademark and want a Baptist Professor to talk about what Baptists are doing or believe, rather than just a columnist who happens to know a Baptist, I could probably fit it into my schedule
