Mike Huckabee can f*** my dog (but not really because I love my dog)

Mike Huckabee may be a good person inside, but I will not rest one day until I am absolutely certain that he will not be the next president of the United States of America. This is for a few reasons:

First, Mike Huckabee is a socially conservative Republican. Thanks to Bush, Republicans are on the downturn. Conservatism is on the downturn. Truly Conservative policies are becoming more and more scarce in the world as a whole. Socially "Conservative" parties in most first-world countries are desperately trying to take up the centre, rather than continue on a path to the right. I like this. I want to see the end of true, not centre, but true right-wing conservative parties. This is just my personal opinion, so don't bother arguing with me about it. And for everyone's information, the British Conservative Party is, in my opinion, more of a centre-centre-right party under David Cameron, and so it doesn't fall under my category of parties I want to see extinct.

Second, Mike Huckabee is a Baptist Minister with a very religious attitude toward his politics.
For one very good reason, this does not sit well with me. Church and state should, on the practical level (ie, House of Commons, as opposed to House of Lords) be completely and utterly separated. No amount of "good faith" and "moral, religious views" will ever sway my opinion of this. Unfortunately, in the nation that should be the most secular of all, Religion is on the uprise in daily life AND politics. I won't say anything about people's personal lives, but their religious beliefs should mean nothing when they run for public office.
In a TV commercial advocating his candidacy, Mike Huckabee described himself as a "Christian leader" and in a more recent ad, wished the American public "Merry Christmas". What a do*che bag! There are millions of non-Christians in America who will not be having a "Merry Christmas" due to the fact that they don't celebrate it!

Third, his positions on various issues COMPLETELY disagree with my own. This, in itself, may not mean much, but, in case you don't know Mr Huckabee's opinion of things, have a look:
Mr Huckabee...
-is against Abortion, Civil Unions, and Same-Sex Marriages. MH: "There's never been a civilisation that has rewritten what marriage and family means and survived."
-believes in the Death Penalty
-is an advocate of the War in Iraq and supports the troop surge.
-believed (in 1992, when nearly as much was known about HIV/AIDS as is known now) that AIDS patients should be isolated from the general population. From an uncredited source (I know it's bad to not cite sources, but hey, this is just a blog), 'In a 1992 statement, Huckabee advocated isolating AIDS patients from the general population. In 2007, Huckabee no longer advocates such an isolation, but he stands by his earlier view, saying that in 1992 "there was still a great deal of, I think, uncertainty about just how widespread AIDS was, how it could be transmitted. So we know more now than we did in 1992, all of us do -- hopefully." However, by 1992 it was well known that HIV/AIDS could not be spread by casual contact. In the same statement, Huckabee also opposed increasing federal funding for HIV/AIDS research and suggested that Hollywood celebrities should provide additional funds instead. Huckabee now supports additional funding for HIV/AIDS research.'
-is a denier of evolution and believes in creationism. Creationism
-believes that "homosexuality is an aberrant, unnatural, and sinful lifestyle, and we now know it can pose a dangerous public health risk."
LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST....
Mr Huckabee has credited DIVINE INTERVENTION for his success in the polls. DIVINE INTERVENTION for Christ's sake! He's doing well in the polls because the polls reflect a minority of Evangelical Christians throughout the Bible Belt. When the polls reach the important states *ahem California*, he definitely will NOT be doing well in the polls. Maybe Divine Withdrawal will be responsible for that.

I hate Mike Huckabee. I want him to disappear from the media after this presidential campaign just so that I don't have to hear about him ever again.
BUT, if he does become president, I might just go join Al-Qaeda. : )
(just kidding - I would never do that)