Is Huckabee really homeschool-friendly?

7 Responses to Is Huckabee really homeschool-friendly?

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   Valerie on December 10, 2007 at 12:44 pm

   Romney Tries to Defend Mormon Faith Without Explaining Beliefs, 7 December 2007, Bloomberg

   “I don’t think talking about religious freedom is going to assuage anyone’s concerns about his Mormonism,” said Michael Farris, the chancellor of Patrick Henry College, an evangelical school in Purcellville, Virginia. “The vast majority of people in the evangelical community are far more concerned about his flip-flops on abortion or that he would violate religious liberty.”

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   Valerie on December 10, 2007 at 1:08 pm

   Huckabee draws 400 in Charlotte, 7 December 2007, Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina

   Republican Mike Huckabee, riding a wave of success in recent presidential polls, drew around 400 supporters — including hundreds of home-schoolers and their children — to uptown Charlotte this morning.

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   “It looks like we have every home-schooler in North Carolina here today,” Huckabee said, just before picking up a baby in a Santa suit. “With your help, this time next year we’ll be in the transition period between the election and the (White House).”

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   “What has impressed me about him is his sincerity,” said home-schooler Kathy Failor. “While quite honestly I may not agree with him on every issue, I feel like he’s sincere. He has strong convictions. If I vote for him, I know what I’m getting.”

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   Rina Groeneveld on December 11, 2007 at 10:39 am

   Lol, is that a bit of unintentional irony on the part of the homeschooler quoted in the above comment?

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4. Corn and Oil » Interesting conversation on IL Review about Huckabee on December 13, 2007 at 8:54 am

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   Valerie on December 19, 2007 at 11:37 am

   An Open Letter To Homeschoolers, Lew Rockwell.com

   The main reason I write this letter is because there is a candidate on the Republican ticket who has been a champion of policies which would enhance the lives of any homeschooling family as well as those families who chose to send their children to public schools. That Candidate is Ron Paul. Ron Paul, unlike Mike Huckabee, will probably never receive an endorsement from the NEA. That is because Ron Paul has never pandered in his entire political career.

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   Valerie on December 19, 2007 at 11:58 am

   Huckabee Draws Support of Home-School Families, 17 December 2007, New York Times, New York, New York

   If Mr. and Mrs. Hurley have anything to say about it — and they do, being evangelical Christians who have imbued their children with the mandates of the Ten Commandments, not least the one about honoring thy father and mother — those will be five votes for Mike Huckabee.

   “Five votes — count six, if we get my son-in-law to the caucus,” said Mrs. Hurley, 47. “That’s eight votes right there, with my husband and I.”

   Politicians count sure votes at their own peril, but families like the Hurleys seem to account for a solid core of Mr. Huckabee’s support here in the final weeks before the first balloting to select a Republican nominee in the 2008 presidential election.

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   “Beyond all that, a lot of people are tired of the fact that we can’t say Merry Christmas any more, and that ‘God’ is removed from every public place,” Mrs. Hurley said. “Here’s a guy, Mike Huckabee, who comes along, and he’s not mad about anything, but he’s just saying, ‘Hey, let’s take another look at what’s happening here.’”

   Merry Christmas, everyone.

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   Valerie on December 19, 2007 at 12:05 pm

   Home-School Ties Aided Huckabee’s Iowa Rise, 17 December 2007, Washington Post, Washington, D.C.

   While early attention focused on Romney and other better-known and better-funded opponents, home-schoolers rallied to Huckabee’s cause, attracted by his faith, his politics and his decision to appoint a home-school proponent to the Arkansas board of education. They tapped a web of community and church groups that share common conservative interests, blasting them with e-mails and passing along the word about Huckabee in social settings.

   It was the endorsement by prominent national home-school advocate Michael Farris that helped propel Huckabee to a surprising second-place finish in the Iowa straw poll in August. And it was the twin sons of a home-school advocate in Oregon who helped put Huckabee in touch with television tough guy Chuck Norris, who appeared alongside him in an attention-getting TV spot and on the campaign trail.

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