@crazylikeafox Said 
If that's true then that's quite low of Huckabee. Polygamy hasn't been supported by the Mormons for 100+ years now (they had to denounce it in order to give Utah statehood, but the fact remains they don't support it anymore). Does he really think attacking Mormons is a legitimate way to compete against Romney?
I'm not sure if he really thinks it, or its just a manipulation that works. People are "afraid" of the Mormons the way they were "afraid" of the Catholics in the past. With Catholics they were afraid that the Pope would control the country, and with the Mormons the fear is that that are all really FLDS, like the people that have been raided because of marriage to underage girls.
But watch, every time he talks about the sanctity of marriage, and how gay marriage is such a bad thing for society, he throws in polygamy. Here was what I've seen on his latest book publicity.
https://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2011/02/28/huckabee-polygamy/
I've heard him do it in other places, but this was easy enough to link to, that had some transcript and video.
its the little digs, that seem almost harmless taken alone, but when you add them up they start to say something. I personally think its playing dirty, but as a political tactic its effective.
There is no reason to keep throwing polygamy in there other than to make it seem worse. Its like extreme animal rights groups that compare eating a hamburger to raping a baby. I find those type of slippery slope tactics disgusting, and I notice them
Mar 07, 2011 @ 08:24:04
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