Though Huckabee has gotten plenty of things wrong the 'confusion' about Mormon's belief on Satan and Jesus is understandable.

Take the following excerpt from their web site: "A Savior and Leader
Was Needed When the plan for our salvation was presented to us in the
spirit world, we were so happy that we shouted for joy (see Job 38:7).
We understood that we would have to leave our heavenly home for a time.
We would not live in the presence of our heavenly parents. While we
were away from them, all of us would sin and some of us would lose our
way. Our Heavenly Father knew and loved each one of us. He knew we
would need help, so he planned a way to help us. We needed a Savior to
pay for our sins and teach us how to return to our Heavenly Father. Our
Father said, "Whom shall I send?" (Abraham 3:27). Two of our brothers
offered to help. Our oldest brother, Jesus Christ, who was then called
Jehovah, said, "Here am I, send me" (Abraham 3:27). Jesus was willing
to come to the earth, give his life for us, and take upon himself our
sins. He, like our Heavenly Father, wanted us to choose whether we
would obey Heavenly Father's commandments. He knew we must be free to
choose in order to prove ourselves worthy of exaltation. Jesus said,
"Father, thy will be done, and the glory be thine forever" (Moses 4:2).
Satan, who was called Lucifer, also came, saying, "Behold, here am I,
send me, I will be thy son, and I will redeem all mankind, that one
soul shall not be lost, and surely I will do it; wherefore give me
thine honor" (Moses 4:1). Satan wanted to force us all to do his will.
Under his plan, we would not be allowed to choose. He would take away
the freedom of choice that our Father had given us. Satan wanted to
have all the honor for our salvation." (http://www.lds.org/library/display/0,4945,11-1-13-

Jesus and Satan are spirit brothers and we were all born as
siblings in heaven to them both, (Mormon Doctrine, p. 163.)

Below are two Mormon blog sites which after a length explanation state to effect Jesus and Satan are 'spiritual' brothers, which makes it pretty confusing to me too.

http://www.lightplan...

http://onlymormon.bl...

So you raise the fee.  I still don't see how it's different from a tax.

The same logic applied to Romney's "fees" can be applied to the "taxes" Huckabee and his legislature raised.  If you've ever driven through Arkansas, you probably know they have some of the worst roads in the country.  And Arkansas rated something like 39th among states in quality of education.  Ok, he improved the roads and got the schools ranked somewhere near the top 10 and his constituents rewarded him with reelection and he left after 10 years with something like a 55% approval rating.

The metoods by which both candidates raised revenue were fair enough.  What I consider unfair is one candidate claiming the other raised taxes while taking semantic cover behind something as transparent as "fees.

Fees get passed on to the consumer just the same as school taxes get passed along to the apartment dweller through rent increases.

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"Okay, so he raised fees by $260 million per year... so then if he were
president, it would be okay with you if he raised Federal fees in a
similar way?"

If those Federal Fees did not match their costs of course! I would also know he would want to reduce their costs and eliminate any unnecessary fees. See the problem with those who do not understand economics or never ran a business they cannot comprehend how this lowers taxes.

"So, illegal aliens don't have to be deported, but they can apply for
citizenship, and presumably be granted it, and what happens to them
while we are waiting for them to get citizenship? Do they keep their
jobs? Do we prosecute their bosses for hiring them? Do we let their
kids stay in school? Do we give them Social Security benefits?"

He never said they do not have to be deported he said they can apply to be citizens. Stating things he did not say is lying. Romney wants to make sure the only ones employed are American Citizens here legally. Bosses who hired illegals would be severly fined and the illegals deport themselves. Their kids should not be allowed to stay in school and they should not get social security benefits.

"Some people believe wanting any gun laws make you pro-gun control. So what would you consider a "misuse" of a gun?"

I guess we should just be able to shoot guns off in the middle of a movie in public and wave them at kids going to school while laughing. You figure out what misuse would mean.

"So Romney is pro-diversity. But isn't that a liberal idea? Wouldn't it
be better for business if you hired the best person for the job, even
if it meant that the management of your company might consist of all
white Anglo-Saxon-protestant men?"

I agree but claiming he was for government controlled Affirmative Action is a lie.

"I did not understand the part about helping Americans to do business
with a Communist Dictatorship that doesn't allow its citizens freedom
of Religion, Press, Speech, Assembly, Unreasonable search and seizure,
or the right to life, liberty, or property. Do you think Romney wants
to do business with Cuba too?"

So your position is we should stop doing business with China? Or should we through trade agreements force them to meet our standards?

"Well... yes."

Then I support Iran everyday and don't care. I buy gas from whoever is the cheapest.

"Why would Romney say,"I feel that all people should be allowed to participate in the Boy Scouts regardless of their sexual orientation" if he is a conservative? Does he still believe this, or has he changed his mind on this too?"

Since he respects the boy scouts decisions to make it up themselves, his opinion would not change what the boyscouts do. What do you think Gays should be in society? Should we have camps for them away from the public?

"Okay, so Romney would not "personally" have an abortion, but what about
the right to life for the unborn? Clearly he did not express a right to
life position. Isn't that just a samantic cover up for being
pro-choice? Doesn't Hillary maintain that same position? Isn't that
really a liberal view of abortion?"

Well this is a legitimate position he changed on, if you do not believe he changed or think he can change anything about this well that is up to you. But the way he presents the position is not that of the Pro-Choice crowd.

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As a homeowner, I pay property taxes.  It's really a fee for the services involved with infrastructure, and it includes school taxes, which are really fees to keep schools open and running.

Why do I make that point?  Are apartment dwellers paying those infrastructure and school fees?  If a fee is what you pay for a "priviledge", should the school district be charging me school taxes/fees when I have no kids in school anymore, and not charging apartment dwellers who do?  Tell me the "priviledge I'm paying for?  I thought private property ownership was a "right".

It's my contention fees vs taxes is more government convenience than anything chiseled in stone.

We're seeing the same semantic shell game taking place in Washington.  On the one hand, letting the tax cuts lapse isn't a tax increase because it obviously requires another vote to make it permanent.  On the other it is a tax increase because its implementation demonstrated the original tax wasn't necessary.

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