On November 17, 2007, presidential candidate Governor Mike Huckabee appeared on Fox News Sunday. The following is from Chris Wallace’s interview:

Mr. Wallace: You have got about a million dollars, Governor Romney’s got about ten million dollars. At last count you had ten staffers in Iowa, he had about 60. How are you making a race of this?

Gov. Huckabee: Well, you know, the same way the little boy fed 5,000 with two fish and five biscuits. We’ve just got a lot of people praying that what little we have will turn into much, and it has.

Right there, did Governor Huckabee equate himself with Jesus Christ?  Read more 

Oh, my sweet risen Christ. This is going to be soooo much fun. Who do you think should play the Jesus wealthy enough to afford a family crypt? McGirk is right, that’s a little pricey for a peacenik son of a carpenter who never really held a real job. And Mary- well, she has to be played by a hottie; who else could tempt the son of god down off the cross? No, I won’t make a bunch of jokes in poor taste. I’ll leave that to the fundies, whom I’m sure will be out in force if this actually makes it to the big screen. Heh. Mel doesn’t know what kind of tomb of worms he’s opened up, since making it OK to profit from your own personal interpretation of the Nazarene.