Source: The Miami Herald

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/8074967.htm

On March 1, 2004 The Miami Herald published an editorial on the intersection of religion and politics, noting that Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, introducing President Bush at a recent benefit, pretended to take a phone call from God. "During the 'conversation,' Huckabee said that while he knew that the Lord couldn't take sides in a partisan way and support Bush, ''We're behind him, yes, sir, we sure are.' He also made a reference to taking care of 'family'' and 'marriage' for God." The editorial responds to the comments by requesting : "If you are a politician, don't tell me, even in a joking way, that you know what God is thinking when it comes to the November presidential election. Behind the joke is a genuinely unfunny political strategy. Despite the sanctimonious rhetoric, injecting God into American politics is not done for any high moral purpose but for the crassest of motives: to win votes."