Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee and His Bag of Jellybeans.
9 11 2009
Mike “Let’s Change the Constitution” Huckabee, one of the likely frontrunners for the GOP 2012 nomination has a book? Who knew? Well, it’s out there and it’s called “A Simple Christmas.” Huh.
Here’s where you can imagine a side-by-side book signing at some Barnes & Noble, in some backwater town, whose state has no coastline, with Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee. The time arrives. The doors open. There is a stampede, and elbowing, and screaming people holding books aloft on their way to get the coveted signature. Sporting red shirts, credit cards in hand they trample over some table that’s in the way, crushing “A Simple Christmas” and its author underfoot in a mad dash to be the first to meet…..the “Rogue.”
Poor Mike. He’s definitely feeling a bit dejected. Mild-mannered and good-natured though he is, he is also…as my grandmother would say, “jellybeans.” This was her code word for “jealous.” I don’t know if this was a common expression of her generation, or just one particular to her, but if she were ever referring to someone in the throes of this emotion, the eyebrows would raise, and later she’d make reference to the fact that SOMEone was “jellybeans.” And we’d know that this was not a good thing to allow yourself to be, never mind acting that way in front of other people.
Mike Huckabee talked to Politico recently.
“Some of the people who had excoriated me and really been very dismissive of me for views that I had taken, and labeled me anything from a populist to an ignoramus — the same people have been very defensive [of] and laudatory to Sarah Palin,” Huckabee noted, adding that he’d invited her to appear on his weekly Fox show but “could never get any contact.”
“I’m glad she’s getting the props — I know I’m not nearly as attractive,” he said with a guileless grin.
Whoa. Mike Huckabee just pointed to the GOP elephant in the room and said, “Hey, look at that giant elephant!” And all the Sarah Palin fans say, “Elephant? “ And he says, “Yes, elephant. The elephant that’s only allowed to BE in the room because it’s a nice-looking elephant. If it was an ugly old mangy-looking overweight elephant, it would have been booted out long ago, no matter what it contributed to the conversation. Heck, it never would have made it in the room in the first place!” And they can’t think of anything to say, because Mike Huckabee is a conservative and a man.
Nobody on the right has ever quite said it before, and I’m glad he did. And this is why it’s so amusing when Republicans talk about the fact that she’s gotten a bad break because she’s a woman. The only breaks she has gotten are because she is an attractive woman. Now, I’m not blaming Sarah Palin for this. She is what she is. But our society ought to be smacked upside its head, or at the very least acknowledge this kind of shallow desire to look at a shiny object, and how dangerous it can be.
So, thanks Mike Huckabee. And let me just point out that even though Mike Huckabee has said out loud what many people are thinking, if Mike Huckabee was a woman, we’d doubtless be hearing some kind of metaphor involving a cat, and people would be comparing his looks to hers. Just sayin’.
Huckabee is unceasingly pleasant and mild, even in relating his grievances. The same sense of humor is there, too. But so are an obvious frustration and a barely concealed bitterness, as well as the underlying question of whether Huckabee really wants to go through with this again or, instead, succumb fully to the showbiz side that he began polishing as a teenage disc jockey in Hope, Ark.
Gallup’s survey of Republicans found that 71 percent would consider voting for him, more than for Palin, Romney or others. The same survey found that he’s the only Republican whom even 50 percent of Americans say they think is qualified to be president.
So maybe the majority of the GOP has learned a lesson after all. They want Palin around, just as long as she’s not going to have her hand on the tiller of the ship of state, or be making any kind of decisions about the world. And Mike Huckabee can be the “serious one,” but he’d better come to terms with the fact that he is not going to win the book-signing glamor wars. He’ll be sitting in the corner with a bag of jellybeans.
November 9th, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Those concerned about religious dominionism in politics should be wary of Huckabee, who is suported by right wing religious kooks as dangerous, or more dangerous as any that have promoted Queen Esther. Plus, I think Huckabee actually believes the religious far right dogma, unlike Sarah, to whom everything, including religion, is a tool for more publicity and money.
November 9th, 2009 at 12:58 PM
Populist ignoramus
Huckabee already ran for president as “the bible-thumping candidate” only to discover that there aren’t enough evangelical votes.
Even if he is kind of goofy looking, he shouldn’t regret his god-given looks: Romney ran as “the insincere game show host” and didn’t do any better.
November 9th, 2009 at 1:00 PM
Old jellybeans hasn’t a prayer in hell of winning in the first place. You are to kind. I think old jellybeans is mean spirited. So far I see no republican on top to go against Obama yet. Put quitter Palin in and you will see how people will jump ship and move back to Obama. No one except the wackadoodles on the right will vote for her in the first place. Jellybeans won’t win either. No one wants a preacher for president. We already get enough of it from the house and senate with the republican party. You know the gang that doesn’t practice what they preach.
November 9th, 2009 at 1:15 PM
Huck’s shucks, gee, aw gosh, down-home demeanor is a facade. I hear his morning radio spot on my local station each morning and I can’t stand him. He is petty, mean spirited and unceasingly critical of anything left of his right thumb.
I see him a a dangerous presidential candidate because if you don’t bother to actually listen to his ideas, you think he’s a nice, reasonable ‘everyman’. IMHO, not so.
November 9th, 2009 at 1:16 PM
Sarah wouldn’t do Huckabee’s show because he’s not a Fox News “A” lister. Only the top shelf media wingnuts get to kiss her a$$ on TV, because Sarah has HIGH standards!
Besides, the Huckadoodle might just ask her a politically tricky question just to trip her up and get her out of his 2012 way. People in the throes of “jellybeans” have often resorted to sneaky underhanded ploys in order to extract their revenge. I wouldn’t put it past him.
November 9th, 2009 at 1:21 PM
This may be kind of O/T, but I had a small revelation while I was walking the dogs. I was thinking about all the Palinites, and how they get so hateful and militant when you try to criticize her or even just point out her inconsistencies. Then it hit me: they’re really not that stupid or ignorant. Deep down they know that she lied, disappointed them, manipulated them and yes, even betrayed them. But they can’t get mad at HER, not when they so vocally and publicly defended and supported her. So they get mad at US, because we were smart enough to see through her. We didn’t let her manipulate us and we didn’t let her break our hearts. It may be a little “pop” psychology, but it makes sense to me.
November 9th, 2009 at 1:33 PM
****holding books aloft on their way to get the coveted signature. Sporting red shirts, credit cards in hand they trample over some table that’s in the way, crushing “A Simple Christmas” and its author underfoot ***
That had me laughing really hard! I saw it played out in animated form in the style of the old 50s cartoons. It’s so, “them” !
Some really good points in this post. During the campaign I often imagined a moment of Palin turning her back to her screaming fans so that she could unzip and step out of her beauty pageant costume to reveal that she was just joshin and is , in reality, a 58 year old soft but well spoken foreign policy expert with decades of experience in many different areas of goverment and world affairs – respected by Dems & Republicans alike and very much a staunch believer in smaller goverment and prolife issues. I know for sure the cheers would have stopped, the HUSSEIN signs and Obama monkey dolls would’ve dropped to the ground and everyone would have wandered back to their trucks mumbling, “WTF ??? I’m not even going to bother to vote”.
Huckabee – he’s someone I’d like to interview. Interesting mix of bible thumper and laid back guy. Ya don’t see that too often.
November 9th, 2009 at 1:34 PM
It has been announced that she has accepted a speaking engagement. The December 5th black-tie Gridiron Club’s Winter Dinner.
Palin’s attendance at the exclusive event is put on by a group of top Washington journalists! WHAT? Is Vegas taking bets — Will she or Will she not show up!!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/06/palin-gridiron-dinner-gue_n_348715.html
November 9th, 2009 at 1:37 PM
Huckabee reminds me of a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The gift wrapping is nice but beware of the contents.
November 9th, 2009 at 1:39 PM
AKM…. your story had me thinking of something totally different when I saw the Title. As soon as I saw ‘ Jellybeans ‘ I thought Sarah must have invoked the thoughts of the ” Ghost of Christmas Past ” ( Ronald Reagan )…. AGAIN.
Ronnie was the one who loved His ” Jelly Belly ” Jellybeans and brought them to the White House and made them famous.
Light bulb moment: As a tribute to ” The Ghost ” maybe $arah should bring back his memory… and His Jelly beans by giving away a bag of ” Jelly Belly’s” with each Book at her book signing. Something else to stick into that Christmas stocking this year.
( I’ll bet she would request bags without the Black Jelly beans as well )
That’s because those are the cursed satanic Obama beans.
Huckabee… Hmmm…? Are you suggesting that Huckster will show up in red Monkey Pumps and a skirt to attract Voters if he decides to run again.
He did the research. THAT’s what attracts the GOP Voters.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ (Those are Jelly beans lined up )
BTW: If you are fascinated with or like jelly beans ” Jelly Belly” makes some very ‘ unique ‘ flavors and comes out with New varieties like Ben & Jerry will do with their ice cream. Their website is very interesting.
You might even find a Flavor that you a friend or relative loves and would want to order some as a Christmas gift…. or a gag maybe.
Don’t know what ’shipping ‘ would cost you…. but check them out.
http://www.jellybelly.com/
November 9th, 2009 at 1:43 PM
We in the GOP call him ‘huckles the clown’. Yes, he is quite jelous of Palin’s ‘looks’ (every see his wife?) and of Mitt Romney’s hard work to have made megga millions.
November 9th, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Iaprofesora,
I have dogs too and when walking them brings me unexpected insights, I lovingly refer to it as “poop” psychology.
To your point, I say the Palinistas are willfully ignorant, they’re stupid ON PURPOSE. She appeals to their baser nature with her hateful rhetoric. But she can disguise it by being semi-attractive and sounding religiously oriented. They LOVE the disguise, they KNOW it’s a disguise, but they play along anyway.
These are the same folks who saw Bush on that aircraft carrier playing dress-up and claimed he was a fighter pilot for real.
November 9th, 2009 at 1:59 PM
Well Huckabee has a dark side as well.
He has some very disturbing dominionist beliefs of his own.
He is not “Sarah Palin” scary, but I would still not turn my back on him.
November 9th, 2009 at 1:59 PM
Guess he likes his women where they belong: in the kitchen “fryin’ up some squirrel in his popcorn popper” too. They truly are two of the most vile people on the face of the planet in my opinion. I suppose it would be fun to watch them slug it out in a bookstore though.
November 9th, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Mikey is launching preemptive strikes on Sarah. He is smart enough to know that she can’t be given a free pass to a presidential bid. I think Sarah has a lock on the congenitally insane teabaggers, but there are other goofballs who Huckabee thinks he can court.
If Sarah can’t stand a few bloggers – no offense Alaska bloggers, you rock – how is she going to stand a rival gettin’ all in her business? It won’t be long until the claws come out.
November 9th, 2009 at 2:32 PM
iaprofesora: You may be on to something with their denial of the truth. They keep accusing us of envy because SP is “hot.” I don’t think they have any clue as to how we could act and think the way we do. (Maybe the key word there is “think.”)
November 9th, 2009 at 2:43 PM
Palin’s claws never seem to retract. If she isn’t calling her opponent a terrorist then she’s accusing anyone in support of fixing American’s health care system as supporting “Death Panels” who want nothing more than to pull the plug on Grandpa. She fuels the fires of hatred by embracing the “In God We Trust” conspiracy, and calls the media evil every chance she gets even while she is preparing to join the media elites at the Gridion Dinner. And who can ever forget all the unsuspecting members of her own party who got in the way of her fame and fortune (that’s got to be a long list). I can’t wait until she lets something mean slip about John or Megan McCain; as soon as she see the political advantage in doing so, she will. She has the loyalty of a piranha.
November 9th, 2009 at 2:46 PM
Glenn Beckkk has a book out too! A Christmas Sweater (or something like that) is the title. All three of them, scarah, huckster and Beckkk on book tours – what a nightmare. Amazon will soon offer all three for $9.99 or FREE with purchase of newsmax.
With all the issues I have re Reagan (the REAL jelly bean king), at least he was LIKABLE – scarah ain’t no Reagan.
November 9th, 2009 at 2:56 PM
After running for pres. in 2008, Huckabee has a major advantage over any newcomer (and since Sarah wasn’t running the campaign, her VP running experience does not qualify her – she will be a ‘newcomer’)
Huckabee has more experience getting campaign donations on a national scale, he’s had more time to hone and consolidate his views (not that I agree with all or perhaps even most of them) and more importantly, he’s had experience facing more of the real press, and he has charmed people on the talk show circuits. He comes across pretty well on the late nights – Leno, Letterman, Conan, Ferguson …
Oh, has Sarah agreed to go on those shows? No? Guess what Sarah, like it or not, if you want to be the President, you CAN NOT AVOID the late night talk shows.
If you can not stand up to a few questions from talk show host entertainers, why would we think you could be tough with Putin, Kim Jong-Il, Akmadinajad (with all apologies for my pathetic spelling)?
Sarah’s Waterloo for becoming President (if she is even thinking about trying – I’m not convinced she is) would be that she cannot avoid the interviews and scrutiny for the reasons I said, but if she subjects herself to them, they will reveal her for the vacuous and shallow, sound-byte-regurgitator, other-people’s speeches-stealing-person she is.
Why any thinking person in America did not get that she was completely unqualified for such a high office as VP from the Gibson interview, Couric interview, and VP debate, is beyond me. It takes three times to see something to establish a pattern (I call it The Cinderella Principal). Sure, we can give someone a break if something happens randomly, once (Gibson’s “The Bush Doctrine” question”). We can sympathize.
But then when that’s followed up by someone who cannot just tell an interviewer what they read – “Really” Can’t even say “Field & Stream” Really?” and actually saying you’re not going to answer the questions asked at the debate – that’s not mavericky, that’s showing ignorance, and fear.
Not what I want in a President!
November 9th, 2009 at 3:09 PM
laprofesora Says:
This may be kind of O/T, but I had a small revelation while I was walking the dogs. I was thinking about all the Palinites, and how they get so hateful and militant when you try to criticize her or even just point out her inconsistencies. Then it hit me: they’re really not that stupid or ignorant. Deep down they know that she lied, disappointed them, manipulated them and yes, even betrayed them. But they can’t get mad at HER, not when they so vocally and publicly defended and supported her___________________
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Yes, it makes sense. It’s called Cognitive Dissonance. Once someone holds a belief, they will listen to information that supports their belief and avoid any information that may be different than their belief or actions. It’s too uncomfortable. A somewhat distant example is the “quit smoking” ads. They don’t work well because they have found that most smokers change the channel or leave the room when the information comes on that creates discomfort inside—smoking kills ya’. So, rather than face the truth, they avoid the truth.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:13 PM
Sounds like he may only be eating the green ones – with envy.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:29 PM
I found this interesting. This is today’s poll at the Frontiersman in the valley.
Reader’s Poll
Do you plan on reading Sarah Palin’s memoir “Going Rogue?”
I have already preorded the book.
(3 Votes, 5%)
I plan on waiting in line the first day it comes out.
(1 Votes, 2%)
I’ll get it once the crowds thin out.
(4 Votes, 6%)
I’ll wait for the paperback.
(4 Votes, 6%)
I’ll read it, but only if someone loans me their copy.
(7 Votes, 11%)
I will never read that book.
(45 Votes, 70%)
November 9th, 2009 at 3:38 PM
mom_in_wasilla–WOW, those are some interesting results…!
November 9th, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Lol! I am one of the 45 that voted will never read it.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:51 PM
If Sarah is planning on running for President, besides the regular media demands that she will face and the public demands that she be unscripted on hundreds of occassions, she will learn the meaning of transparency. She will have to show all tax records, all medical records (not a one and half page note from her doctor), and all her school records. If she did or didn’t inhale–the public wants to know; if her first child was conceived before she was married, the public will think it’s their business. Her time and her life will no longer be her own private domain. There will be nothing left untold about Sarah Heath Palin the moment she announces her candidacy. Talk about vetting…she ain’t seen nothing yet. If it wasn’t for the embarrassment to the country, I almost wish she’d declare her desire to run just to watch her try to wriggle out of the scrutiny.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:53 PM
I love it!
I’m a piece of 70% …I will never read that book
I absolutely love the tacky “I’ll get it once the crowds thin out!!, that was tempting for me,also too, mom_in_wasilla…good show!
November 9th, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Huck might have the jellybeans, but who has the video? As in the Carrie video… you know, that Palin supported XXX Carried type video? LOL Palin must have made one at some time…
November 9th, 2009 at 5:09 PM
Lets face it. Palin ISN’T running for POTUS, EVER, she’s here for the $$$$$$$$$.
November 9th, 2009 at 5:14 PM
FYI: from the DAVID FRUM forum:
Saint Sarah by Napoleon Linardatos
The sole legitimizing force behind Sarah Palin is the persecution that her supporters perceive that she is subjected to. It’s a movement – if we could call it that – animated by its sense of victimhood.
The quantity and ferocity of criticism directed at Palin, right or wrong, is the ultimate arbiter of her worth as a political figure; what she has done, what she promised to do, what she could do, don’t seem to matter.
And so it is with Matthew Continetti’s “The Palin Persuasion”, an essay of more than 4,700 words trying to make the case for Sarah Palin in American politics.
It’s extraordinary that in this long essay we don’t have any arguments for Sarah Palin emanating from things that Sarah Palin has done. After more than a year in the national political stage, the dynamism of the Palin phenomenon is entirely dependent on the convulsions it generates in the two extremes of the political spectrum.
It is very telling that her record as governor of Alaska gets only scant mention….
November 9th, 2009 at 5:40 PM
If Huckadoodles were a jelly bean flavor, what flavor would he be?
My vote is on the booger flavor.
November 9th, 2009 at 5:48 PM
OMG@25: Oh, no, Scarah doesn’t think those rules apply to her. She’s special, don’cha know. I believe she fully believes she’s so charming that she can get away with anything with a wink-wink. I look forward to the day I boot up my computer and finally see the big scandal that takes her down…
November 9th, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Three questions for Huckleberry about changing the Constitution, I think its called Amending Huck, to include God.
First, “Changing” the Constitution generally refers to the laws or Amendments that follow opening statements, called the Preamble Huck, that explains the purpose of the document.
Is it even Constitutional for the Legislative branch to amend the preamble?
Second, for about 20 years now my brother has griped about prayer not being allowed in public school. When I say OK but whose prayer are you going to allow? There is not reply.
The right has been trying to force prayers on everybody they can think of but they still can’t answer the question. Whose prayer?
Some group is always going to be offended, by some other groups version.
Huckleberry wants to drag that issue into the Constitution, alright, but whose God? And what exactly is “God’s Standard” The Puritan’s, CofE, Catholic, Huron’s, Apache’s, Southern Baptists, Muslims, Jews, Morman’s, or any of several dozen other versions of a deity or deities?
That plane is so overloaded it will collapse under its own weight before it gets half way down the runway, much less ever fly.
Third question: Being a Christian, my God is a spirit, who exactly is your “living” God? Or is that just a really nice phrase you’ve learned to parrot and have no idea what it means.
I can think of a few answers myself, but I’m curious if Huck has any coherent notions.
November 9th, 2009 at 5:59 PM
AKM, I agree but also disagree with this statement, “Now, I’m not blaming Sarah Palin for this. She is what she is. But our society ought to be smacked upside its head, or at the very least acknowledge this kind of shallow desire to look at a shiny object”………
I’ll add,
Yes, we can’t blame Palin for her looks, but she is responsible for her actions that may be (in part) because of her looks. I believe that Palin has skirted by in life because she is good looking. So, she never had to really apply herself in school or in life. She discovered that people gave her breaks because she is attractive (to some people) and she used her looks to “progress forward”. She could have made other choices like studying hard, applying herself, not being a quitter,not trying to get by on her looks, etc.
But, SHE picked another path. She needs to own that (as Oprah would say). She was the mean high school girl who got what she wanted, and she has morphed into a mean adult who, also too, seems to get what she wants by using her looks as a replacement for critical thinking and actual accomplishments. Yes, our society should be smacked upside the head. But, I know some very attractive people who worked hard because they didn’t want to just rely on their looks to get ahead.
Life is all about choices and, remember, it was her choice to pose for America’s hottest Governor magazine cover shots. She could of said Thanks, but no thanks and then rolled up her sleeves and got busy working for the citizens of Alaska. But she didn’t.
She loved the attention and soon, the bright lights and the cheering crowds made their “higher calling” to her. Off she went to seek fame and fortune and the love of the crowd.
All her choices.
November 9th, 2009 at 6:04 PM
he smiles and plays the bass. all the while wondering how he can get his version of Jesus elected. And he is way smarter and way more stable than what’s- her-farce. Beware the huckster.
November 9th, 2009 at 6:05 PM
18 Lori in Los Angeles Says:
November 9th, 2009 at 2:46 PM
Glenn Beckkk has a book out too! A Christmas Sweater (or something like that) is the title. All three of them, scarah, huckster and Beckkk on book tours – what a nightmare. Amazon will soon offer all three for $9.99 or FREE with purchase of newsmax.
The book is already offered free with some subscriptions. And the A Bridged version is already half price on Amazon. Was $29.99 now $15.97 presale. Ok not quite half.
Does putting the price down, instead of up, “presale” mean they’re not sure that they might not get stuck with a lot of their early bulk buy?
November 9th, 2009 at 6:21 PM
22 mom_in_wasilla Says:
What a beautiful poll. And that’s from her own back yard.
Sarah keeps dumping on her former supporters. She just can’t survive if she continues to continue that pattern.
She might get a third party going that could out Mongrel the Blue Dogs, but she needs more than the rabid right to get any further. My opinion, she’ll get the third party and then the trillionaire white guys will take her toy away from her and keep it for themselves.
November 9th, 2009 at 6:27 PM
Oops A Bridged cassette CD.
November 9th, 2009 at 6:50 PM
Updated poll results from Frontiersman:
Reader’s Poll
Do you plan on reading Sarah Palin’s memoir “Going Rogue?”
I have already preorded the book.
(11 Votes, 10%)
I plan on waiting in line the first day it comes out.
(3 Votes, 3%)
I’ll get it once the crowds thin out.
(9 Votes, 8%)
I’ll wait for the paperback.
(5 Votes, 5%)
I’ll read it, but only if someone loans me their copy.
(11 Votes, 10%)
I will never read that book.
(70 Votes, 64%)
Also, same site- Sarah is back on Twitter: callsign SarahPalinUSA.
November 9th, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Paula,
I think Tundra Twitter has a snowball’s chance in you-know-where of becoming president, but she is so vain that I think she wants it more than anything. To her it is the ultimate beauty pageant, and we all know that she has her fancy pageant walkin’ down.
She is definitely motivated by greed, but I think her narcissism trumps her greed. Too bad for her that her stupidity trumps both her greed and her vanity.
November 9th, 2009 at 7:33 PM
I wouldn’t trust huckabee as far as I could throw him after his not so funny joke about a gunshot.IMO he would have been the first to hit the floor. I lost all respect for the man after that..Romney has to much money he can buy his way in and we don’t need that. I though Pawlenty would be ok till he went with palin and beckmann nut balls.all three of these men want to bring their religion into the whitehouse and IMO make it the religion of choice and there goes freedom of religion
November 9th, 2009 at 7:56 PM
@jojobo1
…and their religion means freedom from science and education. True education, not propaganda and proselytizing.
November 9th, 2009 at 8:12 PM
(*need an edit button-to finish my half-baked thoughts)
@jojobo1
…I believe that those 3, and Palin, by calling educated people elitist would continue and increase the devaluing of intelligence. The current atmosphere has already made the meaning of the word education ‘fuzzy.’ Political and religious propaganda encourages the changing of word definitions in order to create new and self-serving ‘truths’ to further political and religious agendas. As the daughter of educators, this is really how I see this ‘right’ vs. ‘left’ struggle stacking up. Whenever anyone demeans an educated person as elitist, or a book (for whatever reason), or the arts; or when someone (or a group, or an administration) denies scientific fact, I see red, and I see danger. We have got to support public education and insist that our students be taught to THINK.
November 9th, 2009 at 8:21 PM
It wasn’t too long ago that Huckabee made a sneering remark about President Obama’s new church. Being a preacher, he should know that we do have freedom of religion in this country. I wouldn’t trust him across the street. Maybe not like Palin, but “slick”. Some of the people that he has on his show make me ill.
November 9th, 2009 at 8:28 PM
11~Mubug ~ Huckels the clown..good one..i always called him “gomer”
He’s another one that needs to be watched…I don’t trust him…
November 9th, 2009 at 11:30 PM
There’s been a lot said on this post regarding SP’s looks. Made me think about someone who asked “Would we be paying this much attention to SP if she looked like Golda Maier? (Or Madeline Allbright?) Shame on us as a nation for not digging beneath the skin, and seeing only what is on the surface. (Except for us mudpuppies, of course!)
November 10th, 2009 at 4:03 AM
While I wouldn’t vote for Huckabee for President, unless the candidate from the other party were as ignorant as Sarah Palin, I did vote for him as Governor of Arkansas (while also voting for Clinton, Gore and Kerry for Pres).
Mike didn’t run the state as a right wingnut. He governed from the center, was well liked and respected. When everyone was picking Clinton’s bones clean, Mike wouldn’t do it. He was very respectful of Bill and Hillary and thought the matter (affair) should be a personal issue.
The last year or two of his Governorship we began to see a difference in how he governed. I suppose he was getting the idea of a national run and he tried to beef up his right wing support.
In reality though, Mike is not a wingnut, this is a persona he has created for the national spotlight. While he is a minister, has deep religous convictions and beliefs, he didn’t govern that way. In fact he ticked the right wing off quite abit in Arkansas.
He gave our state childrens medical coverage, beyond medi-caid, called ARkidsfirst, he pushed it, he sold it and he won it. He tries to run from that fact now. Mike also has always defended illegal immigrants, until his run for Pres………. It makes me sick he changed his tune on these issues but I know it isn’t what he actually believes. I would never vote for him for that reason (I always seem to vote Dem for Pres) but I will say, he is far more compassionate and “real” than Sarah Palin and probably the rest of the men who will be running.
Actually, I would go so far as to say, his convictions are real, not pretended, yes he is pro-life, no he would never deny a child full medical coverage, he wouldn’t jail an illegal immigrant, or probably put up a fence on the border.
Well didn’t mean to defend him that much, how-ever, there is no comparison between Mike and Sarah Palin, NONE. If there were a choice between them, Mike at least has sense, education, morals, decency, REAL compassion, and some knowledge.
November 10th, 2009 at 5:15 AM
Angela – thanks for that insight into Huckabee. I can’t help but compare him and Romney to SP. Both those men seem to have been good governors, and, I believe, would be more centrist as a president than a right wing wingnut. And, for the life of me, I can’t see what all the brough-ha-ha is about when folks bring up that Romney is a Mormon. Having lived through the Kennedy scare, when “if you vote for him, the Pope will rule the US” mentality, I thought we had gotten over that. Now, what does scare me, really, really scare me, is the right-wing conservative Christians.
November 10th, 2009 at 2:51 PM
Huckabee is sure to run, so it is good to hear more about him as Governor and then as Presidential candidate. It seems like the Presidential election just happened, ande before we know it, we’ll be in the thick of the 2012 campaign.