Slog - Comments on Brownout http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/brownout GOP Sen. Sam Brownback--once the darling of the religious right--is pulling out of the race for the Republican nomination. Can't you feel the Huckamentum?... Copyright 2008 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:35:06 -0800 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:29:39 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by arduous maybe the entrance of stephen colbert scared brownback off....

]]> arduous http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/brownout#c827773 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/brownout#c827773 2008 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:04:46 -0800 Comment by Gitai Remember, Huckabee's got one thing going for him: he's not a complete and total asshole. That really sets him apart from the rest of the pack.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/brownout#c827782 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/brownout#c827782 2008 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:18:54 -0800 Comment by arduous yeah, but that's kind of the only thing he's got going for him. aside from the fact that he used to be really fat, and now, is not.

]]> arduous http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/brownout#c827809 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/brownout#c827809 2008 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:41:54 -0800 Comment by Jim My parents are part of the religious right. A few months ago I asked them who they favored for the Republican candidate. I assumed of course that they would go for Brownback. Much to his chagrin, they had not heard of him and thought it was too early to pay attention.

]]> Jim http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/brownout#c827813 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/brownout#c827813 2008 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:46:27 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew Gitai @ 2,

Sorry Gitai, Huckabee is in fact a complete and total asshole; he's just going to be an evil fuck with a folksy grin and handshake instead of sneer, and his politics are extreme right.

He personally led Arkansas's crusade against marriage equality, domestic partnerships, adoption rights, and even the right for gay men and lesbians to be foster parents. He plays the hate card just as often as any of the Repubs.

I also strongly suspect he's going to end up the VP on the R ticket, since he can bridge the gap between the Country Club Republicans who are leaning Giuliani and the Jayzus Nuts who may be mollified temporarily by the fact that he's a Southern Baptist minister.

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/brownout#c827814 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/brownout#c827814 2008 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:49:07 -0800 Comment by Greg Maybe he just didn't like the 'Senator Bareback' comments.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/brownout#c827854 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/brownout#c827854 2008 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:15:54 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I forgot, was he one of the seven dwarves who didn't believe in evolution, or just an insane America-hating Red Bushie?

Bygones. Maybe he can have a goodbye fruity martini with outgoing Hastert.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/brownout#c827922 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/brownout#c827922 2008 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:22:15 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew Will in Seattle @ 7,

You are correct. Huckabee is proudly anti-science and anti-sanity; he rejects the theory of evolution.

Don't underestimate him, though. He excels at smarming the political media, and that's all they care about.

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/brownout#c828024 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/brownout#c828024 2008 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:51:08 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Well, if we didn't have the MSM to choose our candidates for us before we voted, we wouldn't have GWB, now would we ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/brownout#c828080 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/brownout#c828080 2008 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:29:39 -0800