Slog - Comments on Meet Mike Huckabee

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:27:31 -0800

Mike Huckabee, meet my mouth. Slurp.

Comment by New Deal Demoncrat

New Deal Demoncrat — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:27:36 -0800

Call me silly but Huckabee is going to be the Cinderella of the GOP and the big surprise. I think he will get the nomination or be second. Either way, he is going to be on the ticket for the GOP in 2008.

Comment by Mike

Mike — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:35:59 -0800

I think you've got your metaphor mixed up a bit. A sexual predator would probably be quite welcome at a Republican event.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:41:45 -0800

Screw Huckabee. Spend more time with the really crazy ones. You should ask Fur Coat Lady if she knows where the European Parliament meets (hint: not Brussels). Or pretty much anyone there about (a) torture or (b) immigrants.

Comment by Julie

Julie — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:49:54 -0800

I was really hoping there would be a picture of the sheerly-clad elderly woman. Like, sheer all over? Was she wearing undergarments? Details, details...

Comment by Tlazolteotl

Tlazolteotl — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:53:35 -0800

They have red eyes!

Get behind me, Satan!!

Comment by R.Jackson, Intern to the Stars

R.Jackson, Intern to the Stars — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:54:35 -0800

@5:
What you don't seem to understand is that I'm sparing you from having seen that poor woman, who might well have children who might have to change their names and leave the state.

(Also, someone from the event said I was making people nervous with my camera, and that I needed to stop taking everyone's photo.)

Comment by Julie

Julie — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:04:57 -0800

@7. Understandable, I guess. I didn't want to see her face or know who she was or anything. Just... you know... what type of sheer outfit, exactly, would an elderly woman wear. Same thing with fur coat lady. This sounds like it was an excellent people watching opportunity -- I'm a little jealous.

On another note, man, does the guy from movered.org look like a giant douche in that picture. Maybe it's just a bad picture, but wow.

Comment by Brendan

Brendan — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:06:54 -0800

Nice report! I hope you got Hendrik Herzberg's autograph.

Comment by Lake

Lake — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:19:08 -0800

Aww, Mr. Poe and your daddy complex.

Comment by Cascadian

Cascadian — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:08:41 -0800

Ever since I first saw Huckabee on the Daily Show, I've been worried he might get the nomination. He's the only Republican that I can see beating any of the Democrats. He oozes sincerity and folksy charm, but on the issues he might as well be Pat Robertson. I think the red eye in the photos is proof of demonic possession. Evil, and scary.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:30:31 -0800

Exactly, and his name is so presidential.

(not)

Comment by Winghunter

Winghunter — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:38:48 -0800

The following article was commented on by Mort Kondracke. Mort said that if only one-third of the accusations were true, the Hucksters candidacy is over;

The Dark Side of Mike Huckabee
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/13/huckabee/index.html

and just one more;

Poppycock!
http://www.clubforgrowth.net/

Comment by Ken

Ken — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:31:34 -0800

@13 - Yes, if a third of them were true ... but it turns out, they're not. These have been investigated over and over again. I refer you to:

http://www.mikehuckabee.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=TruthSquad.Ethics

... the one finding against him was reversed on appeal. So, this is hardly damning stuff.

So, a bunch of reporters hate him. That's hardly a shock.

As for the Club for Growth ... again, this has been refuted. 90+ tax cuts, and a reduction in overall state spending if you don't count federal pass-through. Sure, he had to raise taxes at other times ... to meet mandates. States have to do that sometimes.

Even the sainted Gov. Reagan had to ... I can only speculate that CFG would have been against him, too?

Comment by Don Ward

Don Ward — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:46:15 -0800

Dude. You name Doug Parris and list me only as a "Sound Politics blogger".
That's the last time I pretend to like ya!

Comment by Joe

Joe — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:41:37 -0800

Winghunter, and others, Huckabee responds to all of the accusations made against him in this interview with Hannity & Colmes two days ago...

Check it out:

LINK: Huckabee on Hannity & Colmes

Comment by Doug Parris

Doug Parris — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:19:17 -0800

Thanks, Ryan, for mentioning me over that Sound Politics Blogger. I know it was confusing, so just to clarify the Chaos theory,
LINK:Political Chain Reaction
Some people just have a proper sense of perspective, Don.

Comment by Dale Fitzpatrick

Dale Fitzpatrick — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:55:34 -0800

Club For Greed doesn't like him?

Somebody is really afraid of him. Remember earlier this year, before the Iowa Straw Poll, the Club for Growth spent around $100,000 on ads here slamming Huckabee when he was only polling around 1%. This same organization got a Federal Election Commission fine of $350,000 for failing to register as a political action group and failing to list its sources of contributions. (The biggest fine ever levied by the FEC)

Whether you agree fully with him or not, Huckabee is a man with a message (& not million$) and a man of character (& no consultants). I'll take someone with a solid core of principles that he's held for a long time versus a candidate who flip-flops depending on how the polls tell him to believe.