Slog - Comments on Huckabee on Heteros http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros The Glorious Christian Leader's position on AIDS is indefensible (but he defends it here), he's soft on rape-and-murder (so long as you have the good sense to rape a relative of Bill Clinton's), and he's against gay marriage. Why would anyone think his position on straight marriage would be any more enlightened? From Daily Kos: Huckabee's opinion on gay marriage is out there, but we should also be publicizing Huckabee's opinions on heterosexual marriage. Specifically, what he believes about a women's role in a marriage. In August of 1998, Huckabee was one of 131 signatories to a full page USA... Copyright 2008 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:12:15 -0800 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:14:58 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fnarf Huckabee will be a great pick. People will like him because he's so gosh-darn genial, but Obama or (especially) Clinton will tear him to pieces in the debates.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870551 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870551 2008 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:22:28 -0800 Comment by Jim Demetre Sounds like Huck can count on the Mars Hill vote.

]]> Jim Demetre http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870554 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870554 2008 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:25:04 -0800 Comment by Hal Is anybody suprised by this?????????

]]> Hal http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870559 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870559 2008 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:27:06 -0800 Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me Here's my bet...

Huckabee vs. Clinton = Huckabee
Huckabee vs. Obama = Obama

(While Romney loses to either.)

]]> You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870564 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870564 2008 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:31:53 -0800 Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me ...and Rudy beats either.

]]> You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870566 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870566 2008 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:33:14 -0800 Comment by vooodooo84 There is a good scene from The West Wing where Martin Sheen gets pissed at this conservative reading of that scripture passage, claiming that when read in the proper context, husbands and wives must be subject to each other

but yeah, the economic repubs are really pissed at the evangelicals, i find it hard to imagine Huckabee winning in NH, but SC seems relatively easy.

]]> vooodooo84 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870571 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870571 2008 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:35:19 -0800 Comment by vooodooo84 @4 Huckabee seems to channel some of Bill's backwoods charisma, but none of his politics

Hilary channels his politics but none of his charisma

in a rational system this would be a no-brainer. this election just gets scarier and scarier, because i think i can guess how America would vote in this match-up

]]> vooodooo84 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870573 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870573 2008 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:38:43 -0800 Comment by Greg On behalf of my mother, my grandmother, my fiance, and myself, I'd like to give a big "fuck you" to the 1998 SBC, Mike Huckabee, and our local pastor Mark Driscoll. Thanks for fuck-all, guys. Way to do Jesus proud.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870581 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870581 2008 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:48:25 -0800 Comment by superyeadon but he's sooooo nice.

]]> superyeadon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870588 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870588 2008 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:54:43 -0800 Comment by Dianna This shit only helps him out in the primaries....just hoping it won't be forgotten for the general.

Where's the Karl Rove for the Dems?

]]> Dianna http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870591 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870591 2008 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:55:51 -0800 Comment by Big Sven Where did Jesus say the thing about wives submitting graciously to their husbands? Probably in the same book where he said anything at all about homosexuality... you know, the book made up by evangelicals...

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870601 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870601 2008 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:06:11 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Since Jesus is dead and all and isn't directly, or indirectly, communicating with his followers, how exactly do they submit to him?

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870611 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870611 2008 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:18:29 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Psh. He's got my vote.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870612 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870612 2008 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:21:47 -0800 Comment by jay Why won't people shut up about this crap? Let the man at least get nominated first.

]]> jay http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870618 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870618 2008 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:27:01 -0800 Comment by Just Me Sounds like a real man who knows how to treat his bitch!

]]> Just Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870646 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870646 2008 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:56:52 -0800 Comment by seanford I feel bad though since I still find myself having sexual fantasies about him. It's so wrong but yet it feels so right!

]]> seanford http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870719 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870719 2008 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:12:44 -0800 Comment by RainMan Romney's a Mormon, Giuliani's pro-choice, McCain is only pretending to like Bush, Fred Thompson's campaign is so half-assed one wonders if it's a joke like Colbert--finally, the fundies have found someone they can like. But will anyone else vote for him?

]]> RainMan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870738 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870738 2008 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:32:32 -0800 Comment by kim he's so scary and my independent liberal-leaning minister brother supports him because he's a minister. creepy shit! i need to send this link, thanks for posting it!

and @4, as much as i'm a hillary-loving feminist, you hit the nail on the head. i'm terrified of a hillary v. huckabee campaign. the only way she could win that is with gore as her vp. but that would just be silly.

]]> kim http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870751 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870751 2008 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:02:17 -0800 Comment by gforce sounds charming! perfect for the dumbasses that put our current mouth breather in office.

]]> gforce http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870754 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870754 2008 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:09:13 -0800 Comment by Protestant Voting Block Huckabee?? he's baptist right? you may as well elect a woman or a black...same dif.


or...errr.
hmmm???
that gentleman on law and order is still in it. right? he seems nicer than that pow guy from the last election.

]]> Protestant Voting Block http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870840 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870840 2008 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:21:39 -0800 Comment by Rotten666 There is no fucking way this asshole is going to be elected. Its too much. This guy thinks he's living in Palestine circa 30 B.C. The religious love him, but they're mentally ill.

I'm scared. Hold me.

]]> Rotten666 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870852 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870852 2008 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:13:25 -0800 Comment by Toby Separation of church and state should mean a minister can't be president.

Should. Apparently doesn't.

]]> Toby http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870853 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870853 2008 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:22:19 -0800 Comment by are you threatening me? @21: "I'm scared. Hold me."

if by "scared" you mean frightfully indignant...then maybe you need to seek professional help;

but if by "hold me" you mean, put on lube laden nuclear/chemical/or biological protective gear and sit down to a game of parcheesi as we listen to moog synth salsa punctuated by horror film soundtracks shreiks and chainsaws and eat opium filled Gefilte fish, followed by Tang and nyquil shooters, then sure I'm in, you really need to be held, my pequino munchkin.

rowrr.

]]> are you threatening me? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870855 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c870855 2008 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:32:02 -0800 Comment by Cascadian Huckabee's going to be the GOP nominee, and that's bad for the rest of us. The good news is that he doesn't have much money compared to the previous frontrunners.

As for match-ups, it's hard to say. Huckabee has a populist appeal that's probably best countered by Edwards. Obama's appeal is less populist and more directed at non-voting populations (particularly young voters), so hoping that he could get enough of them to make up for Huckabee's appeal to Reagan Democrats is a bit of a long-shot. Clinton's chances against him are harder to figure. She knows Arkansas politics and so knows him, which is an advantage. But she'll come off looking like the status quo while he'll look like the anti-Washington outsider. That's bad. In terms of electability, Hillary Clinton is the best choice against Giuliani, Romney, McCain, or Thompson. She'd kick any of their asses. But against Huckabee? I'll take Edwards.

That's the unique thing about the election this time around. Each party's decision depends upon the decision of the other party, as there's not a clear front-runner to strategize a general election choice around. The last wide-open election primary in both parties was, what, 1952? And it wasn't nearly this wide open.

]]> Cascadian http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c871149 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/huckabee_on_heteros#c871149 2008 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:14:58 -0800