Slog - Comments on Huckabee Takes Iowa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa NPR is projecting that Mike Huckabee has won GOP caucuses in Iowa--by eleven motherfucking points. UPDATE: Says Drudge... RESULTS: Obama 33.20; Edwards 32.09; Clinton 31.77 WINNER: Huckabee 33!; Romney 24 McCain 11 Paul 0; Thompson 17 Giuliani 0... Copyright 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:01:40 -0800 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:06:58 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Sargon Bighorn God help us all if Huck/Romney are on the ticket and, oh it hurts to think it, win the election.

]]> Sargon Bighorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887462 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887462 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:15:27 -0800 Comment by abbey Huckabee, just might be scarier than GWB. The thought of his win in Iowa makes my skin crawl.

]]> abbey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887464 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887464 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:20:35 -0800 Comment by wiseblood Jesus Fucking Christ!

]]> wiseblood http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887466 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887466 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:25:09 -0800 Comment by tsm w00t! Obama FTW.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887467 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887467 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:25:14 -0800 Comment by superyeadon Even if Huck won, I don't think Romney would be his VP. He'd need someone with "gravitas," aka "a brain."

]]> superyeadon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887468 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887468 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:25:57 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty NBC is reporting that fully HALF of the Repub voters identified themselves as "born-again Christians." That explains the Fuckabee win.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887469 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887469 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:26:01 -0800 Comment by blaire with an e And Romney just conceded. I guess I will see all you gays at AIDS Island

]]> blaire with an e http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887470 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887470 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:26:06 -0800 Comment by brad obama is taking this:

obama 35.06
edwards 31.19
clinton 30.82
1286 of 1781 reporting

right on.


http://www.iowacaucusresults.com/

]]> brad http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887471 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887471 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:26:20 -0800 Comment by tsm Huckabee is not winning the presidency. Nope. Not happening.

Which means: we might actually have a black president. Holy shit.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887474 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887474 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:28:21 -0800 Comment by seattle98104 What? The Ron Paul Revolutards couldn't take five minutes away from spamming the internet to go fucking caucus?

Laughing my ass off!

]]> seattle98104 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887476 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887476 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:28:46 -0800 Comment by Mrs. Y Freakalicious! My silver lining says this could be good. The Huck's win over Romney could mean Romney is out. If that happens then its a 3 man race; Fruity Rudy G, John McCrazy and the Huck. We can only hope that Huck crashes and burns (in hell where he belongs) and we are left with RG or JM. I could at least live in this coutry if they won the nomination.

In the meantime the Iowa caucus has done nothing to change the dynamics on the dem side (maybe hurt Edwards a little and help Obama a little)

]]> Mrs. Y http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887478 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887478 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:30:41 -0800 Comment by The CHZA More people voted for freaking Fred Thompson than Giuliani? Geez..

]]> The CHZA http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887479 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887479 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:31:03 -0800 Comment by tsm @12 - Giuliani pretty much gave up on Iowa in favor of NH.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887480 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887480 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:31:34 -0800 Comment by ellarosa schmuckabee. he's like a nightmare that came out of right field. i'll say it again: "fuckabee" is too good a name for him: bees fucking and therefore making more bees is a boon. "schmuckabee," on the other hand, is a good name for the disaster he would be as president. luckily, he's a lunatic. 23% sales tax? has anyone actually done the math yet on that idiocy?

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887483 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887483 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:33:14 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty CNN and NBC have both called it for Obama.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887488 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887488 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:35:08 -0800 Comment by Judith not defending huck, but we have a 19% sales tax here in germany. that's the least of his crazy.

]]> Judith http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887489 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887489 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:35:55 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe We're all gonna die.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887492 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887492 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:37:46 -0800 Comment by point x point synopsis no shocker about the huckster in Iowa, if he gets third or above in N.H. that could be concerning, it would show a big swell in the trailer-trash wal-mart jesus horse set, ohhh. wait, I just described much of america, but maybe they've decided to vote, they could have finally realized there's a polling booth on the way to pick up more bud light and jerry springer won't be on for another 20 minutes anyways.

]]> point x point synopsis http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887497 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887497 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:38:40 -0800 Comment by nobody in particular @13, actually Rudy gave up on NH, too -- he's hoping for a win in Florida and is running shitloads of ads there.

Dan, why, WHY do you insist on giving hits to that piece of shit Drudge?!?

]]> nobody in particular http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887514 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887514 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:50:48 -0800 Comment by oneway Crickets from ECB about Clinton's stunning performance tonight?

]]> oneway http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887518 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887518 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:56:37 -0800 Comment by ellarosa 19, thank you. i was wondering the same thing. please dan, no more douchey drudge. ignore.

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887520 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887520 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:57:58 -0800 Comment by Original Monique Fuckabee = scariest republican right now

Hold me.

]]> Original Monique http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887558 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887558 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:33:36 -0800 Comment by left coast If poor people in this country vote for a guy proposing a sales tax to replace the income tax system, I think I'm calling it a day on giving a shit. If anyone honestly thinks that's not going to bankrupt this country, they are delusional or getting a cabinet position. Are there any economist on board with that ridiculous idea?

Isn't gay guy citing Drudge sort of akin to a Jewish person driving a Mercedes or whistling Wagner?

]]> left coast http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887562 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887562 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:37:18 -0800 Comment by Original Monique "If this were a marathon, we'd only be half done..." - Huckabee speech at Iowa

OMFG, does he even know how many more states they have to go?? This is so Bushesque....I want to cry.

]]> Original Monique http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887576 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887576 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:52:03 -0800 Comment by tiptoe tommy Romney and McCain are the big losers here. The big winners are those of us who want a Democrat. We would swift boat Huckabee's ass something fierce.

]]> tiptoe tommy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887585 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887585 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:07:21 -0800 Comment by guy from next week Spoiler from next week: Huckabee will not win in NH

]]> guy from next week http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887597 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887597 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:18:32 -0800 Comment by RainMan New Hampshire will be a big test for Romney. Most people there watch the Boston TV stations and read the Boston Globe. They know the ex-Mass governor from virtual first hand experience. If Romney places anywhere below first in NH, he's toast.

The silver lining to the Huckster's win in Iowa is that if he is the nominee for the general any of the Dems can make him look like a complete dumbass in the debates. Oh wait, Kerry made a monkey out of Bush in the 2004 debates and Bush won anyway. Never mind...

]]> RainMan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887620 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887620 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:44:02 -0800 Comment by kinaidos The midwest spent a lot of effort in the 19th century driving out the wacky Mormons. They are not going to vote for one. You'd have to be an East Coast liberal to overlook is mormonism, just like you'd have to be a shriveled dowager to overlook Hilary's evident age. If she spent 1/10th the time working on her wrinkles that she has working on her spin, she'd be in a lot better shape. Her's is probably the first candidacy to be derailed by the lack of deep chemical peels.

]]> kinaidos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887624 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887624 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:49:55 -0800 Comment by catalina vel-duray Actually, if Huckabee were to win the nomination, do you think it would cause a schism amongst the wacky Christian voters?

Mormons would probably not want to vote for him after the dirty tricks he played, and what he said about Mormons.

Catholics would doubtless have a hard time voting for a Baptist minister. While things are better between the Catholics and Baptists, the old animosities lurk just below the surface.

And there are doubtless other schisms that I have no inkling of.

It would be very interesting. We might actually see Utah go blue.

]]> catalina vel-duray http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887657 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887657 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:45:01 -0800 Comment by RHETT ORACLE How the Republican conservatives hated the perceived Clinton Red-neckedness. Now they have their own Hickabee Red-neckedness, and they're 'tardedly voting for him! Like consistency? Try peanut butter.

@28 - Your political opinions will carry more weight (like an ounce) when you realize brains are more important than Estée Lauder product and blepheroplasty.

]]> RHETT ORACLE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887715 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887715 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:26:01 -0800 Comment by gnossos Okay, so now what we need is for Ron Paul to win in NH (far-fetched, I know). The Repug mainstream elite would have a fricking coronary trying to figure out what to do next.

]]> gnossos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887731 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c887731 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:55:02 -0800 Comment by butterw I'd be interested in SLOG readers rating of least horrible Republicans, that is, which of these losers would do the least damage (via corruption, eroded civil liberties, wars on foreigners, the environment and the poor, ...) if they were actually elected? My ratings are as follows:

  1. Paul
  2. Huckabee
  3. McCain
  4. Romney
  5. Guilliani

(Those not listed I don't know enough about yet to form opinion.)

]]> butterw http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c888277 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/huckabee_takes_iowa#c888277 2008 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:06:58 -0800