Is Mike Huckabee Not All that Bright?
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From a brand new GQ magazine interview with Mike Huckabee, via MSNBC:
GQ: So, generally, do you think it’s fair for people to take a candidate’s theological convictions into consideration at the polling place?
Huckabee:As long as everyone gets the same scrutiny. That’s what I don’t think is fair: I’ve been given an unusual level of scrutiny. No candidate gets quizzed to the depth that I do about faith.
GQ: Really? Even Mitt Romney?
Huckabee: He hasn’t gotten nearly as much for his Mormonism as I have for being a Baptist. I mean, I’ve never heard the kind of interviews with him that I got from Bill O’Reilly or Wolf Blitzer. No one’s just kept pressing and pressing and going into the details of his doctrine. Not that I’ve heard.
GQ: In the past, being a minister was your job.
Huckabee: Okay, but are you quizzing Rudy Giuliani about being a lawyer? I haven’t been a pastor in sixteen years. I mean, if you want to go back sixteen years and ask Fred Thompson, “What were you doing?” I don’t mind; I just think that there’s—
Now, I am hardly a Mitt Romney fan. In fact, I don't like him, but come on... Huckabee thinks he's got it harder than Romney on religion? Is he serious? The guy who has campaign ads that refer to him as the "Christian Leader" and cameos by Chuck Norris now thinks the media's after his religion. Get over yourself, Huckabee.
This has got to be the dumbest thing I've read all day from him, and I've seen a lot of dumb come out of his mouth the last two days.
Huckabee, grow up and quit whining like a democrat.
definitely acts like he has a martyr complex.
Bill O'Reilly pretty much steamrolled Huck for an entire interview on the Factor, so much so that Huck didn't put the interview up on his website. Hammered him incessantly on creationism.
That is why I was incredulous Huck would run the Christian Leader ad. It is like waving the red flag in the bull pen. When I saw the ad, I figured he was going for VP for sure. But that was then.
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Redneck Hippie
No... I mean he acts like everytime some questions him, it's how he's being singled out and has the most scrutiny of anyone.
His beating hasn't even happened yet. It's starting and he makes statements like no one delves into anyone else's religion. To which you point out two things that would make people bring it up... an ad boldly declaring Huckabee a "Christian Leader" and those three words he loves to say in Iowa especially "Former Baptist Minister."
we disagree. Huck is highlighting himself as a Christian Leader. He doesn't seem to think it is fair that the lib media doesn't like it. I don't see how he could be the least bit surprised at how they choose to cover him. They're libs. It's what they do.
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Redneck Hippie
- he acts like everytime some questions him, it's how he's being singled out and has the most scrutiny
Verily I say unto you, it's the politics of piling on.
Hey, you don't suppose... nyaa.
You don't suppose he's running to be Hillary's VP, do ya?
Drink Good Coffee. You can sleep when you're dead.
I don't particularly dislike Huckabee, but there this so much stuff on him that people are just now starting to look at. Other candidates have been vetted more, just earlier in the cycle. Huckabee is a good deal of the news now, and is being vetted at the same time. Every past mistake (real or not) will be amplified by the amount of press he is getting.
I budget myself one of these per internet month:
LOL!
I suspect if you go back and count, Huckabee has had to answer more questions about faith in debates than Romney has. But actually, I think that's probably played to his strengths.
Romney has had to answer fewer questions in that format about his faith, possibly because TV people are antsy about asking an inappropriate question about the LDS, but less so about Southern Baptists. And they know Romney is an ex-businessman and Huckabee an ex-pastor, so that probably colors their questions, too.
Huck opened the door with his first official ad and how he talks about his pastorship. Romney has answered most the questions about religion in the "I have American values and do not talk about doctrines" way. Not very suprising, even his religion speech was on the same par.
I just got done watching Huck on Glenn Beck. He did a great job, but we was quoting scriptures. Not that that's bad. I rather enjoyed the references, but it's all about the doors we open.
His dumbness is what is causing him to win.
I think Mike Huckabee is pretty smart, maybe almost as smart as another guy from Arkansas who knows how to feel your pain. The dumbness of a lot of voters who fall for a con man is what's put him in the first tier. A lot of used care salesmen are bright in their own way.
Not sure where the line comes from, but it's true:
Sincerity is everything. If you can fake that you've got it made.
... deliberately ignore/sideline economic and fiscal conservatism in nominating a Republican candidate for President are going to be in for a lot of pain whether he wins or loses.
Oh, stop being such a victim. The Caesars stopped persecuting the Christians a long time ago.
Drink Good Coffee. You can sleep when you're dead.
They're almost as dumb as the gold standard, oops, I mean FairTax! kooks who think Huckabee would make any progress toward eliminating the income tax.
I think he's taking quite a bit of heat for his beliefs. Some is merited and relevant, such as when his apparent claim it's Christian to parole violent felons. But I see a good deal of just plain bashing - either directly, or indirectly by attacking his supporters.
The man is far more polarizing than Mitt. I don't think that particularly recommends him for nomination, but I don't think he's off-base to mention it.
(Disclaimer: Fred supporter, deciding between McCain and Romney for second.)
talks like a liberal and whines like a liberal...
My personal favorite was his response to a question on the NIE.
And they got worse from there.
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Redneck Hippie