Video: Huckabee gets a phone call from God

posted at 5:30 pm on November 30, 2007 by Allahpundit

Thus proving that there are indeed phone calls important enough to interrupt a speech for.

Witness Huck here at his best and worst. The clip comes from our libertarian web maestro, Mark Jaquith, who offers it as a microcosm of Huckabee’s idea of government: in Mark’s words, “one big faith-based initiative.” And yet, he pulls it off. Fluidly delivered, as always, and sprinkled with humor, it goes down as smooth as a spoonful of sugar. The rest of the GOP’s top tier all have their tics and weaknesses when debating, but I can’t find one significant flaw in Huck’s approach when he’s at the mic. We’re lucky the debates are almost finished; two or three more months of this while momentum’s starting to build and he might have run away with it.

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Why is anyone surpprised at this? Both sides are pushing the same damn crap. They are playing bad cop good cop on the entire country. Have been for years. Wake up people.

bgibbs1000 on May 7, 2013 at 6:12 PM

So Flake is for Open Borders Amnesty, higher taxes (internet), and now ready to flip and push gun control?

Is he running for RINO of the year?

DaMav on May 7, 2013 at 6:22 PM

I don’t understand the desire to die on this hill repeatedly, when the war will end in the House, which they have no control over and will most likely not pass this bill.

ButterflyDragon on May 7, 2013 at 2:21 PM

You’re kidding, right? Do you really think that John Boehnor will provide any serious opposition at all, especially when the Senate bill has the sheen of “bipartisanship” courtesy of unprincipled cowards like Flake and Ayotte (who, I’m sure, is anxious to get on board as soon as she can figure out a plausible cover story).

The house “leadership” will be all too happy to recruit most of the democrats and a minority of republicans (allowing a few inside-friends who need to appear “conservative” to vote meaninglessly against it once they’ve calculated the whip count).

Boehnor has already demonstrated by word and deed that the concept of the “Hastert Rule” is of no concern to him. Think about the significance of that: he feels no compunction against acting in direct contradiction of the expressed wishes of the majority of the members of his own party, who in turn, presumably represent the majority of the voting citizens of this country.

There is less and less reason to try to differentiate between the “Democrat” and “Republican” parties. Neither believes that We The People have any right to have a say about our own governance.

bofh on May 7, 2013 at 6:36 PM

I’d never heard of Mr. Flake but now I have. Do it Mr. Flake and you’ll be back in the private sector so quick your name will change, no? Try us on the National Stage Mr. Flake.

Tangerinesong on May 7, 2013 at 7:03 PM

If Republicans think Obamacare is a volatile issue they ain’t seen nothin’ yet. If they were to flip and pass a gun control bill through both Houses that doesn’t have say Coburn and Grassley behind it. They may as well disband. There would be no recovery.

bluesdoc70 on May 7, 2013 at 8:56 PM

Jeff Flake told CNN he is willing to reverse his opposition to expanding background checks for guns

Might just as well
pull the trigger on the one you
have pointed at your head, dumbass!

“Let’s Roll”

On Watch on May 8, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Then plant him on Boot Hill
between Marco’Pancho’Rubio
and Johnny ‘Flap Jaw’ McCain:

~~~~~~~Here Lies~~~~~~~
~~~~Jeff’pussyfoot’Flake~~~
~~~The fastest rolloverer~~~
~~~~~~in the West~~~~~~~

On Watch on May 8, 2013 at 12:30 AM

Is this guy not capable of saying NO to both?!?!

moron.

RealMc on May 8, 2013 at 7:39 AM

That argument is the same as the Left’s on late-term abortion. No one wants some sort of national registry or gun banning, however we should have a set of principles we believe in and stand by, not political positions. I like to think we are above that sort of thinking.

Tater Salad on May 7, 2013 at 12:02 PM

Read this bill proposal from Oregon (which appears dead for the moment):

http://www.leg.state.or.us/13reg/measpdf/hb3200.dir/hb3200.intro.pdf

Now tell me Mr. NRA/people should compromise, how do you argue with that? They want to ban darn near 90% of modern guns. A lever action .22 is an assault weapon? There is no compromise with these people. This is the line and no further. This showdown has been building for over 100+ years. Government vs the individual.

oryguncon on May 8, 2013 at 12:03 PM

So Flake is for Open Borders Amnesty, higher taxes (internet), and now ready to flip and push gun control?

Is he running for RINO of the year?

DaMav on May 7, 2013 at 6:22 PM

He has let the mother of all rinos, john mccain, make all his descisions.

doublee on May 8, 2013 at 12:07 PM

Flake is such a disappointment. We (Arizonan’s) need to recall his butt along with McCain.

John_G on May 9, 2013 at 12:12 PM

South Carolina sympathizes with y’all in Arizona.After all we have Lindsey Graham!

redware on May 9, 2013 at 7:26 PM

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