Metamucil, huh? Fred responds to Huckabee; Update: Huck defends Metamucil joke
posted at 10:13 am on January 12, 2008 by Bryan
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In which Mike Huckabee earns a second bear mauling. This is from Friday’s Mark Levin Show.
Fred’s campaign has hauled in over $800k in the past couple of days. He’s doing something right.
Update: “I could see him staring down our enemies.”
Update (AP): Revenge at last for Mornin’ Joe’s “work the pole” crack — Jeri versus Scarborough.
Update (AP): Huck 1, Fred 0!
“You have to understand the context of the show….It’s not quite as irreverent as Imus…not quite Stephen Colbert but it’s serious topics with an edge.”
“I really do believe if people can’t have some sense of humor as they approach this stuff, then it causes everybody to be so locked down and consultant driven that their campaigns become so boring because all they’re going to do is give this robotic answer to everything that’s very carefully scripted. I promise you, you won’t have moments like this,” Huckabee said, gesturing to the handful of reporters that had gathered around him for an on-the-record conversation that would last about 40 minutes…
“If I thought I couldn’t be a human being. That I gotta wait till six handlers tell me what I can and can’t say and I have to read it, you know, it’s not worth it.”
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Fred v. Huck
Atticus Finch v. Alfalfa
yo on January 12, 2008 at 5:08 PM
I didn’t say presidential experience. I said executive experience. Something Fred has none of and Mitt has tons of.
But lets work on that religious gibot Huck and his ignorant evangelical followers who support him because of his religion. Most evangelicals are rational decent people and they are already on the anti-Huckster train, so lets work together and save this country from the “Christian Leader” candidate.
csdeven on January 12, 2008 at 5:09 PM
Good 1 yo!
silverfox on January 12, 2008 at 5:47 PM
Go, Fred, go!
Spolitics on January 12, 2008 at 5:49 PM
Gorbachev said he was awestruck by how Reagan was almost “in communion” with the American people. I don’t think “executive experience,” while an admirable asset, has anything to do with that kind of leadership by example. Gore and Kerry failed that test. Hopefully Hill and Huck will, too. Who wins that test?
silverfox on January 12, 2008 at 5:55 PM
These split comment pages suck. Even LGF still puts everything on one page and they regularly get 1000+
Baraka on January 12, 2008 at 6:10 PM
These split comment pages suck
Baraka on January 12, 2008
maynila on January 12, 2008 at 6:25 PM
Whoah, backup! This here ain’t no democracy! (It’s so cute when they do that.)
geckomon on January 12, 2008 at 6:31 PM
Huckster classy as always. It is a shame that Iowa let him get a win under his belt via his religious hatred tactics. Now, the Huckster’s campaign is busy calling every evangelical church in Michigan. Again classy.
http://www.politico.com/static/PPM43_080110_mich_huckabee.html
joncoltonis on January 12, 2008 at 6:36 PM
YES, I do have a bit of a headache now that you mention it.
Um…let’s see here. What did Fred do in those 8 years in Government??? Uh huh. (tap tap tap taptaptap) Mmm hmm. (tap tap tap taptaptap). I’m waiting… c ‘mon… let’s hear it. Pssst! Here’s a tip. The list ain’t half as long as the one he used to slander a fellow conservative Huckabee who could very well be more of a conservative than he is with.
Oh, yeah, the other thing: Why didn’t huck attack Fred back you ask? One word: Class. Second word: Metamucil.
apacalyps on January 12, 2008 at 6:55 PM
Yeah, you can always tell who the true conservative in the race is – the one with the NEA endorsement. LOL
joncoltonis on January 12, 2008 at 6:59 PM
Fred has a highly disciplined approache that looks at the following things (1) Is the action by the Federal Government constitutional under the circumstances? (2) Should this action be left to the states (3) Is any kind of action better than inaction? There are other criteria, he goes through them EVERY time.
By asking the question about what Fred did you betray your trust in the activist government. We have too many laws already. We need a guy who wants to cut the government to the bone other than the military which should be dramatically increased.
The lier and panderer Huck stands for the opposite. Support Fred, not the Goober-nator.
Igor R. on January 12, 2008 at 6:59 PM
Does anyone think Fred will last past SC? It doesn’t look good for him.
froghat on January 12, 2008 at 7:12 PM
Is that the same type of question that Huck likes to ask “Does anyone know if the Mormons think that Jesus and Lucifer are brothers?”
Are you a passive-aggressive, “hate everyone but look like you love them” Huck type?
Igor R. on January 12, 2008 at 7:18 PM
He did attack back, with the clever little quip you just mentioned. Mitt and Fred go after Huckabee’s record, he goes after Mitt’s religion and snidely cuts Fred down.
Huckabee needs to defend his record, not deny it. It’s documented. It happened. Tax increases happened. Opposition to school vouchers happened. Wayne Dumond happened. Ethics investigations and censures happened.
He needs to explain his conversions, not refuse to admit that they are conversions. He needs to-the-point speeches on policy, not one-liners. You should write a letter to his campaign and let him know that unles he does this, fiscal conservatives will not come over to his candidacy. You do want him to win, right?
joewm315 on January 12, 2008 at 7:21 PM
Heck, ask AP how much he needs to upgrade the system and write him a check. I’m not gonna complain because I get to associate with some pretty decent folks and it doesn’t cost me a dime.
csdeven on January 12, 2008 at 7:27 PM
As long as Huck doesn’t, I don’t care. Fred can be dealt with later, and Huck has to be dispatched right now.
csdeven on January 12, 2008 at 7:28 PM
Mike Huckabee did attack Fred, with the clever little quip you just mentioned. Mitt and Fred go after Huckabee’s documented political record, Huck goes after Mitt’s religion and cuts Fred down with a snide quip.
Mike Huckabee needs to defend his record, not deny it happened and change the subject with a joke. Mike Huckabee needs to explain his conversions, not deny that they are conversions.
Huckabee’s record is real. Tax increses happened. Opposition to school vouchers happened. The support for a smoking ban happened. Wayne Dumond happened. Ethics investigations and censures happened..
Unless he defends these charges and makes fiscal conservatives feel good about his conversions, he will not win their support. You should write him and let him know this. You do want him to win, don’t you?
joewm315 on January 12, 2008 at 7:29 PM
Plenty. You just seem to want to immediately dismiss participation in a major legislative body. Not everyone needs to be part of an Executive branch of gov’t. And not every legislator needs to author a bill!
slander: the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person’s reputation.
What did Fred! say that was false? How can factual statements and coherent analysis be considered damaging to a person’s reputation? People abuse the English language far too often these days. I’m no cunning linguist myself, but I understand the proper definition of terms like slander and libel.
Sheesh.
HebrewToYou on January 12, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Fred is a dream candidate that comes around once in a hundred years. He is better than Reagan because he is smarter and more consistent. Maybe he doesn’t connect with voters as reliably, but that’s just about getting elected.
Igor R. on January 12, 2008 at 7:32 PM
Huck never had fiscal or any kind of conservatives on his side besides the “your worth is measured by how often you say ‘Jesus’” crowd. Oh year and he winks and smiles and plays the guitar (or “bass” as his ardent supporters are quick to correct) so there are some who get attracted by that too.
He is basically a preacher who draws you into the church by light-hearted behavior and a sense of acceptance. If he wasn’t a lying and pandering piece of liberal crap, that would be fine.
Igor R. on January 12, 2008 at 7:50 PM
New Fred Thompson goal: $1million by Jan 14
bnelson44 on January 12, 2008 at 8:36 PM
Some of you keep putting forth that same old rhetoric spewed from the mouths of the GOP elite which is that Huckabee’s “too liberal” or his “religious thinking negatively effects his ability to make proper decisions, notably on the border, big vs. small gov’t, spending, entitlements and crime, blah blah, blah…”
What you have stated is one-sided at best, and falsehoods at worst. Tip: A two-sided statement is more respected by the general public than just spewing what you have read on anti-ANYTHING.
I’m sooooooo tired of this straw man argument the anti-Huckabee crowd like to build up and then knock down as if what they are reporting in any way resembles Huck’s record.
Look people, Fred Thompson may be a very nice man I have nothing against him personally, honestly, but he is a CAREER POLITICIAN. He’s not going to change anything. He is part of the establishment! The same old. Think about. HELLO!!
Bottom line – The best candidate for the Republican nomination is Huckabee — a true conservative, a man of honor, pro-life, pro-gun rights, less taxes, securing the borders, fighting terrorism, etc., etc.
A Whole New Race – Switch to Huckabee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3BMNKqzYHc
Sure could use an emoticon right now.
apacalyps on January 12, 2008 at 8:55 PM
AP gets some “love” over at Riehl World View.
wccawa on January 12, 2008 at 8:58 PM
And you’re gonna get one from Huck. Fortunately for the rest of us, we’re not going down that path with you.
You are blind to everything but Huck, and you are totally, completely full of crap. Just like Huck.
I suggest you start reading white papers before it’s too late, bub.
wccawa on January 12, 2008 at 9:02 PM
Huckabee’s not?
And, a man of honor would address the attacks against him (preferably at the time they occurred). Not scamper off to the enemy’s camp to crack-wise about his attacker.
That smacks of p*ssy, to me.
Bottom line – Alfalfa’s better suited running whatever the hell Arkansas is, not the entire country.
yo on January 12, 2008 at 9:07 PM
There isn’t another side to the issue of Huckabee working to elect Democrats. You are ignoring reality. Huckabee is no conservative; he’s not even a Republican. He is a Pro-Life Democrat who owns a rifle.
HebrewToYou on January 12, 2008 at 9:09 PM
So Huckabee didn’t get the NEA endorsement? What about the part on the NEA website where it says that they endorse him? Is that another lie?
joncoltonis on January 12, 2008 at 10:36 PM
Do you deny Huckster’s multitude of pardons? That his in-state tuition plan included children of illegal iimmigrants? That he supported extensive tax increases?
These are clearly not conservative positions. They are defensible positions in a variety of reasons, but are not fundamentally conservative.
michaelo on January 12, 2008 at 10:49 PM
You’re just a Huckster shill. You add nothing to the debate. Other people here have their favorites but they at least have rational arguments for them. You sound like a toy doll quoting nonspecific, boilerplate talking points, without even attempting to understand what people are telling you.
a capella on January 13, 2008 at 12:48 AM
Visualize a Huckabee administration. Imagine Amnesty, bi-partisanship on healthcare, a race about who will increase the taxes faster, damaging dealings with foreign leaders by a totally clueless dimwit, passionate advocacy of Global Warming, Federal Government getting into personal spending habits, quick abandonment of the FairTax because there is not political support for it and it doesn’t make sense unless there is a constitutional amendment to outlaw the income tax. Lots of talk about Jesus but not particular action. Yes, a useless and damaging but active Federal Government. Is that Conservative these days?
Igor R. on January 13, 2008 at 1:21 AM
Does it fit here too?
geckomon on January 13, 2008 at 1:35 AM
Does it fit here too?
geckomon on January 13, 2008 at 1:35 AM
Igor R. on January 13, 2008 at 2:00 AM
I might agree with some of that, but being elected is what it is all about. Fred helped himself a lot a the debate, but he’s got to start using the media and the process to his advantage.
csdeven on January 13, 2008 at 2:08 AM
So how many years did Fred Serve in congress (you didn’t mention that? Uh I believe it was seven years? yes thats about correct) Uh and he’s running while he is still in office…er no. How long has Huckabee been in politics 1993-2007?… uh , why thats twice as long as FRED imagine that. And those nasty 14 ethics complaints…nasty business that was. Huckabee record Now tell me who is part of the liberal, polital , establishment that goes so much AGAINST what our founding fathers wrote, believed and practiced!
RedLizard64 on January 13, 2008 at 2:36 AM
EGADS!!! I have loved Captain America in the 20th century for Truth, Justice, and the American way…you’re even better in th 21st century Captain!~
RedLizard64 on January 13, 2008 at 2:42 AM
Is it TRUE?
While Fred Thompson was Senator, the Ultimate Fighting Championship lost viewers to C-SPAN?…hmmmm
That Huckbee’s wifes maiden name was McCain?…hmmm
That in the Spirit of Davy Crockett that Fred Thompsons favorite toy as a kid was electrified barbed wire tied to a grizzley bahr and that he believes congress doesn’t have the right to “steal” money from some citizens to dole it out to others.
That Fred Thompsons email recording goes something like this…”How dare you try and disturb me! I’m not here right now; instead I’m behind you with a shotgun and you won’t live to hear the sound of the beep?”
That Harry Reid once got a black eye from a memory of Fred Thompson?
RedLizard64 on January 13, 2008 at 2:52 AM
Human Events has endorsed Thompson:
“The 2008 presidential election is the most unusual and most important in many years.”
silverfox on January 13, 2008 at 3:32 AM
fourstringfuror on January 12, 2008 at 3:17 PM
Every time I see or hear Mrs. Thompson she is gracious, articulate and has a great handle on current events and her husbands policies. The few times I’ve seen Mrs. Huckabee she just gushes about how great her husband is and agrees with whatever he says. She is not as comfortable in the limelight. Mrs. Thompson is just more poised, a better representative for the U.S. I don’t buy the trophy wife stuff, that lady is smart.
ctmom on January 13, 2008 at 8:01 AM
In that Huckledoodoo is an ass, he is allowed to do lower tract jokes.
saved on January 13, 2008 at 8:08 AM
What lobby paid for that post?
Full disclosure would be nice. :)
Hard to trust someone that a Politician, Actor, Lawyer and Lobbyist.
Especially someone that has given legal advise to a dictator and terrorists..
Chakra Hammer on January 13, 2008 at 11:50 AM
And if it were shown that Mitt or Rudy consulted with companies that supported dictators and terrorists, you would deny Mitt? If it was shown that Bains (Mitts consulting company) advised companies that had business dealings with dictators and terrorists, you would turn your back on Mitt with the same disdain as you have for Fred?
And if Rudy has consulted with companies or political organizations with those ties you would dump Rudy?
That would be consistent…care to accept that?
right2bright on January 13, 2008 at 1:21 PM
Oh, and if he was the lobbyist for Aristade, could you show any papers of filing as such. It is the law to file, but I don’t think you will find any such papers.
Interesting how this “story” gets spread.
right2bright on January 13, 2008 at 1:39 PM
Isn’t it great that Scarbourgh has the same talking points as the HA commentators and a lot of people around here? He’s a sleep but wakes up to hit Huckabee for McCain. Go back and listen to what Jeri says about that, I think she put that concept to bed right away. Then go back in the AP archives and pull, since your memories are up your a$$ almost bordering on Jackass-type memories, and click and read the dozen or so blogs with the different forms of pictures of red meat that were the radio statements that got Fred in it to begin with. He hasn’t been saying anything different now than he has then. But, you know, you create the news, and the rest of us just stand in line waiting for our orders.
Sultry Beauty on January 13, 2008 at 2:28 PM
Of Course, AP would give Huckabee the points because he said, these guys have to be human. Yea, so when Congress or a foreign leader starts making statements about how bad Huckabee’s foreign policy is or a multitude of other disgraceful agenda policies, it’ll be just Presidential and swell for him to make jokes about laxatives, Depends, or poor prostates. You all stand and cheer about that German employer who fires the non-smokers for interfering with the tranquil working environment, while Huckabee would have locked that guy up in jail and release a rapist so he makes sure he has a spot. Yep! But he sure does have great comebacks. That’s worth a few dozen points or two. Bottom line is though, all those thinking Huckabee’s going places know that he’ll get creamed in the General Election so you’re really not shaking in your boots.
Personally, I think you want a Hillary or Obama candidacy. Other than the Primaries, it’s been a few really slow writing years. I think you’re all trolling for another Rathergate.
Sultry Beauty on January 13, 2008 at 2:38 PM
The problem is not having a sense of humor, the problem is cracking almost joke every time you’re asked a serious question and then getting off the hook after not actually answering the question.
someguy on January 13, 2008 at 3:46 PM
Imagine you have a guy working for you. You ask him: “Is the work done?” And he answers “Hey, when my Mom sits around the house she really sits around the house”. You ask him: “Why are you late?” and he answers: “How many blondes does it take to screw in a light bulb?”.
This is how this vicious passive-aggressive lier Huckabee is treating his potential boss, the American people. Give this village idiot a pink slip!
Igor R. on January 13, 2008 at 5:18 PM
Igor R. on January 13, 2008 at 5:18 PM
he’s just desprate. I’m at anchor waiting for the front to go thru. That is if you were curious.
jerrytbg on January 13, 2008 at 5:47 PM
Video of Fred responding to Huck on CNN this morning. Also, he said “potty.” Sometimes I forget he has a toddler and an infant.
Brad G on January 13, 2008 at 7:29 PM
Well I’m getting pretty desperate too. The idiot’s got more staying power then I thought.
And hey, what else does one need in life besides a boat with an internet connection?
Igor R. on January 13, 2008 at 8:12 PM
Igor R. on January 13, 2008 at 8:12 PM
HDTV ant.(usb),1.5gal/hr watermaker and a wind gen.. I already have the solar panels. I hope I don’t get banned for being so green. lol
jerrytbg on January 13, 2008 at 8:27 PM
Video of Fred responding to Huck on CNN this morning. Also, he said “potty.” Sometimes I forget he has a toddler and an infant.
Brad G on January 13, 2008 at 7:29 PM
would you believe this is no longer available?
Now someone tell me they ,msm, are not sandbagging him!!
that fustrates me.
jerrytbg on January 13, 2008 at 8:40 PM
I guess we can add youtube to the MSM. I didn’t know.
jerrytbg on January 13, 2008 at 8:42 PM
Video is fixed. I don’t know what happened, but the blip.tv version is up now.
Brad G on January 13, 2008 at 8:47 PM
Video is fixed. I don’t know what happened, but the blip.tv version is up now.
Brad G on January 13, 2008 at 8:47 PM
could it be that we are now approaching full military power on a pair of P&W’s? I can feel the rumble!
jerrytbg on January 13, 2008 at 9:14 PM
I agree but “the media” seems to have already picked their candidates: ie. McCain, Huckabee
kcd on January 14, 2008 at 11:31 AM
Its because they WANT Huckabee! They think he will be easy to beat in the general, which is probably true. The are scared as s%#! of Fred because he is a true conservative and true conservatives are hard to beat!
kcd on January 14, 2008 at 11:41 AM
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