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Huckabee: My fried-chicken savvy will win me the south

posted at 8:10 pm on January 28, 2008 by Allahpundit
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And so we come to the lame conclusion of Huck’s identity politics appeals, which end not with the bang of an army of blue-collar southern Christians carrying him to victory but the whimper of how a proper country boy enjoys the colonel’s finest. The target, as always, is Romney and his (admittedly lame) habit of peeling off the skin at KFC, but Huck’s been working in these regional panders for weeks now, most benignly with his recollections of cooking squirrel in a popcorn machine and malignantly with his defense of the rebel flag. I’m not sure I grasp the point of him hanging in for Super Tuesday, unless it really is true that he’s angling to be Maverick’s veep and thinks that winning a few southern states outright will be too shiny a lure for McCain to ignore. Maybe it’s just pride? Click the image to watch.

Update: Do southerners also regard fried chicken as “empty calories”?

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apacalyps, to be honest, Huckabee make me nervous. He does seem to be too much of a populist–for my taste. But he’s always been dead-on as to his positions on abortion (baby killing) and gay marriage (tearing down God’s first established institution). That’s what I like about him.

Skidd on January 29, 2008 at 1:04 AM

The others are much much worse. For brevity, I won’t elaborate, but this nation is missing a glorious opportunity to turn things around with Mike Huckabee as their President, but they’re choosing the same old instead. McCain is leading the national polls… doesn’t that tell you something about the state of the union?

apacalyps on January 29, 2008 at 2:33 PM

You’re much more calculated.

I just call it like I see it. No agenda.

Spirit of 1776 on January 29, 2008 at 2:38 PM

In fact, the city of Zion (from the Old Testament) is supposed to return to the Earth and we believe it will be located in Missouri and a new temple will be built there.

drflykilla on January 29, 2008 at 9:49 AM

What you stated is nowhere to be found in the Bible.

Look, I have no problem with what you want to believe… believe whatever you want. And I think most Mormons are nice people. My problem is when Mormon’s start calling themselves Christians. That’s when there is a problem. If Mormon’s insist on saying they are Christian, then you must know that those who understand both Mormon and Christian doctrines are going to say, “hey, wait a second, there are very basic truths that these two religions believe in that are not shared by each other.” Christianity and Mormonism are mutually exclusive terms. Thanks.

apacalyps on January 29, 2008 at 3:05 PM

Well, that explains everything…except what apacallyps with two ls (or…apacallllyps for the two lls) is supposed to mean.

James on January 29, 2008 at 8:00 AM

Strike that. I’m keeping the name apacalyps with one L. The artist formerly known as [apacallyps] now wants to be known apacalyps. Peace.

apacalyps on January 29, 2008 at 3:13 PM

Anyway, sorry for the delay in responding. I was up past my bedtime.

Spirit of 1776,

Yes, I am pretty proficient at killing fruit flies w/ or w/o a fly swatter. I used to do it for a living in a biomedical lab. I’ll send you my thesis dissertation sometime if you ever need help falling asleep. :-)

drflykilla on January 29, 2008 at 9:49 AM

Heh. No worries, I was too! Besides these usually stay on the front page for at least 36 hours or so, so it’s easy to check back.

I’ll remember that in case I need help falling asleep (who knows what a Clinton presidency will bring), heh.

Spirit of 1776 on January 29, 2008 at 3:34 PM

I also see nothing about Jesus ruling the earth for 1,000 years (why not 2,000? Why not 65?).

fourstringfuror on January 29, 2008 at 10:25 AM

You’re generally right about the Mormon faith fourstring. I’m totally with you on this. You have an alllie here.

But, I’d like to correct you on something. Jesus does rule on the earth for 1,000 years and it is spoken of clearly in the Bible. Where do you think Joseph Smith and the Mormons got this idea? MORMonISM is plagurized from The Holy Bible. Anyways, this thousand year reign is called The Millennium: Christ, having defeated the armies at Armageddon returns to institute a thousand-year reign on earth; there will be the peace on earth for one thousand years. The Lord will rule from Jerusalem.

“And they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: On such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. (Revelation 20:4-6)

The Second Coming of the Lord will mark the day when Jesus will rule and reign on earth for a millennium or one thousand years, bringing with Him true peace and harmony throughout the world.

For a better explanation go here. Scroll down to “The Millennium” section. This is the best Bible prophecy site on the Internet. All the info is trustworthy and biblical.
http://www.calvaryprophecy.com/articles.html

apacalyps on January 29, 2008 at 3:35 PM

Jesus does rule on the earth for 1,000 years and it is spoken of clearly in the Bible.

This is not a literal 1,000 years. Nor is it a literal reign.

This is the tricky thing about debating the book of Revelation; much of the book is figurative, but not all, and much of the language is hyperbolic, but not all.

Like I said, this isn’t the place to debate religion, as much as I enjoy it. Suffice to say I have grave reservations with the unorthodox views most Mormons hold.

fourstringfuror on January 29, 2008 at 5:08 PM

Y’all wan mushed taters wid dat?

MSGTAS on January 30, 2008 at 9:33 AM

On occasion, we have felt a bit of common ground with Islam–moderate Islam, due to feeling like a minority.

Vanceone on April 4, 2008 at 12:30 PM

A moderate Muslim is not being a good muslim. Do you know that the Quran teaches world domination? How do you think you’d fair under Islamic rule?

As proven by some of the posts in this thread, there are people who hate, hate, hate Mormons.

Oh, my goodness. How many times do I have to say I don’t hate Muslims? True Christians do not hate Mormons. It’s doctrinal, not personal. My word, look up the doctrinal differences please and respect them.

There are some people on HotAir who, if they had Joseph Smith or Osama in their sights and only one bullet, would shoot Joseph Smith and let Osama run free.

Settle down. That’s just ridiculous.