Video: Huckabee on Palin’s readiness
posted at 10:45 am on August 30, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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I have always liked Mike Huckabee, even though in the end I didn’t support him in the run for the Presidency. He has a disarming manner that belies real steel underneath, and last night he proved his value to the GOP in a debate with Alan Colmes. Colmes asked Huckabee whether he really thought Sarah Palin was ready to be President on Day 1, and Huckabee gave the answer of the day:
AC: Do you believe that Sarah Palin is ready, Day One, if God forbid something happens to John McCain?
MH: I think she’s far more ready to be President if something happens to McCain than Barack Obama would be if something doesn’t happen to McCain.
Colmes tried to make the argument that McCain didn’t show leadership by making this “reactive” pick of Palin. Huckabee laughed this off, saying that Colmes must have been invited inside McCain’s head. However, it’s worthwhile to ask, as I did in my previous post, who really had the reacticve pick. Obama picked Joe Biden after the Caucasus blew up and he floundered in his response, while McCain looked prepared, informed, and ready to lead. Suddenly, Biden went from “I’m not the guy” to the running mate within 96 hours.
Would McCain have picked Palin if Obama had selected Hillary Clinton? It may have played against the choice, only because McCain would not have wanted to appear reactive. In this case, he has plenty of reasons for selecting Palin, mostly because of her record on reform and her executive experience, which both Democrats lack entirely. He wanted to “shake up” the race, as ABC reported, but that’s not a reactive impulse, either.
And I find it exceedingly strange that Colmes would accuse the first Republican to name a woman as running mate of not showing “leadership”.
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I heard Huckabee praise Palin but he had to work in a dig at Romney, too. The man hates Mormons and it has gotten more than old.
Blake on August 30, 2008 at 10:52 AM
awesome, this is working out better than I thought so far
jp on August 30, 2008 at 10:52 AM
Colmes is always exceedingly strange when it comes to questioning republicans. Alan is a dead giveaway to the inner core of the Democrat party. A hack.
Griz on August 30, 2008 at 10:53 AM
I like Huckabee too.
keepinitreal on August 30, 2008 at 10:53 AM
Colmes is such a Liberal BOOB!
Capt-Dax on August 30, 2008 at 10:56 AM
I second your analysis of Huck. He’s got some real strengths. Something about him just irritates me so much. I think “Huckster”. Or maybe “Ah, Shuckster”. Too often he’ll resort to a place in him that lack seriousness. That’s unacceptable in a prez. He should never be prez or VP. But when he wants his words are very clear and powerful. He reminds me a bit of Mitt! that way. McCain/Palin 2008
Paul-Cincy on August 30, 2008 at 10:57 AM
LOL
Mike nailed poor Allan again. I actually feel bad for him since he has to defend the dim bulbs day after day.
jdsmith0021 on August 30, 2008 at 10:59 AM
Yep, he was digging at Romney in interviews both on Thursday and Friday. Hopefully, they won’t end up together stuck in an elevator during the St. Paul convention.
What Palin’s pick does do, however, as Huck’s enthusiam shows, is give McCain a far better chance of having a strong Get Out the Vote effort in November, as long as his new VP pick can navigate the waters of (fair and unfair) media attacks and scrutiny. GOTV by Republicans in 2004 was strong enough to offset the Democrats’ efforts in swing states like Florida and Ohio; this year, while Obama’s supporters have been fanatical to the point of cultism, most of McCain’s support among the base has been reactive to the Democratic nominee, instead of pro-active to Maverick. The Palin pick changed that, and barring any future shrapnel targeted at the conservative wing of the GOP by McCain, means he’s more likely to get not just donations, but GOTV volunteers working when it counts in late October and on Election Day in November.
jon1979 on August 30, 2008 at 10:59 AM
Sarah Palin likes eating caribou … and Huckabee liked eating squirrel.
(This video of Huck’s opinion on Sarah was awesome. Sorry for the squirrel comment, Governor Huckabee. Well, maybe just a little.)
wise_man on August 30, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Well! I don’t like Mike Huckabee, but he made a decent case there. A very decent case.
S. Weasel on August 30, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Let’s see; Obama is about CHANGE, so he picks a 30+ year Washington insider as a running mate, yeah that’s CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN. On the other hand, McCain picks a relatively unknown female governor who has shown some ethics and that’s not considered “leadership” or “CHANGE”. Yeah, right. What’s your next shot Barry?
GarandFan on August 30, 2008 at 11:01 AM
As I said in another post… the “Barracuda” has more executive experience than Senators Obama, Biden and McCain combined.
Foreign policy experience? Well, that brings to mind another governor without foreign policy experience that defeated the Soviet Union… Four of the last five presidents were governors without foreign policy experience.
Foreign policy experience… Big whoop….
CC
CapedConservative on August 30, 2008 at 11:01 AM
Huckabee hits the nail on the head by pointing out Palin’s executive experience, and Obama bin Biden’s lack of it.
Remarkable that Colmes things being a commander in the Navy is not executive experience. Isn’t Lt. Commandeer and above considered an Executive Officer?
IN fact, McCain was Executive Officer and Commanding Officer of the VA-174 squadron.
JeffersonFan on August 30, 2008 at 11:02 AM
Debate Prediction:
Moderator: Do you think you have enough experiance to be Vice President?
SP: I believe so. In my experiance in Goverment, as Govenor, and even Mayor I wasn’t allowed to Vote Present.
Game, Set, Match
tottoritodd on August 30, 2008 at 11:02 AM
Agreed. His glib and articulate style will be of immense help in the next two months.
I ♥ SARAH’CUDA
ManlyRash on August 30, 2008 at 11:04 AM
I would love to hear that line.
Spirit of 1776 on August 30, 2008 at 11:06 AM
ManlyRash:
Excellent… Barracuda being a famous song by Heart.
CC
CapedConservative on August 30, 2008 at 11:06 AM
sorry, terrible spelling…..
tottoritodd on August 30, 2008 at 11:06 AM
I dislike this character as much as the next guy but I have to say, well done, Huck. If you had been advocating as well for McCain this whole time rather than jockeying for VP, you might actually have been vetted.
Dead Hand Control on August 30, 2008 at 11:09 AM
LOL, did he define BFF as “best female friend”?
Cute.
sarahk on August 30, 2008 at 11:10 AM
I hate hate huck. He is an anti Mormon on par with any anti Semite. He is the fuel for the lefty stereo type of intolerant Christians.
elBarto on August 30, 2008 at 11:10 AM
At least Sarah would be ready for a 3 am call. She is probably awake at all hours caring for her darling new baby. I just am so happy with Sarah.
L
letget on August 30, 2008 at 11:10 AM
Thanks. I’m doing my damndest to try and kick this meme up a notch so that it makes its way into the blogosphere and then into the mainstream. If I had the time, the photos and the film clips, I’d do a YouTube video using the Heart tune as backround music. Hopefully, some aspiring Spielberg out there will take it from here.
I ♥ SARAH’CUDA – keep the meme going
ManlyRash on August 30, 2008 at 11:13 AM
Finally: a Huckabee thread that will be filled with less hatred than most.
carbon_footprint on August 30, 2008 at 11:13 AM
A very gentlemanly move.
MB007 on August 30, 2008 at 11:15 AM
Huckabee is exactly right. The work of a governor is monumental to that of a senator.
jencab on August 30, 2008 at 11:15 AM
Colmes is at least a sane democrat unlike the tards at MSNBC
lodge on August 30, 2008 at 11:17 AM
If the real thing dont do the trick
No, you better make up something quick
You gonna burn burn burn burn it to the wick
Ooooooohhhh, Sarahacuda.
TheBigOldDog on August 30, 2008 at 11:17 AM
I’m not a fan of Huckabee. In fact, I actively despised him during the primaries. Having said that, I LIKED him in this clip and I think he parried Colmes extremely well.
PackerBronco on August 30, 2008 at 11:18 AM
You know, he´s funny AND I like the Huck, but, I´m Crazy About Women
james hooker on August 30, 2008 at 11:20 AM
let’s be honest, how hard is it to school colmes?
elBarto on August 30, 2008 at 11:21 AM
Sweet. Lethal. Sarah’cuda.
Oh man, the video practically creates itself.
ManlyRash on August 30, 2008 at 11:21 AM
I ♥ SARAH’CUDA
Love IT!
TheSitRep on August 30, 2008 at 11:23 AM
you could work in newspaper headlines, pics/clips of her looking official, interspersed with pics of her hunting….she is very photogenic and the effect would be awesome….
start it off with pics of her in basketball and then the beauty queen phase…then cleaning up her town as mayor and growth…then Alaskan headlines of her destroying the good old boys up there…..
yeah it could work
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 11:26 AM
Huckabee has so much potential for greatness. Too bad he harbors so many personal grudges and such class-warfare inspired resentment.
As for Alan Colmes, his claim that McCain’s military experience (say, as a Commanding Officer)is not comparable to executive experience is quite simply idiotic.
Buy Danish on August 30, 2008 at 11:27 AM
Paul Shanklin, do I hear you warming up?
Cheers,
DuffBeer on August 30, 2008 at 11:28 AM
Huck may very well have a strong distrust of Mormonism that he cannot contain. So he needs to get over it – fine, agreed.
Likewise, so do all of you here (Mormons? wondering) who keep harping on it every time he’s linked.
He has the right to feel however he does, just as we have our right to dislike him, for whatever reasons. So grow up already.
Don’t like him? Don’t watch video of him. But enough with the Huck bashing.
splink on August 30, 2008 at 11:28 AM
Obama is more likely to die of cancer from smoking than anything happening to McCain who has shown he is a tough and hardy survivor.
JustTruth101 on August 30, 2008 at 11:29 AM
Not a big Huck fan but I must give him his due. Excellent interview. He led Colmes around the ring by his ear. Not a fair fight really.
ronsfi on August 30, 2008 at 11:29 AM
….Good job Huck, I take back half the bad things i have said about you.
try again later on August 30, 2008 at 11:29 AM
Their heads are explooooddddiinnng!
ronsfi on August 30, 2008 at 11:29 AM
A few points.
First, if you can keep Huck and Mitt separate and talking about general conservative matters, they are tremendous surrogates. They are calm, collected, not loony, and pleasant–all as they’re shoving a baseball bat up your a**.
Second, Colmes is to conservative guests as the Washington Generals are to the Harlem Globetrotters–he’s a hapless loser.
Third, here’s the “ready to lead” poster that Ed needs to create for us:
Picture on right side of poster: Palin discharging a rifle.
Picture on left side of poster: Ed’s great photo of Barry body surfing in Hawaii as the roof was falling in on Georgia.
Caption: “How do you think is ready to lead?”
BuckeyeSam on August 30, 2008 at 11:29 AM
Just got back from the HufPo site guys, (I need to take a shower right after I post this however and only slightly cut and bruised), they are all running around like kookaroaches when the light gets turned on.
This caught my eye over there from one of their so-called writers:
Can you say “Heerrre kitty, kitty, kitty”?
Now that’s desperation!
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on August 30, 2008 at 11:30 AM
If Palin really cracks the books and spends four days in Europe, she could have as much foreign policy experience as Obama by Inauguration Day.
If McCain surrounds her with 600 volunteer foreign policy advisers (double Obama’s, sans Winnie the Pooh fans) she could be more ready, owing to her almost tens years of executive experience, than Obama by Election Day.
Oh yeah, and the fact that Palin isn’t a Marxist means she won’t have the double duty of saying she’s doing one thing while trying to hide that she’s doing another and making those two fit together without looking like a liar all the time, so she’ll get a heck of a lot more done.
Dusty on August 30, 2008 at 11:30 AM
I do not support Huckabee and I don’t like him at all. However, THAT was a great line.
Warner Todd Huston on August 30, 2008 at 11:31 AM
Oops:
BuckeyeSam on August 30, 2008 at 11:31 AM
I second your opinion. Having been a governor, Huckleberry has the cred to speak to Palin’s experience. Very well done.
Mallard T. Drake on August 30, 2008 at 11:32 AM
Oh because we all value Mr. Religious Leader’s opinion! Please Palin is ready to be VP day one? You Must Be Joking…
Sarah Palin
Age: 44
Religion:
- Pentecostal
Education:
- B.S. Journalism, University of Idaho, 1987
Political Experience:
- Former Council Member of Wasilla City Council, Alaska (pop: 6,715)
- Former Mayor of Wasilla City, Alaska (pop: 6,715) (Votes: 909)
- Candidate, Lieutenant Governor, Alaska, 2002
- Governor of Alaska, 2006-present (pop: 670,053)
Total Career Political Votes: 188,125
Professional Experience:
- First Place, Miss Wasilla Beauty Contest, 1984
- Second Place, Miss Alaska Pageant, 1984
- Television Sports Reporter, 1987-1989
Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 11:32 AM
Colmes “reactive not proactive” clause, LOL.
McCain’s proven ability to keep a decision off the radar screen is phenomenal. Salute, and Hail to the Chief for McCain. Thank God for a winning poker face to rebuff Putin and China while simultaneously enabling our military defense with the best offense.
Hats off, gentlemen! The most beautiful VP ever dreamt possible completes the GOP national ticket.
‘Tis a gift to be simple, ’tis a gift to be free.
‘Tis a gift to come down where we ought to be.
Thank God for all good things, large and small.
Mike Huckabee, good for you to be the real Mensch of the moment!
Never to be outdone, what has Romney said pro-Palin, btw?
maverick muse on August 30, 2008 at 11:33 AM
Alan also stepped into a trap after Huck pointed out that Biden has not executive experience. Colmes, apparently thinking only of the Senate, asked if that wasn’t also true of McCain. Huck made him look silly with his response that McCain was a naval commander, etc.
mikeyboss on August 30, 2008 at 11:33 AM
Biden is more qualified then you think…
Joe Biden:
Age: 65
Religion:
- Roman Catholic
Education:
- B.A. History/Political Science, University of Delaware, 1965
- J.D. Syracuse University College of Law, 1968
Political Experience:
- Former Council Member of New Castle County Council, Delaware, 1970-1972 (pop: 500,265)
- United States Senator of Delaware, 1973-present (pop: 853,476)
- Candidate, United States President, 2008
Total Career Political Votes: 929,170
Professional Experience:
- Attorney, Private Practice, Wilmington, Delaware, 1968-1972
- Adjunct Professor, Widener University School of Law, 1991-present
Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 11:34 AM
Colmes is a killjoy, I always wait for an invited Republican guest to jokingly groan the second Colmes opens his trap to start his avalanche of slanted questions and annoying monotonous droning.
Cardiganfox on August 30, 2008 at 11:35 AM
McCain’s got us playing 3-d chess….the donks play checkers.
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 11:35 AM
PeeWee Herman make-work for washed up politically connected JDs….but *whatever*
you better send him your library card Poptart he has some speeches to borrow.
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 11:36 AM
Palin’s “Executive Experience”
- Former Mayor of Wasilla City, Alaska, 1996-2002 (pop: 6,715) (Votes: 909)
- Governor of Alaska, 2006-present (less than 2 years) (pop: 670,053)
Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 11:40 AM
Poptart’s stuck burning in his broken toaster relaying “Non-denomination Christian” as Pentecostal.
Grow up and face facts without fabricating political whole cloth, dipshit. Fess up to your own religion or lack of faith before denigrating others, as if Pentecostals have no rights.
maverick muse on August 30, 2008 at 11:41 AM
Have those at HuffPo seen her when she wears her hair down?
I’m afraid I have to go smoke a cigarette…and I don’t smoke.
They really don’t know how to deal with this woman.
I kid you not. To win Ohio, she could go a long way by showing up with McCain and their families at an Ohio State home football game decked out in scarlet and gray. Buckeye fans would go crazy, and Woody Hayes would be cheering from the grave.
BuckeyeSam on August 30, 2008 at 11:42 AM
With Sarah’s history of fighting corruption in her own party, I’m hoping at some point we get to see her kick Huck’s sorry butt out.
JA on August 30, 2008 at 11:42 AM
Barack H. Obama
Age: 47
Religion: “God Damn America”
Education: Happening as we speak
Political experience:
- “Community Organizer”
- Mr. “Present” in Illinois state legislature
- Great speech in 2004
- 143 days in Senate before beginning run for President
Professional experience:
- Attorney… let’s look at his nearly single client in detail… hmmmm
CapedConservative on August 30, 2008 at 11:43 AM
maverick muse on August 30, 2008 at 11:41 AM
What it is now illegal to state someone’s religion? Please point out my denigration.
Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 11:43 AM
The troll has emerged, ladies and gentlemen. Here we go again.
ManlyRash on August 30, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Being LDS, I haven’t ever and will never like the incredibly unChristian Huckabee, but this was good.
Noelie on August 30, 2008 at 11:48 AM
[Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 11:32 AM]
You skipped the year she was on the State’s Ethics Commission.
You know, the one where she resigned in protest because of ethics violations she saw and couldn’t get addressed and which resulted in the resignation of both Randy Ruedrich, GOP State Party Chairman and fellow commissioner, and Gregg Renkes, the state attorney general.
Meanwhile, Obama used a crook to help him buy a house in Hyde Park in 2005.
I’ll take an honest but less than fully experienced VP over a crooked, lying President any day.
Dusty on August 30, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Then vote for Biden, dickhead.
ManlyRash on August 30, 2008 at 11:49 AM
I don’t think he should have ducked Colmes’ assertion that McCain’s military command didn’t equate to political executive experience. He should have said “Maybe, maybe not, but it’s more that Obama has.”
He also should have acknowledged that the VP usually is selected to round out the guy at the top. Biden is there to give Obama foreign policy gravitas; Palin is there to shore up the executive experience, solid conservatism, and maybe pick up a few [more] disaffected Hillary voters.
Kafir on August 30, 2008 at 11:49 AM
Then make it happen, Sven. In the words of Obi-Wan: “I’m too old for that sort of thing.”
ManlyRash on August 30, 2008 at 11:50 AM
Huck’s definitely got strengths and he showed them in this video. I also appreciated his answer in one of the debates about creation vs. evolution.
I’ve got some issues with some other things he’s said and done, but I suppose at the moment it’s beside the point. Good job in this appearance for sure.
OneGyT on August 30, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Ok, everyone, now sing along with me:
The mouth on the troll goes
Blah, blah, blah
Blah, blah, blah
Blah, blah, blah
The mouth on the troll goes
Blah, blah, blah
All through the board.
ManlyRash on August 30, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Good for you, Huck.
He will be a great help over the next two months for the ticket.
Mr. Bingley on August 30, 2008 at 11:54 AM
- Candidate, United States President, 2008
Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 11:34 AM
Bwahaha. He’s never been a candidate for President. He was a candidate for nominee of a party. He failed at least twice — this year and 1988, IIRC. Dude, anyone can be a candidate for nominee.
He was selected to be candidate for VP in 2008.
Dusty on August 30, 2008 at 11:56 AM
my photo-shop fu is as weak as barry’s non teleprompt-fu….
“oh I’ll never lift that X-wing it’s just too big”
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 11:57 AM
Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 11:34 AM
You failed to mention that he has run for President and gotten nil votes about five times.
Yes, he has been a Senator since our early ancestors evolved from slime mold, and has been on Meet the Press five trillion times. Yes yes yes. He has been able to keep a single job over 12 times as long as Barry O has been able to keep any of his.
I’ve voting for Palin; you can have that bag of crap.
TexasJew on August 30, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Put up your own or shut up about others, poptart.
Erstwhile, before lying, earn your own educational experience visiting non-denominational Christian services where every Christian sect enjoys equal rights; individuals enjoy their own tastes yet there is no favorite flavor per congregational creed.
To feign dishonesty as illegal for one’s defense for spreading a lie shows contempt for honesty, inability to adhere to morality, and avid corruption abusing the legal system “because you could”.
maverick muse on August 30, 2008 at 12:01 PM
In regards to McCain’s choice of Palin I will quote the ancient Templar Night from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade…
“You have chosen….wisely”
RobertInAustin on August 30, 2008 at 12:01 PM
Two excellent comments. I lost bladder control.
You are so right about the adjunct-prof assessment. I’m a lawyer with an LL.M. and saw plenty of adjunct profs in my LL.M. program. Many are capable, but it’s a part-time gig.
Obama, in truth, should be characterized as “a lecturer,” but his U of C colleagues conspired to “clarify” that he was considered a “professor.” Evidently, he’s the first “professor” in U of C law faculty history who didn’t appear to be on any tenure track and who wasn’t required to publish any scholarly writings–like a typical law professor would.
When Obama’s U of C record began to get scrutinized, his former colleagues–a bit embarrassed by the attention–didn’t want the public to find out that they’d allowed this clown to hang around and teach without requiring much more of him than to have him teach a class or two and grade the final exams for his course(s). So they fudged his job description. All the same, he sounds like a “lecturer” at best, an “adjunct” at wordst, but certainly not a “professor.”
But I guess all this setting the record straight is as divisive as Stanley Kurtz’s efforts to gain access to (and now to review) the records documenting Obama’s relationship with William Ayers.
BuckeyeSam on August 30, 2008 at 12:01 PM
CapedConservative on August 30, 2008 at 11:43 AM
At least get it right…
Barack Obama:
Age: 47
Religion:
- United Church of Christ
Education:
- B.A. Columbia University, 1983
- J.D. Harvard Law School, 1991
Political Experience:
- State Senator, Illinois, 1996-2004
- U.S. Senator, Illinois, 2005-present
Professional Experience:
Senior Lecturer, Constitutional Law, University of Chicago, 1992-2004
Attorney, Miner Barnhill & Galland, 1993-2004
Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 12:01 PM
“DO! Or do not. There is no try.”
ManlyRash on August 30, 2008 at 12:01 PM
[Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 11:40 AM]
Obama’s executive experience:
Hodgepodge of directorships of non-profit organizations which failed to accomplish anything except waste money. Actual efforts and decisions made during these stints are unknown.
Dusty on August 30, 2008 at 12:03 PM
maverick muse on August 30, 2008 at 12:01 PM
http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/08/religion-and-sarah-palin-1.html
Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 12:03 PM
lol
guys, huckabee can be an excellent ally or a dangerous enemy. why on earth would you go out of your way to make him your enemy? he didn’t hang out wiyh ayers for 20 years
i never supported him in the primary. but that doesn;t mean i think i should have the right to purge him from the party. and he’s happy about the Palin pick and fired up to bring his considerable talents on board to help get McCain/Palin elected.
Great appearance, and I’d love to see more of them.
funky chicken on August 30, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Well trying to find out who the most unqualified candidate in US history is in bed with is “just hating”….
if Barry wins he is going to make Bill Clinton’s misuse of DoJ and IRS look tame.
Mark my words.
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 12:05 PM
I may try to beat the Falcon yet….
nah the thing is it’d be a lot easier for the GOP to do it itself since they have Lexis-Nexis Fu….
GOP has mastered many arts the left would consider “unnatural”….
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 12:07 PM
Do you think people just woke up one day and decided to not like mike Huckabee? He started it with his petty little digs at people and thoughtless jokes about suicide and other things.
There came a point when Mike Huckabee could no longer be given the benefit of the doubt that his heart was golden.
He just said too many mean spirited things about others.
Elizabetty on August 30, 2008 at 12:09 PM
At least get it right. Obama was hardly a Senior Lecturer on Constitutional law one year after he graduated from law school.
I’ll tell you, though, someone who’s employed his time as a law professor, an attorney, and a state senator, all at the same time, sounds to me more like a job title collector, resume padder, and a lightworker at all of those positions.
Dusty on August 30, 2008 at 12:10 PM
TexasJew
Like you and so many strong Americans, I’m voting for Palin because she is not corrupted, she has managed years of executive experience with 80% approval ratings completing her campaign promises within 2 years of her governorship, and she complements McCain this POTUS election with conservative gusto and grace, and she’s enable America’s innate strengths to produce national successes. Sarah Palin is indeed a rising star worth supporting.
maverick muse on August 30, 2008 at 12:11 PM
funky chicken on August 30, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Because of the class warfare populism rhetoric. He is tired and divisive, and hopefully he goes away soon. There are many more brighter lights that do her justice.
Cold Steel on August 30, 2008 at 12:12 PM
defunct: batteries not included
maverick muse on August 30, 2008 at 12:13 PM
Wow! I don’t think I’ve ever seen Hot Air readers say so many kind things about Huckabee before. I guess there’s a first for everything. I’m liking this though.
keepinitreal on August 30, 2008 at 12:20 PM
Dusty on August 30, 2008 at 12:10 PM
Correct…
- Lecturer, Constitutional Law, University of Chicago, 1992 to 1996
- Senior Lecturer, Constitutional Law, University of Chicago, 1996-2004
http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/was_barack_obama_really_a_constitutional_law.html
Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 12:20 PM
Huckabee is an overall asset for the party when he is in control.
Mitt made him out of control.
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 12:21 PM
you take 16 tonnes what do you get…?
Keep on digging Poptart.
Moby…definite Moby.
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 12:22 PM
sven, what kind of name is sven10077 – do you use AOL of something? This the 21st century computer literacy should be the norm.
Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 12:24 PM
Poptech on August 30, 2008 at 11:34 AM
Didn’t Biden get In trouble for something like “Plagiarizing” He was driven from the presidential nomination in 1988 after delivering without permission, a passages from a speech by British Labor party leader Neil Kinnock. Yes, he qualified, another lieing/ass despicable politicians. There were also plagiarism incident involving Biden during his law school years…..Oh hell yes, he’s qualified.
try again later on August 30, 2008 at 12:29 PM
I Love It! BUT, KEEP THE “McCAIN GIRLS” AWAY FROM THIS!!!!
Maquis on August 30, 2008 at 12:30 PM
keep firing….I used AOL for fifteen minutes once…..long long ago back in dial-up days which lasted for about a week.
sven10077 on August 30, 2008 at 12:30 PM
I’m sure if he starts believing she threatens his political ambitions he’ll find something not to like about her and let everybody know it, ad nauseum. For now, glad he’s not bashing her. I wish they’d interviewed Sarah instead.
thecountofincognito on August 30, 2008 at 12:34 PM
Mike Huckabee is a great man and was the obvious best choice for VP.
That being said I will support a Mccain/Palin ticket in order to defeat obama.
It’s such a shame that so many pathetic, Christian bashing, hate mongers feel so comfortable bashing the entire base of the republican party for their religious beliefs.
Keep it up…maybe next time you can find out if you atheists (a whopping 3% of this country) can win elections on your own.
SaintOlaf on August 30, 2008 at 12:37 PM
Poptech:
Then you should at least get her bio correct…..
Sarah Palin
Poptech has it correct up to the point of Political Experience.
Then some clarification may be needed…..
Political Experience:
- Elected to Wasilla City Council… twice… against actual opponents… you know, didn’t have to have opponents eliminated from the ballot
- Elected to Mayor of Wasilla… twice… against actual opponents where she made actual executive decisions
- Chair, Alaska Conservation Commission
- President, Alaska Conference of Mayors
- Elected Governor of Alaska… where she beat the incumbent Republican governor in the primary… an actual opponent and went on to beat a previous Democrat governor… an actual opponent where she made actual executive decisions and enjoys an 80%+ approval rating
- And…. In 67 days or so, first female Vice President of the United States
Oh, did I leave out beauty queen… yep… still is. As a matter of fact, she is the very first attractive, clean, articulate white woman to run as a Republican for Vice President….
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CapedConservative on August 30, 2008 at 12:37 PM
Colmes is such a weinny. Can’t stand his whinning voice.
docdave on August 30, 2008 at 12:38 PM
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