Huckabee: I wish I could have gotten an easy ride to national prominence like Sarah Palin
posted at 5:27 pm on November 19, 2008 by Allahpundit
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He’s not saying it critically, mind you. Since when has Huck ever been critical of a rival, overtly or otherwise?
Huckabee had some interesting observations about Sarah Palin, a potential 2012 opponent, suggesting that she didn’t earn her spurs and was more appealing to the base of the party because she hadn’t been scrutinized in the primary.
“What John McCain did for her was to give her the capacity to sort of leapfrog over the process and get right to the center stage,” he said of the GOP’s vice presidential nominee.
Unlike those, he added, who had competed in the Republican primary.
“She didn’t have to get bloodied like us. Few people on that stage didn’t get bloodied.”
He did allow, though, that she did get bloodied — “but not by the people Republicans care about, you guys.”
Fearing that this lament might sound a tad resentful, he went on to stress that he was merely envious, nothing more. Oh, and he also reminded McCain that he blew the race by not opposing the bailout and probably would have lost the nomination to Huck himself if so many state primaries hadn’t been winner take all.
Exit admission: The only thing keeping me blogging through this long, long winter of conservative discontent is the dream of a Huck/Palin death match in 2011 to determine who the one true “Christian leader” is. Followed, of course, by 15 Kathleen Parker columns proclaiming the end of conservatism, and then 15 more describing the resulting hate mail. (Just kidding. She’ll have renounced the right long before then.)
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Don’t wanna use Budweiser… its UNAMERICAN!
(they got bought out)
Romeo13 on November 19, 2008 at 6:01 PM
Huckabee sees Palin as a threat to his chances in 2011 primaries. So he has to bring her down a couple of notches to get even more negative attention directed to her.
The blooding she had from the MSM in three short months was more than Huckabee ever endured in his run for the presidency.
I like Huckabee. I think he has a great personality on screen, but this kind of attack with a smile on his face is quite irritating.
jencab on November 19, 2008 at 6:02 PM
What is with all of the personal attacks on this thread. Geez, I thought I was at HuffPo. Relax people. Have a glass of wine. Personal attacks only show a lack of critical thought and a lack of intelligence.
gatorgirl on November 19, 2008 at 6:03 PM
Exaggerate much? You sound a tad unhinged.
Geochelone on November 19, 2008 at 6:04 PM
Did you know Mike Huckabee was an intolerable religious bigot?
BKennedy on November 19, 2008 at 6:05 PM
‘Fried Twinkies’? Link…Link?
Sapwolf on November 19, 2008 at 6:05 PM
Huck, you are irrelevant. I would call you a toad, but it would be a slam on all the toads.
You are the reason the Dems are in control now. Grow up, get a pair and quit your moaning, you little weasel (I know, it’s a slam on all weasels).
DuctTapeMyBrain on November 19, 2008 at 6:05 PM
Matthew 6:1
“Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them, otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is heaven.”
Advice to Huckabee.
Crux Australis on November 19, 2008 at 6:05 PM
Wouldn’t work. This human fart would just continue to talk out of his ass.
Zetterson on November 19, 2008 at 6:06 PM
Mike Huckabee???
Who’s he?
Ohhhhhhhh….that’s right…..that guy that LOST the Repub nomination.
Why does he continue to speak?
Talon on November 19, 2008 at 6:06 PM
Most everyone knew Huckabee was a phony long before this latest incarnation where he opened his cavernous gaping a-hole to expose his festering plaque caked colon.
Geochelone on November 19, 2008 at 6:07 PM
Huckabee is not saying anything negative about palin.
Huck always has only positive things to say about her.
This is just another smear job taking Huck out of context by AP.
BTW Huck is not running for President.
He has learned that the presidential selection process is not democratic and has gotten himself a television show where he will be able to affect more positive change.
Say what you want about Huck but the fact is, the man has good intentions and wants to make a positive difference in this culture and in this country.
Watch his TV show(It’s probably the best show on the air in years)…and relax.
SaintOlaf on November 19, 2008 at 6:08 PM
That does seem to be the trend, doesn’t it? Just today we have news that some Alaskan citizen has lodged an “ethics complaint” against her because she gave her interview with Greta Van Susteren in her Anchorage governor’s office. The horrors! Imagine, being interviewed in your office?! What next — a used tanning bed in the governor’s mansion?
ramrocks on November 19, 2008 at 6:10 PM
It is the best show if you find circus freaks amusing?
Geochelone on November 19, 2008 at 6:11 PM
“…he went on to stress that he was merely envious, nothing more.”
Envy?
Isn’t that one of the 7 deadly sins? Does he really need anything more than that? Perhaps when he lost weight he traded gluttony for envy. Either way dead is dead.
It’s okay though, there is still time to repent. However, if he spends too much of that time capaigning against those he is envious of he may waste his opportunity.
Tim Pancoast on November 19, 2008 at 6:12 PM
I’d rather watch paint dry.
Knucklehead on November 19, 2008 at 6:12 PM
Enjoy.
BrianBoru on November 19, 2008 at 6:12 PM
What the hell is Huck talking about? Nobody knew or cared who he was till Chuck Norris came out to back him. He DID have an easy ride to national prominence, and came from the man with a third fist under his beard.
Bo on November 19, 2008 at 6:14 PM
That, and a bad toupee.
Knucklehead on November 19, 2008 at 6:16 PM
She was the VP candidate, not the top of the ticket. McCain wasn’t obligated to choose one of his rivals in the primaries. This is just prima donna whining by a wannbe.
If it comes down to Palin vs Huckabee, he’ll know what real “bloodying” is.
ddrintn on November 19, 2008 at 6:16 PM
Why must you view everything thhrough the lens of Christian vs non-Christian? Not one commenter said anything derrogatory about Christianity. Not one. We said plenty of critical words about Huckabee though and deservedly so. The man is slime. Christianity is fine.
The fact is, Huckabee had no business staying in the race as long as he did and politically I hope he pays for his sins. He only appealed to a small segment of the population. He was despised by the vast majority of Republican voters. There are only two possible reasons for why he stayed in the race as long as he did, ego or spite. He strikes me as a very bitter man. There is a slimy evil about him. I’m leaning towards spite.
Zetterson on November 19, 2008 at 6:17 PM
Allah,
Sarah Palin is not competing to be a Christian leader. She just happens to be a Christian; she doesn’t use it as a marketing tool. She’s like Reagan not like Robertson.
ashleymatt on November 19, 2008 at 6:17 PM
I’d pay big bucks to see a Sarahcuda smackdown of the Huckster in a primetime roundtable debate.
hockey2k5 on November 19, 2008 at 6:17 PM
Okay, I’ll give it a shot.
I think Huckabee’s remarks are unfair, and sort of beside the point. No one ever rated a vice-president by mandatory trench duty in the primaries, and this year was no exception. In lieu of any other merits (please note that caveat), all that losing in the primaries proves, is that you are… well, a loser.
In some respects, Huckabee was a good candidate. But he proved ineffective in certain areas, such as immigration. Not that McCain was any better, but he had other (for want of a better term) advantages. Palin’s success was with the party base, and in being comfortable in her own skin. That and the lessons she learned from this campaign (as long as we’re touting such experience) will help her prospects in the future, provided she stays on message, and does her homework.
Being relatively inexperienced, in and of itself, wasn’t much of a liability this year. If you don’t believe me, look at who won.
manwithblackhat on November 19, 2008 at 6:17 PM
Like it or not, Mr. AllahPundit, Barack Obama is God’s chosen leader for America. Voici:
My collie says:
CyberCipher on November 19, 2008 at 6:17 PM
The only nice thing I can say about this huckster is that he is cutting Geraldo’s air time in half on Fox.
meci on November 19, 2008 at 6:18 PM
Now, THAT was hilarious. “Long, long winter of conservative discontent.” Good stuff. :)
Btw, Palin would SOOOO kick Huckabe’s bum in a death match (real, or claymation ;)).
LiquidH2O on November 19, 2008 at 6:20 PM
Oh no! First Kathleen Parker and now your collie. Let me be the first to renounce your dog’s anti-Christian bigotry for suggesting that religion doesn’t belong in politics.
RightOFLeft on November 19, 2008 at 6:23 PM
What is Huck’s problem? Former Fat Person’s disease?
Let’s roll.
ex-Democrat on November 19, 2008 at 6:23 PM
Welcome to a Huckabee thread. The primaries were a trip.
Cindy Munford on November 19, 2008 at 6:23 PM
This man done lost his mind! I will kick his A$$. Keep talking! you are going to get my knuckles in a sandwich!
Mercy4Me on November 19, 2008 at 6:25 PM
…were they to squeeze the grapes here presented by Mr. H, the vinegar that would result would take off three layers of skin…shut up and enjoy your silly show, Huck…now, it’s not only your silly last name that’ll keep you from being taken seriously…it’s your silly quasi-opinions…simultaneously expressed and withdrawn….
Puritan1648 on November 19, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Huck is so entertaining. Hi Huck! You’re a loser!
Spirit of 1776 on November 19, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Are there any potential conservative presidential candidates who Schmuckabee hasn’t attacked yet? 2008 was as close as the guy is going to get. I wish he’d just go away.
Sign of the Dollar on November 19, 2008 at 6:27 PM
The more he talks the less I like him.
Basilsbest on November 19, 2008 at 6:27 PM
Go away Huck.
rbj on November 19, 2008 at 6:28 PM
How could it not be?
It’s REALITY!
The armies of the Beast have consistently been warring against the followers of the Way for 2,000 years.
Someone must not have told you of the true history of Christianity.
50 million Armenian Orthodox Christians have been marytered over the course of several hundred years.
Have you ever heard about that?
70 MILLION ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN MARTYRED BY THE SOVIETS DURING THE 70 YEARS OF COMMUNIST RULE.
Have you ever heard of that?
Untold millions or billions of Christians have been maryred over the last 2,000 years simply because they would not renounce Christianity.
It will happen here in America too.
It’s only a matter of time.
SaintOlaf on November 19, 2008 at 6:28 PM
Any EASY ride?
Huck must live in a different universe, given to inhuman assaults she and her family endured with grace and charm.
The Christian candidate?
Sarah just lives it, and makes Huck look so very small in the process. Sanford, Palin and others will be in the mix based on how they govern, not where they goes to church.
Huck finds so many ways to be an unlikeable person, I doubt he will do much on a national level.
Right_of_Attila on November 19, 2008 at 6:29 PM
OK people, it’s been 2 weeks since the election and youv’e had plenty of time to digest the campaign…y-o-u c-a-n n-o-t be serious about a Palin candidacy in 2012. Come on, you’re joking right.
robertnyc212 on November 19, 2008 at 6:31 PM
Interesting. I would not vote for Huckabee unless the alternative were as bad as Obama (I would have even voted for Hillary against him, if that were my only viable choice). I have many things against him as a candidate and as a possible President. Given that, though, his show on FNC is quite good. I assume a Bill Clinton show would be very interesting as well, and I would avoid voting completely before I would vote for him. TV hosts don’t need to be good at governing.
Buford Gooch on November 19, 2008 at 6:32 PM
If Huckabee keeps giving us all these opportunities to make mockery of him every time he opens his mouth, these next four years will fly by!
thecountofincognito on November 19, 2008 at 6:32 PM
You sound concerned.
Jim Treacher on November 19, 2008 at 6:32 PM
Been getting all your info on Palin from the Tanning Bed Media, have you?
Buford Gooch on November 19, 2008 at 6:33 PM
This thread is the answer to your question on the other thread. For me, this should be left to Sunday, or whatever day of worship your church endorses. If I thought Gov. Palin had or would treat her faith as Gov. Huckabee has, I have to admit, she would lose some luster in my eyes. Faith should be part of your persona not a campaign tool.
Cindy Munford on November 19, 2008 at 6:34 PM
Yes we can. Care to elaborate?
manwithblackhat on November 19, 2008 at 6:34 PM
Oh geez another anti-Palin story
I guess the only way to respond to these from now on is the nuclear option .. which is simply a picture of the Cuda
yowza
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m122/Joey24007/SarahPalin7.jpg
joey24007 on November 19, 2008 at 6:35 PM
Your concern is touching. Go away.
Cindy Munford on November 19, 2008 at 6:35 PM
Palin is not even a ‘Bedtime for Bonzo’ Reagan. Get real.
robertnyc212 on November 19, 2008 at 6:36 PM
robertnyc212 on November 19, 2008 at 6:31 PM
The DNC had some astroturf money left over? You lucky dog.
Bishop on November 19, 2008 at 6:36 PM
Indeed. I’m still a little surprised at the number of people that voted for the 2nd used car salesmen from hope. The man is not someone I would point my kids to as an example of a Christian.
Spirit of 1776 on November 19, 2008 at 6:36 PM
HUCKABEE IS SELLING A BOOK!!!!!
Cindy Munford on November 19, 2008 at 6:37 PM
He’s like McCain: gets a lot of press for bashing Republicans and revels in the attention.
Fooled us once, shame on you….
Palin/Petraeus 2012!
Let’s roll.
ex-Democrat on November 19, 2008 at 6:37 PM
Palin is not even a ‘Bedtime for Bonzo’ Reagan. Get real.
robertnyc212 on November 19, 2008 at 6:36 PM
Uh oh…another person lost to the pods.
Bishop on November 19, 2008 at 6:37 PM
I like Palin and see nothing wrong with what Huckabee said about her.
keepinitreal on November 19, 2008 at 6:38 PM
Oh, now I see. The fact that she and her kids got the hell beaten out of them (and continue to be smacked around in all branches of the media) doesn’t count because he didn’t get to throw a punch.
meltenn on November 19, 2008 at 6:38 PM
We want a thinker, not a winker.
robertnyc212 on November 19, 2008 at 6:38 PM
I’d rather chew off my own leg.
HornetSting on November 19, 2008 at 6:39 PM
First impressions…
Huckabee is a player today and has the hearts of a lot of evangelicals and social conservatives.
He is a mostly reliably conservative, and has a proven track record, certainly as much as Rudy or Romney who we were also relatively happy about despite their squishiness.
He was also, flat out, the best communicator on the primary scene, bar none.
Now he has some big negatives… he has a definite petty mean streak and penchant for cheap shots against a candidates wealth, upbringing, religion, etc. and he’s a big gov’t Bush-type conservative nanny-stater, but too damn bad.
Deal with it. Hate him or love him, he’s got a future and we need him. Not saying I’d have him as the nominee, but we gotta take the talent as it is and use it. The bench ain’t that deep to begin with folks.
tlclark on November 19, 2008 at 6:40 PM
What a petty, jealous jerk this guy is. STFU already.
AZCoyote on November 19, 2008 at 6:40 PM
Now that is intelligent discourse! I don’t agree with everything you said, but thank you for saving me from a sea of bloviations!
I missed the memo and wasn’t here during the primaries, so I thank you for the backfill! :) Actually, I was at HuffPo and DailyKos trying to combat the opposition! My acquired skills will come into use here I see.
gatorgirl on November 19, 2008 at 6:41 PM
It thinks it’s clever.
Buford Gooch on November 19, 2008 at 6:41 PM
Watching Huckabee and Romney prep for 2012 makes we realize why McCain won. Have there ever been two phonier people on the national stage?
It just makes the “long winter of conservative discontent” even more depressing, AP.
kcewa on November 19, 2008 at 6:41 PM
We want a thinker, not a winker.
robertnyc212 on November 19, 2008 at 6:38 PM
Two weeks or three to create that one?
Half a star.
Bishop on November 19, 2008 at 6:42 PM
We want a leader that reads not breeds…
robertnyc212 on November 19, 2008 at 6:43 PM
Huckabee is a joke.
HebrewToYou on November 19, 2008 at 6:44 PM
on a roll
robertnyc212 on November 19, 2008 at 6:44 PM
LOL, which is why its my contention that Satan was the first American!
Rebellious?
Free Speech Advocate?
Seperation of church and State?
Anti Authoritarian?
(yeah, I know… goin straight ta he11 for dat one…)
Romeo13 on November 19, 2008 at 6:44 PM
I’m in no way a fan of Gov. Palin, but I have to say that she’s gotten a raw deal as far as the perception of her as too religious. “Too religious” shouldn’t even be a problem. The Huckabee/Lou Dobson/Pat Robertson contingent kind of set the table for this, though.
RightOFLeft on November 19, 2008 at 6:44 PM
Oooh, ouch!
Cindy Munford on November 19, 2008 at 6:44 PM
Standard leftard thinking. Who left the door open this time?
Buford Gooch on November 19, 2008 at 6:45 PM
So does Fred Sanford, for that matter.
benny shakar on November 19, 2008 at 6:45 PM
Huckaboo just go away you low life.Gov. Palin has one thing that you little man have never had . She is the real deal Consev.I am a Christan Huckabee and you ofend me greatly when you use the Christan faith to fool good people into beleaveing that you are something you are not. So Gov,Huckabee just take the easy ride and go away.
thmcbb on November 19, 2008 at 6:46 PM
This is mild, SaintOlaf is only one of a whole posse. It’s a sit back and laugh time. Everybody sharpening their wit for when it counts.
Cindy Munford on November 19, 2008 at 6:46 PM
Huckabee is a scumbag. He is the one Republican that would make me vote for a Democrat over him.
Jdripper on November 19, 2008 at 6:46 PM
What is up with all that winking anyway??
robertnyc212 on November 19, 2008 at 6:47 PM
For a troll, that was really a good one. I like that.
Buford Gooch on November 19, 2008 at 6:47 PM
You misunderstand my mangy mutt. He’s NOT suggesting that Christians should refrain from participating in politics. Collie and I are agreed that we have an obligation (as citizens) to vote and to participate in campaigning, fund-raising, etceteras. Some Christians should even consider running for office (but not without some serious soul searching and prayer).
My collie says:
CyberCipher on November 19, 2008 at 6:47 PM
As if the two are mutually exclusive.
“As a lifelong Republican evangelical, I find Sarah Palin to be an utterly repugnant cretin.” –astroturfer
ddrintn on November 19, 2008 at 6:48 PM
Cmon AP, you have a misleading headline and then this little disclaimer. Yes, you are right he didn’t mean it in a critical way and I believe he is smart enough to know that he has no chance if Palin and Jindal are in play in 2012.
Its time all of us stop covering about Huckabee in Hotair. Let him do or say whateva.. This is just another ploy for AP and others in hotair to generate website hits. You know it.
justinok on November 19, 2008 at 6:49 PM
Standard leftard thinking. Who left the door open this time?
Buford Gooch on November 19, 2008 at 6:45 PM
It’s the cat door, he sneaks through to rummage in the litter box.
Bishop on November 19, 2008 at 6:49 PM
I am a wait and see person, I have always preferred governors as president and we have a really fine crop. I want to see what and how they do, not listen to a bunch of tripe. Show me a conservative.
Cindy Munford on November 19, 2008 at 6:50 PM
I think they’re cleaning the scum under the bridges….
HornetSting on November 19, 2008 at 6:51 PM
Huckabee is a joke.
HebrewToYou on November 19, 2008 at 6:44 PM
conservative_in_texas on November 19, 2008 at 6:51 PM
RightOFLeft on November 19, 2008 at 6:44 PM
The Huckabee/Lou Dobson/Pat Robertson contingent? Huh?
kcewa on November 19, 2008 at 6:53 PM
IMHO, Huckabee is just another RINO POS who is much like McCain politically sans the benefit of having Sarah-cuda at his side.
Any so-called republicans who work to throw her under the bus are no different from those who did the same to Newt, which in turn began the fall of the once reputable, and honorable GOP. Any real change will exclude these damn fools, or fail miserably.
DannoJyd on November 19, 2008 at 6:54 PM
The only way to protect ourselves as Christians is to vote only for Laity members that run for office.
What is so hard to understand about this?
Most of the large scale martyrdom of Christians has occured in countries with a majority Christian population.(Russia,Armenia,Constantinople etc.)
Frankly America deserves Barack Hussein Obama and the destruction that is coming..
SaintOlaf on November 19, 2008 at 6:55 PM
You know what the irony is here?
If it weren’t for the Huckster, we wouldn’t know who Sarah Palin is. At least… I wouldn’t.
hockey2k5 on November 19, 2008 at 6:56 PM
I anticipated this response. I haven’t got a good answer for you except that I am delighted that Goerge Washington and the founding fathers ignored Romans 13 and threw off King George III.
My collie says:
Personally, I believe that the election of Barack Obama is a calamity that was uniquely designed by God to deal harshly with AllahPundit. What do you think?
CyberCipher on November 19, 2008 at 6:57 PM
Huck has made his career at selling Jesus. And thers nothing wrong with that but Sarah has made a life at living Jesus. He wears his on his sleave as a pastor typically would. Sarah uses her faith for guide her descisions.
Allah do you not see a difference?
Amadeus on November 19, 2008 at 6:57 PM
If Huckabee keeps giving us all these opportunities to make
mockeryhuckery of him every time he opens his mouth, these next four years will fly by!Geochelone on November 19, 2008 at 6:57 PM
I don’t watch huck, when he comes on, the mute come on.
L
letget on November 19, 2008 at 6:57 PM
Self-proclaimed, to be sure, Mr. “NYC” (any Clinton or Schumer connections, by the way)?
You forgot to endow that post with a cutesy little rhyme like your two prior posts. How about “Troll on a roll”?
OneVision on November 19, 2008 at 6:58 PM
My spellking is awefull twoday!
Amadeus on November 19, 2008 at 6:59 PM
To be honest, the whinning and blame throwing like this is what the GOP needs to get away from, not move toward. The GOP needs to start offering alternatives, not excuses as to why the failed, or screaming “not fair” when someone else gets what they want.
Palin had a history of fighting corruption, and in her own state. That fit the theme that Mcain was trying to produce. But even more so, he saw the fact that she was an actual conservative (something that I dispute either huck or mit can claim with great quantity), and would inspire his base.
Going with Mit or Huck had the potential to cause division similar to what happened with the PUMAs when Hillary got bumped. Choosing one could have been an afront to the other. All in all though, Palin’s rise to fame wasn’t so much her flamboyance, charisma, religion, and aggressive conservative attitude as much as it was all that in comparison to Mcain’s “lack of”. All of that, however, did keep her on the spot and is continuing her forward. Her addition to the ticket was a blindside surprise for conservatives, and one alot of us enjoyed.
All that being said, I would have rather seen Romney or Fred on the ticket in the number 1 spot. Though I did like the reformist spirit of Mcain, he was not a true conservative; a fact he did little to try to hide.
Bo on November 19, 2008 at 7:01 PM
Laity members only?
Cindy Munford on November 19, 2008 at 7:02 PM
Exit admission: The only thing keeping me blogging through this long, long winter of conservative discontent is the dream of a Huck/Palin death match in 2011 to determine who the one true “Christian leader” is. Followed, of course, by 15 Kathleen Parker columns proclaiming the end of conservatism, and then 15 more describing the resulting hate mail. (Just kidding. She’ll have renounced the right long before then.)
ROFL!
ProudPalinFan on November 19, 2008 at 7:04 PM
Please folks don’t equate Romney and Huckelberry. Romney is light years ahead of the Huckster in brain power, economic sense and political solutions, its not even close.
If this anti-mormon bigot would not have been flying wingman for McLame we would not have been stuck with an old,inarticulate, not terribly bright, Democrat Lite buffoon for our nominee.
Sadly, I fear there are enough anti-Mormon bigots to make Romney unelectable thus:
Palin/Plumber or Patreaus/Palin 2012
dhunter on November 19, 2008 at 7:05 PM
This guy is attention-starved. He is probably already negotiating for: Huckabee! The Musical.
sherry on November 19, 2008 at 7:06 PM
I am so over Huck already! When will he go away?
IrishGirl17 on November 19, 2008 at 7:08 PM
AGREED!
Amadeus on November 19, 2008 at 7:08 PM
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