Huckabee to Coulter: Why’d you call me stupid?
posted at 1:48 pm on January 11, 2009 by Allahpundit
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Again and again and again she hammered him during the primaries, and again and again he repays her here by putting her on the spot. “There’s an ugly yet fascinating dynamic brewing between these two,” I wrote in one of those old posts about the identity politics dance they were doing at the time. Watch this tango between two of the most famously nasty-yet-charming Republicans in America and tell me I was wrong.
Here’s the column in which she accused him of being pro-sodomy. Exit quotation: “Liberals adore Huckabee because he fits their image of what an evangelical should be: stupid and easily led.”
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First I’ll lean toward Ann simply because, as a right-wing Christian, I feel that we need our elected reps to be totally separated from the pulpit. This is politics, BTW. Just my opinion.
Now I’ll watch the video.
perroviejo on January 11, 2009 at 1:54 PM
“Do you think I’m stupid?” Umm, if you have to have her on your show, and ask her under the pressure of the cameras-
Yeah, apparently.
cs89 on January 11, 2009 at 1:59 PM
Huckabee defends himself pretty good here, but I still think Ann was on solid ground. Besides, was she really calling him stupid herself, or was she saying that the liberals think he’s stupid? I thought it was the latter. She doesn’t make that point herself, but she seemed a little flustered.
Kensington on January 11, 2009 at 1:59 PM
Huck’s a nice guy, but he’s a nanny stater who wants government to lead our lives for us. I get enough of that cr#p from the left. I don’t need any of it on the right. And it is a totally unconstitutional view of America.
progressoverpeace on January 11, 2009 at 1:59 PM
Poor Huckabee still trying to say he’s always been rock solid conservative.
aikidoka on January 11, 2009 at 1:59 PM
Kind of on the awkward side,(nail on half a chalkboard)..They both played fair. I think Ann played a little too fair, but hey, she’s promoting a book, BTW, an AWESOME book..: o )
christene on January 11, 2009 at 2:02 PM
Hucks nasty side shows up. The only thing he didn’t throw at her was a pie.
conservnut on January 11, 2009 at 2:04 PM
my gods, what r those who detest both schmuck AND ann going to do with this thread?
:-)
Buckaroo on January 11, 2009 at 2:04 PM
Ann is my hero.
Annie, my dear, can I buy you lunch sometime?
BobMbx on January 11, 2009 at 2:04 PM
Well, Ann is still our best fullback. That was kinda awkward, though. Huckabee wanted to straighten Ann out (she knew that was coming) while allowing her on to peddle her book. However, hopefully Huckabee stays out of politics. We can do better.
perroviejo on January 11, 2009 at 2:06 PM
“conservnut on January 11, 2009 at 2:04 PM”
the pie is being saved for sweeps month …
:-)
Buckaroo on January 11, 2009 at 2:06 PM
“perroviejo on January 11, 2009 at 2:06 PM”
so if schmuck never runs for office again we owe rupert a thank you?
:-)
Buckaroo on January 11, 2009 at 2:07 PM
Huckabee has whatever was in the water in Hope, Arkansas, that makes him a natural crowd-pleaser, but his skin is too thin for politics. Politics should be like foreign policy–permanent interests, but no permanent friends, no permanent enemies. Depends entirely on if they’re helping you or hurting you today. If a politician takes the brickbats too seriously, that’s a sign that they take praise and adulation too seriously too, and that’s bad.
RBMN on January 11, 2009 at 2:07 PM
Huckabee is a clone of Jimmy Carter… He’s dangerous.
Karmashock on January 11, 2009 at 2:08 PM
Thanks Huck for calling a liar on the carpet.
Just because she fulfills the demented fantasies of some Far Rightys doesn’t change the fact that she peddles lies and garbage.
Facts are facts.
AprilOrit on January 11, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Huckabee belongs to the wing of the GOP that needs to be neutralized as much as possible in the coming years. Ignorant, close minded theocrats have no place in the future conservative movement.
therightwinger on January 11, 2009 at 2:11 PM
“How we treat people is an opportunity to show our civility and compassion that we did not show …” What a bed-wetting liberal. So the purpose of enforcing the law is to wallow in liberal, white guilt?
Kalapana on January 11, 2009 at 2:12 PM
The answer to his question is, Because it’s true.
emailnuevo on January 11, 2009 at 2:14 PM
HuckabeeCoulter is a clone ofJimmy CarterSatan…He’s dangerousShe’s dangerousHe’s dangerous.AprilOrit on January 11, 2009 at 2:14 PM
Yes. You’re always safe with tautologies. I’d stick to them, if I were you, because you seem unable to recognize facts, themselves.
progressoverpeace on January 11, 2009 at 2:16 PM
For he IS the Oprah Winfrey of the Republican Party! And he has the adoring brain-dead audience in-a-can to prove it!
argos on January 11, 2009 at 2:17 PM
I think the reason that Huckabee has his own show, even on FOX, is to keep the RINO Republican wing alive……
………. when the elections come around again, let’s see who Huckabee and the Main Stream Media pick for the Republican candidate.
If he has had Gov. Sarah Palin on his show………..
……………… I must have missed it.
Seven Percent Solution on January 11, 2009 at 2:19 PM
A lot of “clarifying” means Ann was correct.
SouthernGent on January 11, 2009 at 2:19 PM
Speak for yourself. Not all of us feel guilty because we are white nor do we think we are liberal – just because some misguided extremist tells us we are.
That’s a character defect or characteristic of a Far Right Loon….
Remember we are fighting the same unfeasonable MO overseas, why would we ever listen to a homegrown brand of this kind of insanity here?
AprilOrit on January 11, 2009 at 2:20 PM
“I didn’t raise taxes, I raised hope.”
Feh.
bluetick on January 11, 2009 at 2:20 PM
Your facts?? Oh please LOLOL.
AprilOrit on January 11, 2009 at 2:21 PM
The Jews?
the_nile on January 11, 2009 at 2:23 PM
“therightwinger on January 11, 2009 at 2:11 PM”
heh — i think schmuck should never see the light of day politically again, but it’s for COMPLETELY different reasons than you. it’s his moronic statist policies that would kill gop hopes — nothing else …
Buckaroo on January 11, 2009 at 2:23 PM
Huck is a bitter man…and a liar. the whole thing about immigration is a joke…he was a big time open borders guy.
juck trying to ‘clarify’ things is a joke. he’s a joke. ANN IS RIGHT…huck is slimey.
Thank God for ANN…I LOVE HER!!!!
right4life on January 11, 2009 at 2:24 PM
HUCK is not only stupid–He’s a crook:
Just before leaving office as governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee spent $500,000 of state emergency funds to destroy hard drives used by his administration. Why hasn’t the media raised a red flag over this obvious scandal?
It seems every week, another Mike Huckabee scandal leaks out. First there was his “Open Borders” policy as governor of Arkansas and the HUGE last minute flip-flop, he performed, to appear “tough on illegals” just before the primary elections. Then there was the Wayne DuMond scandal, in which Huckabee pressured parole board members to release a convicted rapist, Wayne DuMond. Huckabee has denied pressuring the parole board, but members of that board have contradicted Huckabee’s claims. Also, there’s a letter from Huckabee to DuMond stating that Huckabee wanted DuMond out of prison. DuMond raped and killed two women after being released from prison.
98fromCA on January 11, 2009 at 2:25 PM
Yeah right, what kind of idiot are you??
Radical Muslims.
AprilOrit on January 11, 2009 at 2:25 PM
How about your facts? Or are you just in the business of bomb throwing?
conservnut on January 11, 2009 at 2:25 PM
Just coming on Huckabee’s show demonstrated Coulter’s willingness to put the differences behind them. Who most needed who in is this situation? Coulter has her pick of cable shows, because she draws a crowd. Huckabee is still fighting his way to the middle of the pack.
RBMN on January 11, 2009 at 2:26 PM
“Seven Percent Solution on January 11, 2009 at 2:19 PM”
do u really think his show will even last until ‘10? IF i happen to stumble upon it during the weekend, i make sure to switch it off posthaste …
Buckaroo on January 11, 2009 at 2:26 PM
Let me rephrase that – Radical Fundamentalist Muslims.
AprilOrit on January 11, 2009 at 2:26 PM
That was an epic sparing match
AbaddonsReign on January 11, 2009 at 2:27 PM
I can’t stand Huckabee.
Captain America on January 11, 2009 at 2:28 PM
I am far from being a Far Right bomb thrower, I can assure you, or a bomb thrower at all.
AprilOrit on January 11, 2009 at 2:29 PM
Huckleberry is a funny guy, and Ann is a funny gal; the two together make for great TV. Sorry I missed the whole interview (haven’t watch the show). Who cares who’s right (or righter)?—this is a delightful confluence of politics and entertainment.
MrLynn on January 11, 2009 at 2:30 PM
Huck-If you have to keep trying to convince people that you are a conservative, then there may be a problem.
conservativemama on January 11, 2009 at 2:30 PM
FIFY
conservnut on January 11, 2009 at 2:31 PM
Why is it a scandal? If you are getting rid of the computer, which businesses and government routinely do, it is safer to destroy the harddrive because it is the only way to prevent others from accessing the information that they have no right to access under law.
Blake on January 11, 2009 at 2:32 PM
Maybe you can keep rephrasing it until you’ve pared the enemies down to the 7 bad (radical fundamentalist, …) muslims who are causing all these problems … sheesh.
Like I said, stick to tautologies.
progressoverpeace on January 11, 2009 at 2:32 PM
“conservativemama on January 11, 2009 at 2:30 PM”
BINGO!
Buckaroo on January 11, 2009 at 2:32 PM
Yep. Huckabee falls into that category of evangelicals who believe that government can fulfill the role of pastor — hence, his nanny state crap and his failure to be a fiscal conservative.
I do fear very much for the future of our party and of conservative ideals. We’ve strayed so far from those ideals that I don’t know if we can ever get back. I think it’s all but certain that we’re going to get card check next year, we’re going to get socialist healthcare, probably will see our banks and retirement accounts nationalized… Then there’s no turning back. And Mike Huckabee can take a lot of credit for spoiling Romney, Giuliani, and Thompson’s chances by diverting votes from them, thus allowing Juan McShamnesty to be made our nominee.
Outlander on January 11, 2009 at 2:32 PM
Ann’s the liar? Did you watch the exchange about the smoking ban?
“I didn’t call for a ban.”
“Yes you did. It was on TV.”
“Only in the workplace, because of secondhand smoke.”
Bwahahaha.
For the record, I don’t like Ann. She’s too combative and incendiary. It was really funny watching Huck try to get his injured feelings soothed here, though.
cs89 on January 11, 2009 at 2:33 PM
Ann swings a huge hammer.
Wade on January 11, 2009 at 2:34 PM
“Blake on January 11, 2009 at 2:32 PM”
quick question — did you have any anger towards sandy burglar?
/some people’s naive children …
Buckaroo on January 11, 2009 at 2:34 PM
Oh , didn’t know which side you’re on.
the_nile on January 11, 2009 at 2:35 PM
AprilOrit is a clone of Huckabee, Coulter, Jimmy Carter, Satan, the Anti-Christ, and my 6th grade teacher, Mrs. Serinni…She’s dangerous!
Blake on January 11, 2009 at 2:38 PM
If you think some of us are going to stand by and watch you guys trash Mike Huckabee the way you people trash various other Republican civil servants, forget it.
I am speaking up on his behalf, he’s a good man and doesn’t deserve to be smeared n by Ann Coulter or any of you. The last time I checked this ins’t the HuffPO, Kos or DU, so stop it.
You guys are bitter and hateful, get over yourselves, say a prayer and ask God to release you from that megalomaniacal self-aggrandizing and burden of self.
AprilOrit on January 11, 2009 at 2:40 PM
Huck-a-bigot what a jerk off. Just this week he was in the Salt Lake Deseret News falling all over himself claiming that he has nothing against Mormons it was just Romney that he had a prob with. Its funny that he repeatedly went after Romney’s faith in the primaries. Perhaps he thought that it was Romney and Satan that were brothers.
Bald Igle on January 11, 2009 at 2:41 PM
Get over it Mike.
BTW, Americans will nevah elect a President with the last name Huckabee, nevah!
Ok, I was wrong on BHO. But I’m right on this!
Caper29 on January 11, 2009 at 2:41 PM
If he ever snaps a string on his bass, he can use one of her legs.
Jim Treacher on January 11, 2009 at 2:41 PM
I kind of agree, but I do enjoy her books. I also think Sean Hannity is a bit grating. But they are who they are. They make no apologies for it. And they don’t constantly try to refine or re-interpret what they have said. Tools like Huck do that.
conservnut on January 11, 2009 at 2:41 PM
That certainly says more about you than it does me.
Remember, it’s none of my business what you think of me or about me.
AprilOrit on January 11, 2009 at 2:42 PM
And yes Huck you are stupid!
Bald Igle on January 11, 2009 at 2:42 PM
quick answer — non sequitur
/obviously, you have never held a grown up job with any responsibility. You do not recyle computers with their harddrives. Wiping them is not enough. I’m sure you would be the first one to bitch and moan if private information about you held by the government ended up in some jerk’s hands because they happened to buy an old government computer cheap.
Blake on January 11, 2009 at 2:43 PM
EXCELLENT
…..a moment I hve been waiting for—
I love Ann and Huck both–they are 3 times to the right of Rush and Hannity, but she really torpedoed his run.
…she admits he is MORE conservative with the fair tax plan…..
He shut her up on the Duncan Hunter remark–and it’s hard to shut her up.
….all you Huck haters need to get your head out of the sand and listen common sense. Its YOUR FAULT we ended up with McCAIn…YOUR FAULT and look where that got us.
You think conserative has to be country club big money—or else it ain’t conservative. Hogwash. Our founding fathers qualified as theocrtas by your strange small monded definitions. Our country is already in the handbasket towards hell and you shoot at fellow conservatives…….ignoring Reagans law.
Hotair is becoming more and more a grazing ground for immoral FISCAL conservatives with no REAL conservative character at all.
sigh
John The Baptist on January 11, 2009 at 2:44 PM
Pot meet Kettle.
conservnut on January 11, 2009 at 2:44 PM
Yeah, that I have a sense of humor and you don’t.
Blake on January 11, 2009 at 2:46 PM
This actually makes me like Huckabee. And I like Coulter, too. It’s as honest an exchange as you’ll ever see on tv.
Priscilla on January 11, 2009 at 2:46 PM
Listen to John the Baptist – he has your 411 down pat.
AprilOrit on January 11, 2009 at 2:47 PM
Ann’s “the only man in the Republican Party”. Gotta love her.
Randy
williars on January 11, 2009 at 2:48 PM
You can say what you want about Coulter’s style, but I have yet to see anyone actually refute her research. What are the “lies” she peddles?
DFCtomm on January 11, 2009 at 2:48 PM
I like Huck’s tax ideas. The problem, of course, is that if we institute a consumption tax, we will just end up with both a consumption and an income tax. It’s a good idea, but a non-starter because of this. It could only be implemented with an accompanying Constitutional amendment declaring income taxes off limits to the feds. And, even then, we have huge problems with the states then diving into the income pool to draw more funds. The only thing that stops them now is that the feds are drawing from the same pool.
progressoverpeace on January 11, 2009 at 2:52 PM
My response did not appear. At risk of double posting:
quick answer — non sequittur
/obviously you never had an adult job in a responsible profession. You would be the first one to complain of a breach of confidentiality if private information about you was recovered from a wiped harddrive on a gov. computer sold second hand. Seriously, what is gov. suppose to do with old harddrives? Store them in perpetuity?
Blake on January 11, 2009 at 2:54 PM
Mike Huckabee = Game Show Host
jake-the-goose on January 11, 2009 at 2:54 PM
Not likely,
I actually agree with a lot of what John says in his comments. But I only consider myself about half conservative and the other half libertarian. Kinda like Ronald Reagan who John refers to. I am not a social con and believe that those folks can trample our rights as readily as the socialists.
conservnut on January 11, 2009 at 2:56 PM
Cindy Munford on January 11, 2009 at 2:56 PM
They are not consistant, it’s whomever they think is available and can be seen as the monster on that given day.
They will not even acknowledge that Huckabee confronted Ann, he was right and he was able to shut her up. They are so enamored with her they can’t see the forest for the trees. Can you say DU??
They assemble, pick up their torches and head out on their hunt.
Today it’s Huckabee, tomorrow it will be someone else in the GOP who they hate.
AprilOrit on January 11, 2009 at 2:57 PM
StOlaf would be so proud.
Sorry.
Cindy Munford on January 11, 2009 at 2:57 PM
But it’s your business what we think about Huck?
How does that work, exactly?
cs89 on January 11, 2009 at 2:58 PM
ROTFLMAO…. You soooo did not just challenge AprilOrit to put up or shut up…
doriangrey on January 11, 2009 at 2:58 PM
yeah, sure neutralize them, no wait why not terminate them instead. I bet Arny is up for a sequel. I really don’t think enough of that branch of the GOP stayed home this year, because if enough had then it would be obvious that the GOP will never win an election without them.
The U.S. didn’t wake up 8 years ago with a bad case of the religions. It’s had religion since it’s birth, pull out a dollar and see what it says, but people like you expect us to believe that suddenly we’re headed for a theocracy. The religious right never had and never will have any intention of establishing a theocracy. They are too afraid their flavor of Christianity would loose the popularity contest and they would be persecuted to ever support a theocracy.
DFCtomm on January 11, 2009 at 2:58 PM
Good grief! Two of my least favorite ego-maniacs.
Gatordoug on January 11, 2009 at 2:59 PM
Maybe maybe not.
It doesn’t really matter. if you think I care about what you are projecting – get over yourself.
You only proves the point I was making in my last – most recent post.
All of you are in love with Ann – male & female.
AprilOrit on January 11, 2009 at 2:59 PM
Oh noes! Evil fundamentalists on the march!!! Eleven!!!!
cs89 on January 11, 2009 at 3:00 PM
There you go, April.
progressoverpeace on January 11, 2009 at 3:00 PM
As a TV host, he reminds me of Phil Donahue.
And Huckleberry should stay as a talk show host.
Duncan Hunter… is and will always be stupid
Kini on January 11, 2009 at 3:02 PM
Mike Hucabee is a disaster.
Jdripper on January 11, 2009 at 3:02 PM
No uncomfortable moments… Just good clean sparring. And she called him stupid~~~
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I believe that if you look long and hard enough you will find that Ann has called (or insinuated very directly :) that most American politicians (Reagan excluded of course) are one negative or another. So that’s her job, and also part of her charm.
RalphyBoy on January 11, 2009 at 3:02 PM
Thanks for reminding me about what a drag it is to have to share the same party with a bunch of holier-than-thou bible thumping busybodies like Huckabee.
cool breeze on January 11, 2009 at 3:02 PM
Why? Does she type really fast, and possess a wicked knowledge of google? You may be right, because I don’t want a whole day of googling trying to support my arguments.
DFCtomm on January 11, 2009 at 3:04 PM
April is real good at making assertions, backing them up with valid documentation… Not so much…
doriangrey on January 11, 2009 at 3:05 PM
Good for Huck on this one!
And wow, another chance for people on this board to go after one of our own. Just remember Huck and McCain got the most republican votes in the primary…despite all the money the former liberal gov. of mass. spent. Romney is a fake conservative and Huckabee was the real deal and it showed in the results.
arizonateacher on January 11, 2009 at 3:06 PM
“Blake on January 11, 2009 at 2:54 PM”
nice non-answer, hypocrite …
i just might wager i’ve supervised more people than you may ever …
here’s a newsflash — they are supposed to FOLLOW THE RULES for data retention and destruction — thinking that prolly didn’t happen here …
/some people’s idiotic schmuckabot children …
Buckaroo on January 11, 2009 at 3:08 PM
“Huckabee was the real deal”
piss.off.
/go back to fellating the n.e.a. …
Buckaroo on January 11, 2009 at 3:09 PM
AprilOrit on January 11, 2009 at 2:59 PM
Gosh, why so combative? I don’t want to get rid of any of the conservatives. And there are many conservatives spokespersons who’s style I disagree with, but that’s just a clash of personal taste, it makes neither them or me wrong. But I will say this, I find Gov. Huckabee disingenuous. This is just a vibe I get from him and I realize it doesn’t make it a fact but it does influence how I feel. If you didn’t care what people thought you wouldn’t be posting, not logical.
Cindy Munford on January 11, 2009 at 3:09 PM
I took the time to listen to Huckabee at the beginning of the primaries. I quickly came to the conclusion he isn’t someone I’d trust or want in political power or waste my time watching his show.
Ann is the best. I’ll defend her because she gets it and I get her.
Domino on January 11, 2009 at 3:11 PM
I’m glad we have Ann, I wish we had more like her.
Rose on January 11, 2009 at 3:12 PM
“DFCtomm on January 11, 2009 at 2:58 PM”
again — missing the point — it’s schmuck’s STATISM that is objectionable far more than his moralizing — mostly because he’s managed to conflate the worst of both!!
Buckaroo on January 11, 2009 at 3:13 PM
Yawn.
Huck is a neocon. I will never watch his show.
Ann is charming in small doses.
molonlabe28 on January 11, 2009 at 3:14 PM
Hokeybee is the phoniest Republican there is. Call him the Republican John Edwards. Coulter would run over her own mother if it sold books or got her enough publicity.
Gatordoug on January 11, 2009 at 3:15 PM
“Gatordoug on January 11, 2009 at 3:15 PM”
heh — answers my question i posed early in the thread about the combo schmuck/ann-hatahs …
:-)
Buckaroo on January 11, 2009 at 3:16 PM
But it was the best answer to your non-question, a-hole.
McDonald’s doesn’t count.
So, you don’t even know what the rules are or if they were broken. IDIOT.
/get a clue, oh clueless one, because every time you open your yap, the hole gets deeper.
Blake on January 11, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Mitt Romney is enjoying some popcorn about now.
Mr. Joe on January 11, 2009 at 3:19 PM
“Blake on January 11, 2009 at 3:16 PM”
taking away yer personal insults [which is about 80% of yer post], we are left with the following conclusion — u are nothing but a big hypocrite who thinks schmuck can do no wrong and are completely unable to respond with facts; for that matter, with any other than childish flames …
/still waiting for an answer to the question, douche …
Buckaroo on January 11, 2009 at 3:20 PM
She should have hit him on his soft stance on crime and punishment.
Hog Wild on January 11, 2009 at 3:21 PM
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