Oh my: Couric and Gibson were perfectly fair to Palin, says Huckabee
posted at 2:18 pm on January 13, 2009 by Allahpundit
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From what I can gauge of grassroots sentiment these days, this is tantamount to desecrating Reagan’s grave.
Evidently he doesn’t see the bias inherent in questions like, “What do you read to stay informed?”
There are a lot of X factors [about running in 2012]. Including his fellow evangelical Christian Sarah Palin. There’s a natural tension between the two, especially since Palin took the vice-presidential-nominee slot many predicted would go to him. Huckabee, diplomatic and biblical, says the Alaskan governor “energized” the party. I ask him if she was treated fairly by the media. “There were a lot of unfair things. Sexist things that would never have been asked of a male candidate.” He pauses. “Now I must say I did not think that either the Charlie Gibson interview or the Katie Couric interviews were unfair. In fact, if anything, Katie Couric was extraordinarily gentle, even helpful. [Palin] just…I don’t know what happened. I can’t explain it. It was not a good interview. I’m being charitable.”
He pauses. “I think it was overpreparation. She’d been hammered by McCain’s aides, ‘Say this, don’t say that.’”
Huckabee has met Palin a few times and talked to her backstage at the Republican National Convention.
“Did you give her any advice?”
“I didn’t figure that she was shopping for my advice.”
“But she sure was shopping.”
“Yeah,” chuckles Huckabee. Then stays quiet. I set him up for an easy spike, but he holds his tongue.
Even now, the debate is raging in Headlines over whether her point about being able to see Russia from Alaska was taken out of context. Exit question: This is at least the third time he’s taken a dig at her since the election. How worried is he about 2012?
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It should be pretty obvious with comments like this, that continuing with Huckabee in any way will only prolong the stay in the desert for conservatives. The sooner we dump MSM loved prima-donnas like Huck for real, keep-it-simple, freedom and fiscal oriented candidates that can energize like Obama, the better. Religious conservatism is the path to failure. Both Palin and Huckabee are now damaged goods that have been thoroughly trashed by either their own words, the MSM or both.
JeffB. on January 13, 2009 at 3:50 PM
Right, and the deliberate editing of the Gibson interview, taking out most of her answers; switching questions in some cases, and deliberately making her look dumber than she is?
Also fair to the Huckster I’m sure. I mean, she’s a woman, and a Conservative; so anything to make her look stupid is fair game.
Right Huck? Or did you not see the unedited transcripts of the interview to see how badly they hacked it to make her look worse?
Is he stupid, uninformed, or malicious? I don’t see a 4th option, but a combination of those three might be possible.
For those of you who missed it… the full transcript of the first day; showing what was edited out:
http://www.marklevinshow.com/gibson-interview/
Was that “fair”? Simple editing for time constraints? Or deliberate hacking of her answers? And showing her answers to follow up questions (well, parts of those answers) without showing the questions that prompted those answers?
Yeah, that’s probably fair too.
Couric and Gibson were perfect
ly fair to Palin, says Huckabee.There’s my edit; which I think shows Huckabee’s opinion much better. And since hacking up quotes is fair, nobody will complain, right?
gekkobear on January 13, 2009 at 3:51 PM
Where do find such men as Huckabee?
Answer: All over the place I am sorry to say.
Ba-frigging-foon.
jake-the-goose on January 13, 2009 at 3:52 PM
He’s not bitter.
Huckabee’s theme for his show should be “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”.
Saltyron on January 13, 2009 at 3:53 PM
Of course, we all remember Obama and Biden being asked that question too. And the insanely hostile reaction to their answers.
Jim Treacher on January 13, 2009 at 3:53 PM
I remember seeing a movie when I was a kid set in Alaska which detailed how close Little Diomede (Alaska )was from Big Diomede (Russia). So when Sarah Palin mentioned the proximity of the Alaska to Russia I concluded this is what she meant in the Gibson interview. Of course, in retrospect she should have mentioned the name of the two islands and that IF she lived on LD she could see Russia by staring at BD. But Sarah doesn’t live in LD as far as I know and lives in the Anchorage area. Nobody in Anchorage can see Russia from there. For Tina Fey to suggest that Sarah could see Russia from Anchorage is ludicrous and to suggest that Sarah actually made the comment that ‘I can see Russia from my house’ is a gross misrepresentation and an outright lie. She never made the statement. If anybody is at fault it was the McCain campaign to suggest that Sarah’s foreign policy credentials were enhanced because of Alaska’s proximity to Russia. Sarah was boxed in by their incompetence; of course McCain’s staffers get to walk away from the damage, while she is left to bear the ridicule and mockery that their original assertion caused.
technopeasant on January 13, 2009 at 3:56 PM
What was unfair about the Couric interview was the way that CBS marketed it. They took a couple of cuts that made her look bad and used them as teasers to market the interview, showing them on screen and on line incessantly over the course of several days and releasing them to other media outlets.
Most people only saw the teasers, and even people who watched the interview saw and heard about the teasers at least a dozen times prior to the interview.
There’s no way that CBS didn’t do this deliberately.
kcewa on January 13, 2009 at 3:58 PM
The guy is just fucking stupid and the proof positive of his imbecility was that his biggest fan here on Hot Air was the Nazi SaintOlaf (recently banned).
Hilts on January 13, 2009 at 3:59 PM
Huck, I have one suggestion for you. Don’t attack Sarah. If Sarah runs in 2012 you don’t have a chance. but if Sarah doesn’t run in 2012 then you do have a chance, but hurt your chances with the base that loves Sarah if you continue to attack her. Stay cool and pray she doesn’t run in 2012. She may decide to wait to 2016. Who knows?
technopeasant on January 13, 2009 at 4:00 PM
Hucklebuck has become a pathetic and irrelevant clown. He was just a pathetic clown during the Republican primaries.
Percy_Peabody on January 13, 2009 at 4:01 PM
What made the interviews “unfair” per se, was the fact that Obama and Biden were asked questions like “how does it feel to win” or “how do you think the Republicans will attack you.” However, Palin was terrible in the Couric interview and she should just admit it and move on.
V15J on January 13, 2009 at 4:02 PM
George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Bob DOle, John McCain, Mike Huckabee – what the eff is wrogn with the GOP?
Hilts on January 13, 2009 at 4:02 PM
What is it about Huckabee that I have never liked? He’s one of those guys that loves to hear his own voice.
smartsy on January 13, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Well they might have actually you know….given an answer.
crr6 on January 13, 2009 at 4:11 PM
huckadope.
james23 on January 13, 2009 at 4:12 PM
We’ll never know.
Jim Treacher on January 13, 2009 at 4:18 PM
I have commented on this previously, but very few people mention the solo interview that Sarah did with Katie the following week (different dress)in which Sarah asserted that she believed in contraception and that she was tolerant of the gay lifestyle (one of my best friends was gay). I just heard Zielgler on Breitbart today comment on that Sarah felt ‘under siege’ from the original Couric interview-Sarah was savvy enough to know CBS and Couric were playing ‘gotcha’ and that she was physically and mentally drained from having to do that interview and go directly to her next engagement. Personally when I saw the Couric interview at the time, I paid more attention to how her eyes looked, how drawn her face was, that she looked exhausted and that frankly she wasn’t herself. I think on that particular day she might have hit the wall akin to what one feels when suffering from jet lag. Since August 29th she had gone non-stop and her body and mind finally gave out during the Couric interview. But folks, Sarah never claimed to be God. She is flesh and blood-like you and me–a human being. Shouid she be branded for the rest of her life for being so tired or not mentally alert that she didn’t perform as well as she should have. Again I have made this point several times before: Tiger Woods miss a cut and nobody is suggesting that he is not a worthy professional golfer. but Sarah Palin gives one sub-par interview (I consider the Gibson interview not sub-par but a hatchet job by ABC to make Sarah look bad)but hundreds of great interviews since then and all critics and backbiters can remember is the one sub-par performance. This is totally unobjective and slanted commentary unworthy of the press and media. Unfortunately, it has opened the door to ‘agenda’ journalism. Report only on the worst performance of an enemy and then brand her/him as a failure or incompetent based on that worst performance. Goebbels would be so proud of this grand distortion of reality.
technopeasant on January 13, 2009 at 4:20 PM
huck is a moron. You do not want to insult Sarah Palin if you are in the republican party.
ousoonerfan15 on January 13, 2009 at 4:23 PM
techno, does Breitbart have a daily radio show?
ousoonerfan15 on January 13, 2009 at 4:27 PM
Veering off topic somewhat, but this subject of Palin’s reading material has been absurd for months.
Let’s not forget that our president-elect sat in the pews of a raving lunatic for 15 to 20 years–and never breathed a word of objection to hateful, spiteful, un-American views. Beyond that, he befriended another lunatic (Pfleger) and considers him mainstream.
You tell me who the crackpot is: Palin or Obama?
BuckeyeSam on January 13, 2009 at 4:28 PM
Well, she did actually, you know, give an answer. She decided not to give specifics because she was peeved about the implication of the question. Also, she obviously did not trust Couric not to twist her words, and history shows she was correct. In later interviews, with persons who were less hostile, she did offer specifics and some folks have begun to attack her on those responses, just exactly as she correctly assumed Couric would do.
littleguy on January 13, 2009 at 4:28 PM
I like Huck but when he makes comments like this all he does is make his burning political ambition all the more obvious.
Why do you think he signed up to do that show on FNC? Perhaps as a vehicle to raise his public profile before his next tilt at the White House? That would also explain his animosity towards Palin.
She is the biggest obstacle at the moment to him getting the Republican nomination in 2012 and whats more she is more popular with the GOP’s conservative base than he is and he is painfully aware of that fact.
I suppose to me the main difference I see between Palin and Huckabee is that lately Huckabee’s motivation to be President appears to be more personal ambition than anything else. Where as I get the impression with Palin that she is driven by a need to serve and find effective solutions to problems and being President would enable her to do that.
Then again I could be completely wrong about both Palin and Huckabee. They are after all politicians.
Dreadnought223 on January 13, 2009 at 4:39 PM
ousoonerfan15 on January 13, 2009 at 4:27 PM
technopeasant on January 13, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Huckabee is an idiot, as I’ve thought and said since the first time I heard of him.
beachgirlusa on January 13, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Physician healPolitician position thyself.Mr_Magoo on January 13, 2009 at 4:54 PM
In the interview with Breitbart Ziegler also commented on what he told Sarah regarding his feelings about when she should run for President. He said that the American public would see her differently if she ran for President in 2016 and NOT against Obama. If she ran against Obama in 2012 she would be ‘eviscerated’ as she was in 2008. He also recommended that Sarah run in 2016 because then she would be 52, not so good looking and not so offensive to middle-aged women who had lost their looks. I would be interested in what others think of what Ziegler said. Remember he is the person doing the documentary defending Sarah and proving she was smeared unfairly during the 2008 campaign. Plus he seems to agree with Coulter’s assessment that Sarah should wait till at least 2016 as well. My feeling on the subject is that you have to ’strike when the iron is hot’-who knows what the political landscape is going to look like in 2016, and what if the GOP (not Palin) regains the White House in 2012?
technopeasant on January 13, 2009 at 5:01 PM
Bingo!
I just watched the Ziegler interview with Breitbart as well. He makes an excellent point when he said:
The question was also offensive because it’s tone was not “getting to know you” it was clearly meant to suggest that the chillbilly rubes don’t know how to read.
And if she answered directly, Couric would have proceeded in the same line of questioning that Shuster suggested to Ziegler –she would have asked Palin to list what was on the front page of the New York Times. Or perhaps, if she didn’t want to be that obvious, she would have quizzed Palin about a particular article, and if Palin didn’t have immediate recall of that article the story would be that Palin lied about reading the New York Times.
That’s the gotcha game. Laugh at it if you want, but the rules are different for liberals and conservatives. No, there is nothing wrong with asking “what do you read to stay informed?” but look at the question and the questioner in context. There’s nothing unfair about asking the question, “Do you know what the speed limit is?” But if you’re asked that question by a cop who has just pulled you over, you’re best bet is to dodge the question.
ramrocks on January 13, 2009 at 5:02 PM
During the primary, I always felt a little odd because I didn’t get the appeal of ike Huckabee. I could see the good points (and the bad) in all of the other candidates, but not Huckabee. He just seemed like a wole lot of nothing. But then he started trashing Romney and I felt less odd about not getting him and started thinking that all of his supporters must be a wee bit off.
He’s just such small man. So petty and pathetic.
myrenovations on January 13, 2009 at 5:05 PM
Oh no reality.
That will not go well.
getalife on January 13, 2009 at 5:11 PM
Huckabee as fair as it gets!
kanda on January 13, 2009 at 5:11 PM
JeffB, you are so right on… Dump the RINO’s
reshas1 on January 13, 2009 at 5:19 PM
Interesting. It seems like Palin has learned from her experiences (I hope so, anyway), and I hope that she takes the necessary steps to be loaded for bear next time.
On a side note, I think that Baba Wawa is still a little upset that she didn’t get an interview for her ‘Most Fascinating’ show.
meltenn on January 13, 2009 at 5:22 PM
That is an excellent question.
ks_sonflower on January 13, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Guy as Governor who released murderer who murdered again said what?
Hog Wild on January 13, 2009 at 5:31 PM
I just read on a separate HA thread that there is now a movement afoot to repeal the 22nd Amendment (limiting the President to 2 terms). With that in mind it is more imperative that Sarah run in 2012. America cannot afford to wait to 2016 with the assumption that Obama cannot run again. Obama must be stopped now or we could see Obama as the POTUS for the next 30 years a la Castro. Republicans, wake up, is that what you really want? Do you love the Messiah that much?
technopeasant on January 13, 2009 at 5:47 PM
Now ask Coulter that question again.
- The Cat
P.S. Stupid people never wonder if they’re stupid or not.
MirCat on January 13, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Huckabee thinks he has such true believers they’ll accept his view on those interviews? I suspect he has miscalculated badly.
aikidoka on January 13, 2009 at 6:01 PM
I have no problem with repealing the 22nd amendent, as long as they enact a new amendment for term limits on Congress. Get the old dogs out!
smartsy on January 13, 2009 at 6:05 PM
Ask Huckabee about that.
Look, Huckabee is apparently liked by a lot of people. Having never been a Huckabee supporter, I couldn’t tell you a thing about his family or sex life or finances or whether his wife actually gave birth to their children. That must mean he’s no threat at all.
ddrintn on January 13, 2009 at 6:14 PM
Sarah sincerely has a servant’s heart.
Huckabee is ambitious to a fault and may have sold his soul already.
Sarah wants to serve, Huck wants to rule.
If he even makes one crack at Sarah leading into the primaries and I’m going medeival at his rallies.
He better think before I show up and embarrass his whole movement.
Sapwolf on January 13, 2009 at 6:15 PM
If it ain’t, maybe I can get in his audience and rush the stage. I can be a big attention whore too like him.
Anybody want to join me? Let’s roll.
Sapwolf on January 13, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Trig Trutherism, Huckabee disputing that Sarah was taken advantage of, a proposal to repeal the 22nd Amendment, and Obama hasn’t even be sworn in yet. To the GOP wake up and smell the coffee-if you do not take action ASAP to get your act together you will be toast for the next 30 years. If Sarah is not your candidate in 2012, for heaven’s sake rally behind, coalesce around another conservative, unless of course you support Obama’s desire to transform America and dismantle the Constitution and impose a lifetime dictatorship on the American people.
technopeasant on January 13, 2009 at 6:18 PM
What self-serving crap. This guy, who I confess briefly intrigued me way back when, is a bag of bamboozle, ego and pettiness. Palin will kick his slick, phony ass in 2012.
rrpjr on January 13, 2009 at 6:23 PM
Sapwolf,
Go to the site that is linked to my user name, on the right you will see an email address … please send me an email
thanks.
JR
joey24007 on January 13, 2009 at 6:29 PM
I can’t believe you people are still trying to defend a ditz who was completely stumped by a pair of professional flatterers.
*eats popcorn*
benny shakar on January 13, 2009 at 6:30 PM
The Anchorage Daily News is now citing Media Matters as the authority on the history of Trig Trutherism.
Jim62sch on January 13, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Jim, please send me an email … you can find the address on the page that is linked to my hotair username
joey24007 on January 13, 2009 at 6:39 PM
Yes, the flattery was on full display, wasn’t it? Charlie Gibson might have been scowling furiously, but he was smiling with his eyes.
Jim Treacher on January 13, 2009 at 6:43 PM
There is no bias in that question unless the interviewee does not in fact read anything to stay informed.
hicsuget on January 13, 2009 at 6:47 PM
The scumbag will attack in his smarmy buttboy manner anyone he feels is a threat.
peacenprosperity on January 13, 2009 at 6:51 PM
I liked Ziegler’s take in the Breitbart interview. If this question was asked of a Democratic candidate, and they answered “Captain America comic books”, the response would be “Oh, isn’t the artwork wonderful!” Witness the non-response to Biden’s FDR-on-TV gaffe in his Couric interview.
But if a Republican answered “The New York Times”, the followup question would be “Please comment on the second paragraph of Maureen Dowd’s last editorial – was it factually accurate, and how did it make you feel?” Palin was under siege and was trying not to give Couric any ammo, in addition to being exhausted and frustrated.
Jim62sch on January 13, 2009 at 6:53 PM
As soon as I saw him when that interview began, I knew for sure it would be a hit piece. Jesus, I wanted to slap those damn nose-glasses off his face.
Jim62sch on January 13, 2009 at 6:54 PM
And there in lies one of the true differences between conservative and liberals.
A true conservative makes decisions and takes action based on what they believe to be right in accordance with their values and principals.
Whereas liberals want to be popular and loved so they spend most of their time making decisions and doing things that they believe will make people happy and themselves popular by extension.
Unfortunately some Republicans seem to think being popular is something needed to be a good leader, when in fact popularity tends to be something you gain as a result of good leadership.
Dreadnought223 on January 13, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Schmuckabee has as much chance in 2012 as a third stab by McCain for many of the same reasons.
Valiant on January 13, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Ooooohhhh the poor little thing got flustered by the scowling man?
I swear, you can’t make this stuff up!
benny shakar on January 13, 2009 at 7:05 PM
If Huckabee attacks Palin, then it merely endears her more to me. I told an RNC representative that if Huckabee were anywhere near the top of the ticket in 2008, I would vote Democratic. I repeat that declaration, here and now, for 2012. I would call him a Bozo, but that would be confusing the cherished children’s entertainer to a cherubic, childish infotainer.
Mutnodjmet on January 13, 2009 at 7:15 PM
I find it interesting that, per David Frum, Palin defending herself in an interview (ONE interview) against the media for a documentary is tantamount to making this “all about her.”
But, of course, “unnamed” McCain aides, and Huckabee, and Olbermann, and anyone else can trash her all they want.
Hey, it’s a man’s world here, after all, right guys?
Hawkins1701 on January 13, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Are you talking about Obama when Gibson questioned him on cap gains taxes?
Jim62sch on January 13, 2009 at 7:20 PM
To the GOP and its supporters: let me ask you ten questions to determine how much you trust Obama and his merry men and women
1)If given the opportunity and the 22nd amendment was repealed do you really believe that the Messiah would not want to continue his reign after 2016?
2)If somehow the 2nd Amendment was repealed or not supported by the Supreme Court do really believe that Obama would not come after your guns and confiscate them?
3)Do you really believe that right-wing talk radio would exist if Obama had his way?
4)Do you believe that the rights of America’s evangelicals would be fully protected under Obama?
5)Do you think that Obama would not impose a radical Marxist agenda on America if he could have his way?
6)Do you believe that Obama would not send Sarah Palin to a re-education camp or burn her at the stake if he had absolute power to determine her fate on this earth?
7)Do you believe that Obama would not dismantle the Constitution if he had the power to do so?
8)Do you really believe that Obama is not going to give amnesty to all the illegal immigrants in America to make America a one-party state?
9)Do you believe that Obama will not impose reparations on white people to make them compensate black people for slavery creating the most massive redistribution of income in the history of the world, in the name of white guilt?
10)Do you believe eventually if Obama, the Messiah, has absolute power that he will not set up concentration and death camps where all evangelicals, capitalists and contra-Obama types are sent and eventually purged?
NB: Obama is not a nice person, folks!
technopeasant on January 13, 2009 at 7:29 PM
benny shakar
Whats wrong Benny get bored over at Kos?
akoilfieldtrash on January 13, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Republican In Name Only
Seven Percent Solution on January 13, 2009 at 7:36 PM
Mike Huckabee: Official Democrat Party Waterboy
(dreaming of being the quarterback for both teams at the same time)
silverfox on January 13, 2009 at 7:47 PM
silverfox on January 13, 2009 at 7:47 PM
Actually…. that almost worked for McCain.
But McCain is actually a grown-up.
silverfox on January 13, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Yep. Benny is bored like a minimum wage security guard who forgot his mags. Poor boy.
Benny, join Team Sarah and open up that wallet for the Cuda if you think she is sssssooooooo losing to the Hollow Man.
Sapwolf on January 13, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Ahhhh, good old Huckabee is back. The same Huck that Mitt came to love so much.
Mr. Joe on January 13, 2009 at 8:00 PM
You know something, I have no problem with Gibson or Couric in their interviews. None of those questions were patently unfair, alhtough I could have done without Gibson’s and Couric’s condesension (and the camera angles for Gibson’s were a bit much). But that is a given with a Repubican in the cross hairs. I have a problem in the way Sarah Palin was trotted out for interviews by the McCain campaign.
Mr. Joe on January 13, 2009 at 8:03 PM
…and this assclown is relevant…why, exactly?
Harpazo on January 13, 2009 at 8:26 PM
STUPID and EASILY LED.
thareb on January 13, 2009 at 8:39 PM
You guys are such a joke.
I love “Cuda but she wasn’t ready–she just made us all able to vote for McCain. Huck would have been fine with Charlie and Couric–and awesome against Biden. You know that is so if you hate Huck with a purple passion, he woulda devoured Plugs int he debate.
But nooo……he and she are two peas in a pod but you love her and hate him. heh.
She can do no worng, he can do no right–hilarious.
He isn’t atatcking her and hasn’t. This is a story made by those writing stories—they ask loaded questions and than manufacture tension to get you all to talk.
That man got more votes than anybody but Johnny—and that’s becuse nobody backed him—and I am looking at you on the right who wanted to ride coatails…..and would’ve won it if not for South Carolina.
Think about that for a minute.
There is a reason he has a show and she’s a recluse.
I would be overjoyed if either of them can make a go of it in 2012, but doubt either will.
And chill with this RINO stuff—I have learned to recognize that for what it is.
Country club conservatives claim any but fiscal cons are RINOS and vice versa–puh-leeze.
Libertatians are looking better and better nowadays.
John The Baptist on January 13, 2009 at 8:41 PM
Man, this guy is a sneaky, passive aggressive, holier than thou, sanctimonious little prick.
Charles Martel on January 13, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Me too.
Sapwolf on January 13, 2009 at 8:49 PM
I have a hard time accepting that you might vote Libertarian for reasons of conservative or Constitutional principle (as opposed to, say, protesting the Repub’s by jumping ship to the Libertarians because they seem to be the only other game in town) when in the same stream of apparently-coherent thought you state that you would be “overjoyed” to see a politician of Huckabee’s ilk find success in 2012.
Mike Huckabee is a lot of things; “principled defender of Constitutional limits” and “promoter of individual liberty” are not among them.
So please forgive my skepticism when you claim to make a logical connection between supporting Mike “let’s federally ban things that are bad for people” Huckabee and the Libertarian party.
Harpazo on January 13, 2009 at 8:50 PM
I could be wrong, but honestly, I don’t see Obama as quite that type. His moonbat followers though would be an enthusiastic Schutzstaffel. And we know how sycophantic most of the media are.
ddrintn on January 13, 2009 at 9:06 PM
Or “his mind is obviously deeply saturated with the heroical-mythical metaphors which give a contour to his ideas of statecraft, much as Alexander the Great sought to emulate Achilles.”
ddrintn on January 13, 2009 at 9:09 PM
I swear benny must have the biggest lard ass on the planet cause everytime he comes on here he’s eating popcorn. Crying out loud nutcase, get a new line.
katy on January 13, 2009 at 9:31 PM
As a general rule all around: Republicans need to stop sniping at each other. That includes comments by Huckabee and former McCain staffers about Sarah Palin. That includes some conservatives sniping at McCain. We need to focus constructively instead on Obama bringing a Second New Deal in domestic policy and using soft diplomacy in foreign affairs; neither will work, and we need to be ready to articulate policies that will work.
Phil Byler on January 13, 2009 at 9:45 PM
The Truther ADN editor has published more Palin e-mail.
Love this quote of hers:
Jim62sch on January 13, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Hey Huckaboo you should thank God you have a fox news gig because you are going no where else you pomise A** fool.
thmcbb on January 13, 2009 at 9:58 PM
I consider myself a fairly open minded person when it comes to forming an opinion of politicians. From what I’ve seen of Huckabee for the past year or so, I can absolutely guarantee myself that I would never support his candidacy for an office under any circumstances. What’s truly disturbing is that this man is a Christain minister.
Red State State of Mind on January 13, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Let the campaign for 2012 begin
You know who Fox should havw hired????
Palin, – think Huck’s trying to Damage the goods before the employment contracts are offered?
EricPWJohnson on January 13, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Mike Hucka-who?
OhioCoastie on January 13, 2009 at 10:17 PM
I love one of the quotes in the comments section:
“I am perfectly willing to accept as a fact Sarah Palin’s unsubstantiated statement concerning the birth of Trig.”
I’m also willing to give my own mother that benefit of the doubt. LOL
ddrintn on January 13, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Grue in the Attic was at least being ironic … and smart and funny.
chunderroad on January 13, 2009 at 10:27 PM
That’s what made the 2007 primaries so embarrassing; you had a bunch of two-bit phonies show up parroting lines about the Islamofascist threat and the greatness of Reagan, but we knew them all well for years, besides their dubious epiphanies. I imagine Huck will be back for second helpings in 2011, because that’s what fat-asses do.
chunderroad on January 13, 2009 at 10:31 PM
It’s not my fault you don’t know what “flattery” means.
Jim Treacher on January 13, 2009 at 10:34 PM
That quote was pretty funny. It sounds like both might be willing to let this go now (though, of course, the Troofers never will). I do hope so; it was starting to get a little out of hand.
meltenn on January 13, 2009 at 10:39 PM
I have a hard time accepting that you might vote Libertarian for reasons of conservative or Constitutional principle (as opposed to, say, protesting the Repub’s by jumping ship to the Libertarians because they seem to be the only other game in town) when in the same stream of apparently-coherent thought you state that you would be “overjoyed” to see a politician of Huckabee’s ilk find success in 2012.
Mike Huckabee is a lot of things; “principled defender of Constitutional limits” and “promoter of individual liberty” are not among them.
So please forgive my skepticism when you claim to make a logical connection between supporting Mike “let’s federally ban things that are bad for people” Huckabee and the Libertarian party.
I forgive you.
It’s not a matter of just conservative or Constitutional principle ,but Christian principle.
I have had leanings toward Libertarianism on and off over the years, as did our founding fathers, but I, like they, see it too quickly turning into antinomianism.
Thus, conservatism has been the best best for a few decades, NOW however, it as a movement is so weak kneed and spineless, and as Coulter put it, GODLESS that Libertarianism may end up the last hope to hang on to, as unseaworthy in the long haul as it is.
Liberty cannot exist with religion, even jefferson understood this, and as is the point of this thread, religion —pure religion not violent fanaticism–is under attack and being removed. We cannot survive without it.
John The Baptist on January 13, 2009 at 10:54 PM
ooops
John The Baptist on January 13, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Fixed it, sorry.
I forgive you.
It’s not a matter of just conservative or Constitutional principle ,but Christian principle.
I have had leanings toward Libertarianism on and off over the years, as did our founding fathers, but I, like they, see it too quickly turning into antinomianism.
Thus, conservatism has been the best best for a few decades, NOW however, it as a movement is so weak kneed and spineless, and as Coulter put it, GODLESS that Libertarianism may end up the last hope to hang on to, as unseaworthy in the long haul as it is.
Liberty cannot exist with religion, even jefferson understood this, and as is the point of this thread, religion —pure religion not violent fanaticism–is under attack and being removed. We cannot survive without it.
John The Baptist on January 13, 2009 at 10:55 PM
I also loved this other quote from Palin:
The woman has a subtle sense of humor that is downright Reaganesque. Smile and stick the knife in, Sarah!
Jim62sch on January 13, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Whoa… Two pea’s in a pod? Huckabee and Palin?
Huckabee raised taxes as Governor.
Palin gave out budget surplus rebates to taxpayers as Governer.
Palin has a 80% approval rating in her state.
Huckabee, I don’t know what his approval rating was, but it’s under 80%.
Huckabee set a murderer free from prison, who murdered again.
Palin has not as far as I know, if she has please point it out.
Huckabee more seasoned and smoother than Palin? That’s yet to be deteremined, Huckabee wasn’t the VP pick and tasked with being the attack dog against the Dim’s. Huckabee was on his own program and Palin was on McCain’s program. So the way I see it, Palin is one up by showing she can be a team player and Huckabee is down one by showing he’ll stab a fellow team member in the back at every opportunity.
Go ahead and hate Palin if that’s your choice. But don’t drag her down to other’s level who has not accomplished as much. Huckabee would have loved to be the VP choice, hence his refusal to criticize McCain on anything. Palin was chosen to fire up the base, which she did and Huckabee did not, finishing second by only staying on in the primaries until only two were left. Doesn’t matter he had no chance at winning, he finished second, and then got a once a week gig on FoxNews. What’s Palin doing? She’s back at her Governor’s desk running the state of Alaska.
Two pea’s in a pod? Only if you aren’t from planet Earth or a democrat.
Hog Wild on January 13, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Hey Eric! Nice to “see” you again other than LST!
I agree with you, the Huckster is doing what he is best at – trying to destroy his opponents. It will just look bad for him and make fans of Palin.
Neocon Peg on January 13, 2009 at 11:18 PM
Uh, I don’t think so AP. When Mike says Sarah looked awkward during the Couric interview (if that is what he meant) I would agree with that. I’d advice Mike to keep that to himself, but, uh, y’know, it was a little awkward. I’d like to explain what I mean by this though. I think Couric is deceptive. I am not a fan. She was trying desperately to trip Palin up for the Dems during their interview. And in a way she did. In the end Couric got her sound bite. I don’t blame Sarah though. Sarah Palin is very intelligent (smarter than Couric). Sarah Palin is a decent, moral, lady. I believe Sarah Palin is qualified to be President of the United States. I’d take her over Obama, Clinton (both of ‘em) Bush, and McCain in a heartbeat! In fact, I’d pick her over 99% of the politicans in America today! So, I support Sarah Palin. The liberal media thrashed her during the primaries the same way they thrashed Huckabee, cept, Huck, he was thrashed by both the liberals and the Republican media! So anyways, yeah, the interview came across awkward at times primarily because of Couric’s devious questions, and not because of Palin, and truthfully Mike you should just keep silent on this. Interesting, the other day a video of the Huckabee/Coulter interview was posted here, but left out was the beginning of the interview where Mike Huckabee said, “One of the things you (Ann) talk about (in your book) is how Sarah Palin was treated, and she TRULY HAS BEEN SAVAGED, and we’ve seen some response of her this week…”. That does not sound like a dig to me. Sounds more like friendly support. Thank you.
apacalyps on January 13, 2009 at 11:19 PM
ddrintn on January 13, 2009 at 9:06 PM
technopeasant on January 13, 2009 at 11:23 PM
Those two just need to go out to the middle of nowhere and get drunk and hash everything out (off the record, of course).
meltenn on January 13, 2009 at 11:27 PM
No, no..I think Obama has Obama’s interests at heart. I just don’t get the Obama-as-fascist vibe. Also, Hitler appealed to a country that felt completely humiliated. We haven’t been down quite that low (yet).
However, the cult of personality around Obama has always been disturbing, more so in that it doesn’t seem to be based on any specific ideals you can pin down.
ddrintn on January 13, 2009 at 11:30 PM
I am really not sure who Huck is trying to appeal to with his asinine comments. He clearly is a bitter and vindictive person.
Captain America on January 13, 2009 at 11:32 PM
Incidentally, my Fox News channel viewership has hit null since Huck was given a show to toot his horn.
Captain America on January 13, 2009 at 11:33 PM
Huckabee helped to take Romney out but will not be successful with Sarah. Superstars can be taken out in one of two ways: either they self-destruct (substance abuse) or voluntarily leave the game to others. Unfortunately for the Huckster I don’t see Sarah doing either in the near future. All this talk of the MSM damaging Sarah permanently is specious. That McCain-Palin was only 7.2% behind Obama in the vote but still won 22 states and almost 60m votes despite the worst financial meltdown in the last 70 years tells me that Sarah allowed McCain to hold the base, which he would not have if he had chosen anybody else. Conservatives know this and the lefties are fully aware of it as well. Why pick on a losing VP candidate if she posed no threat to Obama? Sarah does pose a major threat to Obama in 2012.
technopeasant on January 13, 2009 at 11:36 PM
I agree. We must always be watchful, especially after BHO takes the oath of office (barf).
Neocon Peg on January 13, 2009 at 11:37 PM
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