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President Huckabee, Squirrel Eater
February 12, 2008, 12:16 pm
Filed under: TV, carny life, election, faith, god, media, politics, religion, republican | Tags: , , , , , ,

From “Meet the Press” February 10th, 2008

MR. RUSSERT: All right. Before you go, I have to ask you about this comment on…

GOV. HUCKABEE: All right.

MR. RUSSERT: “Morning Joe”’s program back in January.

GOV. HUCKABEE: OK.

MR. RUSSERT: “When I was in college, we used to take a popcorn popper–because that was the only thing” many of us–”they would let us use in the dorms”…

GOV. HUCKABEE: Yeah.

MR. RUSSERT: …”and we would fry squirrel in the popcorn poppers in the dorm room.”

GOV. HUCKABEE: Yeah. Yeah. We really did that. We really did.

MR. RUSSERT: Did you eat them?

GOV. HUCKABEE: Well, of course you–we ate them.

MR. RUSSERT: What does it taste like?

GOV. HUCKABEE: I should say it tastes a lot like chicken, but it doesn’t.

MR. RUSSERT: What’s it taste like?

GOV. HUCKABEE: It, it tastes like squirrel. It’s not the best thing in the world but, you know, when you go squirrel hunting, you got to do something with those things. And part of it was just to say we could do it. I mean, it was a college thing. I mean, but fried squirrel is a Southern delicacy. You got to know that.

MR. RUSSERT: But you’re off the squirrel now?

GOV. HUCKABEE: I haven’t eaten fried squirrel I think since college. Thank the Lord. I don’t…

MR. RUSSERT: This may help you in Virginia.

GOV. HUCKABEE: It may kill me up–in other states, however.

I can’t believe some seriously consider Huckabee a competitive candidate. I used to think he was O.K. Politicians say a lot of crap when they’re running for office. Like everyone else with no brain and a little experience I know to take election year oaths with a grain of salt. And Huckabee really seems like a nice person. But you mean to tell me that people still pretend to not know that TV preachers steal from old ladies?

MR. RUSSERT: But shouldn’t he cooperate and turn over the materials that Senator Grassley requested?

GOV. HUCKABEE: As far as I know, he will fulfill his responsibilities. He’s taking legal counsel. But you know what? The whole issue with Kenneth Copeland/Chuck Grassley is not an issue that I’m dealing with as a presidential candidate. It’s not a part of whether or not I ought to be running for president. And what I’m saying is that I think he’s taking his legal counsel, finding out what he’s supposed to do and where he’s supposed to cooperate, but not in, in any way yielding over the constitutional rights he has under the First Amendment to be not just a person of free speech, but also a person of freedom of religion.

MR. RUSSERT: But if you tell him “I stand with you against Congress,” and then he raises money for you…

GOV. HUCKABEE: Behind him.

MR. RUSSERT: …isn’t that interfering in an investigation?

GOV. HUCKABEE: No, it’s not interfering with an investigation. I–it’d be interfering if I called up Chuck Grassley and said lay off Kenneth Copeland. I’ve not done that, nor would, would I do that. Because I think Kenneth Copeland will ultimately have to provide some responsible answer to the questions that have been raised. And, and that’s fine. And Senator Grassley, he can request whatever information he needs. He’ll have the legal authority to do what he does, or he won’t be able to get it done. That’s all in the world that, that has to happen.

MR. RUSSERT: But he should provide all the information that’s been requested?

GOV. HUCKABEE: If the information is reasonable and it’s not violating the, the rights that Kenneth Copeland has. I, I do have a little concern. It’s a little chilling when you start thinking about is Congress going to start going after nonprofit organizations? And if so, are they going to do all nonprofits? Are they going to start looking at Moveon.org? Are they going to start looking at some of these organizations, where every dime comes from? If, if we’re going to do it, let’s open it up and make sure everybody coughs up the information.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23095171/page/2/

That doesn’t excuse him from not releasing infomation does it? It does informs us as to Huck Dawg’s biases. By including Moveon.com in the same conversation he intimates Copeland as a PAC, not a private citizen. A partisan organization who lobby for their agenda, not always scrupulously. Between that and the millions the guy has earned from graft that can only make his associations more suspicious.

Old Huck Finn’s reasoning is the same as a kid caught chewing gum in class. Which makes him either very naive or a bad liar. By basically saying he’d obstruct an investigation means the latter unfortunately. Neither makes him an attractive candidate. Apparently evangelical types share poor lying abilities. Bush is always blurting out his uninformed opinions, mixed with lies to fill the gap, without an inkling of the implications. Unlike Bush Huckabee is rarely nasty. (Bush usually defends his positions by working a nasty tone into his statements. They are supposed to make us back down from questioning his logic. Ha!)

I could handle the whole B.S defense of marriage act, creationism over evolution, abortion abolition talking points. Every politician talks junk in order to appeal to their base. He’s stated some of the more agreeable moderate positions. He also wouldn’t be able to get half of that sort of extremism past in Congress anyway. But adding clumsy lying into the mix indicates he’s not White House-worthy. We want our politicians to successfully lie. If he hadn’t mentioned eating squirrel far past the years when he had to, the rest of his nonsense wouldn’t look that bad. It also proves he’s a terrible liar.

Huckabees’ comments about McCain in 2006

“I have a hard time seeing him being elected president, just because I think, at times, some of his views have alienated very important segments of the Republican Party.”

Let’s hope it was the squirrel eating branch of the party.

Squirrel eating alone should not bar someone from the White House. Lord knows we all have a past. Bad lying, backward azz thinking and popcorn squirrel should.

Log this one under carny life.

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Desperate Clintons Sue Themselves
January 16, 2008, 7:44 pm
Filed under: Obama, carny life, democrat, election, politics, republican, war | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Link

Nevada’s Democratic Caucus Stirs Lawsuit

By BRENDAN RILEY – 11 hours ago

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada caucuses are becoming a proxy for the racially tinged fight for the Democratic presidential nomination, with Barack Obama’s campaign criticizing Hillary Rodham Clinton’s allies for a lawsuit that could prevent some minorities from participating.

On Friday, six Democrats and a teachers union connected to Clinton filed a lawsuit claiming the rules enabling Las Vegas Strip waitresses, dishwashers and bellhops to caucus inside nine resorts violate state law and federal equal protection guarantees. Other caucus-goers lack the same access, the suit argues.

The Clinton campaign has said it’s not involved in the lawsuit. The Obama campaign says it may not be a coincidence that Clinton’s allies are the plaintiffs.

Obama also suggested the timing was notable, since the suit was filed Friday — two days after he was endorsed by the powerful Culinary Union. That group’s 60,000 members make it the largest union in the state, and nearly 40 percent of its members are Hispanic, its leaders say.

Stuff like this just drives me further from the Clinton camp. You mean to tell me the Clinton Campaign Machine didn’t know about this months ago? Suddenly it’s an issue for them? As often as can be said for a group that includes Bill Clinton in it’s number: Bullshit. This is the sort of pettiness I’ve come to expect from Karl Rove and George W Bush. Suing your own party for what amounts to vote crumbs and something you no doubt already knew about can only be called Rovian. The lowest sort. Bloody pathetic.

Coupled with her attempts to accuse Obama of being inconsistent in his opposition to the Iraq War while being simultaneously for it is confusing and obstructionist. The kind of thing I’d expect of Bush. You can’t be for something and against something at the same time, honey. It invokes the ghost of the John Kerry, Mrs. Scrooge. Something that should be avoided. Fuse the confusion of Kerry with the stupidity of Bush and you’ve got one unsavory candidate there. A retarded combination that should be avoided lest the Obama camp take notice (hint, hint). We’ve wasted the past 8 years with a similar formula. I’d like to avoid a repeat of the same.

By the Hammer of Thor I’ll have none of it. If she gets the nomination I’ll consider going rogue and (gulp) vote outside the Democrat party. All Jack Bauer style and stuff. Her tears of passion for this country were genuine, I think. Her campaign for it is anything but.

Post updated 10:12 pm EST

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080117/ap_on_el_pr/nevada_caucus;_ylt=AkmjQZld9RReF6HuUSq5unSyFz4D

The rules were unanimously approved by the state Democratic party last March and ratified by the Democratic National Committee in August.

But last Friday, six Democrats and a teachers union, which has ties to the Clinton campaign, sued to shut the sites on grounds they allocate too many delegates to one group. Of roughly 10,000 delegates to Nevada’s presidential nominating convention, more than 700 could be selected at casino caucuses, depending upon turnout, which could make them more valuable than some sparsely populated Nevada counties, the lawsuit said. Four plaintiffs are on the committee that approved the sites.

The DNC petitioned to join the suit on behalf of the state party Tuesday.

The Clinton campaign has denied any involvement in the lawsuit, but Obama noted it was filed two days after he was endorsed by the powerful Culinary Workers Union Local 226, which has organized many workers along the Strip. The union is the state’s largest with 60,000 members, more than 40 percent Hispanic.

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