Whether you agree with his politics, give Mike Huckabee credit for having a good sense of humor. The GOP presidential candidate appeared in a newscast skit last weekend on “Saturday Night Live†(how many evangelical leaders would even agree to be on the show?) that poked fun at his seeming inability to know when to leave — either the skit or the presidential race, which is mathematically impossible for him to win.
Meanwhile, the Clinton campaign has been trying to use an “SNL†debate skit as evidence of how the media favor Barack Obama.
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I have to admit that I like his sense of humor. I saw that skit and it WAS funny.
Too bad he’s such a theocrat nut case. He sure is a likable guy.
But I shudder to think of him rewriting the constitution in the image of HIS religion.
Kinda like Kansas, ya know?
Imagine terry fox with a likable personality. I know it is a stretch, but you can do it.
Now, wanna put him, or a charming phred phelps in charge of the US constitution?
didnt think so…
Huckabee playing air hockey with Stephen Colbert was funny too
lol!
Thanks for sharing that Phillip.
Haven’t watched SNL in a very long while.
I miss those Political Humor skits.
Huckabee is a likeable guy, and he was funny in this skit. But I don’t know if I would ever be comfortable having an ex-preacher, ex-minister, etc., as the President of the United States.
Huckabee is a likeable guy, and he was funny in this skit. But I don’t know if I would ever be comfortable having an ex-preacher, ex-minister, etc.
-TDT
Religious bias is certaintly the most difficult to overcome. If Huckabee had a secular academic degree, he would have had a much better chance winning the nomination.
Let me offer an observation.
All the specifics of issues don’t matter. George WMD Bush promised there’d be no Nation Building, he promised “compassionate” conservatism, he was the MBA candidate who’d run the government like a business. (Who knew the business he was referring to was pets.com?)
But after years of being the inferior Bush son (Jeb was the one Poppy thought should be President), Shrub learned to fake being comfortable in his own skin. Al Gore never seemed like that in 2000 (although Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and a Nobel Prize has given him a bit more self-confidence). John Kerry (as with most ‘Vam vets) has a lot of issues, closer to the nerve.
From Ron Paul to Dennis Kucinich, the candidates who know they don’t have a snowball’s chance at the nomination tend to be the ones most honest with voters. And so they lose.
The Huckster can stay in Motel 6s with the money he has on hand. He can meet with the Twice-Born Coalition and become the new leader of a Republic Party doomed to lose in November.
And (as much as possible for a Baptist) he seems comfortable in his own skin.
You’ve probably seen the “Hillary’s Inner-Tracy” mash-up:
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid988092926/bctid1377935786
I’ve thought from the beginning of all this that Hillary skill-set is best suited to be a United States Senator. Even right-wing Republic Party Senators, when pressed, admit that she’s a damned good Senator. So was LBJ.
At least LBJ had the good fortune to be President before that guy wrote “The Peter Principle.”
Barack Obama has a lot of followers. (Yeah, I know, “J R” or “ksfarmgrrl” will probably come up with a “sheeple” reference here.) But there’s one truth about followers — it’s been true since the parting of the Red Sea right up to Martin Luther King — and this is it: The “followers” are following a LEADER!
Plese,
Neither Huck nor Bahma…not Clinton or your mamma. Not a Bush or Mc Cain.
Only the American people can modify/amend the Constitution. The reality is that change is needed as time goes by. Be not afraid my friend — Huck don’t bite. He is fresh hope for this country. No doubt.
The “followers” are following a LEADER!
-Monkeyhawk
Don’t count your chickens just yet Monkeyhawk.
Calling someone a leader before he has lead anything is a bit credulous don’t you think? You have just affirmed yourself as a charter member of the “sheeple” flock with your last post.
“rfl” smirks –
“Calling someone a leader before he has lead anything is a bit credulous don’t you think?
And just what has John WMD McCain led, “rfl?”
When you look at the record, not much.
He’s been the “maverick.” He’s challenged leadership. His best argument for… I dunno, “courage?” “Integrity?” Something… is, he held out for a long time under torture until he sold out to the Viet Cong. And after steadfastly *leading* the fight against torture, McCain voted *for* it when the Republic Party presidential nomination was at stake.
McCain promises American jobs aren’t coming back. McCain promises Mexican workers aren’t going home. McCain primises American children will be going to war in Iraq for a hundred years.
And that’s where he wants to lead us.
“McCain primises American children will be going to war in Iraq for a hundred years.”
When did he say that?
Hey! MonkeyLiar! Read this and suck it.
Last month, at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire, a crowd member asked McCain about a Bush statement that troops could stay in Iraq for 50 years.
“Maybe 100,” McCain replied. “As long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed, it’s fine with me and I hope it would be fine with you if we maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world where al Qaeda is training, recruiting, equipping and motivating people every single day.”
“fleettwood” asks to my comment:
“McCain promises American children will be going to war in Iraq for a hundred years.”
“When did he say that?
To be specific, “fleettwood,” he said it on January 3rd, 2008. In Derry, New Hampshire.
I’d like to see the link to that quote, liar.
Here’s you link, “fleettwood” –
Thanks for asking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf7HYoh9YMM&eurl=http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:gl4QzCUwNvwJ:www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/01/6735_mccain_in_nh_wo.h
““McCain promises American children will be going to war in Iraq for a hundred years.””
No, thank you. The problem is, he didn’t say what you said he said. Why must you be a liar?
Mike Huckabee is a brilliant man who has 10 1/2 years of executive experience and he was voted oneof 5 best Governors in the US, was voted Chairman of the National Governors Association by his peer, did great things for the state of Arkansas where he proved he can work with the democrats to accomplish good things. He has the best ideas on the block for our tax system, health care, economy stimulus. Would you want to be judged totally on what job you held 20 years ago? Look at the man’s record and what he can do for this country. In addition, he has a personality and to hear him speak is truly inspiring…..Go Huckabee, you’re the man…..
“Go Huckabee, you’re the man…..”
I would agree with most of that, except I would say,
“Go, Huckabee, you’re a man”.
Linda,
The old politacal guard (dems and rep.) will never back Huckabee. He has far too much integrity and no patience for the wasteful special interests. This country , in my opinion, has gone too far down the road of greed and compromise to elect Mr. Huck. I hope I am proved wrong. Watch all the things some are “fearful” of if he were elected. If they had an unbiased (media)education and a mind to be independent thinkers they would loose the unfounded fears and join the rest of us who know that our country needs him and many more like him. He has proven himself plenty well eneough for me. I am not any religion. I wasn’t afraid of Jimmy Carter’s born-again-ness (a great man in our time)and I actually like this bass-playin un-pretentious guy. I wish there were more candidates at this hour but this independent voter is an unashamed Huckster.
We didn’t need an SNL skit to tell us that the media was biased. we’ve only been talking about it forever.
I saw this play out live Saturday night and was flabbergasted.
I mean I would get it if he was no longer in the race. What did he hope to accomplish with that?
Military presence does not equal War. The quote is not we will be at war for 100 years but be “in Iraq”, just like we been “in Japan 60 some years” and “in Korea for 50 some years”, and in other places. Just for the record I am not for McCain at this point. But I will defend any candidate when they are lied about…