WTF Huck!
If I was forced to choose a Republican nominee, it would have been Mike Huckabee. He seemed to be a down to earth guy who made the most sense during the countless debates shown earlier in the year. Sure he was stubborn and didn’t want to concede when he knew the numbers were stacked against him, but I thought his point was made by not letting McCain win the nomination as early as he could have. Demonstrating you have common sense is important to me and at times it gets you more points in my book than having book sense.
But here is one time where Huck forfeited some of his common sense by making a tasteless joke regarding Barack Obama. His comments were out of line and touched on a topic that has the potential to breed fear and uncertainty in the minds of those who support the Obama ticket. While Huck may have meant it as a joke, there are some sick people out there who see things differently. Check out this post from the Electronic Village to learn more about them. This is the stuff you definitely won’t see on Fox News.
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Thanks for the link-love.
I agree with you that Huckabee disqualified himself … and showed his true inner thoughts … when he made this tasteless joke about an assassination attempt on Barack Obama…
peace, Villager
May 23rd, 2008 at 1:15 pm
No problem at all. I couldn’t have put together a better post, so I just linked to it.
Huckabee issued an apology, but I think it’s like all the others that I’ve heard this year. I’m sure he doesn’t wish any harm on Obama, but to say it was distasteful. But when you’re in your comfort zone, the real you tends to come out.
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Funny thing is…he had the opportunity to let the attempt at a joke die, but you could see the little hamster wheel turning trying to find a way to link the joke back to something relatable to his core audience at the time. He should’ve just let the thing die on stage instead of making an asinine comment.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:29 am
And now Hillary with an assassination reference?! Sounds like Barack is going to need his own Popemobile—the Barackmobile.
May 26th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Here’s a link to the Hillary Clinton comment. It’s close to the end. What it has to do with the topic I’m not sure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0QAewVrR28