Mike Huckabee: Minister and Street Thug
So Mike Huckabee makes a wisecrack at the NRA convention about Obama frantically trying to get away from a gun being pointed at him.
This is what passes for a Christian man of peace today in this charming country we find ourselves in. Spy magazine ran a marvelous caption years ago, I recall, under a picture of Kissinger: "Henry Kissinger, Socialite and War Criminal." Now we have Mike Huckabee: Christian Minister and Street Thug.
Huckabee should not just apologize, he should be forced to turn in his collar.
But alas as someone else pointed out, Christians are often the ones who don't seem hip that theirs is supposedly a religion of peace.
Why would anyone who isn't a corporate baron, a religious nut or a bug-eyed Xenophobe vote Republican? I can't think.
I've just come back from a couple weeks in Italy. Bella paese. I was in Rome when the new mayor was elected: a former young Fascist street fighter. Berlusconi is not only back running the country, he is doing so in partnership with an anti-immigrant party that's positively rabid.
Huckabee's spout-off today has a touch of that strain of Italy. Il Duce's street fighters would get a kick out of it.
But Jesus (pardon me, my blood is still boiling) -- Jesus would vomit.
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Huckabee is giving the green light to every nut out there. He is emboldening the HATERS to take a shot a Obama. He should be ashamed! And to think he was the only Republican candidate I actually liked. No more. He is irresponsible, worse than Limbaugh. A very dangerous man!
Way back in 1948 Al Jolson had a radio show, and one night he said the word "hell" not realizing his mic was live. Well! It went out over the air waves (as they were called) and was a minor scandal for the next week.
Flash forward: Now we have us a former candidate for president, and a Baptist minister to boot, who thinks it's just as funny as all get out to joke about someone at the NRA meeting taking a pot shot at the black candidate.
If y'all don't believe in Evilution, how do you feel about maybe Devolution?
It is things like this that give all ministers of the Gospel a bad name. Thanks, Mike.
I agree and he should apologize, it was very inappropriate thing to say.
The hell with apologies.
No more self-serving apologies that go like this," If anyone was hurt or offended by what I said I'm sorry they took it the wrong way." Or some such jive that puts the onus on everyone except the apologizer.
Spot on
Amen!
I do agree that calling for an apology is over-rated, however in this particular case it was necessary. Sometimes all a crazy person needs is the stamp of approval of someone they admire. He needed to make it very clear that his joke was in poor taste and nothing more.
This is pitiful. A so called man of God, making a stupid idiotic statement like state for a laugh. Not funny at all. We who suppose to be christians should not even allow that kind of sick humor to creep in. What bothers me, is no apology, no nothing. God forbid anything happen. Mike needs to repent for this remark, and seek not only the forgiveness of Obama, but the christian community as a whole. It just goes to show at the sake of ridiculing a fellow christian, Nike is more loyal to his political party than to what God says about dumb comments like tha. Shame on you Mike. If anyone has his website, please reply so I can let them know about it.
And this miscreant wanted to be POTUS. What a joke. What is even sad is that he claims to be a man of God. What a sad little man!!
As a Governor of a state in these United States, he should be condemned by all other governors, the senate and congress - if this was a remark as such about women or any other group, it would be more out cry about it - I am sick of the media, Hillary supporters and all those pundits talking about Hillary staying in the race because maybe she's hoping that something will happen to Obama and she could step in - Hillary should have responded to such remarks and asked that this sort of thing not be said and the secret service should let the news media know that this kind of talk is not going to be tolerated by anyone - I think all of you people are sick - I don't even know why Obama wants to be the president of you people -
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