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Thursday, January 3, 2008 12:00 AM

Huckabee's cross

After crossing writers' picket lines, the candidate talks up his workingman appeal.

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Thursday, January 3, 2008 08:25 AM

Republicans don't honor no stinking picket lines

Since when has a Republican wanted the union vote? They might try to seem like just plain folks, but they're just plain folks that don't get all uppity at work and make unreasonable demands, like unions. And safe working conditions.

Thursday, January 3, 2008 08:38 AM

How is this a cross?

The writers are on strike. This show isn't using writers. So how, exactly, is this defying the strike?

It seems to me that the writers are trying to overstate their importance, by equating themselves with TV in general (scripted or unscripted). I'll need a pretty convincing explanation before I'll believe that line of reasoning.

Thursday, January 3, 2008 08:42 AM

It's all in the timing

Huckabee's press release said "The governor would only agree to join Jay...after he was assured that no replacement writers were being used." Was that before or after he though Leno had already settled with the writers? If before, then why ask? If after, then it's pure damage control. Schmuck.

Thursday, January 3, 2008 08:53 AM

Writers and Talk Show Hosts

You'de be amazed at how much writers are needed for these shows. Aside from the monologue, many of the witty remarks made by the host are preconceived by writers (depending upon current events and the scheduled guests) and are available to be used by the host at his discretion.

Thursday, January 3, 2008 09:13 AM

Clueless

With his recent bumbling of the NIE on Iran and now his apparent confusion over which late night shows have actually settled with their writers, Huckabee seems to have an amiable Alfred E. Neuman clueless quality about him. Does that remind anyone of somebody in particular? I can't believe this country wants another four years of clueless religious fanaticism.

Thursday, January 3, 2008 09:38 AM

Just Plain Folks

You gotta wonder about a guy who refers to himself as "governor" (or permits his campaign staff to do so) when he's neither British nor actually a governor. What Mr. Huckabee is is a former governor, just as he is a former minister. Why doesn't his staff refer to him as Father Huckabee? I think we all know the answer to that one...

Thursday, January 3, 2008 09:58 AM

"Huckabee, you can't deny this cross."

Priceless. And that's why writers deserve to be treated to a reasonable piece of all the action!

Behind every comic, every actor, and every politician....there is almost always a writer.

Writing is one of the most stressful jobs on earth. Because everyone thinks they can do it...and everyone thinks they can wield a red pencil with authority. But they can't. Stressful. And generally anonymous and thankless.

Thursday, January 3, 2008 10:06 AM

I can't believe this country wants another four years of clueless religious fanaticism.

On NPR this morning a woman was interviewed who was cucussing for Huckabee. She owns a health food store and was planning on supporting one of the Democrats, but, "He plays in a rock band and I just find him so intriguing."

Never underestimate the foolhardiness of the American voter. A friend of mine who is a staunch Republican scoffed at me when I said that I feared Huckabee could go all the way. Last night she emailed while watching Huckabee on Jay Leno: "We're fucked." That down-home, aw-shucks act will play very, very well with alot of voters. Can you imagine if Clinton or Edwards or Obama sliced and diced him during a debate? It would be Al Gore sighing all over again.

Thursday, January 3, 2008 11:10 AM

No replacement writers used? Leno was his own replacement

I thought the WGA's position was that hosts, although allowed to write for themselves, are not supposed to write a greater percentage of the show than they would with their writing staffs working. Leno did a full monologue of jokes.

Thursday, January 3, 2008 03:53 PM

Average Joe??????

Folks, Huckabee might be right. Maybe folks want someone just like them to be president. Some middleclass, mediocre fellow without much education. Some folks don't like to be intimidated by superior humans. They want someone who doesn't know anything about what is going on in the world and thinks foreign policy should be based on just being nice to the likes of the leader of Iran or Putin. Someone, to be short about it just like Huckabee.

Not me! I want the smartest, most ethical and best educated man on the planet to be the leader of the free world in these troubled times not someone who lets murderers out to kill again because they've been "born again" a thousand times and more Huckabee said he knew better than a jury of their peers or a judge. Huckabee is a liberal in pastor's clothing and lacks judgement and is very corruptible--named as one of the "Top Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians" by Judicial Review this week!!!!!!!!!

If anyone is still reading this I beg of you to vote for someone who can lead a company a country and the world and who has the knowledge and smarts to get us set up right on fiscal matters to make this the most prosperous country on earth. That would be Mitt Romney. A leader. Not just an average joe to be sure but why would we want an average Joe for president?

Please Vote for Romney. He is our last best hope.

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