Letters to the Editor
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Are you sure it's only January 15th?
Because my head hurts already from the stupid. Between the Democrats rehashing the identity politics of the 1990s and the Republicans getting jiggy with an 1890s take on establishment, should I abandon hope now or stay on for the ride to the bottom? - wherever that is.
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A dangerous lunatic
building bridges back to the 13th century. Huck, STFU.
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Oh.....my.....Gawd
Well, he looked sorta reasonable for a while, for a guy who doesn't believe that evolution happens. I mean, willing to say rich folks oughtta pay their share, that poor folks should be taken care of, willing to forgive the trepasses of the members of the Rolling Stones. But I guess when a politician tries to bottle up what he or she is really thinking all along, it just builds up pressure until it bursts out.
I wonder if he also wants to reinstate the 18th Amendment.
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand we're done.
Was kinda hoping this guy would be able to hold off on loony theocracy talk until after he'd wrapped up the GOP nomination, but he had to open his big yap. Still, I guess I should be thankful he chose to speak openly about his residence in Crazytown rather than wait until after the general election.
On the down side, now we might have to actually take Guiliani (or 9ui11iani -- kudos to whoever coined that!) and Fred Thompson seriously again.
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This guy scares me more each day
The combination of religious zeal and folksiness could spell real trouble if, God forbid, Huckabee winds up as the GOP nominee.
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But - but - Huckabee is so cool!
This little quirk about bringing the foundations of our country into harmony with the texts of an ancient tribal religion can't really be who he IS, underneath. Because, like, he plays the guitar! And he makes jokes, too!
At least, that is what I seem to be hearing from folks quoted in the press. Apparently none of them grew up Southern Baptist, or they would already know all about preachers like him. Do not be fooled, my friends. Make sure you're hearing the whole message instead of just shouting 'Amen!' with the rest of the congregation.
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Actually
I think it would probably be easier to change the Word of the Living God than it would be to ratify either of those constitutional amendments.
Somebody needs to explain to Huckabee that if he wants to be a stealth candidate, he's going to have to be a bit stealthier about it.
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We can stick it in where the 14th Amendment used to be...
...since we are no longer legally bound to treat people equally.
If god needs an amendment so his "followers" can justify bigotry, let him propose it, not some two-bit Huckster.
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Watch it work for the Huckster
This is just the sort of thing that could rally the far-right base. These guys would love nothing more than to shred the Constitution and start anew. Then we could have a truly faith-based government. Like Iran, but different...
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Yes! By All Means!
Also, we must change the menus in our restaurants to remove the vile pork and shellfish that so offends the living God! Remember, it's easier to take bacon wrapped shrimp off the Outback menu that it is to change our peculiar desire to have a big daddy in the sky tell us what to do!
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What we need to do is to amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards rather than try to change God's standards
This is the Right Thing to Do because that is exactly what the framers of the Constitution had in mind.
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What about my God?
My God wants all these self-righeteous prigs to swing by their necks, can we write that in too?
I mean Americans are dumb--D U M B--dumb, but doesn't anyone study history? Wasn't 500+ years of religious war in Europe enough? Guess not.
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@ Strange Enough
Re: He-is-who-is proposing a Constitutional Amendment: Strictly speaking, is the Divine Being a US Citizen?
Assuming for a moment pace Huckabee that said Divine Being created the US, does that mean he or she is a citizen or legal resident?
Would we require paperwork such that the Almighty could prove his standing, rather than being sent to the other side of the fence that we're working?
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Don't See the Reason Why We Should
The government ignores the Constitution just as readily as the word of God... those are just there to keep the rest of us regular slobs in line.
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Huckabee And God
Can kiss my ass.
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It was fun, Mike!
But what's Chuckabee going to do now? I'll miss his plastic visage staring out from behind you on the dais!
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OK
Farnsworth, please tell me that was sarcasm. It's so hard to tell.
FTR, Hickabee plays the bass.
And puh-LEEZE let him get the GOP nod, because either Obama or Clinton would shred his cornpone ass in the general election. Americans aren't so far gone that they wouldn't recoil in horror from this clown, except for the delusional 20% or so who actually agree with him.
Run, Mike, run.
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The biggest fallacy in selecting a President?
That could be something frequently heard in 2004: "Who would you rather sit down and have a beer with?"
The only acceptable answer was given as "George W. Bush, Regular Guy". I vividly recall the disdain with which "John Kerry, Wind Surfer" was treated by the ever-compliant media, who stuck to the script that Kerry was nothing but An Elitist, while Dubya was Just Folks Like You and Me.
Well, out of all the current candidates, Huckabee may (on the surface) be the closest to a Regular Guy, and he may the one with whom I'd like to sit down and chat. But that does NOT mean he should be our next President, particularly after this latest incredible statement, added to all his other quasi-religious, right-wing, Christianist pronouncements.
Heaven forbid.
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BZZZZZZZZZT!!
Thanks for playing, Mike, your consolation prizes include Lee Press-On Nails and Rice-a-Roni, the San Francisco Treat.
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Jesus says, "Holy crap."
Hey, Huck, how about rendering unto Caesar?
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And which god's standards? Which religious sect's interpretation of god's standards? Which holy book translation of which religious sect's interpretation of god's standards?
You know what, why do we even need a Constitution at all? Can't we just use Huckabee's personal bible?
Let me just say that Huckabee's comments scare the crap out of me--actually causing teary-eyed shaking. What the eff-ity eff?
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Good Luck, Huck
Seems the bass playing, Chuck Norris goofing, goodfeller veneer is starting to crack and the crazy, CRAZY things this guy actually believes are starting to shine through.
While 1/3 of the American electorate is ostensibly fundamentalist, that still means 2/3 of us are not. That's not a glass half full, that's a glass 2/3 full, and it skews toward people who have more education and/or are younger. In other words, those with more immediate influence and those with more future influence.
The right wing Xian crazies are a powerful, well funded, and shout-y minority, but they are only a minority, and one who is and has been on the Wrong Side of History (GLBT segregation is only an extention of their prior support for racial segregation). As the "greatest" generation goes to the grave and the more progressive baby boomers become the elders, we will see this outdated world view begin to fade more and more into history. They know it intuitively, and THAT is why they have begun to shout so loudly. It is the first death cries of the dying paradigm.