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Huckabeeeeeeeeee laying the groundwork of the "he's not one of us" meme rhetoric for the 2012 election.
all they've got is racism.
that's why the smart ones are sitting this election out.
Huckabeeeeeeeeee laying the groundwork of the "he's not one of us" meme rhetoric for the 2012 election.
As I recall, America's founding fathers felt pretty strongly about British imperialism, too.
yes, but they were white and thus didn't need imperialism.
others, however ...
Basically. You would think Huckabee/Fox News would be able to concentrate attacks on the actions of Obama as president. Instead, they're trying to paint a picture of Obama as entirely un-American as if he was marked from birth. Through all this nonsense about Kenyan anti-imperialism and Indonesian madrassas, the running undercurrent is "be afraid of people who aren't just like you." Never a concrete connection between his past to how he has governed, just insinuations and conjectures that have little grounding in reality but easily sway the gullible and intolerant.
In retrospect, I guess Huckabee's pronouncements on Israel/Palestine--which are far-right even by Israeli standards, and have often made my jaw drop--may be more revealing of how he rationalizes conflicting worldviews than, say, his seemingly thoughtful responses to the Rev. Wright controversy. It is strange that he sympathetically describes Wright as shaped by a particular chapter in US history (segregation), dismisses Wright-equals-Obama thinking--even pointing out one could take fire-and-brimstone clips from Huckabee's own past preachers to make him look extreme too--yet then turns around and suggests the experiences of Obama's father (whom Obama saw just once after infancy) and grandfather (whom he never met at all) were somehow profound influences on his outlook, with their "Mau Mau"not specifically "i hate n*ggers" southern-style racism that's as old as America itself. this is a bit more complex, probably more akin to xenophobia.
"I was the only goyim [sic] in the entire group! If you’ve been around a lot of Jewish people, particularly from New York, they tend to be very opinionated, very animated. I felt like I was sitting between Barbra Streisand and Woody Allen—it was really interesting, it was surreal!”
Huck: I didn't diss Portman
By: Maggie Haberman
March 4, 2011 02:00 PM EST
Mike Huckabee walked back his criticisms of actress Natalie Portman for "glamorizing" out-of-wedlock pregnancies Friday, with a statement insisting he was only talking about society and that he's glad the Oscar winner plans to wed her baby's father.
It's the second time in a week that Huckabee, who suggested in the initial comments that the starlet was "boasting" about being unmarried and a mom, has walked back or explained away something he said during his book tour.
"In a recent media interview about my new book, A Simple Government, I discussed the first chapter, 'The Most Important Form of Government Is a Father, Mother, and Children,' " Huckabee said, referring to his appearance on The Michael Medved Show.
"I was asked about Oscar-winner Natalie Portman's out-of-wedlock pregnancy," he added. "Natalie is an extraordinary actor, very deserving of her recent Oscar and I am glad she will marry her baby's father.
"However, contrary to what the Hollywood media reported, I did not 'slam' or 'attack' Natalie Portman, nor did I criticize the hardworking single mothers in our country," he said.
"My comments were about the statistical reality that most single moms are very poor, under-educated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death. That's the story that we're not seeing, and it's unfortunate that society often glorifies and glamorizes the idea of having children out of wedlock."
In the Medved interview, Huckabee never addressed the subject of Portman marrying her fiance and father of her child, Benjamin Millepied, saying, "People see a Natalie Portman or some other Hollywood starlet who boasts, ‘we’re not married but we’re having these children and they’re doing just fine'...I think it gives a distorted image. It’s unfortunate that we glorify and glamorize the idea of out-of-wedlock children."
A representative for Portman didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Shut up, Huckabee. The state of Natalie's womb or her ring finger is none of your goddamned business.
And neither is Jamie Lynn Spears' womb, even though you praised her for keeping the baby despite being an unmarried knocked-up 16-year-old.
Shut up, Huckabee. The state of Natalie's womb or her ring finger is none of your goddamned business.
And neither is Jamie Lynn Spears' womb, even though you praised her for keeping the baby despite being an unmarried knocked-up 16-year-old.
I think reluctance to engage, rather than manner of doing it, is the main problem here. He remains perfectly capable of delivering a powerful speech. But his tendency has been to hold himself 'above' the fray and let Congress slug it out, rather than forcefully leading the charge for his party's platform. Constitutionally speaking, there's nothing wrong with that, and in fact it's more in line with the original vision of the presidency; but the rise of the two-party system has led to expectations that the president should visibly lead the charge on major legislative goals--to do otherwise is perceived as weak and ineffective leadership.[*]Marked inability to communicate well with the greater American public; you can't count on well-read intellectuals to deliver your messages or benefits to the masses who don't have time for political reading
This is the frustrating thing about U.S. politics a lot of the time: it seems to be a zero-sum game. You're not voting for someone, rather voting against the horrible alternative most of the time.When Obama begins his 2012 campaign, I will be fully on board. I will give money and maybe even some time; the alternative is just too awful to think about.
This is the frustrating thing about U.S. politics a lot of the time: it seems to be a zero-sum game. You're not voting for someone, rather voting against the horrible alternative most of the time.