From MSNBC:
"[Some of my opponents] do not want to change the Constitution, but I believe it's a lot easier to change the constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God, and that's 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," Huckabee said, referring to the need for a constitutional human life amendment and an amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman.
My bolding.
Plus, he will fence the entire border, extending nearly 2000 miles, between the US and Mexico within 18 months of taking office.
So who are the crazy folks who say he's "just another Jimmy Carter"? If only. Lord have mercy.
ReplyDeleteI read somewhere back around the time of the Iowa caucuses that as governor of Arkansas Huckabee tried to get the state sodomy statutes reenacted but failed.. But, far worse to mess with the Constitution. It's bad enough that the current President ignores the Constitution as written -- now we're looking at someone who wants to rewrite it to see that civil liberties are no longer protected.
I don't suppose there's some vacant place in Texas we could fence the likes of Huckabee in?
Just give me and Lindy a few minutes to make our escape and then you can fence in the whole damn place.
ReplyDeleteGee, and I was thinking of returning to live in the U.S. after the election. Well, he doesn't actually have a chance, does he? I can't be too sure, what with what's been going on in los estados unidos for the past seven years.
ReplyDeletePadre Mickey, I would keep an option in Panamá open for after the election. You cannot trust the estadounidenses to act rationally. Or the Rovians not to steal an election. I shall not rest easy until until a new president is sworn in--and perhaps not even then!
ReplyDeleteHuckabee is batstuff insane but with a dangerously smooth demeanor and superficial air of likeability. I suspect my family would vote for him.
Even the Republican Party is frightened of Huckabee, but I hear folks say they like him. He ain't no Jimmy Carter.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry, Rowan, we'll get you and Lindy out before we fence off Texas. We've got to get some other good people out, too.
Padre Mickey, I'm with Paul. don't burn your Panamanian bridges, yet.
Better start enlarging your house, Padre. You're going to have a whole colony of expat bloggers on your doorstep if he's elected...
ReplyDeleteDoxy, yes. We'll all go to Padre Mickey. I'm sure he will provide sanctuary for us.
ReplyDeleteI just put up a post about this - with a h/t to you Grandmere.
ReplyDeleteThis scares me. Padre- don't be in a hurry and I will be claiming sanctuary as well. You do take Catholics, don't you???
Seriously- this scares me a lot.
He's just whoring himself out to the Upcountry South Carolina fundamentalists (think Bob Jones U) who constitute roughly 50% of those who vote in the upcoming Republican primary. Then he'll pay no more practical attention to this line of thinking than Bush did, once he had beaten McCain in the SC primary eight years ago.
ReplyDeleteDo you have room for one more? oh my... he just gets worse and worse, doesn't he?
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid that I can't blow Huckabee off that easily. Not after seven years of Bush. I will never again underestimate the capacity of the US voter to be fooled.
ReplyDeleteRemember, "Bush is a guy I'd like to have a beer with." And why would that ever be a criterion for who should be president?
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!
ReplyDelete{Exclamation of outrage and fright, for those of you who have never been Catholics}
Jane, exactly.
ReplyDeleteI suspect my family would vote for him.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry Paul. My family will cancel out your family.
A friend of mine put it this way: "I look into Huckabee's eyes and I see the end of the world." (And she does not mean that in a good way.)
Bless your family, PJ. I think one of my sisters would vote for either Edwards or Obama over Giuliani (philandering crook) or Romney (Mormon), but if a Baptist preacher were on the ticket she'd go for him in a heartbeat. I doubt that anybody in my family would vote for Hillary (and she's way too DLC for me but I'd vote for her over any GOP candidate).
ReplyDeleteYes, seeing the end of the world in his eyes captures it rather well. I see enough of that in Cheney's policies not to add religious fervor to it.
I used to have a bumper sticker on my car that read "If you want to live in a country ruled by religion, move to Iran".
ReplyDeleteDo these idiots (most, if not all of them, anti-"tax and spend" loonies) have any notion of the potential cost of building the wall and of paying the vast number of INS agents and court officials who would be needed to even start to identify and deport illegal aliens? Almost all state, county and city authorities refuse, because, among other things, they already have more than enough on their plates, to involve themselves at all in this process.
Lapin, I wonder if they can do 2+2=4.
ReplyDeleteYou know, and I know that the INS can't handle what they have, but when Huckabee says it, it sounds good. He came in third, at 16%, in the primary in Michigan, (which is still way too much) after Romney at 39% and McCain at 30%.
I must admit I am increasingly fascinated by this process on t'other side of the pond. I've never been to the USA, have never fancied going, I've only ever met one American that I would happily meet again, (and he's dead now so that's not imminent. But I'm following this election in a way I have never done before. It can only be OCICBW influence in my life....
ReplyDeleteTheMe, I hope that if you met me that you'd want to see me again. Some of us are quite nice. I'm going to write about how folks around the world are watching the election here in the US.
ReplyDeleteGrandmère I am confident that I would.
ReplyDeleteIt was just a reflection last night that I have never taken so much notice of the US elections as I have of this one and am now wondering why that is.
Re my musings above on the cost of building The Wall (why no discussion of the need for a wall to our North?) and policing the arrest and deportation of illegals, maybe they plan yet again to outsource everything to Halliburton, that shining beacon of the virtues and advantages of Private Enterprise. Then the expenditure will be OK, won't it? Not wasteful "Tax and Spend" but rather more, good old "Socialism for the Rich".
ReplyDeleteLapin, I've wondered about that, too. The Canadians are all so nice, but bad people could get into Canada and cross the border, as they tried to do with the millennium bombing plan for the LA airport.
ReplyDeleteIt took my breath away to see how quickly Halliburton and Bechtel were in Iraq after the invasion - and how quickly they fecked things up.
Just one crazy dude. And yes, the general consensus is that he is a very likable person. But he's also said that if science disagrees with the Bible he'll follow the Bible.
ReplyDeleteThe scary part is that he will inevitably do well in SC (first or second) and that will revitalize his campaign. McCain is only a 6 point lead over Huckabee with Romney way behind. I don't see that changing which means the GOP race becomes McCain and Huckabee after SC.
We can only hope that McCain comes up big on Super Tuesday.
Of course the best thing that can happen is for more attention to be turned on Huckabee. He's still getting a bit of a free pass from the national media. Probably afraid to be seen as "attacking" an evangelical/former Baptist preacher.
Now for a REALLY scary scenario. Huckabee wins the GOP and Clinton wins for the Dems. My fear is that my senator is SO polarizing that she pushed Huckabee into the White House in a narrow vote.
I'm afraid that could be a very realistic scenario.
Dayouthguy, don't think I haven't had nightmares about your scenario.
ReplyDeleteThe thought of a Huckabee Presidency scares the BEJEEZUS out of me. I read somewhere that one guy was voting for because "he believes Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour and that's good enough for me" or some such thing.
ReplyDeleteHey, by the Grace of God, I'm on pretty good terms with Jesus Christ myself but that doesn't mean I should be President!
If he wins, me, SIR, my Personal Atheist and his boyfriend are all shacking up in Canada...the only question is Montreal or Toronto.
RB, if you decide to run, you'll have my vote. Oh, I'll bet you're not old enough.
ReplyDeleteSome of us are hoping that Padre Mickey will arrange for us to stay on this beach in Panama, if Huckabee is elected. It's warmer.
OMG, this guy is scary!
ReplyDeleteAnd the audience APPLAUDED. Oh help us...