Posted on 09/09/2015 7:11:55 AM PDT by conservativejoy
I heard about this last night but I didn’t know there was video of this incident. In fact I was hoping the reporting was wrong or exaggerated because it’s so stupid for a campaign to try and take all the ‘glory’ on an issue that isn’t even partisan. But that’s exactly what Huckabee did, as you’ll see in the video below his campaign staffer or aide refusing to allow Ted Cruz to simply get to the media who wanted to interview him. I mean, what the heck?
Here’s the write up on it:
NY TIMES – Of the two presidential contenders who attended the rally, it was Mr. Huckabee, making his second White House run, who grabbed the political spotlight. Before Ms. Davis appeared, Mr. Huckabee and Mr. Staver took the stage to tell the crowd, in unison, “Kim Davis is free.”
When Mr. Cruz, who met with Ms. Davis, exited the Carter County Detention Center, a throng of journalists beckoned him toward their microphones, but an aide to Mr. Huckabee blocked the path of the senator, who appeared incredulous.
Soon after, Ms. Davis emerged, apparently wearing the same clothes she had worn in court Thursday. Mr. Huckabee stuck close by her side, along with Mr. Staver and her husband, Joe, as they approached the reporters and cameras. Ms. Davis remained silent, letting Mr. Staver and Mr. Huckabee do the talking.
Mr. Huckabee, a former Baptist pastor, cast the dispute as a matter of religious freedom threatened by overreaching courts, while Mr. Cruz stood to the side, keeping an unusually low profile.
Let’s contrast this to a rally Cruz is holding today on stopping the Iran deal. Instead of making it all about himself, he actually invited Donald Trump to share the stage in order to bring as much attention to this issue as possible. That’s a pretty big deal considering Trump is stomping everyone in the polls right now.
Huckabee could learn a thing or two from Cruz
Huck could learn a thing or two from “Run Spot Run”.
Huck is such a publicity-seeking fraud. He’s trying to make the Kim Davis story all about him.
That's a laugh. Huckabee is not capable of the simple act of learning.
Huckabee is a strong voice for conservatives, and he has media savvy to do quite well in interviews. I doubt he's a choice of the puppetmasters....look how quickly they declared McCain a prohibitive frontrunner when Huckabee's campaign gained traction.
The video is amazing. It actually is worse than I imagined. Thank you for posting this. I would like to know the name of the man in red.
If Cruz did not invite Huckabee to his fake anti-Iran deal rally, then you should shut your mouth.
Is that a red chinese trying to block Cruz? Why didn’t any of the LEOs step in and neutralize the red?
Video does not lie.
Besides the Hucksters Hacks, it appears the cop is also trying to keep
Cruz out.
There were a few Freepers who did not believe this happened in a couple
threads last night.
To them I would like to say; it did happen and your Huckster is a POS.
Huckabee is nothing more than a media hound. His campaign is floundering even earlier than his last one did. He needs to go away.
That’s why they call him the Huckster.
Tried to load this three times. A video start screen was there and then went blank....too many ads and other stuff...
It is a public rally. The Huckster and anyone else can attend.
Huckabee just “Jumped the Shark” ... what a maroon ...
Hopefully, O’reilly, Kelly, or Hannity will pick up on this and show this clip tonight. Cruz took being rebuffed like that better than I would have.
When the Huckster said he would go to jail in place of Kim,
That is when this event had its “Paul Wellstone Funeral Moment”.
That was such a lie and fake.
The stage looked like a scene from Hee Haw with the big dude in overhauls and straw hat ala Junior Samples. I was praying Cruz would take a pass. I was expecting to hear ‘Dueling Banjos’ not Eye of the Tiger.
In a just world, the judge would have taken Huckster up on his offer...
The story is over on another thread.
Basically, several of the other candidates tried to horn in on the Cruz/Trump event (Iran deal). However, it was Cruz who organized the event .. but several of the current candidates tried to get into the Cruz/Trump event through a back door (so to speak); without having to go through Cruz directly. So, they didn’t get the invite they were seeking.
The Kim Davis event was Huck’s payback to Cruz.
Huckabee is just as petty as Obama.
And, Mr. Cruz proved that he’s the real gentleman.
Instead of showing support for this poor woman Huckster turned it into a political rally for himself
Exactly the type of thing we are all sick of.
Good Job Huckster.
(Classy for Cruz to stay above the fray)
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