Posted on 12/25/2011 4:40:55 PM PST by markomalley
Former Iowa Caucuses-winner Mike Huckabee apparently wants to spend his post-Christmas days deleting hate mail from his inbox. In an interview with Fox News Sunday‘s Chris Wallace, Huckabee delivered a fairly blistering assessment of Iowa frontrunner Rep. Ron Paul and his “fanatical believers.”
As if pissing off the Ronulans wasn’t enough, Huckabee denounced his party’s candidates for being too mean to President Obama, whom he called a “decent, patriotic American.”
Wallace began by trying to suck Huckabee into his own feud with Ron Paul fans, asking if a win by the Texas congressman would discredit the Iowa Caucuses. The former Arkansas Governor obliged Wallace, flatly declaring that Ron Paul “is not going to be elected president.”
“His views on foreign policy,” Huckabee said, “are so much an anathema to Republicans and Democrats and what I call middle of the road people. He has a core of fanatical believers, and they don’t represent mainstream Americans. It is not okay for Iran to have a nuclear weapon.”
Unless I missed something, though, Ron Paul didn’t say it was “okay” for Iran to have a nuclear weapon. There are fair arguments to be had over what Paul actually did say, which was that the US shouldn’t use military force to preempt Iran’s acquisition of such a weapon, but Huckabee’s remarks were an unfair distortion of Paul’s position.
Asked whether he second-guessed himself over his decision not to run for president, Huckabee really went for it. “Republicans can’t decide what they want to be when they grow up,” he said, adding, “I know they want to beat Obama, but in the process, they want to tear each other up so much, they want to savage each other so much that it will be difficult to beat Obama.”
“If I ran,” Huckabee continued, “it would be because I wanted to bring some ideas to the race, but I realize that will not be the focus. It is how mean can a person be.
“I don’t want to savage Barack Obama,” he said, later adding, “I think he’s a decent, patriotic American. He loves america different than me, but I don’t doubt he loves America.”
It should be noted that Huckabee wasn’t always on such a high road where President Obama is concerned. I guess it’s easier to be nice from the sidelines.
Here’s the clip, from Fox News Sunday:
Both Hucklebee, and Wallace (of Faux News-Obama) can KMA.
You might want to read Paul's words before you board the train departing from Reality Station.
Just because Paul's has people against him, doesn't mean he isn't a raving lunatic.
Obama over Paul! RINO’s draw the line in the sand.
[ No he didn’t say it was “okay”, he just said he isn’t willing to do anything to stop it. ]
America cannot police its own borders and it wants to stop Iran from developing a nuke?..
Never happen... Not they don’t already have one or several..
Heck they could buy them from the Norks or Paki’s.. or Russia..
If they haven’t already..
I think many here are delusional..
Liberal republicans(military know-it-alls) have much to learn from Sun Tsu..
Congress(america) must declare war on the Iranians -OR- STFU...
Totally agree—aside from his clinton like bass playing/grandstanding non musician crap— he spews crap like this. This must be a sop to the so called religious LEFT— whoever they are (unitarians? or maybe just all members of the World Council of Churches and the UN).
obamalamadingdong has exhibited, vocally and by his actions, his hatred of the United States. His hatred of any but liberal establishment enabler white guilt white people. He has demonstrated, repeatedly his desire to “bypass Congress” that is to say to be a dictator.
And this moron Huckabee says he’s a decent patriotic American? Look where he goes for Christmas— certainly not to his supposed “HOME” in Chicago— God forbid, cause it’s cold there. No, he goes to Asia, otherwise known as Hawaii (where it all started and to make more certain his “beginnings” continue to be obscure). Huckabee, just shut the hell up— you are not remotely up to the job, barely up to running an ozark trailer park. Good Lord deliver us.
If Iran wants a Nuke they will just buy one.
Can't Israel take care of Iran? Why does it take the young people from the USA? Is that an anti-Semitic statement? Let them do what is in their best interest!
Why does the USA have to borrow money from China to become involved in yet another preemptive, undeclared, 10 year war? Wasn't Iraq enough for the Military machine? 3 Trillion for what?
Ron Paul is the only man that can take down the Vacationeer. (hint: it's all about the independent voter)
Decent and patriotic obama? Really? I will never watch Huckabee’s show again.
“America cannot police its own borders and it wants to stop Iran from developing a nuke?..”
No, the leftists WON’T police the borders, big difference.
“I think many here are delusional..”
I think you’re a paulbot which by definition is delusional.
“Congress(america) must declare war on the Iranians -OR- STFU...”
So its war or nothing. Too bad the real world isn’t that simple.
“If Iran wants a Nuke they will just buy one.”
Then why are they building the facilities to make them? They want nukes and the ability to make nukes. Its no secret, they’ve stated it publicly on several occasions.
Ron Paul is a whack job.
Ole Huckster is missing the power to release murderers and rapists from State prisons on the innocent people of Arkansas and Washington State.
People in glass houses throwing rocks... Ron Paul has never had anyone raped or murdered like the holy roller Huckster did as Governor.
But if Ron Paul got to be president with his foreign policy and radical social liberalism...all hell would break lose.
Yes, he did say so. He said that all of the nations around them had nukes, that Israel had so many (he named some number), and that Iran is "surrounded" (or words similar to that.)
He went on to say that no one could blame them for wanting a nuke, too.
That sounds to me like he thinks it's a swell idea. In other words, "OK".
Now that is funny, seeing that your freedom has been stripped away from you for the last 20 years...radical social liberalism? Vs. the burning of the Bill of Rights?
What the support grow... If you had not noticed, Freedom is a myth.
Conservatives have been in a struggle to restore the constituion Republic for a long time before the ideology of amoral liberal-tarians became popular. Libertarianism has little to do with the constitution and the American culture of individual freedom. It has everything to do with the culture that goes with economic Marxism.
The Huckster has a real soft spot in his little heart for releasing murderers and rapists on society, too. He’s real into diversity race bait.
Amazing! In one fell swoop we have a single person unnecessarily wasting:
1. Space.
2. Oxygen.
3. Air Time.
4. Bandwidth.
5. The attention of a half dozen people.
[ I think you’re a paulbot which by definition is delusional. ]
You’d be wrong.. and are probably wrong about others things as well.
Come on! you are being silly! I can't blame Iran for wanting a nuke either. That does not mean I support Iran having a nuke. I also do not think it would be a swell Idea! I think Israel should police that situation. They have had success before. Why is America the Worlds Police force? WE ARE BROKE!
Hate to say this on Christmas, so I waited til 12:01am December 26:
HUCKABEE IS A JACKASS
Huckabee is a huckster/preacher. Could teach Elmer Gantry a trick or two.
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