Huckabee reminds me of Jimmy Carter. He looks like my next door neighbor. He’s too average — too normal. He doesn’t command respect when he enters a room. He looks like a pastor. He’s not Presidential enough for me. He doesn’t have that “thing” I need to see — the statesmanship — the “presence” — to be POTUS. I’m sure he’s a great guy. I don’t really think he has the same values I do when it comes to running the country and representing conservatives.
But even if he did — the lack of seeming Presidential is something I can’t get past with him.
I agree with you.
Huckabee could be anybody’s pastor in anywhere, USA. He’s a great speaker in how he gets the listener to identify with him and to chuckle a lot. But he’s unpresidential.
Some might not like me for saying this, if so, sorry folks, but his boffo one-liner about sending Hillary to Mars is a perfect example of what I’m talking about. I don’t care how we feel about Hillary or how big a laugh the line got. It screams “out of place” in a debate for who’s going to be nominated to run for President of the United States.
Reagan had a great sense of humor and gift of gab. At the same time he was the very essence of presidential. He would’ve never dreamed of saying what Huckabee said.