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This might explain some things... (Huckabee)
The Jawa Report ^ | 22 Dec 07

Posted on 12/22/2007 5:09:26 PM PST by phrogphlyer

"Who is your favorite author?" Aleya Deatsch, 7, of West Des Moines asked Mr. Huckabee in one of those posing-like-a-shopping-mall-Santa moments.

Mr. Huckabee paused, then said his favorite author was Dr. Seuss.

In an interview afterward with the news media, Aleya said she was somewhat surprised. She thought the candidate would be reading at a higher level.

"My favorite author is C. S. Lewis," she said.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hucklebee
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1 posted on 12/22/2007 5:09:27 PM PST by phrogphlyer
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To: phrogphlyer

Is this satire?


2 posted on 12/22/2007 5:12:38 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping that it will eat him last..)
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To: phrogphlyer
"My favorite author is C. S. Lewis," she said.

Hahahahhaaaaaaa.

3 posted on 12/22/2007 5:12:49 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: TornadoAlley3

I don’t think so, although I didn’t chase the blog links all the way to the end.


4 posted on 12/22/2007 5:16:45 PM PST by phrogphlyer
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To: phrogphlyer

Considering that it was a seven-year-old asking the question, I’d tend to give him a pass on this one. A gaffe, obviously, but it sounds to me like he was trying to gear his answer to her age. Does he have any grandchildren?


5 posted on 12/22/2007 5:17:07 PM PST by Bob
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To: phrogphlyer

Dr. Seuss: A Weapon of Mass Instruction


6 posted on 12/22/2007 5:17:50 PM PST by keepitreal
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

Ha is right...we can tell what a fake and wimp he is.


7 posted on 12/22/2007 5:18:49 PM PST by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: phrogphlyer

“The Cat in the Hat Visits Iraq”

First the Cat makes a big mess, then he helps clean it up. Congress doesn’t notice when they return from recess.


8 posted on 12/22/2007 5:20:19 PM PST by proxy_user
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To: Bob

Why wouldn’t he just tell the TRUTH about his favorite author?


9 posted on 12/22/2007 5:20:52 PM PST by Politicalmom (Huckabee’s foreign policy experience consists of eating at the International House of Pancakes.)
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To: phrogphlyer

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/21/us/politics/21huckabee.html?bl&ex=1198472400&en=1a5a0505ebcdb15a&ei=5087%0A

yep, Hop on Pop.


10 posted on 12/22/2007 5:20:56 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping that it will eat him last..)
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To: TornadoAlley3
Original source here, near the end of the article. It's NY Times, so I don't think it's satire. Not necessarily true, but not satire.
11 posted on 12/22/2007 5:21:22 PM PST by phrogphlyer
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To: phrogphlyer

Might come from this NY Times story:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/21/us/politics/21huckabee.html?bl&ex=1198472400&en=1a5a0505ebcdb15a&ei=5087%0A


12 posted on 12/22/2007 5:22:29 PM PST by ArcadeQuarters
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To: proxy_user

...or the old Ahmadinejad favorite, “One Nuke, Two Nuke, Red Jew, Dead Jew”


13 posted on 12/22/2007 5:22:45 PM PST by americanophile
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To: Bob

This man wants to be the most powerful man in the world. No passes.

Should this derail his campaign? No, there are plenty of other issues to do that. But this is just one more example of saying what he thinks his audience wants to hear, a trait far too common in all of our politicians these days.


14 posted on 12/22/2007 5:23:03 PM PST by phrogphlyer
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To: phrogphlyer

The Grinch Who Stole Iowa?


15 posted on 12/22/2007 5:23:18 PM PST by sourcery (If Hillary is the next President, she may also be the last.)
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To: phrogphlyer

Would you vote for him if he were in a tree?
Would you vote for him in a boat on the sea?
Would you vote for him if he promised free Ham and peas?

I Would not! vote for him if he were in a tree!
I Would not! vote for him in a boat on the sea!
I Would not! vote for him if he promised free Ham and peas!

I would not vote for him or any of these!
I will not vote for him, that Huckabee.


16 posted on 12/22/2007 5:24:59 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: TornadoAlley3; BinaryBoy

You guys are good. I’ll be more thorough in my research next time I post something. =)


17 posted on 12/22/2007 5:25:12 PM PST by phrogphlyer
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To: Politicalmom
Why wouldn’t he just tell the TRUTH about his favorite author?

He could have and gotten a response of "Huh?".

I really think he was trying to 'play to the audience' and came off sounding goofy.

18 posted on 12/22/2007 5:25:19 PM PST by Bob
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To: phrogphlyer

hillary plant???


19 posted on 12/22/2007 5:25:40 PM PST by Waco
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To: mylife

Very nice, but I hope this ends different than the original.


20 posted on 12/22/2007 5:26:15 PM PST by phrogphlyer
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