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Huckabee Reaction to Bhutto Assassination
CBS ^ | December 27, 2007 | Nancy Cordes

Posted on 12/27/2007 10:49:48 AM PST by Dane

ORLANDO, FLA. -- With about 150 supporters crowded around a podium set up on the tarmac of Orlando Executive airport (and about 20 Ron Paul supporters waving signs outside) Mike Huckabee strode out to the strains of “Right Now” by Van Halen and immediately addressed the Bhutto situation, expressing “our sincere concern and apologies for what has happened in Pakistan.”

He said the assassination is a reminder that here in the US, we are lucky to vote “not with bullets but with ballots,” and said “I guess we are sometimes lulled into failing to appreciate the magnitude” of the democratic process.

After moving onto other subjects in his rally (more on that in a moment) he took questions from the press. I asked him what he would do right now if he were President to tackle the situation. He avoided taking a strong policy position, saying he would offer sincere sympathies to the people of Pakistan, and monitor who’s behind it. When asked what he thinks of the Musharraf government and how it has handled the security situation and aid from the US, he replied, “I think today is not the best day to comment on what the Musharraf government should or shouldn’t have done” though “we need a full accounting of that money.” He was also asked if today’s news highlights why the next President needs to have foreign policy, which he lacks. His reponse: “I think it’s more important to have the right principles for the American people.”

He made a bad choice of words when saying the U.S. needs to consider “what impact does it have on whether or not there’s going to be martial law continuing in Pakistan.” He should have said whether or not martial law will be reinstated – it was lifted nearly two weeks ago. A minor slip, maybe, but not a subject he wants to mess up on when he is already considered weak in the area of foreign policy.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; arkansas; bhutto; carteresque; election; elections; gop; hijackownthread; huck; huckabee; juckabee; pakistan; sukcabee; wot
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To: Dane
...US, he replied, “I think today is not the best day to comment on what the Musharraf government should or shouldn’t have done” though “we need a full accounting of that money....

VERY SMART! :)

This guy is smart!... He knows that one wrong answer and he will burned alive...and quickly! :)

81 posted on 12/27/2007 11:32:11 AM PST by ElPatriota (Duncan Hunter 08 -- I am proud to support this man for my president)
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To: Dane
Aren't the words apologize and sorry, synonyms.

In a word, NO! This is nonsense.

82 posted on 12/27/2007 11:33:06 AM PST by coramdeo
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To: Dane
aren't the words apology and sorry, synonyms

Theyre not. An Apology is a explanation or excuse or justification , and sorry is an expression of sympathy and pity and sadness.

Not even close.

83 posted on 12/27/2007 11:33:35 AM PST by Nonstatist
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To: kevkrom; Dane

OK. SOmetimes you would say “I’m so sorry” when you hear bad news.

But that “sorry” isn’t an apology, even though “I’m sorry” is also used for an apology.

If he had said he was sorry to hear the news, that would be defensible.

On the other hand, I’m willing to believe that he simply used the wrong word “apologies”, and didn’t actually mean we were apologizing for anything.


84 posted on 12/27/2007 11:34:01 AM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: ElPatriota
though “we need a full accounting of that money....

A totally ridiculous comment on the day that Pakistan is thrown into political turmoil.

85 posted on 12/27/2007 11:35:45 AM PST by keepitreal
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To: CharlesWayneCT
On the other hand, I’m willing to believe that he simply used the wrong word “apologies”, and didn’t actually mean we were apologizing for anything.

As am I. But it is a gaffe, and Huckabee needs to issue a statement to the effect that he used the wrong word. Because his original statement, as it stands, implies that he is speaking on behalf of a party responsible for the assassination.

86 posted on 12/27/2007 11:36:30 AM PST by kevkrom (All those in favor of Thompson, don't raise your hand.)
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To: keepitreal

Ok fine... if it seems ridiculous to you, then it is!... I see it differently though :)


87 posted on 12/27/2007 11:38:13 AM PST by ElPatriota (Duncan Hunter 08 -- I am proud to support this man for my president)
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To: Plutarch
...the people of Pakistan, and my prayers go out to them as we follow developments...

I am not sure of the protocol, but I'm not sure if an Islamic country welcomes the prayers from the infidels.

88 posted on 12/27/2007 11:44:49 AM PST by Plutarch
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To: kevkrom

Can you imagine the screaming and braying if President Bush had made a similar gaffe?

I realize that presidential candidates are exhausted from talking for hours and hours every day—BUT SPEAKING COHERENTLY AND CORRECTLY IS A MAJOR JOB REQUIREMENT FOR BEING POTUS. Clearly, Huckabee doesn’t meet the minimum job requirements. He makes daily verbal gaffes, some minor, some major. This one was major. I’m embarassed that an amateur like Huckabee is the “leading GOP candidate” for POTUS.


89 posted on 12/27/2007 11:51:14 AM PST by RooRoobird20 (Thankfully Convered Catholic)
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To: Dane
He avoided taking a strong policy position, saying he would offer sincere sympathies to the people of Pakistan, and monitor who’s behind it.

Oh, crap, he's running for "Commander in Grief". Will someone tell this simpleton that we already lived through 8 years of such a policy, and lower Manhattan has a giant hole to prove how effective THAT was.

90 posted on 12/27/2007 11:55:53 AM PST by ssaftler (Which Al is more deadly: Al Qaeda or Al Gore?)
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To: kevkrom

I agree with that, he should clarify what he meant, unless he really meant he thought it was our fault she was killed, in which case he should just drop out now.


91 posted on 12/27/2007 11:57:36 AM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Company Man

I’d cut him just a tad bit of slack here. I think he meant “condolences” but just got hung up on choosing le mot juste. He meant condolences, probably doesn’t really quite know what “apology” means—he might have meant “defense,” as in an apologia. Yes, that’s it; poor fellow was thinking in Greek, dontcha know. Why when you have a degree in theology and, what was it, three whole years of New Testament Greek, why, the word apologia just sorta tumbles right outta yer mouth before you can catch it and put it in its place.


92 posted on 12/27/2007 12:03:14 PM PST by Dionysiusdecordealcis
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To: Nonstatist
Wait a sec! I thought Huck was a slick communicator along with Romney. He makes an apology, and he knows what the word means.
93 posted on 12/27/2007 12:03:55 PM PST by 22cal (Forgiven, not perfected)
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To: Dionysiusdecordealcis

Where’s the /sarc tag?


94 posted on 12/27/2007 12:04:57 PM PST by 22cal (Forgiven, not perfected)
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To: 22cal

What, me sarcastic? Whatever gave you that idea? Is that a Greek word? Did you mean sarx? Huckabee lost his sarx, more than 100 pounds of it, years ago.

But, since insist, I apologize abstrusely for my ebullient failure to include a sarc libel on post no. 92.

And that’s not sarcastic. It’s abject humbility and groveling missing demeanor for my culpable error.


95 posted on 12/27/2007 12:09:38 PM PST by Dionysiusdecordealcis
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To: 22cal

Sorry, I apologize scabrously for my error in my apologia. I meant, “since you insist,” but somehow words failed me again.


96 posted on 12/27/2007 12:10:40 PM PST by Dionysiusdecordealcis
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To: RooRoobird20
Oprah sees America as a giant nursery.

She sees Obama as the best baby sitter for the nursery.

That would make the Huckster the 16 year old who wants to be cool and friends with the kids, but has no idea what they really need.

Meanwhile, the adults (Rudy, McCain, Mitt) are so busy arguing about their theories of child rearing, they cannot see that the child molesters (Hillary and the Silky Pony) are already in the room waiting to pounce.

The remaining two adults, Duncan Hunter and Fred Thompson, are trying to warn them but cannot be heard above the noise.

97 posted on 12/27/2007 12:11:49 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: rhombus

It is rather obvious that Huckachuck meant to use the word condolences and instead came out with apologies. He could probably get a pass on that except for the fact that the rest of his statement was really lame! Sounds as if he just kinda made it up out of thin air. Just shows that if he is elected we will be in for at least four more years of what was said about Clinton, “Bill’s foreign policy is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get!” With the dangers we are facing, are we really wanting to turn over the reigns of government to that?


98 posted on 12/27/2007 12:12:15 PM PST by gbscott1954 (Go Fred!)
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To: Grimmy; RedStateRocker; gonzo; DeaconBenjamin; indcons; sukhoi-30mki; Eyes Unclouded; ECM; ...
Pakistan ۋﮧ۱م

FReepmail if you want on or off
99 posted on 12/27/2007 12:12:54 PM PST by G8 Diplomat (Creatures are divided into 6 kingdoms: Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Monera, Protista, & Saudi Arabia)
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To: Vigilanteman

“Fred Thompson, are trying to warn them but cannot be heard above the noise”

of the red pickup?


100 posted on 12/27/2007 12:13:18 PM PST by Dionysiusdecordealcis
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