Huckabee Defends Joke About Fred

cbsnews ^ | 01/12/08 | Joy Lin

[TornadoAlley3]

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Asked about Fred Thompson’s “hatchet” attack against him at Thursday's Republican debate, Mike Huckabee joked to Joe Scarborough that he thought “Fred needs some Metamucil. I think it would help a lot if he gets some. You know, he was in a bad mood last night.”

On the bus with reporters on Route 96 in Michigan from Lansing to Grand Rapids, Huckabee explained his Metamucil comment saying, “You have to understand the context of the show….It’s not quite as irreverent as Imus…not quite Stephen Colbert but it’s serious topics with an edge.”

“I really do believe if people can’t have some sense of humor as they approach this stuff, then it causes everybody to be so locked down and consultant driven that their campaigns become so boring because all they’re going to do is give this robotic answer to everything that’s very carefully scripted. I promise you, you won’t have moments like this,” Huckabee said, gesturing to the handful of reporters that had gathered around him for an on-the-record conversation that would last about 40 minutes.

“Does Romney do these?” Huckabee asked the reporters. No, replied one. Neither does Thompson, said another.

“If I thought I couldn’t be a human being. That I gotta wait till six handlers tell me what I can and can’t say and I have to read it, you know, it’s not worth it.”

[Dane]

That was not the comparison I am talking about. The competition said that about Reagan in an effort to win themselves. It was not true. We are pointing out that Huckabee is indeed a buffoon, and a rube rip for the picking by the left, who are just pleased beyond compare at his success and your stupidity in enabling such.

Please, I was not born yesterday, I was born in 1965, and the attacks you all spew at Huckabee are the same attacks that were spewed at Ronald Reagan in 1980.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[CindyDawg]

Yeah that saddens me.

[ejonesie22]

That’s nice, I was born then too. I worked Reagan's Second campign.

The difference is that the attacks on Reagan were falsehoods, lies by the competition.

Huckabee is a fool at best. And that is coming from many in his own party.

You are backing a Socialist, get a clue and quit talking like you know anything about Reagan, he was Conservative, and you obviously learned nothing from his life and work.

[dforest]

I am a Hunter fan. Just like the guy. Thompson is 2nd choice, get him in, and reteach conservatism.

Thats my last stand.

[GovernmentIsTheProblem]

“huckabee is not a liberal . give me a break”

He thinks that in this time of crisis, not enough government is the problem.

Sure he is. A pro-life liberal.

[Clara Lou]

the attacks you all spew at Huckabee are the same attacks that were spewed at Ronald Reagan in 1980.
LOL! Give all of us a break! If they're the same attacks, it would be because they're true about Huckabee. Huckabee is no Ronald Reagan, no way, no how. The two are alike in your mind only.

[dixiechick2000]

You did?

Yippee for YOU!

I hope you’ll let me know if he replys to you.

[RetiredArmy]

EXACTLY!!!!!!!!

[rwfromkansas]

lol.....oh that is embarrassing. My mind took “on” and switched it to “off.”

[BillyBoy]

HUCK-A-PING!

"Unelectable" Huckabee is winning elections!

***SKY IS FALLING, SOUND THE ALARMS***

In the interest of equal time, we now present the following rebuttal from FR's own FredHeads (many of whom are in need of Metamucil):

"This article is LIES!!! ALL LIES!!!! Everyone knows ONLY FRED is conservative!!!!! Huckabee is a MARXIST SOCIALIST COMMUNIST DIRTBAG LIBERAL SCUMBAG who LOVES ILLEGAL-ALIENS & CRIMINALS & TERRORISTS & NANNY-STATE TAX-HIKING LEFTIST DEMOCRATS!!! He is the MSN created candidate ,a reincarnation of CARTER, CLINTON, ELMER-GANTRY, MAO, HILTER, O.J. SIMPSON & POL POT!!! Huck DESTROYED ARKANSAS and will DESTROY the GOP & AMERICA TOOOOOOOOOO!!! RUDY is better than Huck!! Hell, I'll take HILLARY over HUCK!! A vote for HUCKLEBURRY is a vote to CHOP-UP LITTLE PUPPIES IN A BLENDER!!!!!!!!!! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEAGGGH!!!"
"And oh yea, vote Fred 2008 or you're a douchebag & liberal sellout"

TRUTH SQUAD: Click HERE to find out how freeper’s felt about Mike Huckabee’s record when he was actually IN office.

[Reagan79]

I thought it was kind of funny. Some people need to lighten up a little. We have turned Thompson into some kind of cult hero.

[tcrlaf]

“That I gotta wait till six handlers tell me what I can and can’t say and I have to read it, you know, it’s not worth it.”

Perhaps he should consult with Empress-Elect Hillary, and her 12 gay apostles.. Err... I mean... HANDLERS...

who are always trying to respin whatever it was she said
...

[Reagan79]

Your band looks really cool - keep it up.

[Isara]

I AM glad to report, however, that I've personally seen and aided in the conversion of several Huckabee supporters over to Fred, including a few pastors, many just in the last week alone.

Great job!

[Reagan79]

“Why is there so much hatred for Huck on this sight?”

Because he has a personality and people like him. While he may not be my first choice I don’t see him as this big lib people keep painting him as. The fair tax is the most conservative / pro growth of all the tax plans. If I disagree with him it’s more for his protectionist - populist rants, but even that would be toned down some if he won the election.

He’s pretty conservative, pragmatic on a few issues, not perfect, but far from this big nanny state monster some have depicted him as. Huckabee says he fundamentally believes in less government and more power for the states. The smoking thing is kind of flaky, but even Thompson has his faults.

[Charles Martel]

Not only did I see it, I still see it. Do you not see the pictures making fun of Christians right here before your eyes.

If as you allege, Fred Thompson is making fun of Christians, please post examples. With appropriate source references, per this website's posting guidelines.

[Hugin]

Apart from being wrong on most of the issues,

Try going to Huck's website and actually reading his postions on the issues. Then tell me which ones you disagree with. I'd be interested to know.

[dforest]

Duh?

[CindyDawg]

bump

[littlehouse36]

Is Huckabee like some preschooler who is fixated on bodily functions?

 

Apparently.  See below....

 "[Huckabee] called liberal columnist John Brummett of Stephens Media "constipated" when that early admirer commenced some gentle criticism."
http://www.salon.com:80/opinion/feature/2007/11/13/huckabee/

Huckabee often describes unpleasant tasks as ‘‘about as much fun as a colonoscopy.’’ He once told a reporter from The Washington Post that his rock band doesn’t get women tossing their panties on the stage because ‘‘given our demographics, we’re more likely to have old men throwing their Depends at us.’’
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/magazine/16huckabee.html?pagewanted=9

Well, I think Fred needs some Metamucil. I think it would help a lot if he gets some. You know, he was in a bad mood last night.
http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NWE5ZWQ4YzFiZTNiN2VlYTFmNzZjMGViYTgzMTg0M2U=