Posted on 01/12/2008 7:14:42 AM PST by TornadoAlley3
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. Asked about Fred Thompsons 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 .Its not quite as irreverent as Imus not quite Stephen Colbert but its serious topics with an edge.
I really do believe if people cant 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 theyre going to do is give this robotic answer to everything thats very carefully scripted. I promise you, you wont 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 couldnt be a human being. That I gotta wait till six handlers tell me what I can and cant say and I have to read it, you know, its not worth it.
Ummm, I was talking about FR posters... the closest one to my post (249) for an example is post 230. I noticed tonight on the debate that Huckabee got handed another religious question... and batted it out of the park. I am telling ya people one more time, you will lose attacking Huckabee on religious matters with voters. Fox learned it's lesson tonight.
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