Posted on 01/12/2008 7:14:42 AM PST by 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.”
A few years ago, people on Free Republic were falling all over themselves for Huckabee’s guitar playing at Freeper events.
Huck was PR for James Robison, televangelist.
Welcome to Free Republic.
I will not support Mike Huckabee.
“GO HUCK. I’v never seen a bigger bunch of babies than some of the fredheads around here. Fred goes in with the hatchet and Huckabee laughs it off and says “take some metamucil fred”. Get a life guys.”
Excuse me! Why don’t you go play at the DU or Daily KOS. If you’re supporting the likes of Huckabee that’s where you’ll find others closer to your beliefs.
Never mind that he was either a Lt. governor or governor for much longer that he was a pastor.
Be careful what you say about the former PR man for the Texas-based televangelist Jim Robison, something not widely known now but which will be shouted from the mountain tops if Huckabubba captures the nomination.
Think of it: 2008 could be the match-off between the televangelist with his big hair and The Gorgon.
And Hey, if they can’t take a joke ...they might be Democrats.
I’m wondering what humorous topic Huckabee is going to make jokes about next? Cancer maybe?
George Allen introduces “Macaca”
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=r90z0PMnKwI
I know someone that answers “I’m blessed”, when asked “how are you”?
Wrong! Reagan was a true conservative and he won in two landslides. If Schmuckabee gets the nomination, he will lose in a landslide. Leftists and "moderates" (liberals) will not vote for a Leftist Republican. They will vote for the "real thing", a Leftist Democrat. Many conservatives will just not vote for your guy, whether you like it or not.
Why is there so much hatred for Huck on this sight?
Sight = site ... This is very very simple. FRee Republic is a CONSERVATIVE forum. Schmuckabee is a RINO, a lying Liberal who tries to convince us he is a conservative. With his views and his record, he belongs in the Democrat party.
But if Fred was wrong, why is Huckabee ducking the substantive issue, and resorting to personal comments? What does that say about Huckabee?
Huckabee thinks he is a rock star — being on Letterman, Colbert, Leno, etc.
Do you want to refute anything that Fred said?
BTW what does Metamucil have to do with pointing out that Huckabee is a bleeding heart/nanny state liberal in the mold of Jimmy (born again) Carter?
I am happy to make you laugh on this fine January day. Cheers.
You are an apt Huck supporter. No substance (what about the issues Fred brought up about Huck), just attack the critics, Freepers in this case.
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