tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post8101500810069356521..comments2024-01-02T18:05:23.666-06:00Comments on Streak's Blog: We have not seen the Huck's low yet--updated--updated againStreakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01443433745929880701noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-34522492002848533982008-01-20T10:02:00.000-06:002008-01-20T10:02:00.000-06:00Nevada was never gonna go for Huck; that Ron Paul ...Nevada was never gonna go for Huck; that Ron Paul came in second just confirmed that western conservatives lean towards the libertarian and not the evangelical. SC. was a different thing, though. He did well with evangelicals, but was fighting with Thompson for the native son vote, while McCain got significant help from Independents. McCain has always done historically well down there (there's also a significant current and ex-military demographic in SC), so I wasn't terribly surprised to see him come away with a majority vote. <BR/><BR/>I think Huckabee still has some juice, though, and he'll be around at least through Feb 5. The evangelical bloc is just too big to not have a champion. If nothing else, he's in a John Edwards position: not able to be king, but instead to be king-maker.Bitebarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05747525058765921595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-56028284757619849792008-01-20T08:25:00.000-06:002008-01-20T08:25:00.000-06:00The fact that Huckabee is dropping doesn't let the...<I>The fact that Huckabee is dropping doesn't let the evangelical church off the hook.</I><BR/><BR/>I agree here. The machine that created Bush has enabled Huckabee. We have a lot more to account for yet somehow we evangelicals have lulled ourselves into believing that what we have done is right and good.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090951749017263188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-90257450450800229842008-01-19T22:40:00.000-06:002008-01-19T22:40:00.000-06:00Looks like that is true, Steve. The fact that Huc...Looks like that is true, Steve. The fact that Huckabee is dropping doesn't let the evangelical church off the hook.Streakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443433745929880701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-10560453810175243562008-01-19T17:05:00.000-06:002008-01-19T17:05:00.000-06:00Considering how Huck did in Nevada (2 delegates, R...Considering how Huck did in Nevada (2 delegates, Romney got 17), I am reassured that he is on hs way out.steveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08862590608695420004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-44451678416920671772008-01-19T15:44:00.000-06:002008-01-19T15:44:00.000-06:00Steve, the C of CC is the historical children of t...Steve, the C of CC is the historical children of the White Citizen's Councils. There is nothing, and I mean NOTHING positive about them. These are the businessmen and politicians who didn't have to wear robes and hoods, but were just as bad. That is the thing that amazes me. There are reasonable people who oppose affirmative action and can talk about race in a meaningful and reasonable way. These are not those people. <BR/><BR/>I know people can change. But Huckabee has shown even this last week with his pandering to people about the flag that he will say whatever to appeal to the extremes of the right. Karl Rove must be proud. <BR/><BR/>This makes me nearly physically sick.Streakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443433745929880701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-81625187409752211842008-01-19T14:35:00.000-06:002008-01-19T14:35:00.000-06:00The flagpole comment was just stupid. One thing t...The flagpole comment was just stupid. One thing that I had liked about him was that he seemed to have a sense of humor, but who is he trying to appeal to, middle schoolers?<BR/><BR/>I had never heard of the C of CC and was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, as I think the SPLC goes overboard in their designation of 'hate' groups, but then I read their statement of principles. Yuck. I am not a fan of affirmitive action that includes racial preferences and quotas, but can't spin "We also oppose all efforts to mix the races of mankind" any remotely positive way. <BR/><BR/>Has he addressed this at all? I know that people change. Justice Hugo Black and Robert Byrd were once KKK members and changed their positions over the course of their lives. He is an idiot if he doesn't address this fast.steveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08862590608695420004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-12401505381267960842008-01-19T11:17:00.001-06:002008-01-19T11:17:00.001-06:00And another thing--I am assuming that Huck is talk...And another thing--I am assuming that Huck is talking about AR's state flag...AR doesn't have "another" flag do they, one I may not be aware of, like SC? I mean, I thought SC had a state flag and the Confederate flag wasn't it. So when he says "our" flag, does he mean the AR state flag???<BR/><BR/>And btw, to be fair, I am from SC.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090951749017263188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-7800296379929474392008-01-19T11:17:00.000-06:002008-01-19T11:17:00.000-06:00Tony, great to hear from you again. I know you gu...Tony, <BR/><BR/>great to hear from you again. I know you guys are very busy right now. <BR/><BR/>Yeah, I know you wanted to like Huckabee. Hell, at the beginning I did too. Not that I would vote for him, but I appreciated some of his moderation on the language surrounding abortion, and climate change. But the more you dig, the less core there is to the man. And with the connections to the racists, the "lack of core" becomes "actually bad person."Streakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443433745929880701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-39497326809486248662008-01-19T11:12:00.000-06:002008-01-19T11:12:00.000-06:00Tell them what they would do with the pole??!!?? P...Tell them what they would do with the pole??!!?? Please tell me you are kidding; he didn't say this, did he?<BR/><BR/>I guess he did.<BR/><BR/>This statement is onerous for more than one reason. There is no comparison with the AR flag. Does the AR flag have anything remotely to do with racism and has it come to symbolize a whole subculture of virtual white supremacists?<BR/><BR/>And why does he think he can get away with a statement like that not just as a professing Christian but as someone who engages the pubic regularly? Its just tidied-up profanity (not that I am against profanity, I tend to use it myself on occasion) but someone who speaks regularly to the public should be more eloquent and studied than this. (Oh yeah...childrens do learn.)<BR/><BR/>And, this is shameless pandering--shameless! I wanted to like Huck--really--but there is no way, <I>no way</I> that I can now.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090951749017263188noreply@blogger.com