Huckabee worries me - they were stupid enough to vote for Bush

[LynneSin]

they'll be stupid enough to vote for another wack-out job and they don't get any more wacked out that Mike Huckabee

[me9399]

1. have to remember though

I bet a lot of those people who voted for Bush did so because their pastor told them to.

[SharonAnn]

41. And their pastor will tell them to vote for Huckabee

[melody]

2. The Bushites only voted for him for financial reasons ... the fundies are the minority

The Huckster is the GOP's worst nightmare.

[yardwork]

35. I agree. I'm relieved. I'm more worried about Romney.

I hope that the fundies stick with Huckabee. Even if he doesn't win the nomination, they may be so disgusted with their other choices, they'll just stay home in the general election or even vote Democratic.

[durtee librul]

3. Notice they said all the bible thumpers

are out in force for Snuckabee...I haven't seen numbers on them....has anyone?

[Gato Moteado]

4. repuke scum are gonna vote for their guy no matter who he is....

they'd back charlie manson if he was running as a repuke.

i like huck as the repuke candidate....he's a clueless hick, much like bush but without the machine that bush had lifting him. we'll beat the huckster like the proverbial redheaded stepchild.

[zanne]

13. I'm hoping for a Huckleberry win.

He shoots his mouth off so much, he'll derail his own campaign.

[pansypoo53219]

25. did that hurt the chimperor?

no, believe he would be able to charm the pants off the simple americans who like tax cuts and easy answers. fuckabee is bad.

[zanne]

27. There's no end to the things we can call him.

"Fuckabee"--very nice and quite fitting. My niece came out with "Upchuckabee" today.

[yardwork]

37. "Upchuckabee" is wonderful!

[Birthmark]

5. I do believe you're correct.

There's a reason I'm moving out to the woods. "President Huckabee?! lol

[Thrill]

6. He'll make a fool of himself

when talking about the war. No worry

[JohnnyLib2]

7. Worries me, too.

We would be foolish to underestimate his appeal, IMO.

[fightindonkey]

8. If Obama Is The Nominee, Huck Wins,That's About It. He Is The Candidate That Will Get People Moving

The South will literally vote in droves for him, including Florida.

[zanne]

16. You think the Dean "scream" was bad?

This guy has so many inappropriate jokes, he's bound to do himself in within a few months. I wouldn't worry too much about Upchuckabee.

[fightindonkey]

28. But They Like That. They'll Say, He Speaks His Mind, Finally A Candidate Who Doesn't BS

This is how they play it.

[krabigirl]

30. Yep. Actually, we are fucked, IMO. Although Obama could use religion even more to win ppl over.

[kurth]

34. Exactly

There is no chance for Obama below the Mason-Dixon line.

[Carrieyazel]

39. He'll also do well out West, where the election will be won.

Obama has no shot against Huckabee.

[yardwork]

40. I don't think that Huckabee will play ball with the corporatists.

Unlike the chimp, Huckabee appears to be sincere about his religious beliefs. Their insane, no question, but he's sincere about them. He won't be willing to turn them inside out to please the corporatists.

The corporatists want Romney or Giuliani. I think that they're terrified of the thought of a viable Huckabee candidacy.

[panader0]

9. It is scary that so many repubs like him. Fundamental Xianity is spooky.

[zanne]

10. NO WAY will Huckleberry win NH.

He's at about 10% in the polls here.

[LynneSin]

44. And that's the other thing - will Huckabee do well in the Northeast

or Pacific Coast - regions of the country where we prefer candidates NOT be frothing at the mouth?

[H2O Man]

11. Though all of the

republican candidates are seriously flawed, the republican machine is strong. We can not take this election for granted.

[robbedvoter]

12. In all fairness, they don't have a non-nut job option

[David Zephyr]

14. Me, too.

n/t

[City Lights]

15. I saw an interview on BBC America and the two experts talking said

nothing would energize the GOP base more than a Huckster win in IA.

[JackBeck]

17. I keep reminding myself

that Buchanan won Iowa and Bill Clinton lost Iowa to make myself feel better.

[AlCzervik]

18. he doesn't worry me at all, i bet he won't make it past NH.

i think he'll the easiest to beat in the primaary though.

[JackBeck]

19. And he won't win Arkansas.

They HATE him there, from what I gathered on my visit last year.

[annie1]

22. He up like 50 pionts in that state. srry

http://www.usaelectionpolls.com/2008/arkansas.html

[JackBeck]

24. Poll conducted by "Talk Business Quarterly".

A magazine that hasn't even had its first publication. srry.

:silly:

[annie1]

43. lol. :D

you have a good eye, i didn't notice that.

[zanne]

29. He'll fall on his ass in NH.

We don't have alot of evangelical Christians up here. (We have plenty of crazy people; just not religious ones).

[EarlG]

20. The thing about Chuckleberry is

he gets the evangelical Christian support that Bush did, but no other Republicans want to go near him. I can't see independents voting for him. He won't win New Hampshire. The GOP is split three ways between religious Republicans (Huckabee), "business" Republicans (Romney), and "security" Republicans (Giuliani). Bush was able to unite these three factions and still only squeaked into office. They were hoping for Thompson to be the great uniter, but he turned out to be half asleep. I can't see any of these candidates holding the GOP coalition together.

Personally I'm rooting for a brokered Republican convention. :evilgrin:

[zanne]

31. You win the "Make Fun of Huckabee's Name Contest!" nt

[Chovexani]

51. This is what the Bushler/Huckleberry comparisons keep missing

Spot-on analysis.

[GreenTea]

21. Worry about the fucking voting machines, Bush lost twice, Gore won the popular vote

by over six hundred thousand nationwide, and if Supreme Court doesn't stop the vote recount Gore wins Florida and the electoral votes as well.

kery we see new shit coming out every week in Ohio (including Bradblog today) how the republicans who controlled Ohio stole the election for Bush there in many, many different ways....Kerry get the electoral votes in Ohio as he should have, bush goes home and Kerry is prez...Thank Karl rove and the Diebold machines.

Huckleberry has zero charisma and won't be any threat to John Edwards what so ever....none of the republicans can beat a very chrismatic fighter as John Edwards is!!

[SunDrop23]

23. Not only that but they will support Huckabee even more, after all

as Tweety noted (before, presumably pouring another scotch) "He's more Christian than George Bush..."

I can't fathom the thought of continued Christofascist leadership in this country.

[depakid]

26. Yep- I think he'd beat both Obama and Hillary

and perhaps that's just what Americans deserve.

[zanne]

32. You worry too much. No way he'll win it.

Or any Republican, for that matter. Americans have finally had enough.

[depakid]

33. I do worry-

To paraphrase the OP, 50 some odd percent of Americans were thick and fearful enough to vote for Bush in 2004- and bewteen the sorporate media and the Democratic Congress, seems to me they could easily go that way again.

[Carrieyazel]

36. Huckabee should worry you. He's an excellent politician.

The only candidate who had a shot in hell of winning the general.

[politicasista]

38. In the words of Jill Scott....

I am not afraid.

[Sparkly]

42. I hear that.

:scared:

[K8-EEE]

45. That's exactly what my husband said, DO NOT overestimate them!

But it seems that AFTER the BushCo years, it will be harder to put a flat-out stupid idiot in there, given the results of the last two prez terms?

[readmoreoften]

46. Hucakbee should worry you. He's slick. And an excellent debater. /nt

[AshevilleGuy]

47. Yeah, Dems laughed at Ronnie too in 1980,

and look what happened. This guy is scary, but beatable, IFF we nominate wisely!

[Fire Walk With Me]

48. He's a manifestation of one of America's problems-- people who would force you to be as they are.

Some of us are not comfortable living and working together, and we are coming into struggle over this issue.

[jcla]

49. Huckabee worries me, too!

On of my librarians came back for her family home in the Mid-West. She told me that Huckabee was very popular there. She wasn't pleased and was worried also. Too many people will see him as the "Great White Christian Hope" was her opinion.

[FrenchieCat]

50. Matching Funds will make the Husker into another Bob Dole....

especially if we are running a candidate who is well funded.

That is all.

[BestCenter]

52. I can't believe how blind some people 'round here can be

"Theocrats." "Dominionists." Do you honestly believe these megachurch-goers are crazy inbred yahoos out in the sticks waving nothing but snakes and Left Behind novels?

They're not.

A lot of them are working class and middle class suburban people from the Midwest and the South. There's a lot of people who could be persuaded to vote for Huckabee even if they're not necessarily "evangelical." The moneyed corporatists control the GOP, but the people who are the GOP are these Red Staters who are possibly open to the Huckster.

[Eurobabe]

53. Been saying this for months, since he started to gain traction

Ignore or dismiss this man at your own peril. He is dangerous, and could be the next president, yes Virginia -- America is THAT stupid.