Fundie meltdown of the week: Michigan Huck for Veep supporters

[JackBeck]

by: Pam Spaulding
Sat Aug 16, 2008 at 09:00:00 AM EDT

The right wing bible-beaters are really having a tough week. Take this crew in Michigan calling itself "Huck's Army." The fringe supporters http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2008/08/hucks_army_thre.html">are threatening to abandon support of John McCain if the http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3835">rapist/murderer-releasing, http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=4176">Christian Reconstructionist-supported, http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=4195">Man-On-Dog wannabe, former Arkansas governor, Baptist minister-http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3930">without-a-theology-degree and failed GOP presidential candidate is not picked as Veep.

The fact that McCain tried floating a trial balloon about a pro-choice VP this week made them explode. Look at the uprising in Michigan. (http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2008/08/hucks_army_thre.html">RightWingWatch):

A group of Michigan social conservatives who support former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee threatened Thursday to abandon Republican nominee John McCain, upset that McCain's vice presidential choice may not reflect their anti-abortion, anti-gay marriage positions.

The uproar came after a pair of meetings Wednesday -- while McCain was campaigning here -- in which his campaign hoped to strengthen its support with religious conservatives. Huckabee supporters said they were especially upset at word that, at a meeting in Birmingham between McCain and a small group of conservative activists, a top McCain ally had floated the possibility he'd pick a running mate who is for abortion rights.

You won't believe the email that Huck's Army is circulating. Read the untethered-from-reality letter below the fold.

Via http://media.pfaw.org/Right/HUCKS%20ARMY%20ATTENTION!%20ACTION%20ALERT!.htm">Right Wing Watch, it makes them sound like they'll put McCain in cement shoes if they don't have their demands met:

From: [e-mail]
Subject: HUCKS ARMY ATTENTION! ACTION ALERT!
To:
Date: Friday, August 15, 2008, 8:50 AM

HUCKS ARMY ATTENTION! ACTION ALERT!

Express our support for Huckabee and the values and type of leadership we need to the Republican party leadership.

MI Congressman Fred Upton, from the 6th District, has John McCain's ear. Fred is McCain's trusted friend and advisor. They are fishing buddies and have been close for years. It is very important that we contact Fred and let him know:

WE WILL NOT VOTE FOR A MCCAIN TICKET UNLESS:

1) Mike Huckabee is the VP; or

2) Mike Huckabee is the KEY NOTE SPEAKER at the National GOP Convention

Know that our meetings here in Michigan with McCain prompted this urgent action--

Romney is being shoved down our throats here, and misinformation about us is rampant.

In addition, you may know that this also happened at one of the meetings:

"Several in attendance reported to me that Sen. Lindsey Graham seriously asked if social conservatives would support a vice president who favors abortion on demand. They were shocked the question even had to be asked, and alienated that the McCain campaign appears to be even considering it."
--Gary Glenn, Mich. American Family Assn. President

So now, we know what McCain thinks of us and our issues. He is only concerned with catering to the independent voters. We, who supported Mike Huckabee, the millions of voters who earned him a 2nd place in delegate count--are being ignored by McCain. McCain must know that he will LOSE not only Michigan without us, but the election. At this point, he does not HAVE US. We've tried repeatedly to reach out to him, and he has ignored us.

...Thanks,
the Hucks Army Forum Team

http://pamshouseblend.com

Yes, my friends, only full-fledged Fundie flip-outs involve something being shoved down their throats.

I've been having quite a lot of fun watching this movement completely unravel over the last few years. Their elders are dying off or are close to the end and so is their movement and agenda. Good riddance.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Looks like the GOP

has a few PUMAs of its own.

[butterfly77]

2. I have always thought that ...

he would choose Huckabee as his VP..

[JackBeck]

3. I say, "Bring it on!"

Huck's sons will be the final nail in the family values coffin.

[butterfly77]

4. I have seen pictures posted of them..

what do you know about them?

[JackBeck]

6. David Huckabee:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/78241">A Son’s Past Deeds Come Back To Bite Huckabee

[salonghorn70]

5. Sounds Like Some Of The Posters On DU

Who say they won't vote for Obama if this or that person is the VP. :)

[JackBeck]

7. Our Party will be more unified than the Republicans this election.

The Republicans are the most splintered they have been in many years, which makes me very excited, especially when their Party finally turns their backs to the theosexuals.