Huckabee clueless about crossing picket line to appear on Leno tonight

[deminks]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20080102/huckabee-leno/

MASON CITY, Iowa — Republican Mike Huckabee, a presidential candidate sounding a populist theme in Iowa, likely will be forced to cross a writers' picket line if he appears Wednesday on the "Tonight Show" with Jay Leno.

Earlier Wednesday, Huckabee said he supports the writers and did not think he would be crossing a picket line, because he believed the writers had made an agreement to allow late night shows back on the air.

"My understanding is that there was a special arrangement made for the late-night shows, and the writers have made this agreement to let the late night shows to come back on, so I don't anticipate that it's crossing a picket line," Huckabee told reporters traveling with him Wednesday from Fort Dodge to Mason City.

(snip)

Told he was mistaken and that writers had cleared only Letterman's show, Huckabee protested: "But my understanding is there's a sort of dispensation given to the late-night shows, is that right?"

Told again that he was wrong, Huckabee murmured, "Hmmm," and, "Oh," before answering another question.

(end snip)

see also

http://www.whotv.com/global/story.asp?s=7569248

Hey, Rethugs, He's your Huckleberry!

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

1. bet he does a video link interview instead.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. He's a Republican. Why should he worry about crossing a picket line?

To union-busting assbag Republicans that's a *good* thing.

[mdmc]

4. my thought exactly

:kick:

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. What the hell does a Repube care about doing that sort of thing????????

They live to stomp on the working class guy.

[Glimmer of Hope]

11. And being dumb and clueless doesn't matter either.

[Harper_is_Bush]

3. Hucks campaign talked about the strike, but "the show "said 'come on,'" so they decided to do it."

lol!

Twist their rubber arm!

[Graybeard]

5. "Stupid is as stupid does".

Hucky might be considered the Forrest Gump of this election but he doesn't have any of his charm. That passive smile makes me think he is hiding a chainsaw behind his back.

[lpbk2713]

6. You don't really suppose ...

I mean after all .... he has shown he's not very bright.





You don't think he's expecting to just see a fence do you?

[JDPriestly]

8. There is more than one reason to avoid crossing the picket line

of the writers' strike. I would not want to cross the Hollywood writers. Huckabee apparently doesn't know the score.

[AzDar]

9. Moron. Full-on.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

10. First 2 words in the title say it all. n/t

[tekisui]

13. Summary of the huckster, every story: Huckabee clueless.

[karlrschneider]

12. Huck's an ass but he's not a writer..."crossing a picket line" has nothing to do with anything

here...
:eyes:

[deminks]

14. The point is he went on and on about how he supported the writers,

but had no clue whether he was crossing their picket line, which is an unsupportive act.

From the original article:

Huckabee said he stood with the writers.

"I support the writers, by the way. Unequivocally, absolutely," he said. "They're dead right on this one. And they ought to get royalties off the residuals and the long-term contracts."

"I don't think anybody supports the producers on this one," he added. "Maybe the producers support the producers, but I think everybody in the business and even the general public supports the writers."

(end snip)

And the writers on the line have noticed:

[karlrschneider]

16. AH! I wasn't aware he had made any comments about it....thanks.

:P

[senseandsensibility]

15. Why does the article say he will be "forced" to cross a

picket line? It's obviously his choice.