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douglas9

(4,359 posts)
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 12:58 PM Jun 2018

What the Heck Is Wrong With Mike Huckabee?

What, exactly, is wrong with Mike Huckabee? That’s what a lot of observers are asking after the former Arkansas governor and Christian minister tweeted out a photo this morning of what appears to be a group of Latino gang members, and joked that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi—one of the Republican Party’s favorite Democratic bogeywomen—had just introduced her campaign committee to take back the House.

There are two glaring problems here: First, the tweet is racist in its implications. Second, amid an ongoing border crisis in which President Donald Trump has made deeply dehumanizing statements about desperate asylum seekers—going so far as comparing them to insects—Huckabee’s tweet falls into a Republican pattern of low-brow scapegoating.



https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/mike-huckabee-ms-13-scapegoating-tweet/

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What the Heck Is Wrong With Mike Huckabee? (Original Post) douglas9 Jun 2018 OP
Where to begin? cloudbase Jun 2018 #1
One ugly can of worms. Wellstone ruled Jun 2018 #14
the new gop dembotoz Jun 2018 #2
Demonic possession. Cary Jun 2018 #3
he is a racist still_one Jun 2018 #4
That is the correct answer. LonePirate Jun 2018 #6
Occam's Razor jayschool2013 Jun 2018 #36
An easier question to answer would be peekaloo Jun 2018 #5
"Racist in its IMPLICATIONS"? JFC, Journalism, you're drunk time to go home. Shaddox Jun 2018 #7
"minister" my ass. moondust Jun 2018 #8
Southern Baptist heaven05 Jun 2018 #34
Ignorance and at this stage, willful ignorance. Solly Mack Jun 2018 #9
I saw a reply that said, 'Now I know where your daughter gets her liar from." CurtEastPoint Jun 2018 #10
and let's not forget his dog-torturing lard-ass loser son David alterfurz Jun 2018 #20
I call that 'shit for brains' RainCaster Jun 2018 #11
I am an atheist, but I'm beginning to hope I'm wrong and there's a second coming. Vinca Jun 2018 #12
Well he thinks he's being funny. Initech Jun 2018 #13
Someone needs to let him know that the internet is not a locker room full of his Baitball Blogger Jun 2018 #19
simply speaking...he's an asshole.... dhill926 Jun 2018 #15
just beat me to it.... spanone Jun 2018 #17
Pretty simple. He's an asshole. spanone Jun 2018 #16
Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner! nt COLGATE4 Jun 2018 #18
He's evangelical. They are the reason people are fleeing the church WhiteTara Jun 2018 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author RestoreAmerica2020 Jun 2018 #25
He's a bad bass player. panader0 Jun 2018 #22
Haha! Spot on. I think you have found the critique that would actually hurt him. Shaddox Jun 2018 #32
Bigoted white American with a ton of money and an ignorant audience? Iggo Jun 2018 #23
Same thing that's been wrong with him for years... JHB Jun 2018 #24
Sounds like typical Huckabeean behavior. GeorgeGist Jun 2018 #26
Mike Huckabee Clarity2 Jun 2018 #27
Pelosi is my US Representative. In my district... displacedtexan Jun 2018 #28
Wasn't one of his sons an animal abuser? roamer65 Jun 2018 #29
Fucking idiots who think they are so clever. pwb Jun 2018 #30
First of all, he lied, establishing that he doesn't follow his self-professed X-tian ideals. IggleDuer Jun 2018 #31
No Worse Christian Than This Vile Cretin! DoctorJoJo Jun 2018 #33
He doesn't appear to like slipping into irrelevance DFW Jun 2018 #35
His cheap veneer is cracking, madamesilverspurs Jun 2018 #37
He is just the fucking worst. eom liberalnarb Jun 2018 #38
 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
34. Southern Baptist
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 03:54 PM
Jun 2018

still don't feel this way about AA. period. They are a bunch of racist pukes hoping to get more member to drop some coin in their pass around plates.

Vinca

(50,336 posts)
12. I am an atheist, but I'm beginning to hope I'm wrong and there's a second coming.
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 01:11 PM
Jun 2018

Jesus would be slapping these people up side the head until they drop.

Initech

(100,152 posts)
13. Well he thinks he's being funny.
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 01:11 PM
Jun 2018

But really he's just a hateful douchebag, and shows that there's no such thing as conservative comedy.

WhiteTara

(29,739 posts)
21. He's evangelical. They are the reason people are fleeing the church
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 01:46 PM
Jun 2018

of protestant denominations. The evangelicals are driving everyone away. They are filled with hate.

Response to WhiteTara (Reply #21)

JHB

(37,166 posts)
24. Same thing that's been wrong with him for years...
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 01:57 PM
Jun 2018

Or is that question supposed to mean "Why does he feel so free to let his junk hang loose in public?"

Clarity2

(1,009 posts)
27. Mike Huckabee
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 02:29 PM
Jun 2018

has been tweeting revolting things for years. This isnt even the worst of it. Hes #1 on my top list of most revolting people on twitter...maybe a close third in real life. What makes him more revolting than others is that he is a supposed former preacher, and his hypocrital statements on a regular basis are absolutely shocking and disgusting.

I really think the man is mentally ill.

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)
28. Pelosi is my US Representative. In my district...
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 02:29 PM
Jun 2018

...I can happily say that we have no Huckabees. None whatsoever. And that's what chaps Huckadumbass deplorables.

IggleDuer

(964 posts)
31. First of all, he lied, establishing that he doesn't follow his self-professed X-tian ideals.
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 02:57 PM
Jun 2018

A few years ago, he tweeted that he wished he could simply declare himself a trans and peek at women’s locker rooms legally. What a sick f**k.

 

DoctorJoJo

(1,134 posts)
33. No Worse Christian Than This Vile Cretin!
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 03:54 PM
Jun 2018

Gandhi once said, "I'd probably be a Christian, if not for Christians." I'm guessing Huckleberry fits that description to a T!

DFW

(54,527 posts)
35. He doesn't appear to like slipping into irrelevance
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 03:57 PM
Jun 2018

For someone whose relevance was overstated to begin with, that has to hurt.

His only claim to fame was that he was also a governor of Arkansas who was from Hope and played an instrument.

All comparisons to Bill Clinton cease there, though, and he doesn't seem to have come to terms with it in 25 years.

Not only that, Jon Stewart is no longer hosting the Daily Show, and Stewart was the only one who tolerated Huckaboo's pseudo-folksy banter in the first place.

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