"I don't know how the math works out," Huckabee said after Russert ran through the numbers.

And we already know Science aint his forte either.

Wot does this guy know other than how to lose weight, play "Rocky Top" on his bass and help his kid get off on dogocide charges? Anyone?

In point of fact, Russert was an idiot for asking him that question the day after his big wins over McCain. Despite the fact that it would take a farking miracle to give Huckaberry the nom it is still not a question yer gonna get a real answer to from someone who is still actively running fer POTUS.

quatchi: Wot does this guy know other than how to lose weight, play "Rocky Top" on his bass and help his kid get off on dogocide charges? Anyone?

He can play air-hockey with Colbert.

thamike: quatchi: Wot does this guy know other than how to lose weight, play "Rocky Top" on his bass and help his kid get off on dogocide charges? Anyone?

He can play air-hockey with Colbert.

Colbert threw that game in the interest of time.

By my calculations, even if Huck wins every remaining delegate, he'll still be short by 141. And McCain needs about 60% of the remaining delegates to secure the nomination, which seems much more likely. Seems pretty much over to me Mike. I enjoyed watching you on the Colbert Report, but POTUS you shall not be.

McCain has to pick a right wing crazy to stop the whining of the con noise machine.

He has to pick someone to the right of Dick Cheney, even.

Huckabee won't do. McCain has to pick someone popular among the Fox News fan crowd. Like, Newt Gingrich or Ronald Reagan's corpse.

Unless Romney decides to be a kingmaker/dick. He may not like Huckabee, but he could release his delegates to Huckabee, thus doubling Huckabee's numbers.

I don't think its likely, but he seems to hate McCain more than he hates the Huck. His best shot right now is to put the unelectable Huckabee up for the nomination and try again in 2012 against the Dems.

My post looks very silly just for the sheer number of times I wrote "Huckabee."

/Huckabee

I like Huckabee more than McCain. I don't like his religiousity, but I think he has much more salient policy ideas, especially on the economy. The FairTax is idiotic, but then again, so are more tax cuts, so I think we just have to accept that Republicans are just idiots when it comes to fiscal matters.

Huckabee won't do. McCain has to pick someone popular among the Fox News fan crowd. Like, Newt Gingrich or Ronald Reagan's corpse.

I am not sure even zombie Reagan would do nowadays. He had way too many left leanings, the amnesty for illegals, the cut and running from Lebanon and so on, his long history of antigun legislation, massive increase in government size, the vast increases in taxes after the first couple of years. If he wasn't dead and running nowadays they would have torn him to pieces as a worse liberal than McCain or Clinton.

limeyfellow: I am not sure even zombie Reagan would do nowadays. He had way too many left leanings, the amnesty for illegals, the cut and running from Lebanon and so on, his long history of antigun legislation, massive increase in government size, the vast increases in taxes after the first couple of years. If he wasn't dead and running nowadays they would have torn him to pieces as a worse liberal than McCain or Clinton.

And that doesn't even touch his support of Iran and terrorists.

taxhikemike.com - educate yourself.

Lenny and Carl:
I don't think its likely, but he seems to hate McCain more than he hates the Huck.

Romney has always been more about posturing than any true animosity towards McCain. He'll more than likely broker some deal to become a VP candidate.

Huckabee is wise, because no Vice President ever went on to be President.

At least, not in Loopy-Loo Land.

oldebayer: Huckabee is wise, because no Vice President ever went on to be President.

At least, not in Loopy-Loo Land.

Lyndon B Johnson would like a word with you.

I'm doubting McCain is going to pick a VP that bows to any religious right groups. He's got the nomination in the bag unless he keels over and considering how big this election is going to be in regards to the moderates (not to mention the last eight years of utter fail we've had with a religious asshole in power), McCain will pick someone he wants because of one simple reason: the right-wing religious extremists will not vote for a Democrat. They may biatch and whine and scream 'liberal' until their bibles combust, but given how they've been pandered to for the last decade or so, they cannot fight back against that and suddenly go Democratic.

To them, it's either McCain, the Democratic nominee, or a third-party candidate. And two out of those three are going to lose big this time around.

So the Religious Right doesn't have a foot to stand on. They've lost. If they want to stay at home, let them. They don't have much of a chance for the next four years and they better get used to the backlash now.

Oh sorry,disregard the last post, I misread that.

FTA: "I still think I can get there," he added.

GASP! He broke the 11th commandment! He said he thinks!

He doesn't have anything to worry about...he'll never be either kind of President.

quatchi


Wot does this guy know other than how to lose weight, play "Rocky Top" on his bass and help his kid get off on dogocide charges? Anyone?

Oh, come on. Give him more credit than that. He can pardon rapists (who go on to murder) and blame it on Bill Clinton.

I think Huckabee isn't as out of it as everyone seems to think. It'll all come down to Ohio for both parties. Huckabee was close in Washington of all places, I think he'll be able to eek out Virginia and then look for him to take Texas on the 4th. If he can get Ohio as well, the conservatives have spoken and they've spoken loudly: "Anyone but McCain!"

Remember, all of McCain's big wins have come from states he won't win in the general. California? Illinois? New York? Who cares? Where McCain consistatnly loses and loses big is in traditional republican territories.

Also, in these areas Obama is doing very well with record number democrat turnout. If predict if you see a McCain/Obama race there will be a blowout of Mondale-esque proportions. McCain will be lucky to take the Southwest. However, if it's Huckabee vs. Obama, at least you know the south will stay with the party. It'll be a closer race, but that's like saying jupiter is closer than saturn.

oldebayer: Huckabee is wise, because no Vice President ever went on to be President.

At least, not in Loopy-Loo Land.

Oh man, where to begin...

John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Martin Van Buren
John Tyler
Andrew Johnson
Chester Arthur
Teddy Roosevelt
My namesake
LBJ
Richard Nixon
George H.W. Bush

I'm sure I missed a few.

Speaking of vice presidents, can anyone remember the last time that the vice president, at the end of his second term, did not run for president? Obviously Dick Cheney is utterly unelectable, so it's not difficult to understand why he's not running, but it's odd that no one is talking about this. Seems like quite a self-indictment by the GOP when there was never even any question about whether Cheney would run.

Dil Doe: Obviously Dick Cheney is utterly unelectable, so it's not difficult to understand why he's not running, but it's odd that no one is talking about this.

I seem to recall him saying he would never run for president before he was ever elected vice-president. Health issues. Had to be persuaded to join the ticket.

I could easily be wrong here.

Dil Doe: "Obviously Dick Cheney is utterly unelectable, so it's not difficult to understand why he's not running, but it's odd that no one is talking about this."

That might be because over seven years ago he said he never would, and is just keeping his word.

Anyone else getting a Greg Stilson vibe from Huckabee?

Dil Doe: Speaking of vice presidents, can anyone remember the last time that the vice president, at the end of his second term, did not run for president? Obviously Dick Cheney is utterly unelectable, so it's not difficult to understand why he's not running, but it's odd that no one is talking about this. Seems like quite a self-indictment by the GOP when there was never even any question about whether Cheney would run.

John Nance Garner was a two-term VP under Roosevelt and challenged him for the nomination in 1940, but lost. So whether he "ran" or not is up to your determination.

Thomas Riley Marshall was Woodrow Wilson's VP for two terms and didn't even attempt to run for the nomination in 1920.

So I'd say the latter is the last time you had a Dick Cheney-esque occurrence.

/what would I do without Wikipedia

chiett: Dil Doe: "Obviously Dick Cheney is utterly unelectable, so it's not difficult to understand why he's not running, but it's odd that no one is talking about this."

That might be because over seven years ago he said he never would, and is just keeping his word.

And you don't find that suspicious all by itself?

Huckabee is on CNN right now preaching. I mean, literally, preaching. Talking about the only law we need is the Ten Commandments.

I am very much for freedom of religion. And, in my mind, to ensure freedom of religion you must have separation of church and state. The state should not be involved in religion, and the church should not have influence over the state (other than individual church members voting for candidates). Huckabee has no concept of this, so I very much oppose him for president.

Too bad for Huckabee the WA GOP party may have cheated for McCain.

Strange, that.

Skleenar: Too bad for Huckabee the WA GOP party may have cheated for McCain.

Well, McCain is a disgusting liberal, after all. They tend to help their own.

/kidding

Falcc: chiett: Dil Doe: "Obviously Dick Cheney is utterly unelectable, so it's not difficult to understand why he's not running, but it's odd that no one is talking about this."

That might be because over seven years ago he said he never would, and is just keeping his word.

And you don't find that suspicious all by itself?

Cheney was never a viable presidential candidate and he knew of his heart problems when he declared he would never run. Hey, there's something about Dick Cheney that doesn't make me suspicious! Will wonders never cease?

Huckabee blows my mind. I don't understand how so many christians can be willing to tear down separation of church and state. There are differences in christian belief. Don't they realize if the government endorses any denomination it puts their beliefs above all the others?

judan: Falcc: chiett: Dil Doe: "Obviously Dick Cheney is utterly unelectable, so it's not difficult to understand why he's not running, but it's odd that no one is talking about this."

That might be because over seven years ago he said he never would, and is just keeping his word.

And you don't find that suspicious all by itself?

Cheney was never a viable presidential candidate and he knew of his heart problems when he declared he would never run. Hey, there's something about Dick Cheney that doesn't make me suspicious! Will wonders never cease?

Huckabee blows my mind. I don't understand how so many christians can be willing to tear down separation of church and state. There are differences in christian belief. Don't they realize if the government endorses any denomination it puts their beliefs above all the others?

That would require critical thinking. If one has unquestioning faith in the supernatural and wants to impose that on others through the government, critical thinking skills are probably not present.

This does not apply to all Christians, but it probably does apply to the vast majority who want to destroy the separation of church and state. I don't think they think far enough along the lines of what you just said to realize that having the state involved in religion might mean the government imposing the beliefs of a sect other than their own on them.

If most of the remaining contests are winner-take-all, I could see Huckabee withholding the 400 delegates and taking McCain all the way to the convention. There's a lot of Texas and Ohio that's socially conservative and could break for him. There's certain questions that I'm wondering will be answered, such as whether or not Limbaugh and Hannity would be willing to put aside reservations and back Huckabee, or whether Romney would consider or is allowed to turn over delegates to Huckabee. Ultimately, the biggest questions is whether Huckabee himself wants to be a spoiler and take it all the way to the convention.

thamike: quatchi: Wot does this guy know other than how to lose weight, play "Rocky Top" on his bass and help his kid get off on dogocide charges? Anyone?

He can play air-hockey with Colbert.

Colbert totally let him win and even still he had to stuff Texas in by hand.

Methinks Colbert by bumping the Huckster is doin the same typa thing that Bush is doing by calling McWalnutZ a "true conservative".

/Bush wouldn't know a true conservative if it came up a sewer pipe and bit him on the ar*e.

I think Huckabee is very shrewd and knows the Republicans are going to lose this time around. The guy looks like Gomer pyle but he's got Rovian political skills. He is just putting himself in a position to run in 2012 as the nominee. He is showing he can get the votes from the base of the party that McCain and Romney could not get. Reagan lost the first time around he will argue and then ask them to hop on board the Huckabee Revolution to defeat President Clinton who will have the Republican base all fired up after 4 years of her divisive evil liberal administration. But here is the flaw in his plan, popular incumbent President Obama will defeat him in 2012 and be relected to a second term with over 60% of the vote.

quatchi: Colbert totally let him win and even still he had to stuff Texas in by hand.

I said he can play air-hockey with Colbert, not beat Colbert at air-hockey. He can't even beat Colbert at Brylcreem, and he's a goddamn minister.