I think Huckabee is just sticking around in case McCain keels over and dies during the primaries. I don't know what else he could be expecting at this point.

I'd never vote for Mike, but he seems like a fun guy to have a beer with.


/that's just me

Even if he had it won, it's pretty sad that anyone would ever support this man for President of the United States.

Huckaveep?

Shaggy_C: Huckaveep?

He's ruining McCain's nomination party. He won't get the VP slot. He's wanting a brokered convention.

Remove all Republicans: It's much sadder that anyone would have supported Guiliani for President. Freakin' power hungry freak.

Not a Guiliani fan, but overall he's better than Huckabee in some strange way. He just isn't anything a Republican claims to be, so it's pretty odd anyone chose to support him as well.

Sharkface217: I'd never vote for Mike, but he seems like a fun guy to have a beer with.


/that's just me

Except that he's a Baptist, and Baptists don't drink.

ChopSueyKS: I think Huckabee is just sticking around in case McCain keels over and dies during the primaries.

THIS.

cltbuilder: He's ruining McCain's nomination party. He won't get the VP slot. He's wanting a brokered convention.

How is he ruining anything? His candidacy is joke, even for him. He's just laughing up the publicity. It's his 15 minutes of fame.

Except that he's a Baptist, and Baptists don't drink.

You know who else didn't drink...

Oh come you you know you were thinking it.

rynthetyn: Except that he's a Baptist, and Baptists don't drink.

Ahhahahahahahahaahhahahahaahah, that's a good one.

I never gave Republicans much credit for common sense anyway - and this seems to top most of their silly notions.

rynthetyn: Except that he's a Baptist, and Baptists don't drink.


/relatives are baptitties and they drink like fish

Wow.

I'm glad I don't read that paper. Good lord.

rynthetyn: Sharkface217: I'd never vote for Mike, but he seems like a fun guy to have a beer with.


/that's just me

Except that he's a Baptist, and Baptists don't drink in front of other Baptists.

FTFY

/Baptists say hello to each other everywhere but the liquor store
//You must always go fishing with more than one Baptist. If you go with just one, he will drink all of your beer.

rynthetyn: Except that he's a Baptist, and Baptists don't drink.

There's more than one kind of Baptist. My parents were Baptists, and I was raised that way. We drank, danced, all that stuff. It was only much later I realized that those jokes about Baptists and dancing were based on Baptists who really didn't dance.

/Huck is probably the non-drinking kind

wirewad: rynthetyn: Except that he's a Baptist, and Baptists don't drink.


/relatives are baptitties and they drink like fish

Yea...I grew up surrounded by Southern Baptists and they all drank like it was their last day on Earth. Throw in a few "The South will rise again!" and you have what they would like to call a 'Sunday night'.

/I drank because I was surrounded by Southern Baptists.

Huck's definitely hoping McCain goes to sleep and wakes up dead someday before the convention, yes.

My feelings on the guy, as with a bunch of people (I think), he's a great guy personally, his positions all blow.

Yet another indication of how much Dallas sucks.

1927- Love Field begins it's reign of terror.
1930- Bonnie and Clyde meet in Oak Cliff, part of Dallas.
1963- Kennedy gets killed in Daley Plaza.
1978- Dallas debuts
1984- Republican National Convention nominates the Regan/Bush ticket

Only good thing to ever come out of Dallas were the 1994 World Cup, where Oprah fell off the stage. Still doesn't redeem the city.

Houston, by comparison, is much better.

robsul82: My feelings on the guy, as with a bunch of people (I think), he's a great guy personally, his positions all blow.

Pretty much, yeah.

As for Baptists drinking, I dated the daughter of a Baptist preacher for a while. I never did meet her folks (what with my being a heathen and all) but apparently they only tried drinking once. They tried a cheap bottle of white wine that they'd gotten for free and neglected to chill. After that for some reason they decided that they weren't missing much with the whole drinking thing...

Sometimes issuers of editorials and opinions stand up for principles rather than expediency.

Baptists do drink. They probably frown mostly on excessive and frequent inebriation, but then so do most sane people.

While Huckabee has valuable political experience, he's too specific with his religion to be elected, and his "fair tax" thing while having a few nice ideas is mostly absurd, but otherwise I'd prefer him to McCain.

Dallas sucks big donkey balls, so do their principles.

Don't Mess With Texas. They'll go Huckletard on your ass.

ChopSueyKS: I think Huckabee is just sticking around in case McCain keels over and dies during the primaries. I don't know what else he could be expecting at this point.

McCain keeling over and dying is why Romney "suspended" his campaign, rather than officially withdrawing from the race. The Huckster wouldn't be any better off.

whidbey: Don't Mess With Texas. They'll go Huckletard on your ass.

Not all of Texas. Houston Chron's endorsement. Just the really stupid parts are backing farkabee.

JPJ007: rynthetyn: Except that he's a Baptist, and Baptists don't drink.

Ahhahahahahahahaahhahahahaahah, that's a good one.

The only difference between Baptists and Catholics is Baptists don't acknowledge one another in the liquor store.

TX-Law
"Yet another indication of how much Dallas sucks."
"Houston, by comparison, is much better."

and then, later, from out of nowhere:

TX-Law
"Dallas sucks big donkey balls, so do their principles."



Great. Another cliche, tiring, insular episode of Dallas vs. Houston.

/Texas sucks

At least they didn't go for Clinton

TX-Law

You know everyone in the Dallas movie theatre I was in applauded back during Independence Day when they decided to nuke Houston.

Just sayin - your town sucks more.

\At least both newspapers endorsed Obama.
\\So did the Statesman.
\\\Slashies to all and really Clinton can suck it.

What is your point, smitty? People are going to vote for losers like Nader, the Libertarian, Green and other wacko party doinks. Why can't a major newspaper endorse a hoople like Huckabee?

SenecaOak: TX-Law

You know everyone in the Dallas movie theatre I was in applauded back during Independence Day when they decided to nuke Houston.

Just sayin - your town sucks more.

\At least both newspapers endorsed Obama.
\\So did the Statesman.
\\\Slashies to all and really Clinton can suck it.

Y'know, if there's one thing we can agree on, it's that Clinton can most definately suck it.

And that people from SF have no business meddling in our sibling rivalry.

As for Suckabee drinking/not drinking here's a lil factoid for ya. During his time as Gov alcohol was banned from the Gov's mansion.

When he left the new Gov had a "the booze is back" party.

Boy are we glad he's gone.

PlasticMoby: During his time as Gov alcohol was banned from the Gov's mansion.

Somehow, a dry Arkansas just does not sit well with me. Glad to see y'all pulled it together.

/Razorbacks still suck.
//Hook'em Horns.

limeyfellow: Except that he's a Baptist, and Baptists don't drink.

You know who else didn't drink...

Oh come you you know you were thinking it.

no i wasnt that is a retarded sad excuse for a joke

TX-Law

And that people from SF have no business meddling in our sibling rivalry.

Well, I guess it's a good thing that some of us are originally from Texas (Dallas, with plenty of family all over Texas), and thus have plenty of business commenting.

Texas? Again, insular.

Thanks for here providing a bit of evidence regarding my point.

Homero_G: Well, I guess it's a good thing that some of us are originally from Texas (Dallas, with plenty of family all over Texas), and thus have plenty of business commenting.

Texas? Again, insular.

Thanks for here providing a bit of evidence regarding my point.

Really? Because you seem like exactly the type of stick-up-his-ass, snotty Dallas kid I can't f*cking stand, which only reinforces my belief of the prevalence of said irritating personalities.

Look, I was just having a good time, f*cking around and busting some balls. I don't have a real beef with most people from Dallas, except humorless pricks like yourself who can't take a decent ribbing.

Stories like this make me miss the Times-Herald. The Morning News has always been a Nazi rag.

/Once worked for the Times-Herald

DD0: Even if he had it won, it's pretty sad that anyone would ever support this man for President of the United States.

THIS

It frightens me that someone who is running on the platform of JESUS, can actually win primaries (of course in the bible belt states).

I say give it 20 years and someone as flamboyant as farkabee will win the Republican primary. That is, the stupid people breeding will have taken over in numbers enough to prove that Idiocracy is on the horizon.

TX-Law
Really? Because you seem like exactly the type of stick-up-his-ass, snotty Dallas kid I can't f*cking stand, which only reinforces my belief of the prevalence of said irritating personalities.

Look, I was just having a good time, f*cking around and busting some balls. I don't have a real beef with most people from Dallas, except humorless pricks like yourself who can't take a decent ribbing.


Ugh, jeez, still with this Dallas/Houston thing.
And, uh, you know that you're continuing to help me with my point that Texas is basically an insular place... right?

I do have to admit that I'm curious to hear more about what type, "exactly the type", of person I seem to be to you. Please, tell me more. Go all out. Maybe you could tell me about my priorities, or looks, or family, or education, or something else (you decide) that you are confident about that makes me that type of person. Would it be possible to maybe link a picture or two of a "snotty Dallas kid" or something? I'm sure that others here would get a kick out of seeing that looks like too.

It'd be great if you could. Thanks! :)

I like how Huckleberry wants to amend the constitution to make it more 'biblical'

I want him to win, so that at his inauguration,when he swears on a bible to uphold the constitution, we can watch lightning strike him.

Why do people say he can't win? Huckaberry, Romney or even Ron Paul still has a fair chance at winning. Romney was very careful to "suspend" his campaign so that he could jump back in if needed.

It doesn't matter if 95% of the people voted for McCain, if the delegates decide they want someone else then its tough shiat for McCain. Now I know that there are rules the delegates have to follow and that they usually have to vote for whoever they are pledged to vote for, so if McCain has several delegates over the majority needed then I can see people saying its over but if McCain continues to make war with conservatives and he has any gaffes with more substance than the botched NYT assassination attempt then I bet he will be out and Romney will be the nominee.

Homero_G: Would it be possible to maybe link a picture or two of a "snotty Dallas kid" or something? I'm sure that others here would get a kick out of seeing that looks like too.

macil22: Why do people say he can't win? Huckaberry, Romney or even Ron Paul still has a fair chance at winning. Romney was very careful to "suspend" his campaign so that he could jump back in if needed.

It doesn't matter if 95% of the people voted for McCain, if the delegates decide they want someone else then its tough shiat for McCain. Now I know that there are rules the delegates have to follow and that they usually have to vote for whoever they are pledged to vote for, so if McCain has several delegates over the majority needed then I can see people saying its over but if McCain continues to make war with conservatives and he has any gaffes with more substance than the botched NYT assassination attempt then I bet he will be out and Romney will be the nominee.

Romney has moved on, he specifically endorsed McCain, there's no coming back from that.

Though you are right in that McCain doesn't have 51% of the delegates yet, pledged or not, and if people stopped saying "Huckabee can't win", it would be a different story.

I went to a gun show south east of Houston this weekend, and was surprised by the number of Huckabee stickers/banners/signs displayed on vehicles there.

I also saw a young couple and a middle aged man talking about how "they needed to buy their guns now, b'fore that Obamer feller gets the White House".

TX-Law

Awesome.
Well done. :)

/you just brightened my day a little bit there
//no really, you did
///thanks