Wow, bonus quote from Huckabee: "Mitt has more positions than an underaged Chinese gymnast".

Yikes.

That stuff was pretty damn funny. More proof Huck (even though I disagree with him politically,) is an okay fellow.

I'd probably be more comfortable with him as Pres or VP than McCain or Palin even though he's a fundy. There's something to be said about decency.


/Go Obama!

The more Huckabee appears on Colbert, the more I like him.

The Barr quote is priceless.

Halfmast Trousers: The more Huckabee appears on Colbert, the more I like him.

I've always thought he was a great guy. Total wackadoo fundy who has no business in a policy-setting position, but great guy.

Dammit Huck... drop the church bit and run again.

Occam's Chainsaw: Halfmast Trousers: The more Huckabee appears on Colbert, the more I like him.

I've always thought he was a great guy. Total wackadoo fundy who has no business in a policy-setting position, but great guy.

Agreed. I actually disagree with Huckabee less than other Republicans due to his populist positions. If he'd lose the theocracy shiat I'd vote for him.

Vet?

Like she is some kind of dog?

Atillathepun: I'd probably be more comfortable with him as Pres or VP than McCain or Palin even though he's a fundy. There's something to be said about decency.

And people like you are the reason America is currently in the shiatter. Who cares about their policies, the very real impact they have on America and world affairs... I would want to sit down and have a beer with this fellow therefore he'd make a good president.

People thought that about Bush and see how well that turned out?

"Wasn't there a children's book about an elephant named Bob Barr?"
"I don't know, I don't have any."
"Children?"
"Elephant books."

Atilla the Pun:

I'd probably be more comfortable with him as Pres or VP than McCain or Palin even though he's a fundy. There's something to be said about decency.

When compared to Palin, he's a freakin' atheist!

T.M.S.:

Vet?

Like she is some kind of dog?

A spayed's a spayed.

"Mitt has more positions than an underaged Chinese gymnast," Huckabee said.

THAT is comedy gold!

SherKhan: T.M.S.:

Vet?

Like she is some kind of dog?

A spayed's a spayed.

That's sexually racist!

I believe an "oh snap!" is in order, as somebody has been told.

Atillathepun: That stuff was pretty damn funny. More proof Huck (even though I disagree with him politically,) is an okay fellow.

I'd probably be more comfortable with him as Pres or VP than McCain or Palin even though he's a fundy. There's something to be said about decency.


/Go Obama!

I've read people's thoughts here about Huckabee and alot have said that he is a cool guy, but the super-religion side of him turns alot of people off.

Riz Khan, a news correspondent for Al-Jazeera, said he used his stand-up routine at this event to poke fun at some serious issues, like "how difficult it is for a brown man with a Muslim name to go through security."

So, what's the damned punchline?

/needs closure on anecdote

NeverDrunk23: Atillathepun: That stuff was pretty damn funny. More proof Huck (even though I disagree with him politically,) is an okay fellow.

I'd probably be more comfortable with him as Pres or VP than McCain or Palin even though he's a fundy. There's something to be said about decency.


/Go Obama!

I've read people's thoughts here about Huckabee and alot have said that he is a cool guy, but the super-religion side of him turns alot of people off.

Genuine charm, honesty, and decency is the best way to attract people across party lines. When Obama is at his best, that is how he attracts people across the aisle as well.

I disagree with Huck a lot, but the respect he shows the opposition is a signal that he is someone you can work with. If McCain was serious about aiming to attract people beyond his base Huck would have been a good VP choice.

He would not launch the sarcastic and derisive attacks Palin is making her staple, he would stand by his beliefs but not use them as a rovian wedge, and he would fire up the religious base without firing up the other side just as much.

Instead we get Palin. Ugh.

No hero tag.

Bad_Seed: Riz Khan, a news correspondent for Al-Jazeera, said he used his stand-up routine at this event to poke fun at some serious issues, like "how difficult it is for a brown man with a Muslim name to go through security."

So, what's the damned punchline?

/needs closure on anecdote

About half as difficult as it is for security to go through him.

If third party candidates had an actual chance in winning, they would get my vote over the Dems and Republicans anyday.

If third party candidates had an actual chance in winning, they would get my vote over the Dems and Republicans anyday.

Does this count as an example of IRONY?

Sym_pathetic: sexually racist!

LOL

sckonkh: If third party candidates had an actual chance in winning, they would get my vote over the Dems and Republicans anyday.

I chuckled a little, but the punchline needs work and the delivery's flat. Don't quit your day job.

Ouch...shame it came from a third party candidate so no one will hear it.

i like huckabee. if he could just get over the earth-is-only-6,000-years-old-thing, i think he'd have a real shot at being a true "compassionate conservative." unlike most republicans, i think huck is in many ways a true christian. and a funny guy, clearly.

Calamormine: Wow, bonus quote from Huckabee: "Mitt has more positions than an underaged Chinese gymnast".

Yikes.

He should have gone with "...than a flat-chested Thai boy."

Atillathepun: That stuff was pretty damn funny. More proof Huck (even though I disagree with him politically,) is an okay fellow.

I'd probably be more comfortable with him as Pres or VP than McCain or Palin even though he's a fundy. There's something to be said about decency.


Huckabee is open about his religious views and doesn't beloing to a whacko church that talks about Holy War in the US.

...unlike Sarah Palinnochio.

GAT_00: Agreed. I actually disagree with Huckabee less than other Republicans due to his populist positions. If he'd lose the theocracy shiat I'd vote for him.

Somehow I doubt this. McCain used to be the darling "if I have to vote for a Republican..." now he gets any insult and pot shot you can take at him.

Back in May when the rumor broke of McCain considering Palin most people said they didn't really care, even when discussing her politics.

I seriously doubt the venom on Huckabee would be any less after the Daily Kos email whipped the regulars into a frenzy, regardless of his sense of humor. It would be even worse quoting anything he ever said and saying he hates all races, religions and other people.

Mosey: GAT_00: Agreed. I actually disagree with Huckabee less than other Republicans due to his populist positions. If he'd lose the theocracy shiat I'd vote for him.

Somehow I doubt this. McCain used to be the darling "if I have to vote for a Republican..." now he gets any insult and pot shot you can take at him.

Back in May when the rumor broke of McCain considering Palin most people said they didn't really care, even when discussing her politics.

I seriously doubt the venom on Huckabee would be any less after the Daily Kos email whipped the regulars into a frenzy, regardless of his sense of humor. It would be even worse quoting anything he ever said and saying he hates all races, religions and other people.

The McCain of 2000 versus the McCain of 2008 are two different people.

The guy once driven into the ground by Karl Rove now employs Karl Rove. In other words, McCain has become Bush.

This is getting pretty bad when even Republicans are making fun of Sarah Palin now.

Drunk Astronaut:
The McCain of 2000 versus the McCain of 2008 are two different people.

The guy once driven into the ground by Karl Rove now employs Karl Rove. In other words, McCain has become Bush.

Uh-huh... I am sure that is the talking point.

Fact is he is clearly a moderate Republican, pretty much by every measure and agency. He was part of, if not the catalyst for every major compromise group in the last four years...

But go ahead call him radical, no one will remember just a year or so ago.

/you know when the jokes were about his bus not having enough money to go to his next speech where no one would show up

Walker: This is getting pretty bad when even Republicans are making fun of Sarah Palin now.

He kind of has to given that he's running against them and needs to keep his name floating around somehow.

Is working on a new profession as a stand up comedian?
He kinda sucks at it.

Score one for Bob Barr.
Too bad this is the most press he will receive from this.

Walker: This is getting pretty bad when even Republicans are making fun of Sarah Palin now.

Who? Huck didn't take any cheap shots at Palin, did he?

Bob Barr is a (capital L) Libertarian. He stopped compromising some of his beliefs, changed a few others, and left the "dark-side" (Statist Collectivists, incl. R and D).

Calamormine: Wow, bonus quote from Huckabee: "Mitt has more positions than an underaged Chinese gymnast".

Yikes.

See thats why McCain should have chosen Huckabee! Better the devil you know eh..

reilmb: See thats why McCain should have chosen Huckabee! Better the devil you know eh..

McCain never in a million years would have chosen Huckabee. McCain differed greatly from Huckabee on the Fairtax. McCain hates the idea of the Fairtax (without having even read it obviously, because he doesn't understand it), and Huckabee practically based his entire campaign around it.

I keep wanting to hate Huckabee, and every time I see him on TV I always end up saying "Man, I really like Huckleberry. Too bad he's a Republican."

I agree with his Fair Tax plan though. Yeah. I said it.

/Dem voting for Obama
//Put a gun to my head, had to vote Republican, he'd get my vote.

furiousxgeorge: NeverDrunk23: Atillathepun: That stuff was pretty damn funny. More proof Huck (even though I disagree with him politically,) is an okay fellow.

I'd probably be more comfortable with him as Pres or VP than McCain or Palin even though he's a fundy. There's something to be said about decency.


/Go Obama!

I've read people's thoughts here about Huckabee and alot have said that he is a cool guy, but the super-religion side of him turns alot of people off.

Genuine charm, honesty, and decency is the best way to attract people across party lines. When Obama is at his best, that is how he attracts people across the aisle as well.

I disagree with Huck a lot, but the respect he shows the opposition is a signal that he is someone you can work with. If McCain was serious about aiming to attract people beyond his base Huck would have been a good VP choice.

He would not launch the sarcastic and derisive attacks Palin is making her staple, he would stand by his beliefs but not use them as a rovian wedge, and he would fire up the religious base without firing up the other side just as much.

Instead we get Palin. Ugh.

If he was the VP choice and the polls were the same, I would be worried that he'd win because I disagree with his policies, but if he did win I wouldn't be ashamed in my country. We wouldn't be seeing any lipstick ads if Huckabee was on the ticket; he'd be touting his batshiat fundamentalist policies, but any votes he won over by doing so would be rightfully his.

T.M.S.: Vet?

Like she is some kind of dog?

I get the impression Huckabee wasn't chosen for VP because he's just too nice a guy to be an effective attack dog for them. If I had to vote GOP I'd probably choose him as well.

Bob Barr us doing to the Republicans what Ralph Nader did to the Democrats in 2000. Talking crazy and taking some of the "undecided but leaning that way" swing voters. I am okay with this.

And I agree about Huckabee. He looked visibly displeased at the grade-school name calling at the RNC, and I thought his speech there was very well done. He seems like a genuinely good guy, and he doesn't seem to flip flop. He says what he believes.

As long as his fundie views aren't allowed near any decision that affects people's ability to live their private lives, I wouldn't be opposed to him being in a cabinet level position. Something like Commerce or Labor.

Obama has said that he intends to surround himself with smart people who disagree with him.

Vetted? Like the way your staff vetted Borat, Bob?

Mosey: Fact is he is clearly a moderate Republican, pretty much by every measure and agency. He was part of, if not the catalyst for every major compromise group in the last four years...

But go ahead call him radical, no one will remember just a year or so ago.

He's not a radical. He just intends to continue supporting the current war in Iraq, and potentially start a new one. That's enough for me not to vote for him, and in case you're curious I voted Bush in '00. The two main issues for me this election cycle are the economy and the war. In this particular case the war is also significantly affecting the economy (imho) so it unfortunately encompasses both. There's other economy issues, many of which I'd side with McCain on.. but.. whatever, you get the idea.

Calamormine: Wow, bonus quote from Huckabee: "Mitt has more positions than an underaged Chinese gymnast".

Yikes.

I would never vote for Huckabee, but I think he would have a great career as a political commentator on news TV. He can be a really funny guy.

Bobo_Spiewack: Bob Barr us doing to the Republicans what Ralph Nader did to the Democrats in 2000. Talking crazy and taking some of the "undecided but leaning that way" swing voters. I am okay with this.

"Talking Crazy"? "Taking vote from the Republicans"?

These are not what Barr is doing - at all.

Republicans are jumping ship en masse, they have been since '06. Some prefer the LP to the Democrats.

Roy_G_Biv: Vetted? Like the way your staff vetted Borat, Bob?

Borat was an "interviewer". No need to run a security check there.

Wayne Allen Root is Barr's VP, who has zero gaffes, embarrassing back-stories, or hypocritical remarks or policies. He's well vetted.

November 4th will be a big disappointment for the Republicans. Man its gonna be awesome.

/Party Time. Excellent.

Occam's Chainsaw: I've always thought [Huckabee] was a great guy. Total wackadoo fundy who has no business in a policy-setting position, but great guy.

He's like our generation's John Ashcroft.