Replies to post #175391 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[StephanieVanbryce]

LOL... ;) ..after posting that to you .. I went back and read the ENTIRE thing and at almost the end .. .it says this

First, Hunter wrote this at Wed May 16, 2012 at 01:41 PM PDT

I love Hunter, he is masterful in so many ways ..

Hey, remember when Mike Huckabee was being propped up as the moderate one, the guy who was serious and full of Jesus and who independents would like because he was just so damn moderate and likable? Yeah, I remember that. Good times. I guess it's saying words like "malarkey" that make someone seem homespun and not-at-all crawling-up-the-walls batshit crazy. The entire world is doomed unless we stop the evil liberal conspiracy that has consumed all of Washington and the media, but we won't stand for that malarkey, will we? Not us, not a crooked old Clinton conspiracy theorist who was so unethical that he managed to get himself canned by the Newt-era House Republicans, not his Citizens United organization dedicated to peddling whatever conspiracy horseshit they can get on the airwaves, all with the new blessings of the Roberts court, not anybody! Malarkey!

There are a number of possibilities here. One: Mike Huckabee has, in fact, always been a rather batshit-insane fellow who learned how to write from studying unpublished newspaper op-eds submitted to the editors on things like socks and luncheon meat. His previous persona was merely a facade enabled by press advisers and heavy doses of Vicodin. Two: Some idiot intern sent this out on Mike Huckabee stationery, and Mike Huckabee is hunting him down even now for making him look like a barely literate, frothy tool in front of the entire nation. Three: Minister Mike Huckabee is practicing for his radio role as the new Rush Limbaugh, and needs to work things like "you're a whore, you whore" into as many conversations as possible. Four: Mike Huckabee has, as hypothesized earlier, completely lost his effing mind.

In any event, it's quite the look inside conservative direct-mail efforts. This is what the biggest names in the party look like, unfiltered by any need to kowtow to those damned swing voters. It's nothing but vitriol and conspiracy theories, all the way down.

2:35 PM PT: Well, that was quick. It looks like we'll be going with Option Two: [ http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/05/mike-huckabee-denies-buzzfeed-whores-report-123688.html ]

"This was a complete surprise to me," Gov. Huckabee said in a statement to POLITICO, sent via a spokesperson. "I most certainly did not approve such language and would never have used that kind of repulsive rhetoric. I repudiate that language, find it offensive to me, and have ordered that it be pulled immediately." [...] Jeff Marschner, a spokesman for Citizens United, "categorically denies" the letter was sent by his organization.

Oh .. here's the original buzzfeed letter .. ;( [ http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/mike-huckabee-obama-surrounds-himself-with-moral ]

I swear .. . whoever wrote .. IF he is working he/she whatever should be promptly fired and told that he/she NEEDS to make a public statement apologizing for writing it AND misrepresenting Huckabee AND citizens united .. OR he will NEVER work in this town AGAIN! ...

[StephanieVanbryce]

Peg, what do you hear about Cory Booker? I've only read a few things about him in the past three months or so
.......... . and darn .. he seems like a really good guy! .. do you know ?

Cory Booker: Obama's Gay Marriage Shift Won't Affect Black Vote

The Newark mayor says he's seen “no evidence” that black voters won't vote for the president. posted May 16, 2012 3:50pm EDT



President Obama's popularity among the black electorate won't change because of his revised stance on gay marriage, Newark mayor Cory Booker told BuzzFeed today.

"No. I think that because – and obviously that’s a huge broad generalization and some people think there will be, but to the extent of diffusing a statistically significant amount of voters, I just don’t think it’s going to matter," Booker said in an interview in his City Hall office.

"I just haven’t seen any evidence of that in Newark," Booker said. "That’s the population I know. I can’t even speak for black people in Newark, but I just don’t feel that it is."

As for whether Obama's announcement was made for political reasons, Booker echoed what he told Rachel Maddow last week: "It seems like he was saying he would have preferred to do it on his own pacing."

Booker, an official Obama campaign surrogate, said "I definitely intend to continue to talk about the issue as I was doing before as well as after."

Booker is seen as a potential future contender for higher office himself, and has supported gay marriage for some time. He has said that he won't officiate marriages at City Hall until everyone has the right to marry. The issue is one of the biggest areas of disagreement between Booker and his unlikely ally, Governor Chris Christie.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/cory-booker-obamas-gay-marriage-shift-wont-affe