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Let's see how this fine, upright paradigm of Christian morality will spin an apology. Ah, but first someone from the MSM would have to have the huevos to call him out on it.

I've never really disliked the Huckster all that much - I guess it was the humor thing that salvaged him for me, although I often wondered just why God called him to preach and then changed His mind and called him to politics. Doesn't sound much like God was in charge of anything in those decisions. But, I have to say, that funny or not, Huck has gone too far this time. There is enough to fear about the current level of anger in politics without some Baptist preacher/come late show comic, suggesting it's funny to think about someone taking a shot at Obama.

It's past time for you to shut the hell up, Huckabee!

Will this be the faux pas heard around the world?

Yes.

All some neo-nazi wackjob might need is a little suggestion from one of their spiritual leaders. There is no excuse for that.

Yep, old Mike's a riot. A friend who also happens to be a Republican nut case sent the video that can be seen at my blue name. It's a nasty one about Obama, and undoubtedly portends some of what's to come.

It's the big Drudge Report headline.

Maybe MSNBC will now reassess whether or not the Huckster should be allowed to be a commentator on their news programs.

Huck just blew any "shot" he had at VP (GOOD)

but Huck said it in Kentucky (BAD)
for there is a primary next tuesday and i expect Senator Obama will spend
some time in the state before the voting starts, and should "anything" happen
Huckabee's "joke" will become a career-ender. and those with longer memories
(all the way to last week) and/or access to youtube will also remember another
politician with Arkansas ties who at least didn't joke about it (though it could
be argued that NOT joking is worse)

"Um, You know, I remember very well what happened in the California primary in 1968 as Sen. Kennedy won that primary."

Did you hear that gunshot sound? That was Huckabee murdering his chances at a VP nod.

Hardball just smoked him.
I would think Janet would be the one to address the NRA.
I'm with Ci.Ci, how could God call a man to preach then say, oops, I meant politics.
My mom's old joke about a man who saw PC written in the sky and thot God was telling him to
PREACH CHRIST when He was really telling him to PLOW CORN.

That stupid SOB doesn't belong in public, in a pulpit, or public office. Hucklbee's humor belongs on the back dock of some loading ramp amidst the detritus of butts and spent soda cans. He gives the term cretin a bad rep.

Jazzy, I love it. PC.....................PLOW CORN!

I saw a card in a card shop once with this little person cowering under a huge finger pointing at him from the clouds. The entity with the huge finger is saying.........."There's something about you that just chaps my ass".

I bet Huckabee wakes up in the morning and wonders how come they weren't rolling in the aisles. He blew it and should realize his ride on the gravey train may just be coming to a halt by his own doing.

IDIOT!!!

I'm just surprised no one laughed. You can bet there were people in that audience who have entertained the thought of shooting themselves an uppity black presidential candidate. The NRA is not exactly a bastion of non-violence, tolerance and diversity. Huckabee obviously thought it was a pretty safe joke -- and it would have been, had the cameras not been there.

I agree, Levee. One laugh and McCain could have hung it up tomorrow. But, the NRA is smarter than Huck.

On a happier note, here's life in 2015:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIRaFfMGNSc

Finally, the smoking gun, pardon the pun, to put this would-be poor-man's comic/candidate out of national public eye for good, after the coast-to-coast shock-cum-laugher dies down. And with it, Arkansas' embarrassment at being home to this bombastic tool can finally come to an end. Unless, of course, the stupid voters in this state return him to political power as a senator.

as I said back during the qualls fiasco about governor and goober huck:

here's your sign!!!!!

man, did he ever drop a nasty floater in the ol' punchbowl with that stupid remark.

do we expect to see a bunch of hucks out on the streets in the next few weeks, begging for alms and forgiveness?

Whoa! The story was one thing, but the video seals the deal. Somebody pry his cold, dead foot from out of his mouth.

I love it. He's done. Fine line between gilb and witty and glib and dim-witty. He blew it. Downside is he may wind up back here now. But that'll be like our falling on the sword for the greater good of the country.

Shoot Mike!

>>>Let's see how this fine, upright paradigm of Christian morality will spin an apology. Ah, but first someone from the MSM would have to have the huevos to call him out on it.
Posted by: hugh mann | May 16, 2008 03:30 PM<<<

"Huevos"? Eggs?

Huevos: Anatomically ironic, I know. More at "balls".

At my name is a link to the Hardball report, via YouTube. Tucker Carlson's reaction is that he can't imagine that Huckabee is the kind of guy who would joke about Obama getting killed. If he finds out that that was what MH was getting at, it would "change my view of him entirely."

Don't forget Mike's joke about suicide. (29 second clip)

I figure this is as good a time as any to pile on.

Or joking about people who don't vote for you. (1:10)

I have to say that it was not *quite* dead silence following the comment. Amid the prevailing silence, I'm pretty sure I heard a brief smattering of laughter--nervous, it may have been--and at least one big guffaw from that audience. That's the scary part.

Huckabee's turn has prompted an e-mail from the Steel Magnolia:

The Bro's latest whoring himself with the NRA only confirms suspicions that this crooked grinned hustler has no shame. Maybe the NRA saw something troubling when they declined to endorse the Bro.

With all that said: Bro.s cheap shot (no pun intended) at Obama and likening him to a diving for cover from a gunshot coward was one of Huck's worst moments.

A South Side Chicago politician has heard more shots fired in anger than an Arkansas Baptist Preacher -- with earprotectors, and a wife with a state provided weapon.

testing

Yes, Max. All members of the NRA are wacky! I guess all people that support an actual Constitutional right like gun rights (unlike gay marriage) must be pretty wacky!

MAK, try not to make things up and make a stupid comment that makes you look like you haven't even read what max wrote on this entry. no where has he written anything resembling your take on this issue. are you deliberately trying to be obtuse or not?

oops....should've read max's initial comments....so, I owe you an apology MAK. Delete last statement. Will admit when mistakes are made, even if it is about wild and wacky folks of the NRA. Who wouldn't support the right to own an Uzi, really?

Huck and the United States Secret Service should have a little chat about 'humor'

D, I would bet that there was a cell phone call waiting for him the minute he walked off that stage!

widj! Good to see you!

As Max said, read the comments below the apology on the Huck site. Eye-opening.

Hugh's "cold dead foot" is a pro-caliber quip. Dorothy Parker award for the night, hugh!

As for the former Rev Gov (because currently he is neither) Thanks, Mike, once again for all that you do for Arkansas. Let us now see how many nanoseconds it takes for the whole state to be painted in the racist, hateful hues of your indecent brush. Please, move to Oklahoma or even farther away immediately.

Needless to say, that was in bad taste.

OK, trying to submit a comment with a link in the URL box is causing the entire thing to disappear... So if this works.. the reference link is listed below for anyone who wants it.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/12/28/huckabee-jokes-about-cheney-hunting-incident-then-fires-over-heads-of-press/

Huck's shooting over reporters heads while hunting in Iowa was extremely careless (at best, worse if as it appears, intentional), mean spirited, and down right dangerous. Even the NRA should condemn such wreckless behavior...and they should never allow such a person to speak on their behalf.. period.

He has gotten a little national attention and is so puffed up on ego he can't let it go.
I really believe he thinks he is adored by all american people and has fallen for his own press
reports.
He and Jethrine need to go back to Hope and PLOW CORN................
.........and, take the boys with you.

Obama/Webb vs. McCain /Huckabee

You heard it first right here.

"Well except for THAT, how did you like the play Mrs. Lincoln?"

Huckabee misspoke. What he meant to say was:

"That was Barack Obama dodging sniper fire from Hillary Clinton, but Dick Cheney showed up with a shotgun and -- Help! Help!, I'm trapped in this joke and can't get out. Don't shoot. I know the NRA is well-armed, but please don't shoot! My son skins dogs, for goodness sakes!"

Huckabee's apology:
"During my speech at the NRA a loud noise backstage, that sounded like a chair falling, distracted the crowd and interrupted my speech. I made an off hand remark that was in no way intended to offend or disparage Sen. Obama.I apologize that my comments were offensive, that was never my intention."

This is actually much better than I ever expected.

I figured it would be the standard nonapology: "I am sorry if anyone was offended" [by comments only a moron would find offensive].

I know the Huckster is quick on his feet, and glib and all, but--except for the rolling camera--the whole thing seemed set up to me.

And if that was an apology, I am the queen of England.

TO CLOSE OUT THE NIGHT.............
ga'night
bon nuit

clicky

Song for the evening... at my name..)

Well, let's see how many times you get by with stuff on Friday when the weekend promises good weather for most of the nation.
Somehow I think the M-I-C media has been alerted that Huckabuck is not to be degraded. He will be good for bidness.

Eureka,
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Off on a dark chocolate run.

Thanks Lw, I didn't, but that's always a good reminder.. Seems to have started working again with my song linky above.

There's another story in Huckaboo's speel, perhaps shedding more light on his true nature than his Obama hatred he so eloquently revealed. That would be his remarks preceeding the Obama remarks:

"We believe that government should get its hands off of us as much as possible. We don't need that much of it, we'd like less of it and we'd dare sure like for it to be less expensive."

This is from the mouth of one who consistently increased the cost of government in Ark, would have had the state in everyone's bedroom, wanted non-science passed off on public school students, ran up huge bills on the state tab while seeking federal office, and generally is a NANNY-STATE politician.

There must be no less that FOUR sides to this fellow's mouth. How does he get by with it? Are Rwingers that stupid and "low-information" voters?
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The poor SOB was probably trying for something along the lines of Reagan's frequent (and probably set-up, after the first time, but then, that's what actors do) response to a loud noise off-stage: "Missed me." It's the sort of quip that you can get away with if you've actually been shot at, and if you make it about yourself, and if you are smart enough to know what you're doing (and just because Reagan was shallow and simple doesn't mean he wasn't smart), none of which applies to Huckabee.

(Okay, I'll give the Huckster "not shallow".)

The former Rev Gov "oops I did it again" Huckabee's Obama comment reminds me of people who use the N word in a taped conversation and then when it's made public, claim it was just a slip and they are not bigots. Like Huckabee at the NRA, those people speak from their minds and hearts, get caught and then claim they are not racists. If that thought of Obama cowering from a pointed gun was not on the mind and heart, the phrase would never have been uttered. Never.
Huckabee is a buffoon, a heretic. Finally, there is the comment that should sink his network talk show analyst spot.
The NRA audience packed the ballroom, yet only a smattering laughed nervously at the comment. When Huckabee did not hear a roar of laughter, he knew it was curtains for his VP aspirations, for his McCain campaign buddy status and for his $$$ speech slots. His apology falls far short. It all goes back to the original comment: what kind of person would even think of saying such a thing?!

Yeah mag.....another hit upside the head for Arkansas. And I figure one of the brighter Talking Heads will look at the Arkansas primary and see that we pretty much cloned the West Virginia vote...which makes us look equally racist.

Hopefully a good thing will come from this as the Obama camp and the nation are reminded that these are dangerous times and there's no telling how many creeps see a bullseye on Obama's head every time he shows up on their TV set. Hillary can't stop him, McCain can't stop him so in the minds of some it's time for the rifle with a scope. We need to keep that in mind at all times and if it comes down to keeping Barack in Cheney's secret fortified bunker until the heat is off....so be it. No open convertibles, no short-cuts thru hotel kitchens, no standing on the balcony in Memphis.....ya hear!!!!

We're entering Assassination Summer and anyone old enough to remember 1968 knows what I mean.

I do, DBI, I do.......I can still remember ['68 High School Graduate] RFK's death, I cried and cried, I so wanted him to be President, wonder even today how the world might have been different.

true to form, Huck grabs the spotlight and Bill gets jealous...

from the Courier-Journal in Kentucky (name/link)

Bill Clinton also stressed that Kentucky could be a linchpin in the presidential primary season.

"If someone tells you you can't win, it's because you can and they're afraid you will," Clinton said to cheers at Kentucky Wesleyan in Owensboro.