Yes Mr. Huckabee, there are some haters on your side
by: The Author
Wed Dec 10, 2008 at 19:14:42 PM EST

http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=917DA5EC4E9D32E027F0418364E29DFB?diaryId=8579

crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee appeared on the Daily Show publicizing his book, Do The Right Thing. In this appearance he yet again tried to make his opposition of marriage equality sound reasonable.

Host Jon Stewart skewered Huckabee and I rather liked that. But Huckabee did something that annoyed the hell out of me.

He made another reference to us gays supposedly "unfairly" calling people on his side of this so-called cultural war "haters."

It amazes me how the religious right and their cohorts like to flip the script. They are adept in trying to play the victim by whining how the "other side" (and that would include me) are so quick to call them "bigots" and "haters" when supposedly all they want to do is "protect traditional marriage."

It's this martyr complex. Right wing christians are going to do everything necessary to get people to hate them enough to martyr them. They're just like the right wing muslims. "Poor me! See how they're treating me! Just because I blew up an abortion clinic and saved all those babies, they're persecuting me!"

Hey, I'm happy about old Huck.  Look if the entire Republican deal for the next four years is him and Palin we might not have them in power again for decades.

Quote from: tekla on December 11, 2008, 10:54:26 AM
Hey, I'm happy about old Huck.  Look if the entire Republican deal for the next four years is him and Palin we might not have them in power again for decades.

There's something I hadn't thought about. Nice thoughts.

OK, here's another question though: Is Bobby Jindal a qualified candidate for president? Was he either born in this country or was one of his parents a legal American at the time of his birth, or does he fall into the Ah-nahld category?

Nichole

He was born in Baton Rouge, where his parents were going to school.  Because he was born in the US (despite how we feel about Baton Rouge) that's good enough I think.

Like the Repubs are every going to run a person of color, they are not that desperate yet.

Quote from: tekla on December 11, 2008, 01:08:28 PM
Like the Repubs are every going to run a person of color, they are not that desperate yet.

They prolly should be though! I mean Huckabee and Palin as "dream-team?" Do they even consider Jindal a "person of color" down there? I mean he talks, walks and acts like any other silly Louisiana politician from at least Huey Long and Leander Perez through Earl Long and Edwin Edwards.

OK, so he has a bit of a South Asian look to him, but ... ya know? ... 

Nichole

And the only difference between a politician in Louisiana and one in Illinois is a few hundred miles and some better weather.  No way he ain't as crooked as Huey Long, they all have been.

Quote from: tekla on December 11, 2008, 01:58:01 PM
And the only difference between a politician in Louisiana and one in Illinois is a few hundred miles and some better weather.  No way he ain't as crooked as Huey Long, they all have been.

Well, there is that c-cajun drawl as well, ya know! Haven't really heard anything quite like that in Illinois!

Well, you're right about one thing, the "continental" (question is which continent excepting Asia and Australia) nature of Louisiana society does seem to give their governorship some rather powerful inclinations toward graft, no?

Nichole

Aww shucks, here I thought it was all that money that has been there, and still is, same as Chicago.  Just like Alaska and New Jersey, all of which have systems that really encourage it.  Opposed to some places like Cali and Wisconsin where its just a bit harder.

Ya meen muhny wal leed tuh corupshun? Mah!! Tha thangs I larn here'bowts. Corse, ah alus thawt Cali
wuz ritch tu. Lahk tha movies an' awl, ya no?

An nu jursy? Wha thay ain't ut'awl ritch, tekla. Wha thay barlee gaht enuf muhny tuh pay tha four penshuns thar lektid fishuls urn!! Budgit defusit thay cawl hit! Ya no?

Nichole

In Cali the graft is done in a different way, with different end guys, that's all.