Login HereHuckabee just held a press conference where he announced that he made a negative ad against Romney -- Lord forgive him -- but at the last minute he decided to turn the other cheek and not broadcast it. But just to show he wasn't shittin' y'all, he decided to show it to a few of his closest friends at a press conference that included Tim Russert, Joe Klein, Barbara Comstock and a few hundred journalists and bloggers of varying degrees of notoriety.
The ad attacks Romney for his multitude of ever-changing opinions, his healthcare plan, and just being Mitt.
Campaigns make ads all the time that they don't air, but they rarely feel compelled to show them to people. But it seems like Camp Huck was answering a question that nobody is asking. Would anybody have asked for proof that the ad had been made, or demanded to see it?
It raises the question -- does Huckabee not have enough money to run the ad? Is this a cheap way to get the message out there, and still make a claim to have (*ahem*) clean hands? And while it seems like a good idea right now, if Huckabee does take Iowa, the attacks will start coming from more than just Romney. How many cheeks does Huckabee have?
It should be interesting to see if the beltway press gets played by this, and more interestingly, whether Iowans will actually see this as a sincere effort or a cheap political stunt.
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Hiya Jane…
Jane! Happy New Year to you and all the Firepups. Try to stay warm in Iowa.
That gets my vote.
The Huckster certainly won’t.
I’d really like to see Huckabee and Romney destroy each other. While Huckabee’s evangelical pose is loathsome, Romney is the more repellant of the two. Romney is a liar, is intellectually dishonest, and will basically say anything to get the nomination and to be elected at general. He might get the first. But he surely won’t be elected prez. Not in this America. (I would hope.) Otherwise we’re all in deep sh*t.
We are hoping for a nice Democratic surprise from Iowa, NH, the primaries and the general election. As to Huckabee? I have no faith in the man. He bedevils our sensibilities.
Hi Ya Jane, a voice of integrity and reason in an ocean of ineptitude.
But, but, he looks Presidential! Isn’t that all that’s required?
How many cheeks? Judging from that picture of him and his family you put up the other day…
So, Jane, were your press credentials good enough to make you one of those close personal friends of the Huckster? *g*
How many cheeks does Huckabee have?
let’s pray he stops at two, sparing us a moon over Iowa.
Jane! Say hi! to Iowegia for me… my old stompn’ grounds!!! Covered politix there in my misspent youth, still have photo I took of Teddy Kennedy speechifying at the Jefferson-Jackson dinner… long before the Iowa Caucases wuz hip… LOL.
Huck is gonna kick some Romney ass in Iowa is my prediction.. the 22 percenters who still think Beloved Leader was touched by gawd are from that state en force. They also are convinced that the world ends at the borders of Nebraska and the Mississippi River. No, really.
IIRC, It’s funny (in an ironical way) that once upon a time, the Northwest Charter (remember that document) mandated that every incorporated town in Iowa had to have a public school, which led Iowa to have among the highest literacy rates in the nation. Now that the Huck-luvin’ home schoolers have taken over, I have to wonder how many of those poor kids can even gain admission to the U of I or Iowa State, much less place like Drake…
Post pictures of Mitt kissing the Pig or his Wife’s horse, whichever comes first.
Stay warm!
Eewwww!…what interesting company.
Funny:
http://politicalhumor.about.co.....rcover.htm
VeryOldMother, who sorta kinda liked the Huckster, decided the other day after seeing him on a talking head show that he is “playing too cute by half”/
now, she thinks he’s icky and a great big phony.
Nice way to get free airtime for an attack ad, Huckster. But this is the same grasping sensibility that caused you to be more assiduous than Rudy in milking the public teat, eh?
I do so hope Jesus Huckabee is embarrassed in Iowa.
The thing about Huck is that he does something deliberately then jokes his way out of it…and then tries to make it sound like the only one accountable is God.
I heard Huckabee’s line yesterday a couple of times, that his speech in September about Pakistan was “prophetic”.
Hmm, now who does THAT remind me of????
Whatever foolish ideas the pundits will float about the candidates, Jane and Jeralyn will destroy immediately with their clear eyed reason and snark. I like it!
Kinda reminds me of Bush.
This is fantastic. It’s just like his “Don’t Mormons believe Jesus and the devil are brothers?” show.
From the last thread where Stu Rothenberg said Edwards would rip America apart, I say “At last, a candidate who stands for me!” I don’t WANT to be united with those awful people. We’ve seen what they’ve done, and what they believe.
What I’m trying to figure out about Huckabee is whether he believes his own propaganda/bullshit.
The Huck is DeLay, Bush and Cheney, with frills.
Hi Jane…
Negative ads can play an important role — even a crucial role — they can divulge/deliver relevant, important information on opponents that we otherwise may not hear about.
The view here is that Mr. Huckabee believes everything he says. In that respect he may differ just a bit from Mr. Bush.
Jane!
Having arrived in Iowa, Jane posted twice already, both Diggable!
The Huckabee School of Political Theater
Greetings From Iowa
…negative info could reveal important things about BOTH sides.
Frankly, I hope the guy stays in the race a long time. Because it simply shows, so very clearly, what the repub tactics have led to. It’s like a poison pill they made and now may have to eat.
I say, rock on Huck! Show your party what it’s made of!
What ever happened to Fred Thompson? Is he on the beach in FLA with Rudy?
Iowans, close to the earth and close to God.
heard someone on cspan this a.m. accuse huckabee of rape in no uncertain terms. it was weird, and they went on with further dirt on the holyman. can’t believe anyone thinks a former preacher is what we need in the white house. also heard a caller say romney provided subsidies to baby formula companies while gov of MA and refused to promote breast feeding as a positive health measure for babies.
[RBG Note; edited to remove advocacy of violence against another person.]
I think that on certain level he is highly amused by people’s reactions to him both good and bad. He’s very tongue in check even when dealing with the really religious issues. I don’t think he really takes himself so seriously. I also think he’s truly amazed at his own success. JMHO.
Get a maid-rite while you are in Iowa!
Veritas78: Reminds me of how the pundit class whined about the “chaos” that would result if the votes in Florida were all counted and Gore was allowed to win.
2007 was deadliest year for U.S. troops in Iraq
President Huckabee will top that.
I second that! Cheapest eats ever, and fun!
You wanna know what Iowa caucus voters are like? Hit a Maid-Rite.
http://www.maid-rite.com/
how many cheeks, depends on which cheeks you’re referring to. of course he’d only acknowledge two i’m sure.
Huckleberry is trying to get respectable enough for the Neo-con New World Order. He even has his own posse of neo-conservative advisors. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
But it is interesting that Huckleberry includes Richard Haas, President of the Council on Foreign Relations. Haas wrote an article where he actually proposes giving up national sovereignty to corporations. The New World Order does not even hide its goals for corporate control of the world’s resources.
Apparently Thompson is trying scrape together enough money to put some more ads on the air in Iowa. (Really!)
Loose meat sandwich, eh. The thought does not inspire.
Looked at their ad and have to ask what a “loose meat” sandwich is???????
Way OT but too funny:
Someone at AP has a sense of humor. Maybe:
Anyone who is incapable of seeing how the Republicans have “ripped the country apart” (and deliberately, too) is incompetent to comment on any future candidate.
But of course, it’s only Democrats who are divisive. Republicans are always just “good at the political game.”
Like a sloppy joe. For me it’s like In and Out Burger. I don’t eat meat but I loves their t-shirts!
usually agree with LS but not this time. huckleberry hound is a former preacher, must not be forgot! he is a master of ,mmm , shall we say arousal? which is to say preachifying to the masses with passion. this is his entire MO. he is boosch with diction. that’s all. figured he could make more $ in politics, that’s all. a regular elmer gantry. dig it.
It’s one step from rewriting history to prewriting it!!!
Great catch!
While Jane is out kicking frozen pig turds waiting for another KISS moment, I have to say that the thought of all those overpaid windbags from the press sitting out there freezing their asses off gives me a warm feeling in my black little heart.
Grab some cocoa Jane and dish on who looks the silliest out there.
n 1926, Fred Angell, a respected butcher in Muscatine, Iowa, combined a special cut and grind of meat with a selected set of spices and created the one and only Maid-Rite sandwich.
As legend goes, Mr. Angell asked a delivery man, at his restaurant, to taste his newest sandwich creation. After a few bites, the taster exclaimed, “You know, Fred, this sandwich is just made right.” Thus our signature sandwiches name was born. Maid-Rite has withstood the test of time for over 80 years.
Huckabee is a MSM distraction. So is Obama.
Neither could ever win a national election.
I tend to think we’re wasting time focusing on Mike Phuckedarewe. I don’t see him standing a chance in the General.
“SeeSaw” Romney is the BigMoney Media Chosen One, and they still can make or break candidates unfortunately. I first started thinking that when a Meet the Russert show from late Summer had Mittmo at 9% in Iowa and about the same nationally, and the esteemed panel kept saying how great this was for Mittens, and how he’ll be able to sneak up on people. Meanwhile, Edwards had much better numbers across the board, but Those Who Know Better were talking about the price of haircuts and how there were signs Edwards was in trouble. WTF?!? They already got Mittmo into the lead nationally, so Iowa isn’t a crucial for Mittmo.
The recent cheerleading from the Conglomerate Media of SeeSaw’s religion speech bullshit and comparing to JFK (which in fact was the exact opposite), and no questioning of “freedom requires religion” and so on just proved this notion for me.
All our energy should be on influencing the national discourse about Mittmo, starting now. The Big Media will give him a pass on every lie and deception out of his central casting mouth, while the Dem candidate (oh Edwards…please, please please!) will be ridiculed and picked apart.
If there’s anything to be learned over the last few years, it is that the Conglomerate Media still has powerful sway over the majority of the electorate. We need to be precise and practical in dismantling their web of lies, and we can’t waste time IMHO.
Me @ 47:
So I have to ask: What happened in Iowa? Did Edwards win? Did Huckabee win? Can someone please tell me?
It’s sort of like “loose nukes” for your bowels.
If there’s anything to be learned over the last few years, it is that the Conglomerate Media still has powerful sway over the majority of the electorate. We need to be precise and practical in dismantling their web of lies, and we can’t waste time IMHO.
And that the democrats can and will fuck up any wet dream that comes their way.
For me, that surprise would be Edwards.
Huckabee is telling us it would be a “miracle” if he beats Romney. If Romney wins, would Mr Huckabee conceed that God likes Mormons more than Baptists? The whole religio thing is so ridiculous.
Loose meat, you have some essplaining to do.
-G
Was thinking along those lines. But Dodd for us is okay too. ;0)
Edwards’ favorability rating: 73% per MSNBC….
Landslide.
No. He’ll just say goD works in mysterious ways.
Religion gives you cover for pretty much anything you want to do.
Clearly another indication of just how divisive John Edwards is.
-G
Sara Jane Moore got out of the joint, could Squeaky Fromme be far behind?
Gaffney is fucking nuts, scary nuts. Earlier this year he was maintaining in a live radio interview that we did find WMDs in Iraq.
According to AP, this is what happened in 1966 today in history, Saturday January 12, 2008:
Does that mean that Chimpy will repeat history at SOTU by saying the US should stay in Iraq until Al-Qaeda aggression there has ended?
(Same link as my 47.)
If Chris Matthews shows up in Iowa, tape a sign to his back that says “Kick Me!”
If you do you will go to heaven.
AKA a Beefburger. They are tasty. Some of the original Maid-Rites will only serve them with Mustard. No Ketchup allowed.
I’d prefer Dodd, but I am trying to wish for something that seems currently plausible.
You do realize that the AP sends those things out weeks in advance and someone at the Times just got a brain fart in publishing it don’t you?
It’d be nice to see Edwards turn some folks on their head here. The same ol same ol is getting weak.
Lets see the chattering fools who think they know whats best for us DFH’s can talk out of the other side of their mouths on the run.
This is the beta of prewriting. You have to wait for the final version. All you get today is the date!
I had just finished boot camp at Ft Campbell! Our DI’s told us, “these politicians are getting ready to send you to a shooting war and we have done our best in 8 weeks to get you ready”! Prophets in Smokey hats.
That Tweety literally salivates when talking about this election. For all we know, might even be getting a hard on as well.
Remember, this is the last day of the quarter, donate today to your favorite candidate. I gave to Vic Wulsin, OH-2. Is anybody up for a donation to Vic, or Donna Edwards? Go to Act Blue Now!
Too much info
Joke Line is at it again:
“Edwards seems to have jumped the shark. His latest pitch has taken his natural populism over a cliff. It sort of sounds like: The Corporations Are Going To Eat Your Children. Actually what he says is, “We’re not going to let corporate greed steal our children’s future.” Over and over again.”
It really is funny to hear Fonzie claim that someone has jumped the shark.
-G
That would be outstanding! I was concerned recently since he was so far back in many of the other states, but Edwards has moved up considerably across the board. That was one of the biggest lessons for me from watching the Lamont campaign…how Ned was 40% behind at first, and literally just a few months later, Lamont beats J. Low Lieberme and kicks him out of the DemocratIC Party.
A little inspiration for crunch time:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=L-p2sbt_C4w
My lady has extracted a commitment from me. Not to go negative on any Democratic presidential candidates until after Iowa.
Thanks! That’s what I tell the ‘uniters’ too!
Stay on him Lahoma!
John Edwards is too angry!
Jay’s wife, Cheryl, said: “He didn’t hook me. There’s something about all this fighting and anger that puts me off.” She said she was probably going to vote for Clinton.
Oh to be back in the 90’s when Newt and crew were ‘justifiably angry white men’.
-G
And ask him WTF was he thinking voting for Bush in 2000 and then complaining about it? He’s stupider than he looks… which make him pretty fucking dumb.
Just got a Thank You note in the mail today from Donna. More and Better!
cannot believe that edit. obviously meant comment tongue in cheek. truly astonished i must say. i was in no way advocating violence towards anyone as i am non violence advocate. i’m stunned.
if someon wants to slip these quotes to one of the more progressive reporters, would be fun to watch them pose to the huck what he thinks of these honorable men, those who forged this country and what she is supposed to stand for;
And, as I point out all the time, having John “Swift Boat” O’Neil on over and over and over during the campaign.
We have one of the original Maid-Rites here in Marshalltown, still owned by the original owner. They butcher their own beef and grind it themselves, on site. Come visit and have a couple!
Huck is the master of paralipsis. That is a rhetorical device wherein the speaker invokes a subject by denying that it should be invoked.
I met my late mother in Christopher Illinois about 5 years ago for a family reunion and we went to one there. I have never heard of it but she was gah-gah. Our office manager is from Des Moines and she gets crazy when we talk about it.
Happy New year, Jane and may the good lord be with you. Thank you for your superb incites and writing over the past year, and, from the bottom of my heart, please don’t let Jeralyn co-opt you to the Clinton camp. Enough said.
Intended humor doesn’t always translate to the written word.
[RBG Note; edited to remove advocacy of violence against another person.]
Help!
who or what is RBG? Now i feel completely paranoid about my sense of humor. does this mean i don’t belong here? Are the thought police lurking? i’m serious. you really freaked me out. REally. Please explain.
Huck can always borrow some of that sweet, sweet chipmonk cheek from McCain now that they’re BFFs…
Just take it easy, the mods have a difficult job to do and they do it well.
so, where’s the rule book on this? i am quite shaken.
not to worry, I’ve been edited a few times myself
thanks. makes me feel better. gonna go work on my freakin book now. i expect editors will have something to say about that as well. happy new year, ya’ll. thanks for answering me.
Rudy did something similar (sort of) the other day. He said something like “I was Mayor of NYC during difficult imes. And I’m not talking about 9/11. I’m talking about blah, blah, blah…”
Oh Rudy, of course you were talking about 9/11.
Kitty,
FDL has moderators. They act as referees on occasion.
-G
All Huck has to do to get the ads out there is to put them on the web. He can Youtube ‘em and put them on the hundreds of Youtube clones.
That Huck is viable in Iowa, (he can’t beat lying Romney’s money in many other states) is a testament to how many stupid, uneducated voters there are at the Caucus.
That Jokeline scribble is a tour de force in Conglomerate Media deception.
Thankfully, the comments there are completely embarrassing Joe.
I’m not talking aobut 9/11 either;
while you were mayor “during difficult times” you decided instead of bidding for radios you knew needed to be replaced, you would instead award the contract to your friends, at far greater cost
and I am not mentioning they you killed the firemen in the towers because you wanted to give a gift to some pals of yours
I am not mentioning that at all
The times were difficult because Rudy was mayor. He contributed to the deaths by burning and smoke inhalation of hundreds of firemen by not fixing communications among NYPD, NYFD, and EMS. And New Yorkers have learned nothing from that history, because the communications are not a scintilla different right now than they were on 911.
Problem with the sign gag is that Chris actually likes being kicked.
Turns him on which is why he is always salivating over big, rough studs like Romney and The BushWacker!
Folks in the threads at C&L are starting to call him ‘Chrissie’. Interesting how truly weird some folks can be. The man has got to have one of the masters of TV production; I never really realized just how stupid Mathews is until I saw him on The Daily Show. I think even Stewart was amazed.
I don’t doubt he has a full-time minder.
He needs one.
Here is a perfect example of how corrupt this country has become.
Subprime lenders spread lobbyists, cash, tickets around government
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/....._1231.html
HEYYYY, Happy New Year RBG!
There’s an old experiment where a guy says, “Think of anything but DON’T think of a white monkey.”
Hello Kitty,
I’m one of FDL’s administrators and added the note above after the mods flagged your comment for its reference to violence against a public figure.
Discerning intended, but unstated, humor in comments is one of the toughest tasks for the mods.
Thanks.
Chris Mathews spends a good amount of airtime making meaningless comments that kiss up to all of his guests, including some of the dubmest talking heads in an army of dumb talking heads.
Why he feels the need to do that is beyond me.
If he would concentrate on just asking the questions that are in his mind that he’s afraid to ask on the air he’d be much better. He also doesn’t distinguish himself from MSM and it’s skimming on the surface of most issues or ignoring many crucial ones.
Dumb not to spell dumbest correctly or proofread as well. Dumbest and more dumbester.
No pressure or anything Jane & Jeralyn but you two do KNOW the MSM folks in Iowa are gonna be watching you beauties with no small anxiety, awe and envy. We’re all with you in heart and spirit and oh so proud!
p.s. If you run into Joe Trippi please tell him there is an ole newspaper brat who thinks he is the greatest political operative evah!
Jane, our peerle