Huckabee: I am NOT smarter than a second-grader
Posted on December 22, 2007
Reason’s Hit and Run: Aleya and the Huckabee
Mike Huckabee, that winsome combination of Mr. Rogers and Lonesome Rhodes, goes pandering:
“Who is your favorite author?” Aleya Deatsch, 7, of West Des Moines asked Mr. Huckabee in one of those posing-like-a-shopping-mall-Santa moments.
Mr. Huckabee paused, then said his favorite author was Dr. Seuss.
In an interview afterward with the news media, Aleya said she was somewhat surprised. She thought the candidate would be reading at a higher level.
“My favorite author is C. S. Lewis,” she said.
Looks like adult Christians aren’t the only Christians Huck underestimates. Unfortunately for him, the little girl isn’t the first, nor will she be the last, to take note.
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Pretty funny and Ironic since he lists C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity as one of his favorite books on his Facebook page.
Indeed Jeff, and thanks for the link.
Good grief. I know Huckabee is liberal on multiple issues. But, among the candidates that look like they have a chance of winning, he is the ONLY one that nominate judges that would stop the tyranny of the ACLU.
Those running the websites are doing a disservice if they Mitt Romney, who appointed homosexual activist lawyers to courts in Massachusetts will. Or if they think Rudy Giuliani, who appointed liberal judges by an 8-1 ratio in NY will. Or that John McCain, who was part of the gang of 14 deal blocking conservative judges would.
These are the kind of comments I’d expect at the ACLU’s website.
Oh come on Kirk. Don’t drop in here, make some broad statements, mix in some name-calling and eject. Moreover, what does your comment have to do with my post? Either way, I will indulge you.
Regarding your “Huck is our only hope” delusion, you need to get over that. I’d like to investigate Huck’s appointment record in AR. As crony-loving as he is, I’m sure we’ve got some stinkers to discuss.
I don’t trust McCain on the issue, so there we agree.
However, you need to provide evidence for your charges against Romney and Giuliani. If I am right, in MA the governor doesn’t have much say over judges as he picks from a list chosen by a committee. Not sure how the judicial appt. system works in NY, but I am willing to bet your numbers were invented somewhere.
Please point me to your sources and I will gladly reconsider my position.
Wait Kirk…I think I have found some answers! A recent bit of news about which I forgot!
The same Mike Huckabee who said that Lawrence v. Texas was properly decided is the guy to trust with judicial appointments?
Your claim continues to crumble Kirk:
Lavenski Smith
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940006/posts
Unfortunately, Bush did put him on the 8th Circuit. But I’m sure part of the reason was a recommendation from Huck.
I’m not saying that one bad appointment makes Huck a poor judge of judges, but with everything else beginning to mount…
Homeschoolers are beginning to wake up too. Read what, Ned Ryun, a fairly influential man among homeschoolers had to say about Huckabee,
“”I just find it somewhat humorous and frightening all at once that the homeschoolers are supporting him; he’s playing them. When I saw his “floating cross†ad, and other materials coming out of the Huckabeee campaign, I thought, “He’s playing the evangelical bumpkin card.†He assumes, and sadly enough, rightfully so, that if you say Jesus, Christ, God, show the cross, and on every occasion use terms of faith, then you can win the evangelical vote. But go back to where he actually stands, not what he’s saying. If evangelicals insist on ignoring the other issues, like the fact that he’s a foreign policy light weight, he welcomes and appreciates increasing taxes and government, etc., and want to focus on the social issues, then ask does he still think the same way about Lawrence v. Texas and why does the NH NEA feel so strongly about him? So far, the Huckster’s manipulation of the evengelicals in Iowa is working. As Ann Coulter rather bitingly said, Huckabee’s followers are easily led.”
He’s speaking personally here, but he works for the largest homeschool defense organization in the country, HSLDA.
You can read more reasons why homeschoolers are turning away from Huckabee on my blog.
http://www.spunkyhomeschool.blogspot.com/
This is the first time at this site and I am encouraged at your efforts for justice. I don’t think knit-picking on little comments like this is going to get you very far though.
As for the article, I wouldn’t doubt that Aleya was referring to “The Chronicles of Narnia”; I can’t imagine a seven year old would read “Mere Christianity.” You couldn’t say she was reading at too much higher a level. And who would tell a youngster their favorite author was “so-and-so you have never heard of”? I don’t have one favorite author; I have many. I am sure the same is true for Huckabee. (I like Lewis as well but find his works a little too deep for me at times.)