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Huckabee Too Busy Keeping Up With ‘Britney’ Gossip To Follow Foreign Policy»

In an interview with the Quad-City Times yesterday, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee tried to make excuses for his lack of foreign policy knowledge and his ignorance on the most recent National Intelligence Estimate on Iran. He compared the NIE to gossip about Britney Spears, saying he just can’t “keep up with every single thing“:

The point I’m trying to make is that, on the campaign trail, nobody’s going to be able, if they’ve been campaigning as hard as we have been, to keep up with every single thing, from what happened to Britney last night to who won “Dancing with the Stars.”

Presumably, presidential candidates are supposed to keep track of foreign policy developments more closely than celebrity gossip. But when asked about the NIE on Dec. 4 — a day after the report was released — Huckabee said he wasn’t even aware of it. Days later, Huckabee defended his gaffe by misrepresenting the timeline of his mistake, quipping that the “report was released at 10:00 in the morning, the president hadn’t seen it in four years and I’m supposed to see it four hours later.”

In fact, despite his lament that he is too busy to follow with current events, Huckabee seems to have had no trouble following the events of Britney Spears and her family. When asked on Dec. 20 about the pregnancy of Britney’s sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, Huckabee had no trouble in quickly giving a response:

It’s a tragedy when a 16-year-old who is not really prepared for all the responsibilities of adult life is going to be now faced with all the responsibilities of honest-to-goodness adult life. I respect it.

Apparently, she’s going to have the child and I think that is the right decision, a good decision, and I respect that and appreciate it. I hope it is not an encouragement to other 16-year-olds who think that is the best course of action.

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628 Responses to “Huckabee Too Busy Keeping Up With ‘Britney’ Gossip To Follow Foreign Policy”

  1. ralph the wonder llama Says:

    It doesn’t take much of a stretch to read Huck’s remark as equating foreign policy with Britney gossip.

    This is a man that a substantial number of Republicans want to win the presidency?

    I guess they’ve really enjoyed the last seven years.


  2. Oval12345678 aka James K. Sayre Says:

    Do the HuckleCluck in two thousand oh eight and be a blithering idiot… Sounds perfect for the Know Nothing Party, which seems to be reviving after its collapse about a century and a half ago.


  3. Fritz Says:

    Republican’s should be real happy with this guy. He’s an uninformed moron…just like Bush.


  4. wisedup Says:

    And they want this bozo to have the’football’ (nuke arming device)?


  5. Oval12345678 aka James K. Sayre Says:

    The Know Nothing political movement in the 1850s (according to dear wikipedia) gave most of its support to the new Republican Party, which nominated Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Now some one hundred and forty seven years later, the Repubicans are giving rise to Know Nothings… Ironic?


  6. joe cantwell Says:

    And they want this bozo to have the’football’ (nuke arming device)?

    Comment by wisedup — January 1, 2008 @ 6:27 pm

    bozo? yes. but he’s the republican’s best candidate for the job.

    his name is huck.

    huck huckabee.


  7. Counselor1 Says:

    More frightening and disheartening than Huckaboob alone is the choice between him and Ghouliani, the ghoul trying to climb to the White House over the graves of the people killed on 9/11. If he gets the nod, I’d seriously have to consider voting for the Enabler in Chief, Hillary Clinton.


  8. Nachos of Justice Says:

    Now I’m really concerned about that leftover donut at Huckabee’s campaign headquarters beating him in the in the next election.


  9. celtic cynic Says:

    It’s a shame the Huckster can’t keep up. Sorta sounds like the idiot dolt we now have in the WH who is protected by hordes of enablers and other deflectors and protectors. We don’t need another.


  10. had enough Says:

    huck huckabee.

    Comment by joe cantwell —
    LOL….best one yet.


  11. Evil Spaniard Says:

    If he can’t keep up today, being a simple Presidential wannabe, what makes us think that he will keep up being President, when information will flow far more quickly, stressful situations will emerge, and instant decissions must be made?


  12. grover nerdkissed Says:

    every single thing, from what happened to Britney last night to who won “Dancing with the Stars.”

    …as if those are TWO ENDS of the SPECTRUM!!!!


  13. republicans are the Fear and Smear Party Says:

    “The person who is running for president is seeking to be the leader of the free world, not a Jeopardy contestant,” said Karen Hughes, communications director for the Bush campaign. -

    Ms. Hughes was speaking about then-governor George W. Bush and his inability to name four leaders in four hot spots of the world.

    Reported by CNN on November 5, 1999
    http://www.cnn.com/ ALLPOLITICS/ stories/ 1999/ 11/ 05/ bush.popquiz/


  14. shoeless Says:

    It doesn’t take much of a stretch to read Huck’s remark as equating foreign policy with Britney gossip.

    This is a man that a substantial number of Republicans want to win the presidency?

    I guess they’ve really enjoyed the last seven years.

    Comment by ralph the wonder llama

    Sure. Check out Fox News sometime. You’ll see more about Brittany than you will about the Iraq War.


  15. DenverOasis Says:

    yep, 16 year olds having kids is a good thing. let’s definitely not tell the young’ns what a condom is.

    it’s pretty scary that he compares entertainment/celebrity news to legitimate, important news.


  16. ralph the wonder llama Says:

    every single thing, from what happened to Britney last night to who won “Dancing with the Stars.”

    …as if those are TWO ENDS of the SPECTRUM!!!!

    Comment by grover nerdkissed — January 1, 2008 @ 6:56 pm

    Good point, Grover. maybe it’s not so much that Huck has no respect for foreign policy expertise, more that he just doesn’t understand how language and syntax work.

    Of course, THAT doesn’t do much to distinguish him from the current POTUS, either.


  17. Nachos of Justice Says:

    I can pick up a gossip magazine for $2.95 at checkout instead of paying $400,000 plus free housing plus catering plus maintenance plus health insurance plus motorcades plus jet fuel, etc.


  18. Nevar Says:

    Classic Baptist overcompensation.
    Feeling guilty about an obsession with the flesh,
    they preach hell-fire and damnation to the rest of the sinners.


  19. Nevar Says:

    I dunno man, would you vote for the bass player?



  20. tarazan Says:

    The irony here is that while an applicant’s knowledge is examined for even a secretary’s job in any company, the people who are running for the highest office in the land,the Presidency, never were tested to see what they know about local and foreign affairs…
    The majority of them will not even pass a simple test in geography, modern or ancient history.

    Any wonder why our foreign policies in the Middle East, Latin America and many other places around the globe are nothing but failure.
    It is because the people who run these policies never were tested. They run these policies as OJT ‘On The Job Training’.

    Huckabee is trying to cash on religion,gays and lesbians,and empty patriotism issues to pave his way to the presidency.
    We don’t know what he knows about this wrold,foreign affairs,and wide range of international issues.

    The issue of ‘what a candidate knows’ is neither a Republican or Democratic issue,but rather an American one.
    Failure in this area can be very costly to America, in lives and dollars,as past experiences taught us.


  21. Nachos of Justice Says:

    Huck is a retired Marine Corps Major General **


  22. Nevar Says:

    Huck is a retired Marine Corps Major General **

    Comment by Nachos of Justice

    So Gomer made something of his career after all, huh?
    Gollllllleeeee!


  23. Nachos of Justice Says:

    Richard A. Huck, that is.

    Nachos, ever the tasty, catchy kind of Justice!!


  24. pete Says:

    I dunno man, would you vote for the bass player?

    Comment by Nevar — January 1, 2008 @ 7:21 pm

    Maybe Geddy Lee, but, he’s Canadian.


  25. Nevar Says:

    caption:

    (Nucklebee covering Frank Zappa’s Dyna Moe Hum….)

    Britney watched from the edge of the bed,
    with her lips just a twitchin’
    and her face gone red….
    some drool running down from her chinny chin chin,
    as she spied the condition her sister was in……..


  26. Nevar Says:

    Maybe Geddy Lee, but, he’s Canadian.

    Comment by pete

    Take off, eh?
    ;)


  27. Ms_Joanne Says:

    Just remember, to a rethug, sex is a sin (unless it’s them having it with prostitutes or underage male pages - oh wait, Huck espouses the marriage only (thus far) route, my bad - but national security is just too much damned work. It’s much easier to f()k and s()k than to actually do those little presidential (nee, elected official) thingies - like READING intelligence reports, daily briefings, and all those other thingies that they have others to do for them. Oh wait, there was My Pet Goat.


  28. Keith Says:

    Huck said the reason it took him over a day to hear about the Iran NIE (it was all over every media) was that he could not afford a huge team of advisors!

    The mother of Jamie Lynn and Britney is now delaying the release of her book on parenting (no joke). She is shocked that the “abstinence-only approach” didn’t work!

    Flea for POTUS?


  29. Zooey Says:

    Comment by Nevar — January 1, 2008 @ 8:05 pm

    Brilliant!

    Happy New Year, Nevar. :-)


  30. MCMetal Says:

    I dunno man, would you vote for the bass player?

    Comment by Nevar — January 1, 2008 @ 7:21 pm

    Yeah , if it was Geddy Lee ; not his retarded doppleganger , Shitty Lee , from a screwed up parallel universe.



  31. Keith Says:

    Ms Joanne, You gotta admit–W did a fine job reading My Pet Goat.


  32. Zooey Says:

    The mother of Jamie Lynn and Britney is now delaying the release of her book on parenting (no joke). She is shocked that the “abstinence-only approach” didn’t work!
    Comment by Keith — January 1, 2008 @ 8:14 pm

    That’s just too precious.

    How long has her eldest been spiraling out of control? Mama Spears didn’t feel the need to re-think her strategy until the youngest got knocked up? Lordy…

    Happy New Year, Keith. :-)


  33. Keith Says:

    Nappy, Yew Hear, Zooey


  34. Keith Says:

    Was Jamie’s tv show “Zooey 101″ modeled after you?


  35. zathrus Says:

    The only reason Huckabee “respects her decision” is because he agrees with what she decided. He has stated quite clearly that she should NOT have had any decision to make, but rather the State should make that decision for her. True respect is what you give to those you DON’T agree with. Respecting those you agree with is not exactly the kind of moral fortitude that I think we need in a POTUS.


  36. Nachos of Justice Says:

    Huckabee: I must confess…

    Britney: That you’re a member of the McBible taliban? We already newz that–

    Huckabee: ….I still believe (still believe) When I’m not with you I lose my mind give me a sign, hit me baby one more time!


  37. Xisithrus Says:

    She is shocked that the “abstinence-only approach” didn’t work!
    Comment by Keith — January 1, 2008 @ 8:14 pm

    Heh.

    “Honestly, I think we should just trust our president in every decision that he makes and we should just support that,” -Brittney Spears

    Unless hes talking about abstinence.


  38. Nachos of Justice Says:

    Who knew that Nachos could taste so good AND be funny!!


  39. Roket Says:

    Shorter Huck:

    “Britney’s 16 yr old sister getting pregnant is a tragedy and I respect that and appreciate it because she’s going to have the baby instead of getting an abortion. However, abstinence only does work so don’t do this at home, all you 16 yr olds out there in TV land.”


  40. RUCerious Says:

    Huckster is pleading ignorance, and I, for one, believe him.

    Too much stuff to keep track of, right.


  41. Keith Says:

    “Honestly, I think we should just trust our president in every decision that he makes and we should just support that,” -Brittney Spears

    Comment by Xisithrus — January 1, 2008 @ 8:19 pm

    I saw that interview. It was with Tucker Carlson on CNN’s Crossfire. I think the topic was the Dixie Chicks controversy.


  42. Nevar Says:

    Happy New Year, Zooey….


  43. Zooey Says:

    Was Jamie’s tv show “Zooey 101″ modeled after you?
    Comment by Keith — January 1, 2008 @ 8:18 pm

    Are you joking? That’s the name of her show?

    **runs sobbing from the room**


  44. Nachos of Justice Says:

    “Honestly, I think we should just trust our president in every decision that he makes and we should just support that,” -Brittney Spears

    What if, Brittany, the president issued Executive Order 3504blahblah directing you to pay KFed for life?


  45. Nevar Says:

    Who knew that Nachos could taste so good AND be funny!!

    No one.


  46. Zooey Says:

    Whew.

    It’s “Zoey 101.”

    I don’t have to change my name…


  47. Keith Says:

    Zathrus,
    You’re right. If people like Huckabee ran the country, there would be no decision for people to make—-politicians would say that abortion is illegal.

    Instead of a woman and her doctor making the decision, it would be a politician/exterminator like Tom DeLay.


  48. Zooey Says:

    Who knew that Nachos could taste so good AND be funny!!
    Comment by Nachos of Justice — January 1, 2008 @ 8:23 pm

    Did you take one too many Adderall today?


  49. Nachos of Justice Says:

    Oh well, I tried.

    HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!! MAY THE PRIMARIES TURN OUT FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF EACH AND EVERY AMERICAN!

    END ALL POVERTY!!

    CYA!


  50. Nevar Says:

    Yes, it’s true Zooey…. did you hear about the driver who blamed the crash of his SUV on the couple having sex in the backseat, claiming it threw the vehicle off balance…..pretty wild neighborhood….
    :)


  51. Keith Says:

    I’m still telling everyone it was modeled after you. I’ve seen you in your scout uniform.


  52. Nachos of Justice Says:

    Did you take one too many Adderall today?

    Comment by Zooey — January 1, 2008 @ 8:29 pm

    No, it’s just the sugar from the paint chips.


  53. Zooey Says:

    I’m still telling everyone it was modeled after you. I’ve seen you in your scout uniform.
    Comment by Keith — January 1, 2008 @ 8:30 pm

    Heh. I changed my picture just in time. :-)


  54. GSD Says:

    I just hope there won’t be any pictures of Huckabee getting out of the car, a la Brittany Spears.

    -GSD


  55. Zooey Says:

    Comment by Nevar — January 1, 2008 @ 8:29 pm

    You know, some people just have more exciting lives than most… ;)


  56. Zooey Says:

    No, it’s just the sugar from the paint chips.
    Comment by Nachos of Justice — January 1, 2008 @ 8:31 pm

    Sugar-free paint chips are the way to go. You can eat more that way.


  57. Ms_Joanne Says:

    Keith, I would bet my bottom dollar that they wrote it out for him phonetically. He’s not so good using words with more than one syllable and I think it had a couple of those.

    And I am sure there were the nights kept awake studying that phonetic briefing. It was a big day for him. He was so overwhelmed with the reading and what happened on 9/11 he had to disappear for a day or so (I forgot…anyone know the exact number of hours Bush was MIA after 9/11? I think it was at least 18 but no more than 30. Anyone got that number out there?)

    The thought that Huckleberry hound is even getting ANY percentages in GOP primaries is an embarrassment for our country. But then again…how many in our country need that phonetic rendition of My Pet Goat (wait, rendition is for another discussion! Nevermind. :-)


  58. Nachos of Justice Says:

    Huckabees! Huckabees! They’re everywhere! Your defenses are useless against them! Run for your life!


  59. Nachos of Justice Says:

    Sugar-free paint chips are the way to go. You can eat more that way.

    Comment by Zooey — January 1, 2008 @ 8:34 pm

    Thanks for the advice! My Lowe’s gift card should take care of it!



  60. Zooey Says:

    Thanks for the advice! My Lowe’s gift card should take care of it!
    Comment by Nachos of Justice — January 1, 2008 @ 8:36 pm

    Aw, hell no! If you go to old houses and eat those paint chips they’re free!

    Use your Lowe’s card for one of those “touch lamps.” Classy.


  61. Keith Says:

    Ms Joanne, In the 2000 campaign, W was asked his favorite bookS as a child. He struggled and finally came up with “The Friendly Caterpillar”. Turns out it wasn’t published until he was like 24.


  62. Ms_Joanne Says:

    And to think, there are a quarter of our population who still love Bush.

    And here I thought Camus was his fav. (rolling eyes)


  63. Zooey Says:

    Comment by Keith — January 1, 2008 @ 8:42 pm

    Too funny…



  64. Keith Says:

    CORRECTION:

    When George W. Bush was asked about his favourite story from his childhood, he cited The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Amazon.com rates it as “baby preschool”. It was published in 1983when Bush was 37 years old.


  65. Zooey Says:

    It was published in 1983when Bush was 37 years old.
    Comment by Keith — January 1, 2008 @ 8:58 pm

    Now that’s just sick and wrong…


  66. Nevar Says:

    I LOVE TPing!

    Comment by Nachos of Justice

    Yeah, well, the fence around your high school looks a little sparse, whadda ya say ya go on over and decorate it?
    Tie an old pair of shoes together and thrown them on the fence while you’re at it.


  67. Nevar Says:

    Bush thought it was about a different kind of very hungry Caterpillar, the kind that gobbles up a lot of rainforests, wetlands, farmlands, and diesel fuel.
    That’s why he liked it.


  68. Zooey Says:

    Everyone, flag this moron calling himself Rodan75. It’s just a resurrection of one of Mr Pee’s pals.


  69. joe cantwell Says:

    you should huck play “don’t fear the reaper” on the bass.

    he stinks but it’s kinda fun watching him try.

    All our times have come
    Here but now they’re gone
    Seasons don’t fear the reaper
    Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain
    We can be like they are

    Come on baby… Don’t fear the Reaper
    Baby take my hand… Don’t fear the Reaper
    We’ll be able to fly… Don’t fear the Reaper
    Baby I’m your man…

    Valentine is done
    Here but now they’re gone
    Romeo and Juliet
    Are together in eternity…
    Romeo and Juliet

    40,000 men and women everyday… Like Romeo and Juliet
    40,000 men and women everyday… Redefine happiness
    Another 40,000 coming everyday…We can be like they are

    Come on baby… Don’t fear the Reaper

    Baby take my hand… Don’t fear the Reaper
    We’ll be able to fly… Don’t fear the Reaper
    Baby I’m your man…

    Love of two is one
    Here but now they’re gone
    Came the last night of sadness
    And it was clear she couldn’t go on
    Then the door was open and the wind appeared
    The candles blew then disappeared
    The curtains flew then he appeared
    Saying don’t be afraid

    Come on baby… And she had no fear
    And she ran to him… Then they started to fly
    They looked backward and said goodbye
    She had become like they are
    She had taken his hand
    She had become like they are

    Come on baby…don’t fear the reaper



  70. Bobwurst Says:

    Rodan, you and your “friend” Mothra can crawl back into your radioactive cave and continue to have your your inter-species monster sex in private. Huckabee is just one in a long line of phony christian idiot republican con artists that fool the foolish.


  71. MapleStreet Says:

    #21 Tarzan,

    Wish I could hit recommend multiple times on your post.

    What is it with the repubs who run for presidents but don’t show any interest in world affairs ? #13 from Repubs are the Smear… remind us of when Shrub couldn’t name any of the world leaders. As I remember it, Shrub also said that he wasn’t interested in reading or learning about “policy” (after all, what does a prez have to do with govt policy ??)

    Now with the war being a big issue, Huck doesn’t know about the NIE ? Perhaps a politician with the slightest interest could have someone follow the news and abstract it for them, perhaps hold a daily briefing ?


  72. katy Says:

    ugh… you around RU?
    congratulations on the “victory” of YOUR USC TROJANS…
    wasn’t much of a fight though… i had no hope that the ILLINI
    would win, but i didn’t think it would be so embarrassing…
    sacraficial lambs…

    on another note, and more ON TOPIC:

    anyone hear the story about the father of this child’s baby?
    supposedly, a TV executive who’s old enough to be her GRANDFATHER

    http://susiebright.blogs.com/ susie_brights_journal_/ 2007/ 12/ from-polyamory.html


  73. Nevar Says:

    “Why do you Leftists bash Christians…”

    Bobwurst included phony christians in his list of descriptors.
    He wasn’t bashing christians.
    Try to read the whole sentence, Rodan, and don’t skip over the hard words………


  74. Marcus Aurelius Says:

    Huckabee is anti-Globalists and anti-Free Trade.
    Yet you eftists attack him.
    You guys are pathetic!

    Comment by Rodan75 — January 1, 2008 @ 9:00 pm

    He’s also a religious-right nut job with a demonstrated penchant for setting jailed serial rape-murderers free to rape and kill again. The fact that he did this is all the more damning as he did as an act of political retribution against Bill Clinton.

    Furthermore, Huck had his intestines operated on so that he would lose weight, lied about it by attributing his weight loss to self-control and endurance, and then criticizes others when they lack the ’self-control’ to stop their own bad/dangerous habits.

    And finally, in addition to all of the preceding, he is a conservative Republican - and they’re not liked much here, anyway.

    So, Rodent, why don’t you just STFU and vote for this moron? Why post here?


  75. pete Says:

    I’m not “anti-Christian”. I’m anti-neocon, anti-GOP (though I was a proud member before the neocons took control), anti-theocrat, and, most especially, anti-ignorant dumbphuck.

    I wouldn’t trust the Huckster to find a light-switch in broad daylight.


  76. Nevar Says:

    “Huck had his intestines operated on so that he would lose weight,….”

    REALLY?

    I wondered about those jowls, but I guessed that it’s ’cause he’s half blue-tick…


  77. Zooey Says:

    Furthermore, Huck had his intestines operated on so that he would lose weight, lied about it by attributing his weight loss to self-control and endurance, and then criticizes others when they lack the ’self-control’ to stop their own bad/dangerous habits.
    Comment by Marcus Aurelius — January 1, 2008 @ 9:26 pm

    He did? What a pig!

    I guess that’s what counts as a “good christian?”


  78. curmudgeon Says:

    Re: #64 & 68 — Although I’ll believe almost anything about the Bubble Boy, this just seemed too bizarre to be true. The subsequent web search for corroborating information again proved the adage that the truth is stranger than fiction. You just can’t make up stuff like this.

    For further info, you can check out the following:
    http://dkosopedia.com/wiki/George_W._Bush
    http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=560549
    http://www.sfgate.com/ cgi-bin/ article.cgi?file=/ chronicle/ archive/ 1999/ 11/ 13/ MN100771.DTL

    All governors were asked to name their favorite childhood books in a nation-wide survey. Curiously (or perhaps not), Jeb Bush named “Curious George” as one of his favorites. Perhaps symptomatic of a subconscious longing for a wished-for aspect of his childhood that never materialized?

    No wonder he seemed so much at home reading “My Pet Goat” on 9/11.


  79. pete Says:

    And, after demonstrating his complete lack of ability to handle weapons responsibly, I wouldn’t allow the Huckster within miles of nuclear launch codes.


  80. Marcus Aurelius Says:

    I must correct myself by saying that he ‘allegedly‘ had his intestines operated on…

    I wasn’t there.

    As his former obese state was probably caused by repressed sexuality, it was either keep eating, get a gastric bypass, or spend 8 hours a day jerking off to pictures of Larry Craig.

    That’s just my opinion, folks - but I’ll bet it’s true.


  81. Zooey Says:

    That’s just my opinion, folks - but I’ll bet it’s true.
    Comment by Marcus Aurelius — January 1, 2008 @ 9:38 pm

    He did lose the weight fast, but it is possible for some people to lose weight fairly fast. I think it’s terrible that he criticizes other people for being fat. That’s a hell of a nerve…


  82. Nevar Says:

    I’m guessing it may be in his family, has anyone seen his son?
    (you know, the one who hung the dog in his cabin at Boy Scout camp….)
    He looks like a real bubba brewser……….. 300 lbs, easy…………..


  83. RUCerious Says:

    Should the Huckster be thrown in jail for improperly displaying the flag as a guitar strap?


  84. Zooey Says:

    I’m guessing it may be in his family, has anyone seen his son?
    (you know, the one who hung the dog in his cabin at Boy Scout camp….)
    He looks like a real bubba brewser……….. 300 lbs, easy…………..
    Comment by Nevar — January 1, 2008 @ 9:41 pm

    Please say that’s not true…about the dog. I don’t care if he’s a blubber butt.


  85. RUCerious Says:

    Comment by katy — January 1, 2008 @ 9:22 pm

    Yes, I’m here, and they did a pretty good job of turning four turnovers into 28 points, otherwise, I was pretty impressed with the Illini defense, and their QB is pretty good.

    Happy New Year to you and yours miss Katy!


  86. Zooey Says:

    Comment by Rodan75 — January 1, 2008 @ 9:43 pm

    Hey, I feel confronted. Anyone else?

    You’re free to go now…


  87. RUCerious Says:

    Yes, Zooey, he hung the dog, cause it looked ‘Mangy’..
    Quite the good little Jeebus Boy, wasn’t he.


  88. Nevar Says:

    It was on the news about 3 weeks ago, Zooey…..
    Huckster got the Arkansas State police to back off from pressing charges…


  89. pete Says:

    Please say that’s not true…about the dog. I don’t care if he’s a blubber butt.

    Comment by Zooey — January 1, 2008 @ 9:43 pm

    It’s true! And Daddy swept it under the rug.
    http://shotpolitics.com/ the-huckabee-dog-killing-cover-up.htm


  90. RUCerious Says:

    I come on here to confront you Leftwing anti-Christian Pro-Islamic jerks!
    Comment by Rodan75 — January 1, 2008 @ 9:43 pm

    And leave with the usual urine stains.


  91. Marcus Aurelius Says:

    Marcus Aurelius ,
    I come on here to confront you Leftwing anti-Christian Pro-Islamic jerks!

    Comment by Rodan75 — January 1, 2008 @ 9:43 pm

    You’re gonna’ need help - somebody with an education would be a good choice.


  92. katy Says:

    thank you, RU, for the new year wishes,
    and your kind words about the ILLINI…

    i had to quit watching for good in the 3rd quarter…

    that dirge the MARCHING ILLINI played at half-time
    did nothing to stir up the team spirit either…
    stairway to heaven??? WTF?
    yea, that will surely impress those californians… ugh…


  93. ralph the wonder llama Says:

    Huh. We haven’t had a real Mr. Pee infestation in a long time. It’s “Rodan75″ now, is it, Mr. Pee?


  94. Zooey Says:

    Comment by RUCerious — January 1, 2008 @ 9:46 pm
    Comment by pete — January 1, 2008 @ 9:47 pm

    OMG, that’s horrifying and cruel. It would have been more merciful to shoot the poor thing.

    You know what is so interesting? You know how we had this horrible feeling about Chimpy, but learned the awful truth after he was president?

    Not that I think Hucker will be prez, of course.

    Well, all this stuff has come out before Hucker is even close to the nomination — imagine what horrible secrets he’s still holding on to.

    **shudder**


  95. pete Says:

    Hey, I feel confronted. Anyone else?

    Comment by Zooey — January 1, 2008 @ 9:44 pm

    Not in the least. Even if I were any of the things the “new” troll says. Besides which, I don’t bother confronting people who are compelled to proclaim their IQ. Especially when it’s “75″. No challenge at all.


  96. pete Says:

    Huh. We haven’t had a real Mr. Pee infestation in a long time. It’s “Rodan75″ now, is it, Mr. Pee?

    Comment by ralph the wonder llama — January 1, 2008 @ 9:54 pm

    Nah. It revealed a “new” persona, one “Libtard” just a couple nights ago. Lasted about an hour before it was banished. I don’t think this one is Pee. Too many mispeled wurds.


  97. pete Says:

    Comment by good_golly — January 1, 2008 @ 10:02 pm

    The Huckster admits his only support comes from “piss-soaked trolls”.Ya can’t make this stuff up! ROTFL!!

    I thank you gigi!!!


  98. Xisithrus Says:

    Huckabee is anti-Globalists and anti-Free Trade.
    Yet you eftists attack him.
    You guys are pathetic!
    Comment by Rodan75

    I haven’t attacked anyone and from what I have read on Huckabee he has no real foreign policy, so I dont know that he is against globalism or free trade.


  99. Xisithrus Says:

    We hate Pro-Muslim Leftists like you!
    Comment by Rodan75

    Tell me why, then, that the conservatives are freeing the Iraqis [Muslims]?


  100. Xisithrus Says:

    Hate is a useless thing Rodan and doesnt solve anything.


  101. Zooey Says:

    Not in the least. Even if I were any of the things the “new” troll says. Besides which, I don’t bother confronting people who are compelled to proclaim their IQ. Especially when it’s “75″. No challenge at all.
    Comment by pete — January 1, 2008 @ 9:57 pm

    Just attempting to get The Joker to leave — even though that entails a piss trail…


  102. Bobwurst Says:

    Rodan is a fake. A lib pretending to be from the other side to give you all someone to call names.

    Comment by good_golly

    He’s one of yours golly.


  103. Zooey Says:

    Rodan is a fake. A lib pretending to be from the other side to give you all someone to call names.
    Comment by good_golly — January 1, 2008 @ 10:03 pm

    You say that about all the most stupid trolls — except yourself.

    Rodan is a genuine piss-soaked troll — of your kind.


  104. Zooey Says:

    Comment by Rodan75 — January 1, 2008 @ 10:13 pm

    Are you confronting me again?


  105. Xisithrus Says:

    Both Parties are beholden to Islamic ineterests!
    Comment by Rodan75 — January 1, 2008 @ 10:12 pm

    So then Huckabee is also pro-islamist?


  106. RUCerious Says:

    I beat you Muslim loving Leftists everytime!
    Comment by Rodan75 — January 1, 2008 @ 10:13 pm

    I am certain that no one here has been ‘beaten’ by you, ever.

    My good friend Ray, from Pakistan will be chuckling at your antics tomorrow when I forward this link to him.


  107. pete Says:

    Is anyone here a “leftist”? Has anyone ever, even, met a “leftist”? Personally, I don’t think there’s been a real “leftist”, in this country, since Nixon proved idealism can’t stop bullets.


  108. Zooey Says:

    Comment by Rodan75 — January 1, 2008 @ 10:17 pm

    Well, you did that already.


  109. RUCerious Says:

    con fronting?

    Is that like providing a front for convicts? Spell much? Got educumation?


  110. Xisithrus Says:

    Huckabee isn’t Pro-Islam.
    Comment by Rodan75 — January 1, 2008 @ 10:17 pm

    You just said BOTH parties are beholden to Islamic interests.


  111. Zooey Says:

    My good friend Ray, from Pakistan will be chuckling at your antics tomorrow when I forward this link to him.
    Comment by RUCerious — January 1, 2008 @ 10:17 pm

    Since I’m a Muslim-lover, tell Ray I love him.


  112. RUCerious Says:

    The ultimate justice would be for the new trolls 5th grade English teacher to see his piss poor grammar and spelling. She’d hunt his ass down and….wait, oh, that was his mom… never you mind.


  113. RUCerious Says:

    Mistress Z, I would but his wife would whack me over the head…!


  114. Zooey Says:

    Mistress Z, I would but his wife would whack me over the head…!
    Comment by RUCerious — January 1, 2008 @ 10:20 pm

    It’s a pure and platonic love — you know, the kind I have for all of Islam. ;)


  115. Xisithrus Says:

    Is anyone here a “leftist”? -Pete

    Rodan seems to equate being left of right ideology with cold war communism. Which is odd because, in reality, the muslims didnt care for the communists at all.


  116. AngryOne Says:

    Lost in the pundits’ pondering over Mike Huckabee’s scam to show - and then not air - an attack ad against Mitt Romney is the former Arkansas Governor’s apparent bloodlust. As Steve Benen and Michael Crowley note, Huckabee’s spot takes Romney to task for a record in Massachusetts that included “no executions.” In extolling the joys of the death penalty, Huckabee is following in the proud tradition of George W. Bush.

    For the details, see:
    “Huckabee Echoes Bush in Killer Ad.”


  117. Zooey Says:

    He’s an Islamist.
    Comment by Rodan75 — January 1, 2008 @ 10:26 pm

    You’re an Islamist too, Joker.

    Did you know that every time you think, speak or write the word Islam, a martyr gets his wings?


  118. Shayne Says:

    Bring it on!
    I beat you Muslim loving Leftists everytime!

    Comment by Rodan75 — January 1, 2008 @ 10:13 pm

    Isn’t that what your Saudi loving leader said that got him in so much trouble. You need to take your meds Joker, you’re losing it.


  119. Xisithrus Says:

    It’s a pure and platonic love — you know, the kind I have for all of Islam. ;) Comment by Zooey — January 1, 2008 @ 10:22 pm

    Heh.


  120. Wayne Says:

    Joker/Rodan is either off his meds or is about to OD on them tonight.


  121. Shayne Says:

    Rodan you need big pharmaceuticals, lots of them, fast. Run don’t walk to the emergency room before you hurt yourself.


  122. Zooey Says:

    Comment by Rodan75 — January 1, 2008 @ 10:31 pm

    I had no idea there was anything “worst” than a Muslim lover.


  123. Xisithrus Says:

    You want Russia and China to attack the US. -Rodan

    Why would China attack their debtor nation?


  124. Shayne Says:

    I don’t like Bush either!
    He’s Pro Muslim too!

    Comment by Rodan75 — January 1, 2008 @ 10:30 pm

    Sure you troll are all “independents”! But we know you’re on your knees in the under the desk in the Oval Office doing one for the Chimp in Chief. You probably hold hands with the Saudi Sheiks while they’re waiting for W you lying sack of neocon.


  125. pete Says:

    Even a blind squirrel finds the occasional acorn.


  126. Zooey Says:

    Otherwise admit you’re a liar.
    Comment by BARTLEBEE — January 1, 2008 @ 10:34 pm

    This is Mr Pee’s Renfield, you are too optimistic.


  127. pete Says:

    Pot, meet kettle. Kettle, pot. You two have much in common. I hope you are happy together.


  128. Shayne Says:

    You’re worst than a Muslim lover.
    You’re a traitor.
    You want Russia and China to attack the US.
    You’re a P.O.S!

    Comment by Rodan75 — January 1, 2008 @ 10:31 pm

    Even for a psycho you are confused. Attacking Iran, the wet dream of all you neocons, is the way to get Russia and China to attack the US. Maybe you should go to a neocon site because they’re the one inciting attacks by these two super powers. Maybe you need to shut your yap until you get a clue.


  129. Xisithrus Says:

    I had no idea there was anything “worst” than a Muslim lover.
    Comment by Zooey — January 1, 2008 @ 10:33 pm

    Maybe if you were a China lover as well?


  130. Zooey Says:

    lol, clearly we’re dipping into the dregs this holiday season for our trolls.
    Comment by BARTLEBEE — January 1, 2008 @ 10:35 pm

    He is mildly entertaining — in the same way ruptured testicles would be entertaining. ;)


  131. Shayne Says:

    You were bragging how China and Russia will defeat America.
    You were happy about it and how it was good for the world

    Comment by Rodan75 — January 1, 2008 @ 10:36 pm

    Proof positive that home schooling doesn’t teach reading comprehension. Especially when mom is an illiterate crack whore.


  132. Wayne Says:

    This is Mr Pee’s Renfield, you are too optimistic.

    Comment by Zooey — January 1, 2008 @ 10:35 pm

    If he starts eating live bugs, i’m outa here. lmao


  133. Zooey Says:

    Mr. Pee says he loves you!
    Comment by Rodan75 — January 1, 2008 @ 10:37 pm

    That’s nice.


  134. Xisithrus Says:

    You were bragging how China and Russia will defeat America.
    You were happy about it and how it was good for the world

    Comment by Rodan75 — January 1, 2008 @ 10:36 pm

    Rodan, how was Russia defeated in the cold war?

    Economically. In the last 25 years America went from a creditor to a debtor nation. China is a fast rising economical power. Since 2001, under GOP rule, the dollar has lost much of its value.


  135. RUCerious Says:

    I wonder what flying spittle and froth do to one’s keyboard.
    We should ask the prehistoric flying dinasour.


  136. Shayne Says:

    Zooey,
    Mr. Pee says he loves you!

    Comment by Rodan75 — January 1, 2008 @ 10:37 pm

    I think he was talking to you pretty boy. Don’t deflect the adoration, embrace it … him … it … or both.


  137. Zooey Says:

    If he starts eating live bugs, i’m outa here. lmao
    Comment by Wayne — January 1, 2008 @ 10:39 pm

    I don’t want to think about what he might eat…


  138. Xisithrus Says:

    Mr. Pee says he loves you! -Rodan

    Well, we love Mr Pee in a weird convoluted kind of way.


  139. RUCerious Says:

    Renfield..Perfect.

    Master! Master!


  140. Shayne Says:

    The US ain’t attacking Iran paranoid Muslim lover!

    Comment by Rodan75 — January 1, 2008 @ 10:38 pm

    Where have you been, in a straight jacket or solitary confinement? Because the neocons were itching to attack Iran only recently. Did you just get out. Maybe you need to reacclimate yourself to the outside before you spew stupid.


  141. Zooey Says:

    Well, we love Mr Pee in a weird convoluted kind of way.
    Comment by Xisithrus — January 1, 2008 @ 10:41 pm

    He certainly needs it.


  142. Xisithrus Says:

    He certainly needs it. -Zooey

    You know them durn Liberals, all peace and love, like that guy Jesus!


  143. Xisithrus Says:

    I wonder if 75 is unicode for T


  144. RUCerious Says:

    The pterasaur knows how much of our debt China is holding, knows about the Russian oil and gas fields fueling much of their economic rebound. It just wants to come here and spit and spray all over the thread. Calling people names gets him off, just like back in the schoolyard.


  145. RUCerious Says:

    Ascii 75 is the + sign. Definitely not any correlative value here.


  146. Xisithrus Says:

    Ascii 75 is the + sign. Definitely not any correlative value here.

    Comment by RUCerious

    You mean its not RodanT?


  147. Zooey Says:

    You know them durn Liberals, all peace and love, like that guy Jesus!
    Comment by Xisithrus — January 1, 2008 @ 10:45 pm

    Piss-soaked trolls hate that. :)


  148. RUCerious Says:

    must refer to the IQ…


  149. Xisithrus Says:

    Piss-soaked trolls hate that. :) -Zooey

    Heh.


  150. Wayne Says:

    must refer to the IQ…

    Comment by RUCerious — January 1, 2008 @ 10:51 pm

    if thats the case, he has a typo, 7-5


  151. Zooey Says:

    I’m gonna lookm for your posts now
    Comment by Rodan75 — January 1, 2008 @ 10:52 pm

    That’s gonna take forever. :-)


  152. pete Says:

    Way off topic.

    This will be my last comment at TP. The editorial staff has elected to remove my response to a rabid attack, while leaving the falsehoods of the other party for all to see. This is unacceptable.

    I’ve had fun, and, I will doubtless run into many of you on, effectively moderated, forums.

    I can’t leave without a warning, however. The troll known as BARTLEBEE is a narrow minded, ignorant, hateful, judgmental, abusive sh!t-stain. And, when challenged, it lies like the lowest of conservative trolls. Don’t dare to disagree with it or you may be the next one subjected to it’s foul abuse only to have your response deleted as happened to me in this thread:http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/29/huckabee-phone-call-with-god/#comment-4191249

    Good bye.


  153. Wayne Says:

    I’m gonna lookm for your posts now
    Comment by Rodan75 — January 1, 2008 @ 10:52 pm

    That’s gonna take forever. :-)
    Comment by Zooey — January 1, 2008 @ 10:55 pm

    Shhhh…
    When he reads or thinks he falls asleep. =D


  154. Keith Says:

    This gives a very strong case that Huckabee had weight-loss SURGERY:

    http://plutarch01.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/new-121007-300pm/

    Also on CNN the other day, Huck was criticizing Romney for only hunting twice in his life—while he goes 30 times a year. Then Huck can’t figure out that the reason he is having trouble firing his gun is because the safety is on!!


  155. Zooey Says:

    Comment by pete — January 1, 2008 @ 10:57 pm

    Pete, TP is not staffed over the holidays. If you’re having a problem, email Faiz in the next few days.

    There’s nothing that says you have to deal with Bart.


  156. Zooey Says:

    Sorry, no posts were found matching “Bartlebee.”
    Comment by Rodan75 — January 1, 2008 @ 11:00 pm

    Not even today…?


  157. Xisithrus Says:

    Comment by pete — January 1, 2008 @ 10:57 pm

    Naw, thats happened to me as well Pete. Dont let one person keep you from posting.


  158. Shayne Says:

    Descriptive Classifications of Intelligence Quotients

    IQ Description % of Population
    130+ Very superior 2.2%
    120-129 Superior 6.7%
    110-119 High average 16.1%
    90-109 Average 50%
    80-89 Low average 16.1%
    70-79 Borderline 6.7%
    Below 70 Extremely low 2.2%

    Obviously 75 is too high for his “actual” IQ. He’d then be borderline as opposed to extremely low which obviously RodanT is.


  159. gummitch Says:

    Looks like TP is, in fact, getting some moderation. A bunch of troll poop just disappeared. Hooray!


  160. Xisithrus Says:

    Rodan, the TP search field at the top of the screen doesnt work very well.


  161. Lefty Patriot Says:

    See, Pete, bartie thinks he won, even when nobody agreed with him. So it’s your choice to leave, but you really shouldn’t allow yourself to be driven away by a socially maladjusted pseudo-intellectual who hasn’t the courage or clarity to admit when he’s wrong.


  162. gummitch Says:

    The Joker has left the building.


  163. Zooey Says:

    Comment by Keith — January 1, 2008 @ 11:01 pm

    Thanks, Keith. That article is very thorough.


  164. Zooey Says:

    The Joker has left the building.
    Comment by gummitch — January 1, 2008 @ 11:10 pm

    Awww, too bad, so sad. :P


  165. republicans hate facts Says:

    You guys instead tried to win by ignoring the dictionary and the facts, and carrried your perverse attack on me hoping I’d just give up and let you win by sheer numbers. But I didn’t give up, because I was right, and the dictionary confirmed that.
    Comment by BARTLEBEE — January 1, 2008 @ 11:04 pm

    ROTFL! Pure PROJECTION there BART. The DICTIONARIES OF RECORD (Merriam Webster and Oxford) BOTH disagree with you, but you were too much of a TARDED FANATIC to admit it. Sorry BART but where this ISSUE is involved, you’re EVERY BIT as MUCH OF A LIAR and MORON as RODAN APPEARS TO BE! Grow up LITTLE GIRL!


  166. republicans hate facts Says:

    I did win, the moment I produced a valid dictionary definition that defined atheism as a belief.
    Comment by BARTLEBEE — January 1, 2008 @ 11:14 pm

    YOU LOSE the MOMENT the DICTIONARIES OF RECORD and the ROOT WORD both DISAGREE WITH YOU! - TARDED MORON!


  167. republicans hate facts Says:

    See, Pete, bartie thinks he won, even when nobody agreed with him. So it’s your choice to leave, but you really shouldn’t allow yourself to be driven away by a socially maladjusted pseudo-intellectual who hasn’t the courage or clarity to admit when he’s wrong.
    Comment by Lefty Patriot — January 1, 2008 @ 11:10 pm

    Yeah, if Bart’s BRAINS and HONEST matched is STUBBORN BUSH’NESS he might have been SMART ENOUGH to NOT BE SUCH A NASTY NERDY LITTLE HENDLER’ESQUE LOSER!


  168. Zooey Says:

    Unbelievable…

    Later.


  169. Keith Says:

    Zooey, he’s on wordpress, he must be good. Says the medical center that did it got a special $1 million endowment from him.


  170. Lefty Patriot Says:

    bart, you’re easier than Larry Craig. what a sucker. you’ve done a good job of convincing yourself, but nobody else. some win.


  171. pete Says:

    Way off topic.

    This will be my last comment at TP. The editorial staff has elected to remove my response to a rabid attack, while leaving the falsehoods of the other party for all to see. This is unacceptable.

    I’ve had fun, and, I will doubtless run into many of you on, effectively moderated, forums.

    I can’t leave without a warning, however. The troll known as BARTLEBEE is a narrow minded, ignorant, hateful, judgmental, abusive sh!t-stain. And, when challenged, it lies like the lowest of conservative trolls. Don’t dare to disagree with it or you may be the next one subjected to it’s foul abuse only to have your response deleted as happened to me in this thread:http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/29/huckabee-phone-call-with-god/#comment-4191249

    Good bye.

    Comment by pete — January 1, 2008 @ 10:57 pm

    My beef is with the staff. I will no longer support their incompetance.

    Comment by pete — January 1, 2008 @ 11:16 pm


  172. Lefty Patriot Says:

    even dictionaries change, eventually, bartie. you put too much faith is words.


  173. Shayne Says:

    To get rid of trolls you have to paste the offensive post into the “Contact Us” page. Just reporting abuse doesn’t work around here. And when they’re slandering Faiz it’s a good idea to contact them. After all this is a business.


  174. Lefty Patriot Says:

    many literate people are very stupid. a dictionary is a limited source, and is a compendium of opinions. it seems to fit your limited viewpoint, but that’s your problem. and you are being very selective in your choices of definitions, as well. you may as well quote the bible.


  175. Shayne Says:

    Keith I think it was bypass surgery. For one thing 100 lbs. is the mark you need to hit to get the bypass surgery. Besides that the rate at which he lost weight would be remarkable, making it to the full 105 lbs. and being as thin as he is without it. When he wins the nomination, snort, we should demand that he has a physical and release his full medical records to determine his character.


  176. Shayne Says:

    Bartlebee, you accusing others of having to have the last word is indeed ironic. You sound like Worfeus, who had to leave after another bout of having to have the last word.


  177. republicans hate facts Says:

    See?
    I get attacked, out of the blue. Comment by BARTLEBEE — January 1, 2008 @ 11:33 pm

    OUT OF THE BLUE? ROTFL!! You ATTACK ALL ATHEISTS, then IGNORE THE DICTIONARY, FACTS, the LANGUAGE ROOT and REALITY and INSULT THOSE THAT DEBUNK YOUR BULLSH!T and it’s YOU that GETS ATTACKED?

    ROTFL!! How ROVIAN of you ‘tard!


  178. republicans hate facts Says:

    Newsflash genius.
    The DICTIONARY is the standard. The DICTIONARY is how we know the meanings of our “diction”.
    I honestly cannot believe I have to say this.
    Comment by BARTLEBEE — January 1, 2008 @ 11:28 pm

    Actually Merriam Webster and Oxford are the ONLY TWO Dictionaries OF RECORD - so BY THEM you’re a LYING MORON!